Teams

JNichols (Queens)

2026 Combo Doubles 55 & Over League · 55 & Over Combo 8.5 Men - Wed PM

13 players · average NTRP 4.29 / NORTH CAROLINA

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Schedule3 played
2026-08-19vs WTiedeman (OPRC)Won 30
W#1 DoublesDavid Strause / Rod Spence vs Mario Gonzalez / Stephen Kennen6-4, 6-2
W#2 DoublesDaniel Comisar / James Nichols vs Jay Tiedeman / Bo Chriscoe6-4, 6-2
W#3 DoublesBryan Skelton / Eric Tan vs Wade Farrow / Sean Hickey6-3, 6-2
2026-08-12vs ZStroupe (Myers Park)Won 21
W#1 DoublesDavid Strause / Thomas Kraus vs Zachary Stroupe / Jon Koceja6-2, 6-4
W#2 DoublesDavid Schweppe / James Nichols vs Emmet Dyer / Dick Parkhurst6-3, 6-2
L#3 DoublesRod Spence / Mark Swartz vs William Merlo / Francis Teague3-6, 6-7
2026-08-05vs BBrupbacher (WSRC)Won 30
W#1 DoublesDavid Strause / Joel Turner vs Bill Brupbacher / Mike Farley6-3, 6-2
W#2 DoublesDavid Schweppe / Patrick Keaton vs Gordon Lowman / Larry McCorkle4-6, 7-6, 1-0
W#3 DoublesDaniel Comisar / James Nichols vs Kevin Miller / Mark Brandon6-3, 6-1
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Flight standings5 teams · 55 & Over Combo 8.5 Men - Wed PM
TeamWLInd. WInd. LSets lostGames lost
1JNichols (Queens)3081362
2SSwanson (Palisades)2060128
3ZStroupe (Myers Park)12361397
4WTiedeman (OPRC)02151170
5BBrupbacher (WSRC)02061272

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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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 4.04 estimated across 11 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.

4.39
Rod Spence
usually #3 Doubles 50%, also #1 Doubles 50% · published 4.5
4.30
Neil Handelsman
published 4.5
4.29
Daniel Comisar
usually #3 Doubles 50%, also #2 Doubles 50% · published 4.5
4.27
David Schweppe
usually #2 Doubles 100% · published 4.5
4.23
Eric Tan
usually #3 Doubles 100% · published
4.05
Joel Turner
usually #1 Doubles 100% · published
3.97
David Strause
usually #1 Doubles 100% · published 4
3.90
Bryan Skelton
usually #3 Doubles 100% · published 4
3.85
James Nichols
usually #2 Doubles 75%, also #3 Doubles 25% · published 4
3.60
Thomas Kraus
usually #1 Doubles 100% · published
3.54
Tim Chu
published
Mark Swartz
usually #3 Doubles 100% · published
Patrick Keaton
usually #2 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.

James Nichols + Bryan Skelton4258% games+4.8% vs expected
Neil Handelsman + Daniel Comisar6458% gamesnot enough data
David Strause + Neil Handelsman6162% gamesnot enough data
James Nichols + Neil Handelsman6070% gamesnot enough data
David Strause + James Nichols4158% gamesnot enough data
James Nichols + Daniel Comisar314 matchesnot enough data
Bryan Skelton + Rod Spence314 matchesnot enough data
Eric Tan + Rod Spence213 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.

4.5
Rod Spence
103W–35L career · type A · 2 lines in 2026
<1%78%22%
4.39
4.5
Neil Handelsman
58W–23L career · no lines in 2026
2%91%8%
4.30
4.5
Daniel Comisar
90W–36L career · 2 lines in 2026
2%92%6%
4.29
4.5
David Schweppe
4W–2L career · 2 lines in 2026
3%92%5%
4.27
Eric Tan
20W–8L career · 1 line in 2026
0%<1%>99%
4.23
Joel Turner
7W–4L career · 1 line in 2026
36%64%<1%
4.05
4
David Strause
65W–26L career · 3 lines in 2026
<1%59%41%
3.97
4
Bryan Skelton
52W–28L career · 1 line in 2026
<1%76%24%
3.90
4
James Nichols
167W–76L career · 4 lines in 2026
1%85%15%
3.85
Thomas Kraus
5W–4L career · 1 line in 2026
<1%23%77%
3.60
Tim Chu
9W–5L career · no lines in 2026
<1%38%62%
3.54
Mark Swartz
0W–1L career · 1 line in 2026
not enough data
Patrick Keaton
1W–0L career · 1 line in 2026
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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