Teams

Balls a Fire

Adult 40 & Over Summer · 3.5 Men

10 players · average NTRP 3.33 / DELAWARE

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Schedule18 played
2022-07-16vs SmashersLost 03
L#1 DoublesBarry Mendelson / Stephen Johnson vs Greg Volz / Scott Smith4-6, 2-0
L#1 SinglesWayne Erne vs Jamil Khatri2-6, 7-6, 0-1
L#2 DoublesMichael Paregian / Tim Hoffman vs MARC LEPORE / Anyao Cheng3-6, 1-6
2022-06-28vs WatermenLost 03
L#1 DoublesWayne Erne / Barry Mendelson vs Frank Gigliotti / Ron Teixeira4-6, 4-6
L#2 DoublesTim Hoffman / Jason Sanocki vs Jeffrey Rubin / Abhijit Jadhav0-6, 1-6
L#3 DoublesClifford Mitchell / James Smith vs Steve Chang / Robert Dewey1-6, 2-6
2022-06-23vs HotshotsLost 03
L#1 DoublesWayne Erne / Barry Mendelson vs Frank Dougherty / David Giordano7-5, 5-7, 0-1
L#2 DoublesEric Baker / Tim Hoffman vs Izak Bahar / Geoffrey Moriak0-6, 1-6
L#3 DoublesClifford Mitchell / Jason Sanocki vs Michael Norcross / Gary Smith2-6, 1-6
2022-06-16vs DuPont OvalsLost 12
L#1 DoublesWayne Erne / Steve Weber vs Robert Bush / Matthew Hoey7-6, 0-6, 0-1
W#2 DoublesBarry Mendelson / Stephen Johnson vs Ted Hu / Hyung Steele6-2, 6-3
L#3 DoublesMichael Paregian / Kurt Tappe vs Frank Cuoco / Keith Smith1-6, 6-1, 0-1
2022-06-12vs Inspiring Open StanzaWon 20
W#1 DoublesWayne Erne / Steve Weber vs David Madans / Todd COUSINEAU6-1, 6-1
W#2 DoublesKurt Tappe / Michael Paregian vs Kyle McDuffie / Krishna Ganti6-7, 7-5, 1-0
2022-06-04vs Greenville 40Lost 12
W#1 DoublesBarry Mendelson / Steve Weber vs Neil Kilian / Andrew Rosen6-2, 6-1
L#2 DoublesTim Hoffman / Wayne Erne vs Lonny Fish / Michael Turick6-3, 3-6, 0-1
L#3 DoublesKurt Tappe / Robert Wolk vs Jon Mieritz / Michael Kane5-7, 4-6
2022-05-26vs ChargersLost 03
L#1 DoublesWayne Erne / Barry Mendelson vs Sumit Agarwal / Tariq Quraishi2-6, 4-6
L#2 DoublesTim Hoffman / Kurt Tappe vs Nilay Shah / Stephen Butler2-6, 0-6
L#3 DoublesClifford Mitchell / Jason Sanocki vs Rogier Doekes / Chris Gedney0-6, 0-6
2022-05-19vs LeidaLost 03
L#1 SinglesWayne Erne vs Peter Leida7-6, 6-7, 0-1
L#2 DoublesTim Hoffman / Stephen Johnson vs John Casanova / Brian Crevasse2-6, 3-6
L#3 DoublesEric Baker / Victor Lusvardi vs Daniel Marien / Saurabh Gupta2-6, 7-6, 0-1
2022-05-03vs Radley RunLost 02
L#1 DoublesWayne Erne / Steve Weber vs Patrick Torrey / Doug Haines6-2, 6-7, 0-1
L#2 DoublesTim Hoffman / Barry Mendelson vs Robert Ceribelli / Scott Blackadar4-6, 0-6
2022-04-26vs WCCLost 12
L#1 DoublesBarry Mendelson / Steve Weber vs Scott Burris / Joseph DeSantis6-0, 4-6, 0-1
W#1 SinglesWayne Erne vs Daniel Schwieger3-6, 6-2, 1-0
L#2 DoublesDavid Bennett / Kurt Tappe vs Robert Heinle / William McGinley6-2, 4-6, 0-1
2022-04-24vs Got BallsWon 21
L#1 DoublesWayne Erne / Steve Weber vs Jeffrey Dinger / David Harris7-6, 2-6, 0-1
W#2 DoublesKurt Tappe / Barry Mendelson vs Victor Arriagada / Steven Santaguida7-5, 6-3
W#3 DoublesClifford Mitchell / Michael Paregian vs George Donze / Mitchell Rock6-1, 6-3
2019-06-30vs WatermenSplit 11
W#2 DoublesWayne Erne / Steve Weber vs Dean Bray / Robert Dewey6-2, 6-7, 1-0
L#3 DoublesLewis Martin / Clifford Mitchell vs Santosh Gaikwad / Robert Hite1-6, 4-6
2019-06-25vs WCCSplit 22
W#1 DoublesWayne Erne / Steve Weber vs Mark Collins / Andre Bouchard6-4, 6-4
L#2 DoublesTong Ge / Barry Mendelson vs Joseph DeSantis / Daniel Schwieger4-6, 3-6
L#2 SinglesJames Ferraro vs Robert Rittereiser6-3, 3-6, 0-1
W#3 DoublesDavid Bennett / Clifford Mitchell vs Frank Folio / Zelimir Kozic6-3, 6-1
2019-06-21vs HotshotsWon 20
W#2 DoublesWayne Erne / Steve Weber vs Cris Barrish / Brian Miller7-5, 6-1
W#3 DoublesBarry Mendelson / John Rogers vs Stephen Poorman / Bob Clements6-4, 6-0
2019-06-15vs Got BallsWon 21
L#1 DoublesWayne Erne / Steve Weber vs Jeffrey Dinger / Bret Vincent1-6, 2-6
W#2 DoublesTim Hoffman / Barry Mendelson vs George Donze / Patrick Lyons6-3, 6-2
W#3 DoublesMichael Paregian / John Rogers vs Joe Eveland / FRANK LACEY6-0, 6-0
2019-05-20vs DuPont OvalsWon 30
W#2 DoublesWayne Erne / Barry Mendelson vs Viacheslav Petrov / John Balaguer6-4, 6-0
W#2 SinglesJames Ferraro vs Dwight Price6-2, 6-4
W#3 DoublesTim Hoffman / David Bennett vs Hirohiko Kizuka / Donald Durandetta6-1, 6-3
2019-05-07vs Greenville 40Won 30
W#1 DoublesSteve Weber / Wayne Erne vs Donald Dewees / John Wolak5-7, 6-4, 1-0
W#2 DoublesAri Chompre / Barry Mendelson vs Donald Reid / Stephen Davies7-5, 6-3
W#3 DoublesTim Hoffman / David Bennett vs Ross Feehrer / William Frietze5-7, 7-6, 1-0
2019-05-04vs Radley RunWon 20
W#1 DoublesSteve Weber / Wayne Erne vs D Kirk Harman / Jason Lisi6-2, 6-2
W#2 DoublesJawahar Balakrishnan / Robert Wolk vs Stephen Butler / Thomas Malone6-1, 6-0
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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 standings for 3.5 Men have not been collected yet. Where we have them we show every team in the flight ranked, with this team highlighted. The crawler is still filling in older seasons and flights.

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 2.89 estimated across 7 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.

James Ferraro
usually #2 Singles 100% · published 3.5
3.18
Barry Mendelson
usually #2 Doubles 47%, also #1 Doubles 32% · published 3.5
2.97
Jason Sanocki
published
2.96
Robert Wolk
usually #3 Doubles 50%, also #2 Doubles 50% · published
2.87
Victor Lusvardi
usually #3 Doubles 100% · published
2.85
Kurt Tappe
usually #2 Doubles 67%, also #3 Doubles 33% · published
2.73
Clifford Mitchell
usually #3 Doubles 100% · published 3
2.69
Tim Hoffman
usually #2 Doubles 59%, also #3 Doubles 41% · published
Michael Paregian
usually #3 Doubles 60%, also #2 Doubles 40% · published
Wayne Erne
usually #1 Doubles 37%, also #2 Doubles 33% · 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.

Wayne Erne + Barry Mendelson4649% games+0.7% vs expected
Kurt Tappe + Tim Hoffman01023% games−21.1% vs expected
Kurt Tappe + Barry Mendelson4544% gamesnot enough data
Kurt Tappe + Robert Wolk1534% gamesnot enough data
Tim Hoffman + Barry Mendelson1525% gamesnot enough data
Kurt Tappe + Michael Paregian134 matchesnot enough data
Wayne Erne + Tim Hoffman033 matchesnot enough data
Tim Hoffman + Robert Wolk033 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
James Ferraro
1W–1L career · 2 lines in 2022
not enough data
3.5
Barry Mendelson
28W–39L career · 19 lines in 2022
9%91%1%
3.18
Jason Sanocki
28W–26L career · no lines in 2022
<1%58%42%
2.97
Robert Wolk
17W–40L career · 2 lines in 2022
63%37%<1%
2.96
Victor Lusvardi
35W–31L career · 1 line in 2022
<1%84%15%
2.87
Kurt Tappe
9W–46L career · 6 lines in 2022
88%12%<1%
2.85
3
Clifford Mitchell
19W–47L career · 6 lines in 2022
4%94%2%
2.73
Tim Hoffman
4W–97L career · 17 lines in 2022
99%1%<1%
2.69
Michael Paregian
12W–25L career · 5 lines in 2022
not enough data
Wayne Erne
94W–113L career · 30 lines in 2022
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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