Teams

Never Lost a Tailgate

2026 NE Mixed 18&Over · 8.0 Mixed

13 players · average NTRP 4.00 / NEBRASKA

No matches recorded for this roster in this league — it may be a placeholder registration, or the season may not have started.

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Schedule8 played
2026-07-24vs TongWon 30
W#1 DoublesHeather Blumel / Jeff Fredricks vs April Obermier / Tyler Anderson6-2, 6-1
W#2 DoublesKimberly Gradoville / Kelby Deese vs Jeremy Short / Natalie Simmonds2-6, 6-2, 1-0
W#3 DoublesStephen Collins / Tara Ferrel vs Jay Bernal / Jennifer Christensen6-3, 6-3
2026-07-21vs Erwin/ReddingWon 21
L#1 DoublesKimberly Gradoville / Kelby Deese vs Sam Palensky / Shannon Gilroy2-6, 3-6
W#2 DoublesHeather Blumel / Jeff Fredricks vs Angeline Larson / Jorge Cardenas6-3, 6-2
W#3 DoublesJay Root / Tara Ferrel vs Gabriel Pariacote / Julie Post7-5, 7-6
2026-07-10vs Kephart/GoldappLost 12
L#1 DoublesJohn Diamantis / Tara Ferrel vs LiQin Kephart / Benjamin Starman3-6, 1-6
W#2 DoublesKimberly Gradoville / Jeff Fredricks vs Andy Wang / Ava Macke6-3, 6-4
L#3 DoublesStephen Collins / Anne Heard vs Brandi Goldapp / Cayden Brandner Stanton7-6, 0-6, 0-1
2026-06-26vs StuvaLost 12
W#1 DoublesHeather Blumel / Daniel Reid vs Molly Hunt-Spisak / Adam Gouttierre6-4, 3-6, 1-0
L#2 DoublesStephen Collins / Tara Ferrel vs Aaron Jank / Stephanie Nelson2-6, 2-6
L#3 DoublesKimberly Gradoville / Brian Beene vs Kersten Higgins / Trevor Milburn4-6, 1-6
2026-06-12vs TongLost 03
L#1 DoublesAnne Heard / Stephen Collins vs Kendra Vineyard / Wasim Shariff2-6, 3-6
L#2 DoublesKimberly Gradoville / Jay Root vs Bridget Mckeegan / Tyler Anderson4-6, 5-7
L#3 DoublesHeather Blumel / John Diamantis vs Jennifer Christensen / Eamon Adamson3-6, 6-4, 1-0
2026-06-05vs Erwin/ReddingLost 03
L#1 DoublesMelissa Darling / John Diamantis vs John Steinke / Amanda Blumkin2-6, 2-6
L#2 DoublesStephen Collins / Anne Heard vs Jeff VanRoy / Katherine Perry6-4, 5-7, 0-1
L#3 DoublesKimberly Gradoville / Robert Cimino vs Chase Petersen / Libby Ruf3-6, 1-6
2026-05-29vs Kephart/GoldappLost 03
L#1 DoublesKimberly Gradoville / Robert Cimino vs Sarah Schmaderer / Benjamin Starman1-6, 3-6
L#2 DoublesShawnalyn Sunagawa / John Diamantis vs Garret Starman / Brandi Goldapp7-5, 2-6, 0-1
L#3 DoublesHeather Blumel / Brian Beene vs Samantha Wahl / Steve Sanders2-6, 2-6
2026-05-22vs StuvaLost 03
L#1 DoublesRobert Cimino / Anne Heard vs James Merrill / Kendra McGinnis6-7, 4-6
L#2 DoublesJohn Diamantis / Shawnalyn Sunagawa vs Douglas Stuva / Stephanie Nelson6-7, 6-2, 0-1
L#3 DoublesStephen Collins / Heather Blumel vs Trevor Milburn / Kersten Higgins6-4, 5-7, 0-1
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Flight standings6 teams · 8.0 Mixed
TeamWLInd. WInd. LSets lostGames lost
1Erwin/Redding6216818205
2Garcia/Levchenko6217719205
3NE/VuuTegler/18&Over8.0X44101430222
4Kephart/Goldapp35131125202
5Never Lost a Tailgate3581634241
6Lubben2691533229

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 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.

3.79
Jeff Fredricks
usually #2 Doubles 67%, also #1 Doubles 33% · published
3.71
Tara Ferrel
usually #3 Doubles 50%, also #2 Doubles 25% · published
3.68
Brian Beene
usually #3 Doubles 100% · published 4
3.58
Melissa Darling
usually #3 Doubles 67%, also #1 Doubles 33% · published
3.53
Shawnalyn Sunagawa
usually #2 Doubles 100% · published
3.52
John Diamantis
usually #2 Doubles 50%, also #1 Doubles 38% · published
3.50
Daniel Reid
usually #1 Doubles 100% · published 4
3.45
Anne Heard
usually #1 Doubles 50%, also #3 Doubles 33% · published 4
3.45
Kelby Deese
usually #1 Doubles 50%, also #2 Doubles 50% · published
3.42
Heather Blumel
usually #3 Doubles 50%, also #1 Doubles 33% · published
3.29
Kimberly Gradoville
usually #2 Doubles 43%, also #1 Doubles 29% · published
Jay Root
usually #2 Doubles 50%, also #3 Doubles 50% · published
Stephen Collins
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.

Jeff Fredricks + Heather Blumel18659% games+3.5% vs expected
Kelby Deese + Kimberly Gradoville3548% games+2.2% vs expected
Brian Beene + Heather Blumel201753% games−2.3% vs expected
Heather Blumel + Kelby Deese5745% games−7.0% vs expected
Stephen Collins + Kimberly Gradoville4448% gamesnot enough data
Jay Root + Kimberly Gradoville2542% gamesnot enough data
Stephen Collins + Anne Heard1447% gamesnot enough data
Stephen Collins + Heather Blumel224 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.

Jeff Fredricks
67W–40L career · 3 lines in 2026
2%91%7%
3.79
Tara Ferrel
6W–7L career · 4 lines in 2026
7%91%2%
3.71
4
Brian Beene
75W–56L career · 2 lines in 2026
10%89%1%
3.68
Melissa Darling
30W–31L career · 3 lines in 2026
<1%29%71%
3.58
Shawnalyn Sunagawa
5W–7L career · 2 lines in 2026
42%58%<1%
3.53
John Diamantis
6W–15L career · 8 lines in 2026
<1%43%57%
3.52
4
Daniel Reid
26W–28L career · 1 line in 2026
49%51%<1%
3.50
4
Anne Heard
52W–76L career · 6 lines in 2026
63%37%<1%
3.45
Kelby Deese
80W–80L career · 2 lines in 2026
<1%65%35%
3.45
Heather Blumel
147W–158L career · 6 lines in 2026
<1%71%29%
3.42
Kimberly Gradoville
76W–144L career · 7 lines in 2026
2%92%6%
3.29
Jay Root
9W–6L career · 2 lines in 2026
not enough data
Stephen Collins
57W–44L career · no 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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