Teams

Gong

2023 Tri Level Women · 4.0,3.5,3.0

9 players · average NTRP 3.50 / WESTERN REGION

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Schedule6 played
2023-02-05vs RuggieroWon 20
W#2 DoublesPam Santorelli / Pamela Finley vs Kathleen Banks / Kathi Black7-6, 7-5
W#3 DoublesKathy Benzinger / Karen Perna vs Cathy English / Holly Powell7-5, 6-2
2023-01-29vs Love BugsLost 03
L#1 DoublesPamela Finley / Pauline Kuun vs Cheryl Athoe / Samar Al-Alam5-7, 5-7
L#2 DoublesKathy Benzinger / Karen Perna vs Julie la Barbera / Amy Handley1-6, 1-6
L#3 DoublesDonna Decarolis / Penny Cipolla vs Cynthia Albrecht / Kim Collins4-6, 6-7
2023-01-22vs Dare DoublesLost 03
L#1 DoublesXia Karen Gong / Jennifer Gottfried vs Shuman Hua / Meagan Doxtad1-6, 3-6
L#2 DoublesPamela Finley / Pauline Kuun vs Laura Kang / Lei Ying5-7, 2-6
L#3 DoublesKathy Benzinger / Donna Decarolis vs Aimee Leberer / Andrea Ochal6-7, 4-5
2023-01-14vs BaileyWon 20
W#1 DoublesXia Karen Gong / Jennifer Gottfried vs Mary-Ann Jolley / Laurie Krajna6-3, 6-4
W#3 DoublesDonna Decarolis / Kathy Benzinger vs Patricia McGrath / Kelley Vanslander6-3, 6-0
2022-12-10vs BUF: StohlLost 12
L#1 DoublesXia Karen Gong / Jennifer Gottfried vs Fernanda Lobo Trindade / Jan Coleman1-6, 2-6
L#2 DoublesPamela Finley / Pauline Kuun vs Amy Stohl / Michelle Plimpton2-6, 5-7
W#3 DoublesPam Santorelli / Kathy Benzinger vs Joanne Mendiola / Christina Shotell2-6, 6-1, 1-0
2022-12-04vs TodaroWon 20
W#1 DoublesXia Karen Gong / Jennifer Gottfried vs Debbie Todaro / Paula Conti6-4, 6-3
W#2 DoublesPamela Finley / Pauline Kuun vs Meriem Said / Jackee Czuprynski6-1, 6-4
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Flight standings6 teams · 4.0,3.5,3.0
TeamWLInd. WInd. LSets lostGames lost
1BUF: Stohl0612616138
2Todaro0610819162
3Gong069921178
4Ruggiero0671122172
5Love Bugs0671124190
6Bailey0641328197

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 3.07 estimated across 6 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.

3.46
Xia Karen Gong
usually #1 Doubles 100% · published
3.32
Pauline Kuun
usually #2 Doubles 75%, also #1 Doubles 25% · published 3.5
3.08
Kathy Benzinger
usually #3 Doubles 80%, also #2 Doubles 20% · published 3.5
3.02
Karen Perna
usually #2 Doubles 50%, also #3 Doubles 50% · published
2.87
Penny Cipolla
usually #3 Doubles 100% · published
2.66
Donna Decarolis
usually #3 Doubles 100% · published
Jennifer Gottfried
usually #1 Doubles 100% · published
Pam Santorelli
usually #3 Doubles 50%, also #2 Doubles 50% · published
Pamela Finley
usually #2 Doubles 67%, also #1 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.

Pauline Kuun + Pamela Finley0642% games−4.3% vs expected
Penny Cipolla + Donna Decarolis1445% games−7.4% vs expected
Pauline Kuun + Xia Karen Gong5165% gamesnot enough data
Kathy Benzinger + Donna Decarolis5160% gamesnot enough data
Pamela Finley + Pam Santorelli224 matchesnot enough data
Penny Cipolla + Karen Perna033 matchesnot enough data
Pauline Kuun + Pam Santorelli033 matchesnot enough data
Pauline Kuun + Donna Decarolis033 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.

Xia Karen Gong
72W–77L career · 4 lines in 2023
62%38%<1%
3.46
3.5
Pauline Kuun
104W–80L career · 4 lines in 2023
1%89%9%
3.32
3.5
Kathy Benzinger
97W–84L career · 5 lines in 2023
28%72%<1%
3.08
Karen Perna
50W–36L career · 2 lines in 2023
<1%43%57%
3.02
Penny Cipolla
28W–25L career · 1 line in 2023
<1%82%17%
2.87
Donna Decarolis
32W–32L career · 1 line in 2023
12%87%1%
2.66
Jennifer Gottfried
3W–9L career · 1 line in 2023
not enough data
Pam Santorelli
15W–30L career · 2 lines in 2023
not enough data
Pamela Finley
4W–15L career · 3 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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