Teams

JNichols (Carmel)

2026 Combo Doubles 55 & Over League · 55 & Over Combo 7.5 Men - Tues PM

11 players · average NTRP 3.86 / NORTH CAROLINA

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Schedule3 played
2026-09-01vs KFox/JRobinson (Blakeney)Won 30
W#1 DoublesRoger Bredder / Tom Parker vs Ira Greenspan / Ramesh Thyagarajan1-6, 7-5, 1-0
W#2 DoublesJames Nichols / Mike Ryan vs Kevin Fox / Devesh Patel6-1, 1-6, 1-0
W#3 DoublesEduardo Brea / Michael Dougherty vs David Bartholomew / Peter Hollis6-2, 6-1
2026-08-25vs TTraub (WSRC)Won 21
W#1 DoublesMike Ryan / Scott Starling vs Gary Usher / Larry McCorkle6-2, 6-3
L#2 DoublesRoger Bredder / Tom Parker vs Jeff Allcock / Jerry Holman1-6, 6-2, 0-1
W#3 DoublesMichael Dougherty / Dean Lackey vs Michael Twer / Kevin Seasely6-2, 6-1
2026-08-18vs DBrantmeyer (Queens)Lost 02
L#1 DoublesScott Starling / Tom Shober vs Hien Jimmy Nguyen / ROB SAPPENFIELD4-6, 6-4, 0-1
L#2 DoublesJames Nichols / Ali Elaasar vs Anthony Lasala / Stephen Pikus4-6, 6-7
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Flight standings9 teams · 55 & Over Combo 7.5 Men - Tues PM
TeamWLInd. WInd. LSets lostGames lost
1DBrantmeyer (Queens)1030120
2JFulcomer (Southampton)1021223
3JBlocksom (WSRC)1021326
4KFox/JRobinson (Blakeney)1021326
5RLinder/Polacek (Life Time)000000
6RPietrykowski (PPRSC)0112432
7TTraub (WSRC)0112430
8JWolf (WSRC)0112426
9JNichols (Carmel)0103636

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 3.54 estimated across 10 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.

3.83
Dean Lackey
usually #3 Doubles 100% · published 4
3.80
Eduardo Brea
usually #3 Doubles 100% · published 4
3.79
James Nichols
usually #2 Doubles 80%, also #3 Doubles 20% · published 4
3.76
Scott Starling
usually #1 Doubles 100% · published 4
3.75
Thomas Kraus
usually #1 Doubles 100% · published
3.50
Tom Shober
usually #1 Doubles 100% · published 3.5
3.47
David Grindstaff
published 4
3.42
Michael Dougherty
usually #3 Doubles 100% · published
3.11
Ali Elaasar
usually #2 Doubles 100% · published 3.5
2.98
Tom Parker
usually #1 Doubles 50%, also #2 Doubles 50% · published
Roger Bredder
usually #1 Doubles 50%, also #2 Doubles 50% · 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.

Tom Shober + Michael Dougherty6361% games+8.7% vs expected
Thomas Kraus + James Nichols0642% games−9.7% vs expected
Tom Shober + Scott Starling134 matchesnot enough data
Michael Dougherty + Dean Lackey224 matchesnot enough data
Thomas Kraus + Michael Dougherty213 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.

4
Dean Lackey
8W–6L career · 1 line in 2026
1%90%9%
3.83
4
Eduardo Brea
6W–4L career · type S · 1 line in 2026
1%93%6%
3.80
4
James Nichols
168W–76L career · 5 lines in 2026
1%93%5%
3.79
4
Scott Starling
35W–14L career · type S · 2 lines in 2026
2%95%3%
3.76
Thomas Kraus
16W–20L career · 2 lines in 2026
3%95%3%
3.75
3.5
Tom Shober
63W–38L career · type A · 1 line in 2026
<1%50%50%
3.50
4
David Grindstaff
8W–11L career · no lines in 2026
59%41%<1%
3.47
Michael Dougherty
18W–10L career · 2 lines in 2026
<1%72%28%
3.42
3.5
Ali Elaasar
3W–17L career · 1 line in 2026
20%80%<1%
3.11
Tom Parker
11W–19L career · 2 lines in 2026
56%44%<1%
2.98
Roger Bredder
2W–2L career · 2 lines 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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