Teams

PL-Zhang

2023 Adult 18 & Over · 2.5 Men

7 players · average NTRP 3.00 / NORTHWEST WASHINGTON

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Schedule8 played
2023-05-20vs MI-Top Guns-KnievelLost 12
L#1 DoublesMin Zhang / Nicolae Zaharia vs Madan Ankapura / Alexander Barnett7-6, 2-6, 0-1
L#1 SinglesShane Coulter vs Jereme Raquepau7-5, 1-6, 0-1
W#2 DoublesKumar Gandharva / Gaurav Tandon vs Brian Eskridge / Chad Rowe6-4, 6-2
2023-05-19vs NWW-ETC-BoxSplit 11
W#1 DoublesNikhil Thaker / Gaurav Tandon vs Tian Li / Michael Gauthier2-6, 6-3, 1-0
L#2 DoublesShane Coulter / Jonathan Luz vs Chris Bevan / Kwangho Song3-6, 2-6
W#1 DoublesKumar Gandharva / Shane Coulter vs Andy Stewart / Soma Burela6-3, 4-6, 1-0
W#1 SinglesSwaroop Krishnamurthy vs Prasad Pande6-2, 6-1
L#2 DoublesMin Zhang / Nicolae Zaharia vs Daniel Stark / Jim Murphy1-6, 3-6
2023-04-29vs NWW-CAC/SL-BarmanLost 12
L#1 DoublesNikhil Thaker / Jonathan Luz vs Kishan Gnanamani / Joydeep Mukherjee0-6, 4-6
L#1 SinglesNicolae Zaharia vs Jag Singh0-6, 1-6
W#2 DoublesSwaroop Krishnamurthy / Sameer Karnik vs Madhu Banik / Himesh Shah6-4, 4-6, 1-0
2023-04-22vs HBSQ-RichWon 20
W#1 DoublesJonathan Luz / Swaroop Krishnamurthy vs Ryan Buma / Daryl Okamura6-2, 6-3
W#2 DoublesGaurav Tandon / Nikhil Thaker vs Michael Kosten / Darrel Rich6-1, 6-2
2023-04-15vs ETC-Box2Lost 12
L#1 DoublesJonathan Luz / Nicolae Zaharia vs Siddharth Parikh / Zihang Pu2-6, 2-6
L#1 SinglesSameer Karnik vs Shiyao Dong6-2, 1-6, 0-1
W#2 DoublesKumar Gandharva / Shane Coulter vs Shangchieh Hung / Han Zhao7-5, 6-3
2023-04-08vs WSC-LopesWon 20
W#1 DoublesGaurav Tandon / Nikhil Thaker vs Eugene Besel / Joseph Carter6-4, 6-0
W#1 SinglesShane Coulter vs Joe Wong6-2, 2-6, 1-0
2023-04-01vs MC-M 2.5-ChoudharyLost 12
W#1 DoublesGaurav Tandon / Nikhil Thaker vs Jeremy Turner / Brian Lim6-4, 6-4
L#1 SinglesSwaroop Krishnamurthy vs Sagar Reddi1-6, 2-6
L#2 DoublesMin Zhang / Sameer Karnik vs Stephen Mock / Adam Barrios4-6, 4-6
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Flight standings5 teams · 2.5 Men
TeamWLInd. WInd. LSets lostGames lost
1NWW-CAC/SL-Barman7117715150
2MC-M 2.5-Choudhary6215920197
3CAC/SL-Revenge of the Dumpster Fire-Stark5317715178
4MI-Top Guns-Knievel44101435247
5PL-Zhang35111330228

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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Roster averages 2.82 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.

2.94
Gaurav Tandon
usually #1 Doubles 60%, also #2 Doubles 40% · published 3
2.88
Shane Coulter
usually #1 Singles 40%, also #2 Doubles 40% · published 3
2.83
Nikhil Thaker
usually #1 Doubles 80%, also #2 Doubles 20% · published
2.76
Swaroop Krishnamurthy
usually #1 Singles 50%, also #1 Doubles 25% · published 3
2.71
Sameer Karnik
usually #2 Doubles 67%, also #1 Singles 33% · published
Hao Zhang
published
Nicolae Zaharia
usually #1 Doubles 50%, also #1 Singles 25% · 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.

Nikhil Thaker + Gaurav Tandon6261% games+10.4% vs expected
Shane Coulter + Sameer Karnik224 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
Gaurav Tandon
23W–11L career · 5 lines in 2023
<1%67%33%
2.94
3
Shane Coulter
77W–49L career · 5 lines in 2023
<1%80%19%
2.88
Nikhil Thaker
17W–5L career · 5 lines in 2023
1%87%12%
2.83
3
Swaroop Krishnamurthy
7W–3L career · 4 lines in 2023
3%92%4%
2.76
Sameer Karnik
29W–26L career · 3 lines in 2023
7%91%2%
2.71
Hao Zhang
0W–6L career · no lines in 2023
not enough data
Nicolae Zaharia
1W–6L 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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