Teams

De.Meares18C

2026 Capital Combo 18 & Over · 6.5 Men

13 players · average NTRP 3.25 / NORTH CAROLINA

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Schedule4 played
2026-08-30vs Pa.Vickers18CWon 21
W#1 DoublesJordan Riley / Jason Hagens vs Chase Lipp / Jake Engelman6-0, 6-0
W#2 DoublesGregory Knowles / Kevin Kirkup vs David Dickson / Zhe Lyu6-4, 6-1
L#3 DoublesDerek Meares / Jeffrey Benson vs Jonathan Silberman / Austin Council1-6, 6-7
2026-08-16vs Ad.Whitesell18CLost 03
L#1 DoublesAlan Melichar / Keith Spainhour vs Brett Berra / Will Holding6-7, 4-6
L#2 DoublesJoel Broadway / Dewayne Southern vs Riley Lochridge / Paul Baggett3-6, 7-5, 0-1
L#3 DoublesGregory Knowles / Les Murray vs Gary McAuliffe / Sam Slater3-6, 2-6
2026-08-09vs Br.McLean18CWon 21
W#1 DoublesMatt Mikula / Keith Spainhour vs Mark Gentry / Jeff Waychoff6-2, 6-1
L#2 DoublesEric Langefeld / Jason Hagens vs Ramsey Yehia / Bill Green6-4, 2-6, 0-1
W#3 DoublesKevin Kirkup / Gregory Knowles vs Nipul Shah / Cameron Kirby6-1, 6-3
2026-08-02vs Ga.Fye18CLost 12
W#1 DoublesAlan Melichar / Keith Spainhour vs Brian Satola / Josh Dellinger6-1, 6-3
L#2 DoublesDerek Meares / Les Murray vs Mike Kaelin / Patrick Johnstone1-6, 2-6
L#3 DoublesJordan Riley / Dewayne Southern vs Jakob Lagerstedt / Vladic Khodush6-7, 3-6
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Flight standings14 teams · 6.5 Men
TeamWLInd. WInd. LSets lostGames lost
1Ma.Durbin18C3090030
2Ad.Whitesell18C2060137
3Ga.Fye18C2051235
4Ch.Nystrom18C2163766
5De.Byrd18C21541083
6Ra.Yasin18C1021219
7Jo.Hoomani18C1133858
8Ro.Elliott18C1124848
9De.Meares18C12361284
10Pa.Vickers18C0112426
11Mi.Ratliff18C6.50103636
12Br.McLean18C02151169
13Le.Reece18C02061273
14Ry.Wilborne18C032716100

Ordered by team wins, then losses, then sets lost — the order USTA uses to seed a flight. Individual wins are lines, not ties.

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ScoutingWhere each opponent usually plays

Signed-in extra: whether this captain plays strict strength order or mixes it up, from every doubles line they have put out. Create a free account to see it.

Roster averages 3.05 estimated across 11 rated players. No lineup is published in advance, so the column below is where each player has actually been used — a captain's habits are the best available forecast. Sign in and claim your record to see who you have played.

3.46
Jordan Riley
usually #3 Doubles 50%, also #1 Doubles 50% · published
3.34
Matt Mikula
usually #1 Doubles 100% · published
3.23
Gregory Knowles
usually #3 Doubles 67%, also #2 Doubles 33% · published 3.5
3.11
Eric Langefeld
usually #2 Doubles 100% · published 3.5
3.09
Alan Melichar
usually #1 Doubles 100% · published 3.5
3.06
Derek Meares
usually #2 Doubles 50%, also #3 Doubles 50% · published 3.5
3.04
Joel Broadway
usually #2 Doubles 100% · published
2.94
Keith Spainhour
usually #1 Doubles 100% · published 3
2.85
Dewayne Southern
usually #3 Doubles 50%, also #2 Doubles 50% · published 3
2.83
Kevin Kirkup
usually #3 Doubles 50%, also #1 Doubles 25% · published 3
2.65
Les Murray
usually #2 Doubles 50%, also #3 Doubles 50% · published 3
Jason Hagens
usually #2 Doubles 50%, also #1 Doubles 50% · published
Jeffrey Benson
usually #3 Doubles 100% · published
Established pairs

Doubles pairs from this roster with three or more matches together anywhere — ordered by performance against what the rating gap predicted, not by record.

Keith Spainhour + Dewayne Southern6258% games+9.2% vs expected
Les Murray + Derek Meares61339% games+3.1% vs expected
Les Murray + Gregory Knowles2341% gamesnot enough data
Dewayne Southern + Gregory Knowles2347% gamesnot enough data
Les Murray + Dewayne Southern134 matchesnot enough data
Keith Spainhour + Gregory Knowles134 matchesnot enough data
Dewayne Southern + Kevin Kirkup314 matchesnot enough data
Les Murray + Kevin Kirkup033 matchesnot enough data
Roster

Ordered by our estimated dynamic rating, which is why two players at the same published level are not tied — a published 4.0 says nothing about where inside the band someone sits. Lines played in this team’s season are shown beside each name.

Jordan Riley
9W–6L career · 2 lines in 2026
<1%62%38%
3.46
Matt Mikula
7W–3L career · 1 line in 2026
<1%89%10%
3.34
3.5
Gregory Knowles
83W–52L career · 3 lines in 2026
4%94%2%
3.23
3.5
Eric Langefeld
1W–4L career · 1 line in 2026
21%79%<1%
3.11
3.5
Alan Melichar
39W–59L career · 2 lines in 2026
25%75%<1%
3.09
3.5
Derek Meares
68W–148L career · 2 lines in 2026
34%66%<1%
3.06
Joel Broadway
3W–7L career · 1 line in 2026
37%63%<1%
3.04
3
Keith Spainhour
39W–23L career · 3 lines in 2026
<1%68%32%
2.94
3
Dewayne Southern
51W–67L career · 2 lines in 2026
<1%87%12%
2.85
3
Kevin Kirkup
42W–28L career · 4 lines in 2026
1%90%10%
2.83
3
Les Murray
50W–73L career · 2 lines in 2026
13%86%<1%
2.65
Jason Hagens
1W–3L career · 2 lines in 2026
not enough data
Jeffrey Benson
2W–2L career · 1 line in 2026
not enough data

Three percentages are where each player stands right now: the chance they are below their band, inside it, or above it, on the way they are playing this season. The number on the right is our estimated dynamic rating, which USTA never publishes. This is today rather than a forecast of December, because a forecast has to assume future matches and cannot know whether someone will even be offered them. Percentages are blank where a player has too few matches this season, or at a level where the model does not yet beat a base-rate guess; the estimate is a weaker claim than a probability and survives where those do not.

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