Teams

Shortenhaus/Pitzen

2025 IA 55 & Over Adult League · 8.0 M 55 Over

10 players · average NTRP 3.75 / IOWA

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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Schedule6 played
2025-03-07vs Buck/FisherLost 12
L#1 DoublesPhilip Pitzen / Ron Shortenhaus vs Stu Card / Michael Bohnenkamp1-6, 1-6
W#2 DoublesRichard Heil / Ronald Bradfield vs Joel Sissel / Rick Ewald6-3, 2-6, 1-0
L#3 DoublesRichard Atterbury / Cliff Stroh vs Keith Buck / Martin Fisher Jr0-6, 3-6
2025-02-02vs Carlyle/MillerWon 20
W#1 DoublesRichard Heil / Ronald Bradfield vs Alejandro Andreotti / William (Ev) Cochrane6-2, 6-4
W#2 DoublesCliff Stroh / Richard Atterbury vs Ronald Miller / David Carlyle6-4, 1-6, 1-0
2025-01-10vs Buck/FisherLost 12
W#1 DoublesRichard Heil / Ronald Bradfield vs Stu Card / Joel Sissel6-4, 2-6, 1-0
L#2 DoublesJoel Nikolas / Carlos Lavastida vs Anil Jha / Dennis Lonzarich5-7, 2-6
L#3 DoublesPhilip Pitzen / Richard Atterbury vs David Olsgaard / Matthew Bright6-1, 6-7, 0-1
2024-11-01vs Carlyle/MillerWon 21
L#1 DoublesRon Shortenhaus / Philip Pitzen vs William (Ev) Cochrane / Eric Eide5-7, 1-6
W#2 DoublesJoseph McAdams / Joel Nikolas vs Eric Bligard / David Carlyle7-6, 6-3
W#3 DoublesRichard Atterbury / Cliff Stroh vs Ronald Miller / Thomas Nordhoff6-1, 7-5
2024-10-11vs Buck/FisherLost 03
L#1 DoublesRichard Heil / Joel Nikolas vs Matthew Whipps / Rick Ewald4-6, 6-4, 0-1
L#2 DoublesPeter Else / Carlos Lavastida vs Martin Fisher Jr / Arthur Khaw6-1, 3-6, 0-1
L#3 DoublesPhilip Pitzen / Joseph McAdams vs Keith Buck / David Olsgaard3-6, 3-6
2024-09-29vs Carlyle/MillerWon 21
W#1 DoublesRon Shortenhaus / Philip Pitzen vs Ronald Miller / Thomas Nordhoff7-5, 6-3
W#2 DoublesRonald Bradfield / Richard Heil vs Kurt Kinnevan / David Carlyle6-1, 6-2
L#3 DoublesJoseph McAdams / Cliff Stroh vs William (Ev) Cochrane / Eric Bligard3-6, 2-6
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Grouped by tie — one fixture, several lines. A line shows only when a player on it is someone we have indexed, so an early-season tie for a newly-added team can look short. This also means the line count here will not match the header, which counts individual player appearances.
Flight standings6 teams · 8.0 M 55 Over
TeamWLInd. WInd. LSets lostGames lost
1Buck/Fisher601629104
2IA/Sichterman/55&Over8.0M5113512137
3Shortenhaus/Pitzen3381023175
4Russell2481022168
5Childers2461227188
6Carlyle/Miller0631530184

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 3.51 estimated across 5 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.

Carlos Lavastida
usually #2 Doubles 100% · published 4
3.68
Ronald Bradfield
usually #1 Doubles 50%, also #2 Doubles 50% · published
3.56
Richard Heil
usually #1 Doubles 60%, also #2 Doubles 40% · published
3.53
Joel Nikolas
usually #2 Doubles 67%, also #1 Doubles 33% · published
3.45
Ron Shortenhaus
usually #1 Doubles 100% · published
3.30
Richard Atterbury
usually #3 Doubles 75%, also #2 Doubles 25% · published
Cliff Stroh
usually #3 Doubles 75%, also #2 Doubles 25% · published 3.5
Joseph McAdams
usually #3 Doubles 67%, also #2 Doubles 33% · published
Peter Else
usually #2 Doubles 100% · published
Philip Pitzen
usually #1 Doubles 60%, also #3 Doubles 40% · 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.

Richard Heil + Ronald Bradfield141152% games+2.2% vs expected
Joseph McAdams + Philip Pitzen1546% gamesnot enough data
Ron Shortenhaus + Philip Pitzen2442% gamesnot enough data
Cliff Stroh + Richard Atterbury2345% gamesnot enough data
Joseph McAdams + Joel Nikolas303 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.

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Carlos Lavastida
1W–11L career · 2 lines in 2025
not enough data
Ronald Bradfield
58W–52L career · 4 lines in 2025
10%89%1%
3.68
Richard Heil
62W–65L career · 5 lines in 2025
32%68%<1%
3.56
Joel Nikolas
9W–10L career · 3 lines in 2025
41%59%<1%
3.53
Ron Shortenhaus
18W–30L career · 3 lines in 2025
63%37%<1%
3.45
Richard Atterbury
5W–7L career · 4 lines in 2025
92%8%<1%
3.30
3.5
Cliff Stroh
2W–9L career · 4 lines in 2025
not enough data
Joseph McAdams
14W–12L career · 3 lines in 2025
not enough data
Peter Else
25W–26L career · 1 line in 2025
not enough data
Philip Pitzen
14W–19L career · 5 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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