Teams

TN/Howell/Memphis

2023 Adult 70 & Over Multi-State Championship · 3.5 Men

7 players · average NTRP 3.50 / ARKANSAS

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Schedule4 played
2023-04-28vs MS/StegallWon 21
L#1 DoublesSteven Howell / B McMurtry vs David Mosal / David Farris1-6, 6-2, 1-0
W#2 DoublesEd Dismuke / David Sorsby vs Clyde Bowie / John Townsend6-4, 6-4
W#3 DoublesMike Gross / Joe Buchwald vs Earl Stegall / Thomas Cribbs6-1, 6-2
2023-04-28vs OK/Langwell/All TennisLost 12
L#1 DoublesSteven Howell / Michael Terry vs Tod Wilson / Mike Sarsycki0-6, 3-6
W#2 DoublesEd Dismuke / David Sorsby vs Tom Langwell / Gary Bryant6-3, 6-2
L#3 DoublesJoe Buchwald / Mike Gross vs Thomas Lydy / Steve Amburn1-6, 0-6
2023-04-28vs AR/ColemanWon 30
W#1 DoublesSteven Howell / B McMurtry vs Ronny Tollett / Val Robison6-4, 3-6, 1-0
W#2 DoublesEd Dismuke / David Sorsby vs Jerry Young / John Boyd6-0, 6-1
W#3 DoublesJoe Buchwald / Mike Gross vs James McCoy / Dalton Coleman6-4, 6-1
2023-04-27vs MS/Plitt/Gulf CoastWon 21
L#1 DoublesSteven Howell / B McMurtry vs John Wilkinson / Jimmy Johnson1-6, 1-6
W#2 DoublesDavid Sorsby / Ed Dismuke vs Robert Lawrence / Terry Gene Cook6-0, 6-1
W#3 DoublesJoe Buchwald / Mike Gross vs David Stanovich / Reuben Byrd6-4, 1-6, 1-0
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ScoutingWhere each opponent usually plays

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B McMurtry
usually #1 Doubles 100% · published 3.5
David Sorsby
usually #2 Doubles 100% · published 3.5
Ed Dismuke
usually #2 Doubles 100% · published 3.5
Joe Buchwald
usually #3 Doubles 100% · published
Mike Gross
usually #3 Doubles 100% · published
Raul Ribeiro
published
Steven Howell
usually #1 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.

Joe Buchwald + Mike Gross7259% games−9.3% vs expected
Steven Howell + Ed Dismuke4451% gamesnot enough data
Ed Dismuke + David Sorsby4166% gamesnot enough data
Steven Howell + B McMurtry134 matchesnot enough data
B McMurtry + Mike Gross044 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.

3.5
B McMurtry
1W–10L career · type S · 3 lines in 2023
not enough data
3.5
David Sorsby
4W–2L career · type S · 4 lines in 2023
not enough data
3.5
Ed Dismuke
9W–5L career · type S · 4 lines in 2023
not enough data
Joe Buchwald
7W–2L career · 4 lines in 2023
not enough data
Mike Gross
8W–8L career · 4 lines in 2023
not enough data
Raul Ribeiro
4W–2L career · no lines in 2023
not enough data
Steven Howell
8W–14L career · 4 lines in 2023
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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