Teams

BSmith/JNichols (Queens)

2024 Combo Doubles 40 & Over League · 40 & Over 8.5 Men - Thurs PM

14 players · average NTRP 4.38 / NORTH CAROLINA

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Schedule10 played
2024-10-10vs JClarke (Queens)Won 21
L#1 DoublesAvin Dwivedy / Marcus Wege vs Bharath Bhaskar / Michael de Amicis6-7, 4-6
W#2 DoublesEric Tan / James Nichols vs Christopher Gowin / Prakhar Paharia6-2, 6-2
W#3 DoublesRod Spence / Chris Bauer vs Omar Punjabi / Raj Voleti7-5, 6-4
2024-10-09vs CGluff (Palisades)Won 30
W#1 DoublesDavid Saye / James Nichols vs Barry Bonikowski / Don Nelson6-3, 6-1
W#2 DoublesRod Spence / Chris Bauer vs Craig Hart / Rex Varn6-1, 6-0
W#3 DoublesFrank Martin / Darnaye Black vs Kevin Green / Brian Hatfield6-2, 3-6, 1-0
2024-10-07vs MUtyesonich (Blakeney)Won 30
W#1 DoublesEric Tan / Bryan Skelton vs Mark Utyesonich / Scott Gallegos6-3, 6-4
W#2 DoublesJosh Goldblatt / Chris Bauer vs Kartik Mahalingam / Jacob Huffaker6-1, 6-2
W#3 DoublesFrank Martin / James Nichols vs N/A6-0, 6-0
2024-10-03vs MIles (WSRC)Split 11
W#1 DoublesDavid Saye / Patrick Nitsche vs Gordon Lowman / Patrick Murchison6-0, 6-4
L#2 DoublesAvin Dwivedy / James Nichols vs Mark Griffey / Jeremy Caslin7-6, 3-6, 0-1
2024-09-19vs RMaddle (Raintree)Won 10
W#2 DoublesJames Smith / Marcus Wege vs Brad VanHoy / Howie Webb6-2, 6-3
2024-09-12vs RAllen/PGibson (Life Time)Won 30
W#1 DoublesDarnaye Black / Frank Martin vs Jihun Moon / Peter Barclay6-1, 6-2
W#2 DoublesMarcus Wege / Josh Goldblatt vs Matthew Borcich / Russell Williams6-4, 7-6
W#3 DoublesJames Nichols / David Saye vs Philip Gibson / Amitabh Bhargava6-0, 6-1
2024-09-09vs DNunn (Foxcroft East)Split 11
W#1 DoublesDavid Saye / Patrick Nitsche vs Richard Merino / Nathan Bragg6-4, 5-7, 1-0
L#3 DoublesEric Tan / Bryan Skelton vs Ravi Mujumdar / Cannon Cory2-6, 6-3, 1-0
2024-08-22vs CSwaminathan (Blakeney)Won 20
W#2 DoublesEric Tan / Darnaye Black vs Jose Villafana / Ramesh Thyagarajan4-6, 6-1, 1-0
W#3 DoublesRod Spence / Marcus Wege vs Chandrasekar Swaminathan / Devesh Patel6-3, 6-2
2024-08-15vs FMasucci (WSRC)Won 20
W#2 DoublesJosh Goldblatt / Patrick Nitsche vs Scott Waldrop / Tom Castain6-3, 6-2
W#3 DoublesJames Smith / James Nichols vs Geoffrey Sessa / Bill Brupbacher6-3, 6-2
2024-08-11vs BChriscoe (Southampton)Won 20
W#2 DoublesEric Tan / Bryan Skelton vs Steve Maskol / Scott Lucas6-1, 6-1
W#3 DoublesRod Spence / Marcus Wege vs Bret Sprague / Vince Quinn6-3, 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 4.19 estimated across 14 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.

4.50
Eric Tan
published 4.5
4.43
Chris Bauer
published 4.5
4.38
David Saye
published 4.5
4.32
Rod Spence
usually #3 Doubles 75%, also #2 Doubles 25% · published 4.5
4.31
David Schweppe
published 4.5
4.30
Avin Dwivedy
published 4.5
4.28
Josh Goldblatt
usually #2 Doubles 100% · published 4.5
4.23
Frank Martin
published 4.5
4.22
Marcus Wege
usually #3 Doubles 40%, also #2 Doubles 40% · published 4.5
4.11
Patrick Nitsche
usually #1 Doubles 67%, also #2 Doubles 33% · published 4
4.08
Darnaye Black
usually #2 Doubles 33%, also #1 Doubles 33% · published 4.5
3.92
Bryan Skelton
usually #2 Doubles 33%, also #3 Doubles 33% · published 4
3.82
Joe Rossi
published
3.79
James Nichols
usually #3 Doubles 50%, also #2 Doubles 33% · published 4
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+4.0% vs expected
Josh Goldblatt + James Nichols14757% gamesnot enough data
Patrick Nitsche + Josh Goldblatt5160% gamesnot enough data
Patrick Nitsche + James Nichols4259% gamesnot enough data
James Nichols + Darnaye Black4161% gamesnot enough data
Darnaye Black + Marcus Wege314 matchesnot enough data
Bryan Skelton + Rod Spence314 matchesnot enough data
David Saye + Avin Dwivedy303 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
Eric Tan
31W–15L career · no lines in 2024
<1%49%51%
4.50
4.5
Chris Bauer
30W–11L career · no lines in 2024
<1%70%30%
4.43
4.5
David Saye
13W–6L career · no lines in 2024
<1%82%17%
4.38
4.5
Rod Spence
103W–35L career · type A · 4 lines in 2024
1%91%8%
4.32
4.5
David Schweppe
8W–6L career · no lines in 2024
1%92%7%
4.31
4.5
Avin Dwivedy
23W–9L career · no lines in 2024
1%93%6%
4.30
4.5
Josh Goldblatt
150W–75L career · 3 lines in 2024
2%94%4%
4.28
4.5
Frank Martin
8W–5L career · no lines in 2024
4%94%2%
4.23
4.5
Marcus Wege
88W–46L career · 5 lines in 2024
5%94%2%
4.22
4
Patrick Nitsche
125W–52L career · 3 lines in 2024
<1%20%80%
4.11
4.5
Darnaye Black
117W–60L career · 3 lines in 2024
26%74%<1%
4.08
4
Bryan Skelton
53W–28L career · 3 lines in 2024
<1%74%26%
3.92
Joe Rossi
9W–4L career · no lines in 2024
1%91%8%
3.82
4
James Nichols
168W–76L career · 6 lines in 2024
1%93%5%
3.79

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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