Teams

BSmith/JNichols (Carmel)

2025 Tri-Level 40 & Over League · 40 & Over 3.5

14 players · average NTRP 4.14 / NORTH CAROLINA

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Schedule10 played
2025-07-30vs BSprague (Southampton)Won 21
W#1 DoublesDaniel Comisar / Chris Bauer vs Stephen Moser / David Schweppe6-2, 6-3
L#2 DoublesThomas Kraus / James Nichols vs Jason King / Don Miller3-6, 4-6
W#3 DoublesTom Shober / David Strause vs Peter Conrad / Robert Kampmeyer7-6, 6-2
2025-07-23vs PPaharia/DJohnson (Life Time)Won 20
W#1 DoublesStuart Sherrill / Daniel Comisar vs Raj Voleti / Russell Williams6-4, 6-2
W#3 DoublesTom Shober / David Strause vs Thomas Hull / Yuefeng Han6-2, 6-2
2025-07-16vs SGerbereux (OPRC)Won 30
W#1 DoublesDaniel Comisar / Chris Bauer vs Richard Merino / John Semones6-4, 6-1
W#2 DoublesJames Nichols / Thomas Kraus vs Sean Hickey / Philip Marxen5-7, 6-4, 1-0
W#3 DoublesTom Shober / David Strause vs Scott Hamer / Ross Glynn7-5, 6-7, 1-0
2025-07-09vs RMaddle/PKartes (Mountainbrook)Won 21
W#1 DoublesDaniel Comisar / Chris Bauer vs Avin Dwivedy / Bernardo Llerenas6-1, 6-0
L#2 DoublesJoe Rossi / James Nichols vs Rudy Bombien / Michal Jarzynski2-6, 6-3, 0-1
W#3 DoublesTom Shober / David Strause vs Patrick Kartes / Patrick Blandford6-1, 4-6, 1-0
2025-07-02vs KMahalingam/Pazo (Blakeney)Won 20
W#1 DoublesNeil Handelsman / Chris Bauer vs Ryan Gravender / Lenny Villafana6-3, 6-3
W#2 DoublesDavid Strause / James Nichols vs Devesh Patel / Sourav Basu6-1, 6-4
2025-06-30vs BSprague (Southampton)Won 30
W#1 DoublesDaniel Comisar / Stuart Sherrill vs Bret Sprague / Wesley Barnes6-1, 6-4
W#2 DoublesThomas Kraus / David Strause vs Brian Steffey / Jason King5-7, 7-5, 1-0
W#3 DoublesMichael Dougherty / Tom Shober vs Don Miller / Robert Kampmeyer7-5, 6-0
2025-06-18vs PPaharia/DJohnson (Life Time)Split 11
L#1 DoublesNeil Handelsman / Stuart Sherrill vs Duane Johnson / Raj Voleti3-6, 7-6, 0-1
W#3 DoublesMichael Dougherty / David Strause vs Damian Hamp-Adams / Thomas Hull6-4, 6-3
2025-06-11vs SGerbereux (OPRC)Lost 12
L#1 DoublesDaniel Comisar / Stuart Sherrill vs Justin Beverley / Richard Merino6-1, 3-6, 0-1
L#2 DoublesJames Nichols / Joe Rossi vs Sean Hickey / Brian Jennaro4-6, 4-6
W#3 DoublesTom Shober / David Strause vs Jose Bermudez / Wally Dawson6-2, 7-5
2025-06-04vs RMaddle/PKartes (Mountainbrook)Lost 01
L#3 DoublesTom Shober / Scott Kaiser vs Heyward Bouknight / Patrick Kartes4-6, 2-6
2025-05-28vs KMahalingam/Pazo (Blakeney)Won 21
W#1 DoublesStuart Sherrill / Daniel Comisar vs Jose Villafana / Ryan Gravender6-1, 7-6
L#2 DoublesJames Nichols / Joe Rossi vs Scott Gallegos / Devesh Patel4-6, 7-6, 1-0
W#3 DoublesTom Shober / David Strause vs Ganesh Pallem / Timothy Hodge6-0, 7-5
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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 3.80 estimated across 13 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.

4.42
Chris Bauer
published 4.5
4.30
Neil Handelsman
usually #1 Doubles 100% · published 4.5
4.29
Daniel Comisar
usually #1 Doubles 100% · published 4.5
4.27
Stuart Sherrill
published
3.97
David Strause
usually #3 Doubles 78%, also #2 Doubles 22% · published 4
3.85
James Nichols
usually #2 Doubles 100% · published 4
3.82
Joe Rossi
published
3.60
Thomas Kraus
published
3.51
David Grindstaff
published 4
3.50
Tom Shober
usually #3 Doubles 100% · published 3.5
3.48
Robert Aliota
published
3.46
Michael Dougherty
published
2.98
Scott Kaiser
published
Roger Bredder
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.

David Strause + Tom Shober11162% games+2.4% vs expected
Chris Bauer + Neil Handelsman4168% games−1.3% vs expected
Neil Handelsman + Daniel Comisar6458% gamesnot enough data
David Strause + Neil Handelsman6162% gamesnot enough data
James Nichols + Neil Handelsman6070% gamesnot enough data
David Strause + James Nichols4158% gamesnot enough data
James Nichols + Daniel Comisar314 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.

4.5
Chris Bauer
19W–5L career · no lines in 2025
<1%71%29%
4.42
4.5
Neil Handelsman
58W–23L career · 2 lines in 2025
2%91%8%
4.30
4.5
Daniel Comisar
90W–36L career · 7 lines in 2025
2%92%6%
4.29
Stuart Sherrill
4W–0L career · no lines in 2025
3%92%5%
4.27
4
David Strause
65W–26L career · 9 lines in 2025
<1%59%41%
3.97
4
James Nichols
167W–76L career · 6 lines in 2025
1%85%15%
3.85
Joe Rossi
2W–2L career · no lines in 2025
1%89%10%
3.82
Thomas Kraus
5W–4L career · no lines in 2025
<1%23%77%
3.60
4
David Grindstaff
1W–2L career · no lines in 2025
48%52%<1%
3.51
3.5
Tom Shober
63W–38L career · type A · 8 lines in 2025
<1%50%50%
3.50
Robert Aliota
5W–2L career · no lines in 2025
<1%56%44%
3.48
Michael Dougherty
8W–1L career · no lines in 2025
<1%60%40%
3.46
Scott Kaiser
0W–3L career · no lines in 2025
54%46%<1%
2.98
Roger Bredder
1W–2L career · no lines in 2025
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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