Texas and So Cal USTA Sectionals
Championship Event Results vs TLA Team Ratings
Texas and Southern California Section Championships wrapped up yesterday. How did the teams with the strongest Tennis League Analytics ratings do? Very well.
In Southern California 18 & Over 3.0 - 4.5:
Tennis League Analytics’ top ranked team in four of the six flights won - Women’s 3.5, 4.0, 4.5, and Men’s 3.0. The 2nd strongest team won in Men’s 4.5.
We did not show a strongest team in Men’s 3.5 and 4.0 because the flights were too close to call. We were not close in Women’s 3.0, again Women’s 3.0 proves to be the NTRP rating group with the most variability. Our August 2 post shows TLA’s strongest teams for each flight plus links to the flight results.
In Texas Adult 18 & Over 3.0 - 3.5
Women’s 3.5 The Tennis League Analytics top ranked team in 3 of 4 flights won. The section winner was our 6th strongest team.
Women’s 3.0 Two flight winners were in our top 6 teams. Women’s 3.0 was again the most variable.
Men’s 3.5 The overall winner was the team rated strongest. And two flights were won by the top rated team in the flight.
Men’s 3.0 The two teams with the highest TLA ratings finished 1 and 2 exactly.
Congratulations to the new section champions!
Stay tuned for more sectionals championship coverage this week.
If you want a report for an event taking place this weekend, Aug 11 to 13, please order by Wed Aug 9. Any report ordered Thursday or later will go out no earlier than Monday Aug 14.
Southern California Sectionals - “Final Four”
Strongest Teams in 18 & Over 3.0 - 4.5
Southern California Section Championships for Adult 18 & Over, 3.0 to 4.5 take place August 5 - 6 in three locations - Los Caballeros Sports Club, Costa Mesa Tennis Club, and Fountain Valley Tennis Club.
The So Cal USTA section does a nice job of bringing the top four teams to the championship event to play each other over two days.
All the teams are very good and each team has a chance to beat any other team. Here are the teams that look the strongest. All championship events except for Men’s 3.0 consist of four teams in 1 flight.
Women’s 3.0
1. Vent WE
2. BC S2
Women’s 3.5
1. SGV N2
2. Vent WE
Women’s 4.0
1. OC WE
2. BC S1
Women’s 4.5
1. OC WE
2. SFV WE
Men’s 3.0
1. SGV
2. BC
Men’s 3.5
All the teams are very close though Inland Empire has a statistical edge. Smart line-up decisions are important in any championship flight but will be critical in this flight because some teams are very unbalanced in singles vs. doubles strength. A smart captain with good scouting will have an edge.
Men’s 4.0
All four teams are rated within a few one-hundredth points of each other. This is the most competitive championship flight we’ve seen this year.
Men’s 4.5
1. OC
2. LA N1
Flight Scouting reports are available on the Team Reports page for championship events and local leagues. A sample report is available at this page.
These links take you directly to the USTA Championship standings and match results for each event:
Women’s 3.0 Women’s 3.5 Women’s 4.0 Women’s 4.5
Men’s 3.0 Men’s 3.5 Men’s 4.0 Men’s 4.5
Texas Sectionals - Adult 18 & Over 3.0 - 3.5
Strongest Teams by Championship Event and Flights
Texas Section Championships for 18 & Over, 3.0 and 3.5 takes place August 4 - 6 in Dallas.
All the teams are very good and any team has a chance to beat any other team. 3.0 and 3.5 events have more variability than those rated 4.0 and higher so there may be some upsets. Here are the teams that look the strongest.
Women’s 3.5
16 teams in 4 flights
Top teams:
1. Dallas
2. San Antonio
3. Wild Houston
4. Wild Fort Worth
5. Wild Dallas
6. NETX
Flight 1: Wild Houston
Flight 2: Dallas
Flight 3: San Antonio. Tough flight with Wild Dallas and NETX, three of top six teams.
Flight 4: Wild Fort Worth
Women’s 3.0
16 teams in 4 flights
Top teams:
1. Houston
2. San Antonio
3. Dallas
4. NOHO
5. Amarillo
6. San Angelo
Flight 1: San Antonio - Killer flight with three of top five teams.
Flight 2: Houston - two of top six teams
Flight 3: NOHO
Flight 4: SETX
Men’s 3.5
16 teams in 4 flights
Top teams:
1. Houston
2. Wild Dallas
3. Wild Houston
4. San Antonio
5. Wild San Antonio
6. SETX
Flight 1: Wild Houston
Flight 2: Houston
Flight 3: Wild Dallas
Flight 4: San Antonio
This is a nicely well balanced event with top teams spread out amongst the flights.
Men’s 3.0
5 teams in 1 flight.
Top teams:
1. Dallas
2. Austin
Both teams are very close in strength but the edge goes to the Dallas team, which has more players on the roster.
In my younger days I played out of Kingwood CC and remember August sectionals in Plano on hard courts. I saw a lot more dehydration and lost lunches in Plano that what I see at Florida sectionals. Stay hydrated.
Flight Scouting reports are available on the Team Reports page for championship events and local leagues. A sample Championship Flight Scouting report is here.
There’s a free report available to someone that will email six or more photos from this weekend’s Dallas event. Email me first for more details on what I’m looking for. Use the contact us page to reach me.
These links will make it easy to keep up with these Texas 18 & Over sectional championship by taking you directly to the USTA page for each flight: