Teams

Hot Shots 40+

2023 Adult 40 and Over League · 4.0 Women

13 players · average NTRP 3.94 / OAHU

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Schedule12 played
2023-03-25vs Team ALOHALost 23
W#1 DoublesShannon Oba / Cheryl Yoshida vs Yuriko Christopher / Saori Morio6-1, 7-6
L#1 SinglesToby Arakaki vs Takako Nishiki2-6, 4-6
W#2 DoublesLaura Merrifield / Gwen Yoshimoto vs Amy Umetsu / Anne Stevens6-3, 6-1
L#2 SinglesSonnie Koko vs Kazumi Fukuda2-6, 2-6
L#3 DoublesCori Takimoto / Lyn Joson vs Minza Shiraki-Higa / Martha Okamoto6-4, 3-6, 0-1
2023-03-18vs KRC CosmosWon 32
W#1 DoublesShannon Oba / Cori Takimoto vs Connie Pate / Mary Burris6-2, 6-0
L#1 SinglesSonnie Koko vs Praphaporn Downing1-6, 6-7
L#2 DoublesToby Arakaki / Laura Merrifield vs Janice Bodinus / Monica McClelland6-2, 2-6, 0-1
W#2 SinglesGwen Yoshimoto vs Catherine Fukada6-2, 6-1
W#3 DoublesLeakhena Barbaria / Cheryl Yoshida vs Cathy Joseph / Karen Mayer6-0, 6-0
2023-03-04vs Kaneohe WahineWon 41
W#1 DoublesToby Arakaki / Laura Merrifield vs Judy Iwamoto / Clarice Kamiya6-1, 6-1
W#1 SinglesSonnie Koko vs Yukie O Brewer6-3, 6-4
W#2 DoublesJoanna Kappel / Cheryl Yoshida vs Marie Imanaka / Debra Shin6-3, 7-6
W#2 SinglesGwen Yoshimoto vs Julie Park6-3, 6-4
L#3 DoublesLyn Joson / Cori Takimoto vs Tomoko Balbirona / Atsuko Sato2-6, 3-6
2023-02-25vs Deuces WildWon 41
L#1 DoublesLyn Joson / Denise Yamada vs Jannicole Alcon / M Wendy Wailehua6-1, 1-6, 0-1
W#1 SinglesLaura Merrifield vs Keiko Morales6-3, 6-4
W#2 DoublesToby Arakaki / Cheryl Yoshida vs Diana Seppelfrick / Renee Ishida7-5, 6-4
W#2 SinglesGwen Yoshimoto vs Jo Shimada6-1, 6-2
W#3 DoublesLeakhena Barbaria / Cori Takimoto vs Maria Kulka / Cherie Dang6-2, 6-1
2023-02-18vs KRC Break-fest ClubWon 32
L#1 DoublesLyn Joson / Shannon Oba vs Ikuko Curtis / Chintana Griffin2-6, 6-2, 0-1
W#1 SinglesSonnie Koko vs Stacey Merrick6-0, 6-4
W#2 DoublesToby Arakaki / Laura Merrifield vs Kaneko Bell / Elaina Hall6-2, 7-5
L#2 SinglesGwen Yoshimoto vs Yukashi Smith4-6, 6-2, 0-1
W#3 DoublesJoanna Kappel / Cheryl Yoshida vs Linda Landau / Jessica Nishikawa4-6, 7-6, 1-0
2023-02-12vs OC Love TennisWon 50
W#1 DoublesLaura Merrifield / Toby Arakaki vs Edna Nomura / Laurie Kishimoto7-5, 6-2
W#1 SinglesSonnie Koko vs Joni Tamayo-Wilson6-2, 6-4
W#2 DoublesShannon Oba / Cori Takimoto vs Kathleen Connolly / Keiko Fleischer6-0, 6-3
W#2 SinglesGwen Yoshimoto vs Pauline Castro6-3, 6-3
W#3 DoublesLeakhena Barbaria / Denise Yamada vs Joyce Kwok / Zsuzsa Rastegar6-2, 6-0
2023-02-11vs Team ALOHALost 23
W#1 DoublesLaura Merrifield / Toby Arakaki vs Liliana Bruggemann / Anne Stevens6-4, 6-1
W#1 SinglesSonnie Koko vs Kazumi Fukuda3-6, 6-2, 1-0
L#2 DoublesCheryl Yoshida / Shannon Oba vs Yuriko Christopher / Miyuki Haught4-6, 7-6, 1-0
L#2 SinglesGwen Yoshimoto vs Saori Morio7-5, 3-6, 0-1
L#3 DoublesCori Takimoto / Lyn Joson vs Cyndi Kam / Minza Shiraki-Higa2-6, 6-4, 0-1
2023-02-04vs KRC CosmosWon 41
W#1 DoublesJoanna Kappel / Shannon Oba vs Eva Allerstorfer / Janice Bodinus6-4, 4-6, 1-0
L#1 SinglesNina Smith vs Praphaporn Downing2-6, 2-6
W#2 DoublesLyn Joson / Cori Takimoto vs Monica McClelland / Jennifer Clark6-0, 6-0
W#2 SinglesCheryl Yoshida vs Catherine Fukada6-4, 6-3
W#3 DoublesLeakhena Barbaria / Laura Merrifield vs Cathy Joseph / Katie Brown6-1, 6-4
2023-01-28vs Kaneohe WahineWon 32
W#1 DoublesLaura Merrifield / Toby Arakaki vs Jo Ann Hirata / Atsuko Sato6-2, 6-4
L#1 SinglesGwen Yoshimoto vs Yukie O Brewer2-6, 3-6
W#2 DoublesShannon Oba / Cori Takimoto vs Marie Imanaka / Tomoko Balbirona6-1, 6-0
W#2 SinglesDenise Yamada vs Julie Park6-7, 6-1, 1-0
L#3 DoublesLeakhena Barbaria / Cheryl Yoshida vs Judy Iwamoto / Clarice Kamiya4-6, 5-7
2023-01-21vs Deuces WildWon 40
W#1 DoublesToby Arakaki / Laura Merrifield vs Joanie Shibuya / Maria Kulka6-2, 6-1
W#1 SinglesGwen Yoshimoto vs Diana Seppelfrick6-3, 6-0
W#2 DoublesCori Takimoto / Cheryl Yoshida vs Lori Chang / Keiko Morales6-3, 6-3
W#3 DoublesNina Smith / Leakhena Barbaria vs Jannicole Alcon / M Wendy Wailehua5-7, 6-3, 1-0
2023-01-14vs KRC Break-fest ClubLost 23
L#1 DoublesLyn Joson / Cori Takimoto vs Brooke Heiken / Linda Landau6-3, 2-6, 1-0
L#1 SinglesNina Smith vs Yukashi Smith0-6, 1-6
W#2 DoublesJoanna Kappel / Cheryl Yoshida vs Rachel Motta / Alexis Steele7-5, 6-4
L#2 SinglesDenise Yamada vs Jacqueline Rush Lee5-7, 3-6
W#3 DoublesToby Arakaki / Shannon Oba vs Elaina Hall / Chintana Griffin6-1, 6-4
2023-01-07vs OC Love TennisWon 50
W#1 DoublesToby Arakaki / Laura Merrifield vs Edna Nomura / Laurie Kishimoto6-3, 6-4
W#1 SinglesSonnie Koko vs Kathleen Connolly6-1, 6-1
W#2 DoublesGwen Yoshimoto / Cheryl Yoshida vs Joyce Kwok / Keiko Fleischer2-6, 6-3, 1-0
W#2 SinglesDenise Yamada vs Joni Tamayo-Wilson6-2, 6-0
W#3 DoublesLyn Joson / Cori Takimoto vs Jony Conching / Mary Horn6-1, 6-0
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Flight standings5 teams · 4.0 Women
TeamWLInd. WInd. LSets lostGames lost
1Hot Shots 40+93421842418
2Kaneohe Wahine75362453466
3Team ALOHA75342661496
4OC Love Tennis57233785591
5KRC Cosmos29173883564

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 3.74 estimated across 12 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.

4.06
Cori Takimoto
usually #3 Doubles 46%, also #2 Doubles 36% · published 4
3.94
Shannon Oba
usually #1 Doubles 46%, also #3 Doubles 31% · published 4
3.88
Gwen Yoshimoto
usually #2 Singles 60%, also #1 Singles 20% · published 4
3.88
Toby Arakaki
usually #1 Doubles 55%, also #2 Doubles 27% · published 4
3.81
Denise Yamada
usually #2 Singles 60%, also #1 Doubles 20% · published 4
3.75
Lyn Joson
usually #3 Doubles 50%, also #1 Doubles 38% · published 4
3.75
Sonnie Koko
usually #1 Singles 86%, also #2 Singles 14% · published
3.75
Laura Merrifield
usually #1 Doubles 46%, also #1 Singles 23% · published
3.74
Cheryl Yoshida
usually #2 Doubles 55%, also #3 Doubles 27% · published 4
3.72
Joanna Kappel
usually #2 Doubles 50%, also #1 Doubles 25% · published 4
3.71
Nina Smith
usually #1 Singles 50%, also #3 Doubles 25% · published
2.94
Charlene Dannenberg
published 3.5
Leakhena Barbaria
usually #3 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.

Laura Merrifield + Toby Arakaki35269% games+8.8% vs expected
Cori Takimoto + Shannon Oba10167% games+7.0% vs expected
Cori Takimoto + Lyn Joson552660% games+3.3% vs expected
Lyn Joson + Toby Arakaki4552% games+3.1% vs expected
Laura Merrifield + Sonnie Koko2450% games+1.0% vs expected
Nina Smith + Shannon Oba8555% games+0.6% vs expected
Toby Arakaki + Shannon Oba121054% games+0.3% vs expected
Cheryl Yoshida + Toby Arakaki6163% games−0.9% 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
Cori Takimoto
198W–67L career · 11 lines in 2023
<1%32%68%
4.06
4
Shannon Oba
148W–96L career · 13 lines in 2023
<1%68%32%
3.94
4
Gwen Yoshimoto
86W–72L career · 10 lines in 2023
<1%83%17%
3.88
4
Toby Arakaki
188W–79L career · 11 lines in 2023
<1%83%17%
3.88
4
Denise Yamada
117W–48L career · 5 lines in 2023
1%92%7%
3.81
4
Lyn Joson
190W–109L career · 8 lines in 2023
2%95%3%
3.75
Sonnie Koko
75W–41L career · 7 lines in 2023
2%95%3%
3.75
Laura Merrifield
93W–30L career · 13 lines in 2023
3%95%3%
3.75
4
Cheryl Yoshida
102W–105L career · 11 lines in 2023
3%94%2%
3.74
4
Joanna Kappel
102W–40L career · 4 lines in 2023
5%94%2%
3.72
Nina Smith
52W–38L career · 4 lines in 2023
5%93%1%
3.71
3.5
Charlene Dannenberg
41W–58L career · no lines in 2023
67%33%<1%
2.94
Leakhena Barbaria
22W–33L career · 6 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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