Teams

MMerkel (Queens)

2026 Adult 40 & Over League · 40 & Over Adult 3.0 Men - Tues PM

9 players · average NTRP 3.00 / NORTH CAROLINA

View scouting list →
Schedule8 played
2026-04-28vs PTighe (Blakeney)Won 21
W#1 DoublesRobert Sledd / Matthew Merkel vs Alejandro Sanchez / Gustavo Paravela6-0, 6-2
L#2 DoublesJohn Moritz / Wynn Walker vs PATRICK TIGHE / Brian Hegner6-2, 2-6, 0-1
W#3 DoublesFausto Bello / Jarrod Pafford vs Ron Rossi / Adrian Leu3-6, 6-2, 1-0
2026-04-21vs BGibson (WSRC)Won 21
W#1 DoublesRobert Sledd / Jason Young vs George Koskinas / Brad Fellers6-2, 6-3
W#2 DoublesLawrence Kraujalis / Wynn Walker vs John Girard / Bruce Gibson6-2, 3-6, 1-0
L#3 DoublesJarrod Pafford / John Moritz vs Eric Ovendorf / Ken Klug4-6, 0-6
2026-04-07vs HMahgoub (PCC)Won 21
L#1 DoublesWynn Walker / Lawrence Kraujalis vs Tim Rodriguez / Richard Swanson4-6, 4-6
W#1 SinglesRobert Sledd vs Hani Mahgoub4-6, 6-3, 1-0
W#2 DoublesMatthew Merkel / John Moritz vs Brian Burnett / Buddy Walker6-2, 7-6
2026-03-31vs MHenninger (Raintree)Won 30
W#1 DoublesMatthew Merkel / Robert Sledd vs Ty Ruff / John Shaw6-1, 6-2
W#1 SinglesFausto Bello vs Robert Spalding6-2, 4-6, 1-0
W#2 DoublesLawrence Kraujalis / Wynn Walker vs Michael Hall / Kurt Seufert7-6, 1-6, 1-0
2026-03-24vs MReishman (Olde Providence)Won 21
W#1 DoublesMatthew Merkel / Robert Sledd vs Amin Mehrizi / Ljubomir Stambuk6-2, 6-2
W#2 DoublesWynn Walker / Lawrence Kraujalis vs Kevin Carlisle / Glenn Brunker6-3, 6-0
L#3 DoublesFausto Bello / Jarrod Pafford vs Carl Council / Kelly Stone3-6, 1-6
2026-03-17vs CGibson (Raintree)Won 30
W#1 DoublesRobert Sledd / Jason Young vs Arnoldo Marquez / James Hall6-0, 6-0
W#2 DoublesJohn Moritz / Matthew Merkel vs Chris Gibson / John Puterbaugh6-2, 6-1
W#3 DoublesLawrence Kraujalis / Wynn Walker vs Lantz Critel / Brett Testerman6-0, 6-0
2026-03-10vs PTighe (Blakeney)Won 20
W#2 DoublesLawrence Kraujalis / Matthew Merkel vs Gustavo Paravela / FERNANDO CARMINHOLI1-6, 6-1, 1-0
W#3 DoublesFausto Bello / Jarrod Pafford vs Alejandro Sanchez / Ron Rossi6-2, 6-2
2026-03-03vs BGibson (WSRC)Lost 12
W#1 DoublesMatthew Merkel / Robert Sledd vs MAGESH ARUMUGAM / Graham Phillips2-6, 6-3, 1-0
L#2 DoublesJohn Moritz / Jason Young vs Tano Failla / Ken Klug2-6, 4-6
L#3 DoublesFausto Bello / Lawrence Kraujalis vs Bruce Gibson / George Koskinas3-6, 6-1, 0-1
A tie can be incomplete. Tell us if someone is missing.
i
Grouped by tie — one fixture, several lines. A line shows only when a player on it is someone we have indexed, so an early-season tie for a newly-added team can look short. This also means the line count here will not match the header, which counts individual player appearances.
Flight standings4 teams · 40 & Over Adult 3.0 Men - Tues PM
TeamWLInd. WInd. LSets lostGames lost
1MReishman (Olde Providence)53191329246
2MMerkel (Queens)53211131243
3MHenninger (Raintree)44171533245
4HMahgoub (PCC)35181431247

Ordered by team wins, then losses, then sets lost — the order USTA uses to seed a flight. Individual wins are lines, not ties.

See the full flight, with every team’s record

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 2.89 estimated across 7 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.

3.26
Robert Sledd
usually #1 Doubles 60%, also #3 Doubles 30% · published 3
2.98
Wynn Walker
usually #2 Doubles 67%, also #3 Doubles 17% · published
2.94
Matthew Merkel
usually #1 Doubles 57%, also #2 Doubles 43% · published 3
2.89
Lawrence Kraujalis
usually #2 Doubles 57%, also #3 Doubles 29% · published
2.79
Fausto Bello
usually #3 Doubles 80%, also #1 Singles 20% · published 3
2.75
Jarrod Pafford
usually #3 Doubles 100% · published
2.60
John Moritz
usually #2 Doubles 80%, also #3 Doubles 20% · published
David Rietz
published
Troy Owens
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.

Lawrence Kraujalis + Wynn Walker4159% games+9.8% vs expected
Robert Sledd + Matthew Merkel11457% games+1.5% vs expected
Lawrence Kraujalis + Matthew Merkel6158% games+1.4% vs expected
Wynn Walker + Matthew Merkel134 matchesnot enough data
Jarrod Pafford + Fausto Bello213 matchesnot enough data
Troy Owens + Wynn Walker213 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
Robert Sledd
64W–20L career · type A · 10 lines in 2026
<1%2%98%
3.26
Wynn Walker
9W–8L career · 6 lines in 2026
<1%55%45%
2.98
3
Matthew Merkel
54W–45L career · 7 lines in 2026
<1%67%32%
2.94
Lawrence Kraujalis
15W–4L career · 7 lines in 2026
<1%80%20%
2.89
3
Fausto Bello
3W–4L career · 5 lines in 2026
1%94%5%
2.79
Jarrod Pafford
3W–3L career · 4 lines in 2026
3%95%3%
2.75
John Moritz
10W–10L career · 5 lines in 2026
22%78%<1%
2.60
David Rietz
0W–3L career · no lines in 2026
not enough data
Troy Owens
4W–6L career · no lines 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.

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.