Handicapping USTA League Nationals 40 & over 4.0 Women

Nationals for the 2017 USTA League 40 & over division continue this weekend, and so my previews continue.  Here are the 40 & over 4.0 women.

For all my previews, I'll be using my Estimated Dynamic NTRP Ratings and comparing teams using the top-8 (for 5 court levels) or top-5 (for 3 court levels) averages which gives an idea of who the best teams are, if they play their best players.  Who actually plays and the match-ups a captain is able to get obviously go a long way to determining who will win, but it is still interesting to compare "best" vs "best".  The actual detailed numbers along with full roster averages and by court played averages are available as part of a Flight Report which can still be purchased for any Nationals flight.  Contact me if interested.

The 40 & over 4.0 women will be played at the National Campus in Orlando, FL.  The full 17 teams are present so there is one flight with five teams and three with four teams, the flight winners advancing to the semis.

The favorites in the four flights are Intermountain, Northern, New England, and Texas, but three of the flights are very close.

Ratings will clearly change as a result of the matches played, but right now, Texas appears to be the favorite overall if they have/play their best players.

Good luck to all!