The 2016 Hertzel Cup will be played this Saturday (Feb 27). The draw has been made and can be viewed by clicking Hertzel Cup 2016 Draw. Rob Bakker is partnering with Tyler Fraser this year and is again the pre tournament favorite. Below are tournament odds and round by round "over/under" lines. Matches starting with the round of 32 include predicted winners from the round before. As always, this information is for entertainment purposes only:

Rob Bakker / Tyler Fraser ... 1 to 1
Doug Jones / Evan Webeler ... 3 to 1
Thaddeus Reed / Ryan Floth ... 5 to 1
Randy Lofgren / Wil Lofgren ... 6 to 1
Dan Mott / Michael Todd ... 10 to 1
Brian Mitchell / Rusty Schubert ... 12 to 1
Matt Allare / Anthony Palmenter ... 20 to 1
Brad Pierce / Pete Robinson ... 20 to 1
Pat Gilligan / Patrick Shiels ... 20 to 1
Brian Brockhoff / Tony Teufel ... 30 to 1
Luke White / Heather Prop ... 30 to 1
Field - 29 teams ... 40 to 1

Bakker/Fraser over S/H v. G/P ... 1
​Gerwin/Giannella over Geppert/Gray ... 8
​Mott/Todd over Fovel/Fovel ... 5.5
​Brockhoff/Teufel over Hall/English ... 7
Schubert/Mitchell over Gosiger/Peter ... 4.5
Robinson/Pierce over Holzapfel/Parlin ... 4.5
Spencer/Zimmerman over Kebe/Haffner ... 11
Floth/Reed over Price/Gibson ... 2.5
Lofgren/Lofgren over J. Heldman/Kuresman ... 3
Brightwell/Montgomery v. Boster/Lint ... Pick
J. White/Dorger over Voss/Wilkins ... 7.5
Gilligan/Shiels over Getgey/Spray... 6
Allare/Palmenter over Lonergan/Bowman ... 5
L. White/H. Prop over Carr/Necessary ... 6
Simonson/Schmahl v. Heller/Randall ... Pick
​Jones/Webeler over Bruder/Rowitz ... 3

Bakker/Fraser over Gerwin/Giannella ... 2.5
Mott/Todd over Brockhoff/Teufel ... 9
Schubert/Mitchell over Robinson/Pierce ... 9
Reed/Floth over Spencer/Zimmerman ... 3.5
Lofgren/Lofgren over B/M or B/L ... 6
Gilligan/Shiels over J. White/Dorger ... 7
Allare/Palmenter over L. White/H. Prop ... 10.5
​Jones/Webeler over S/S or H/R ... 4.5

Bakker/Fraser over Mott/Todd ... 6
Reed/Floth over Schubert/Mitchell ... 8
Lofgren/Lofgren over Gilligan/Shiels ... 8.5
​Jones/Webeler over Allare/Palmenter ... 7

Bakker/Fraser over Jones/Webeler ... 8

The teams participating in the Team Playoffs (March 10) have been decided. The seedings could still change over the next two weeks. Following Week #20, Team #6 Gilligan is in first followed by #3 English, #2 Palmenter then #7 Shiels. The top eight players opting "in" from each of these teams for the week of March 10 will participate in the team playoff event. Click for updated team information.

Dave Montgomery went 3-0 on his court with Lee Lonergan, John Fovel and Bob Spencer, improving his season record to 17-17 (50%). Other players who went undefeated on a court were: Matt Allare, Ryan English, Patrick Herrel, Andrew Jordan, Ralph Shine, Greg Carr and Chris Bartlett. Click for Week #20 results or the updated individual standings.

The team playoff has been scheduled for Thursday, March 10. The commitment will be from 6:00 to 10:00 that evening. All players (from all teams) will opt "In or Out?" as usual for league play that week. There will be no time or location preferences that week. The top eight players (team captain + top 7 in total wins - check the individual standings) from each of the top four teams (team standings) who opt "In" for that week will participate in the team playoff. All others will participate in a series of flighted round robin tournaments. All play will start at 6:00 that week. All players will be invited to the main site for beer and pizza at 8:00. All Fall/Winter players, from both session #1 and session #2, are eligible to participate that week.

Some of you will notice that this event has been rescheduled. The APTA National Mixed Doubles tournament will be in town the week of March 17. There will be an exhibition at Kenwood CC that Thursday. We rescheduled the playoff so it would not conflict. We will still have regular league play at all of our participating clubs. PT Leaguers are encouraged to support the mixed doubles event. For details on how you can participate click: APTA Husband/Wife & Mixed Nationals.