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2025 Winter Blast Doubles · Women 3.5

4 players · average NTRP 3.50 / NORTH CAROLINA

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Schedule11 played
2025-01-28vs Some Like It HotWon 10
W#1 DoublesJackie Finley / Rosemary Skoog vs Becky Brittain / Amy Lawton6-3, 7-5
2025-01-27Won 10
W#1 DoublesLinda Shuford / Rosemary Skoog vs Wendy Walker / Marsha White6-0, 6-0
2025-01-25vs Party of 4Won 10
W#1 DoublesLinda Shuford / Marsha Diamonti vs Denise Moose / Kelly Miller6-0, 3-6, 1-0
2025-01-19vs PlaymakersLost 01
L#1 DoublesMarsha Diamonti / Rosemary Skoog vs Tisha Zagaroli / Mindy Bolick3-6, 3-6
2025-01-17vs Catawba ChicksLost 01
L#1 DoublesLinda Shuford / Marsha Diamonti vs Kelli Schmidt / Elise Wright3-6, 3-6
2025-01-16vs Nippy NutsLost 01
L#1 DoublesRosemary Skoog / Marsha Diamonti vs Julie Wilson / Mindy Murray6-7, 3-6
2025-01-14vs Grammy's GirlsWon 10
W#1 DoublesLinda Shuford / Rosemary Skoog vs Lawren Wells / Sara Griffith4-6, 7-5, 1-0
2025-01-13vs Racket Strings QuartetWon 10
W#1 DoublesLinda Shuford / Marsha Diamonti vs Lisa Moore / Rhonda Kiser6-1, 6-0
2025-01-09Won 10
W#1 DoublesMarsha Diamonti / Rosemary Skoog vs Susan Davis / Beth Martin6-4, 6-4
2024-12-04vs Ice QueensWon 10
W#1 DoublesJackie Finley / Marsha Diamonti vs Amy Cody / Pam Britt6-4, 6-1
2024-12-01vs H2OWon 10
W#1 DoublesLinda Shuford / Jackie Finley vs Sandi Horyza / Kristine Hutton6-1, 6-3
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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 3.29 estimated across 4 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.

3.35
Jackie Finley
usually #1 Doubles 100% · published 3.5
3.35
Linda Shuford
usually #1 Doubles 100% · published 3.5
3.24
Marsha Diamonti
usually #1 Doubles 100% · published 3.5
3.23
Rosemary Skoog
usually #1 Doubles 100% · published 3.5
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.

Marsha Diamonti + Rosemary Skoog262251% games−1.2% vs expected
Marsha Diamonti + Jackie Finley6851% games−6.7% vs expected
Marsha Diamonti + Linda Shuford12555% gamesnot enough data
Linda Shuford + Rosemary Skoog5264% gamesnot enough data
Linda Shuford + Jackie Finley213 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
Jackie Finley
71W–50L career · 3 lines in 2025
1%85%15%
3.35
3.5
Linda Shuford
120W–80L career · 6 lines in 2025
1%86%14%
3.35
3.5
Marsha Diamonti
246W–258L career · 7 lines in 2025
4%93%3%
3.24
3.5
Rosemary Skoog
214W–143L career · 6 lines in 2025
5%92%3%
3.23

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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