Teams

Bliss

2025 55&Over Women Metro · 8.0 Women

17 players · average NTRP 3.93 / METROPOLITAN REGION

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
2025-08-26vs Metro: Gould/ZeiglerLost 12
L#1 DoublesKaren Hyams / Beth Capelin vs Justine Cooper / Nina Hellman7-6, 4-5
L#2 DoublesFrances Milliken / Denise Cohen vs Susan Zeigler / Dorie Klissas1-6, 6-3, 0-1
W#3 DoublesMahmuda Karabay / Tempe Zucker vs Patricia Gould / Nora Holmes6-3, 6-2
2025-08-20vs Metro: Gould/ZeiglerLost 12
L#1 DoublesVenus Jones / Susan Silver Schlecker vs Kathy Rey / Christie Simmons3-6, 5-7
W#2 DoublesMelinda Trang / Susanne Sparks vs Sandy Keenan / Grace de Fries6-4, 6-4
L#3 DoublesValerie Rifkin / Frances Milliken vs Christine Burns / Laurie Elvove4-6, 6-4, 0-1
2025-08-14vs Metro: Gould/ZeiglerLost 12
L#1 DoublesVenus Jones / Sharon Ollivierre vs Kathy Rey / Christie Simmons3-6, 3-6
W#2 DoublesMahmuda Karabay / Annette Delgado vs Soo Ji Park / Nora Holmes7-5, 6-4
L#3 DoublesBeth Capelin / Susanne Sparks vs Laurie Elvove / Christine Burns2-6, 3-6
2025-08-06vs Metro: Gould/ZeiglerLost 12
L#1 DoublesMichele Miller / Jan Strack vs Kathy Rey / Christie Simmons3-6, 2-6
L#2 DoublesHeide Marie Bliss / Susan Silver Schlecker vs Sandy Keenan / Grace de Fries5-7, 5-6
W#3 DoublesDenise Cohen / Melinda Trang vs Patricia Gould / Nina Hellman6-4, 6-0
2025-07-21vs Metro: Gould/ZeiglerLost 12
L#1 DoublesSusan Silver Schlecker / Venus Jones vs Kathy Rey / Christie Simmons0-6, 7-5, 0-1
W#2 DoublesTempe Zucker / Annette Delgado vs Frances Buckley / Mary Mondello7-5, 5-5
L#3 DoublesHeide Marie Bliss / Valerie Rifkin vs Dorie Klissas / Laurie Elvove4-6, 0-6
2025-07-16vs Metro: Gould/ZeiglerWon 21
L#1 DoublesVenus Jones / Sharon Ollivierre vs Frances Buckley / Soo Ji Park6-3, 2-6, 1-0
W#2 DoublesMichele Miller / Jan Strack vs Susan Zeigler / Justine Cooper6-2, 6-2
W#3 DoublesTempe Zucker / Karen Hyams vs N/A6-0, 6-0
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Flight standings2 teams · 8.0 Women
TeamWLInd. WInd. LSets lostGames lost
1Metro: Gould/Zeigler0611718167
2Bliss0671121167

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 3.59 estimated across 14 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.

3.83
Annette Delgado
usually #2 Doubles 67%, also #1 Doubles 33% · published 4
3.78
Venus Jones
usually #1 Doubles 100% · published 4
3.78
Karen Hyams
usually #3 Doubles 50%, also #1 Doubles 50% · published 4
Denise Cohen
usually #3 Doubles 50%, also #2 Doubles 50% · published 4
3.74
Sharon Ollivierre
usually #1 Doubles 100% · published 4
3.71
Melinda Trang
usually #3 Doubles 50%, also #2 Doubles 50% · published 4
3.63
Tempe Zucker
usually #3 Doubles 67%, also #2 Doubles 33% · published 4
3.62
Jan Strack
usually #2 Doubles 50%, also #1 Doubles 50% · published 4
3.62
Mahmuda Karabay
usually #2 Doubles 50%, also #3 Doubles 50% · published 4
3.54
Michele Miller
usually #2 Doubles 50%, also #1 Doubles 50% · published
3.54
Susan Silver Schlecker
usually #1 Doubles 67%, also #2 Doubles 33% · published 4
3.44
Beth Capelin
usually #3 Doubles 50%, also #1 Doubles 50% · published 4
3.40
Susanne Sparks
usually #3 Doubles 50%, also #2 Doubles 50% · published 3.5
3.40
Heide Marie Bliss
usually #3 Doubles 50%, also #2 Doubles 50% · published 4
Cheryl-Anne Bliss
published 3.5
3.21
Frances Milliken
usually #3 Doubles 50%, also #2 Doubles 50% · published
Valerie Rifkin
usually #3 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.

Karen Hyams + Beth Capelin6553% games+10.6% vs expected
Susan Silver Schlecker + Venus Jones121053% games+5.1% vs expected
Jan Strack + Venus Jones8160% games+2.6% vs expected
Sharon Ollivierre + Venus Jones11854% games−0.7% vs expected
Tempe Zucker + Beth Capelin3446% games−2.0% vs expected
Mahmuda Karabay + Annette Delgado1541% games−3.4% vs expected
Heide Marie Bliss + Susan Silver Schlecker4449% games−4.0% vs expected
Jan Strack + Michele Miller5646% games−4.8% vs expected
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
Annette Delgado
253W–180L career · 6 lines in 2025
1%88%11%
3.83
4
Venus Jones
175W–145L career · 4 lines in 2025
2%92%6%
3.78
4
Karen Hyams
88W–65L career · 2 lines in 2025
2%92%6%
3.78
4
Denise Cohen
48W–35L career · 2 lines in 2025
not enough data
4
Sharon Ollivierre
249W–185L career · 2 lines in 2025
4%93%3%
3.74
4
Melinda Trang
135W–132L career · 2 lines in 2025
7%91%2%
3.71
4
Tempe Zucker
70W–73L career · 3 lines in 2025
17%83%<1%
3.63
4
Jan Strack
141W–106L career · 2 lines in 2025
19%80%<1%
3.62
4
Mahmuda Karabay
101W–125L career · 2 lines in 2025
20%80%<1%
3.62
Michele Miller
97W–68L career · 2 lines in 2025
39%61%<1%
3.54
4
Susan Silver Schlecker
59W–53L career · 3 lines in 2025
40%60%<1%
3.54
4
Beth Capelin
49W–62L career · 2 lines in 2025
66%34%<1%
3.44
3.5
Susanne Sparks
132W–210L career · 2 lines in 2025
<1%75%25%
3.40
4
Heide Marie Bliss
92W–98L career · 2 lines in 2025
76%24%<1%
3.40
3.5
Cheryl-Anne Bliss
61W–75L career · no lines in 2025
not enough data
Frances Milliken
38W–47L career · 2 lines in 2025
7%91%2%
3.21
Valerie Rifkin
13W–31L career · 2 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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