Teams

Bliss

2024 55&Over Women Metro · 8.0 Women

16 players · average NTRP 3.90 / 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
2024-08-19vs Metro: Gould/ZeiglerLost 12
L#1 DoublesSusan Smey / Michele Miller vs Christie Simmons / Grace de Fries7-6, 3-4
L#2 DoublesMargo Smith / Linda Eichenbaum vs Lisa Frantz / Justine Cooper6-7, 1-3
W#3 DoublesCheryl-Anne Bliss / Jan Strack vs Dorie Klissas / Frances Buckley6-7, 6-3
2024-08-13vs Metro: Gould/ZeiglerWon 21
W#1 DoublesDenise Cohen / Margo Smith vs Nora Holmes / Mary Mondello6-1, 6-2
L#2 DoublesMichele Miller / Susan Smey vs Sandy Keenan / Laurie Elvove6-2, 4-6
W#3 DoublesKaren Hyams / Berry Ravitz vs Christine Burns / Frances Buckley2-6, 6-4, 1-0
2024-08-08vs Metro: Gould/ZeiglerWon 21
W#1 DoublesMichele Miller / Margo Smith vs Sandy Keenan / Kathie McDermott-Greene6-3, 6-0
L#2 DoublesValerie Rifkin / Sharon Ollivierre vs Susan Zeigler / Christine Burns4-6, 6-4, 0-1
W#3 DoublesHeide Marie Bliss / Susanne Sparks vs Patricia Gould / Christie Simmons6-4, 4-6, 1-0
2024-07-31vs Metro: Gould/ZeiglerLost 12
L#1 DoublesVenus Jones / Denise Cohen vs Kathy Rey / Lisa Frantz4-6, 2-6
L#2 DoublesStephanie O'Sullivan / Berry Ravitz vs Sandy Keenan / Grace de Fries0-6, 6-4, 0-1
W#3 DoublesSusan Silver Schlecker / Karen Hyams vs Nora Holmes / Dorie Klissas6-2, 6-3
2024-07-23vs Metro: Gould/ZeiglerWon 30
W#1 DoublesVenus Jones / Denise Cohen vs Laurie Elvove / Susan Zeigler6-2, 6-4
W#2 DoublesValerie Rifkin / Sharon Ollivierre vs Lisa Frantz / Justine Cooper5-7, 5-3
W#3 DoublesSusanne Sparks / Susan Silver Schlecker vs Kathie McDermott-Greene / Christine Burns7-5, 4-4
2024-07-18vs Metro: Gould/ZeiglerLost 12
L#1 DoublesHeide Marie Bliss / Venus Jones vs Lisa Frantz / Kathy Rey2-6, 0-6
L#2 DoublesLinda Eichenbaum / Michele Miller vs Nora Holmes / Mary Mondello4-6, 4-5
W#3 DoublesCheryl-Anne Bliss / Jan Strack vs Christie Simmons / Patricia Gould6-4, 6-2
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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 3.56 estimated across 10 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.

3.79
Venus Jones
usually #1 Doubles 100% · published 4
3.75
Sharon Ollivierre
usually #2 Doubles 100% · published 4
Denise Cohen
usually #1 Doubles 100% · published 4
3.72
Karen Hyams
usually #3 Doubles 75%, also #1 Doubles 25% · published 4
3.64
Jan Strack
usually #3 Doubles 100% · published 4
3.54
Michele Miller
usually #2 Doubles 50%, also #1 Doubles 50% · published
3.54
Susan Silver Schlecker
usually #3 Doubles 100% · published 4
3.45
Berry Ravitz
usually #2 Doubles 50%, also #3 Doubles 50% · published 4
3.42
Heide Marie Bliss
usually #1 Doubles 50%, also #3 Doubles 50% · published 4
3.40
Susanne Sparks
usually #3 Doubles 100% · published 3.5
3.39
Stephanie O'Sullivan
usually #2 Doubles 100% · published
Cheryl-Anne Bliss
usually #3 Doubles 100% · published 3.5
Linda Eichenbaum
usually #2 Doubles 100% · published
Margo Smith
usually #1 Doubles 67%, also #2 Doubles 33% · published
Susan Smey
usually #1 Doubles 50%, also #2 Doubles 50% · published
Valerie Rifkin
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.

Susan Silver Schlecker + Linda Eichenbaum6356% games+6.6% vs expected
Susan Silver Schlecker + Venus Jones121053% games+5.7% vs expected
Jan Strack + Venus Jones8160% games+2.6% vs expected
Sharon Ollivierre + Berry Ravitz3250% games+1.9% vs expected
Susan Smey + Michele Miller462355% games+1.3% vs expected
Sharon Ollivierre + Venus Jones11854% games−0.1% vs expected
Margo Smith + Denise Cohen4849% games−1.2% vs expected
Heide Marie Bliss + Venus Jones181949% games−3.7% 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
Venus Jones
175W–145L career · 3 lines in 2024
1%93%6%
3.79
4
Sharon Ollivierre
249W–185L career · 2 lines in 2024
3%95%3%
3.75
4
Denise Cohen
71W–47L career · 3 lines in 2024
not enough data
4
Karen Hyams
88W–65L career · 4 lines in 2024
5%94%1%
3.72
4
Jan Strack
141W–110L career · 2 lines in 2024
14%85%<1%
3.64
Michele Miller
107W–74L career · 4 lines in 2024
37%63%<1%
3.54
4
Susan Silver Schlecker
59W–53L career · 2 lines in 2024
39%61%<1%
3.54
4
Berry Ravitz
175W–103L career · 2 lines in 2024
64%36%<1%
3.45
4
Heide Marie Bliss
93W–98L career · 2 lines in 2024
73%27%<1%
3.42
3.5
Susanne Sparks
132W–210L career · 2 lines in 2024
<1%77%23%
3.40
Stephanie O'Sullivan
124W–76L career · 1 line in 2024
80%20%<1%
3.39
3.5
Cheryl-Anne Bliss
78W–88L career · 2 lines in 2024
not enough data
Linda Eichenbaum
78W–90L career · 2 lines in 2024
not enough data
Margo Smith
37W–38L career · 3 lines in 2024
not enough data
Susan Smey
87W–40L career · 2 lines in 2024
not enough data
Valerie Rifkin
13W–31L career · 2 lines in 2024
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.

Not affiliated with or endorsed by the USTA. Ratings labelled as published are USTA year-end figures; anything we describe as an estimate is ours, not USTA’s. Match data is from USTA TennisLink.