​The 2020 Hertzel Cup will be played this Saturday (February 29). The draw has been made and can be viewed by clicking Hertzel Cup 2020 Draw. Doug Jones and Thaddeus Reed are this year's top seeds. Below are tournament odds and round by round "over/unders". Matches starting with the round of 32 include predicted winners from the round before. This information is for entertainment purposes only:

​​Odds to win tournament:
Tyler Fraser/Hector Rincon ... 2 to 1
Doug Jones/Thaddeus Reed ... 3 to 1
Eric Toth/Evan Webeler ... 3 to 1
Rob Bakker/Robert Gerwin ... 8 to 1
Matt Allare/Bob Spencer ... 12 to 1
Seth Dimling/Tony Teufel ... 20 to 1
Wil Lofgren/Yiran Liu ... 25 to 1
Ben Hall /Brad Pierce ... 75 to 1
Dave Necessary/Brian Faig ... 75 to 1
Pat Gilligan / Patrick Shiels ... 75 to 1
​Field (other 38 teams) ... 50 to 1

Round of 64:
Fovel/Fovel over Gosiger/Gosiger (7.5 games)
English/Wachtel over R Dorger/Russert (4.5)
Chasnoff/Rogers over Heldman/Schraff' (8.5)
Dobnicker/Rudell over Bahl/Lawton (2)
Burns/Dorger over Stiltz/Haehnle (6.5)
Boster/Carr over Vollmer/Brennan (2)
Schmahl/Van Lokeren over Wise/Mackey (5.5)
Hobson/Hobson over Roda/Zeuch (4)
Crecelius/Sulek over Getgey/Spray (8)
Albrecht/Hendy over Bernhard/Mueller (7)
Holzapfel/Parlin over Luebbe/McCormick (6.5)
McKearin/Higgins over Off/Neville (11)
Hinkle/McGrath over Catanzaro/Gilbert (11)
Pugh/Robinson over Schulteis/Voss (8)
Hinkel/Kilgore over Coker/Coker (4)
Geppert/Keating over Condon/Thomas (5.5)

Round of 32:
Jones/Reed over Fovel/Fovel (3)
Montgomery/Mott over English/Wachtel (5)
Greenwell/McCarthy over Chasnoff/Rogers (5)
Gilligan/Shiels over Dobnicker/Rudell (7.5)
Liu/Lofgren over Burns/Dorger (6)
Faig/Necessary over Boster/Carr (6.5)
Schmahl/Van Lokeren over Berry/Kebe (9)
Toth/Webeler over Hobson/Hobson (2)
Bakker/Gerwin over Crecelius/Sulek (3)
Todd/Todd over Albrecht/Hendy (8)
Hall/Pierce over Holapfel/Parlin (4.5)
Allare/Spencer over Higgins/McKearin (1.5)
Dimling/Teufel over Hinkle/McGrath (1.5)
Heller/Soffa over Pugh/Robinson (10.5)
Cabrera/Estes over Hinkel/Kilgore (7)
Fraser/Rincon over Geppert/Keating (2)

Quarterfinals:
Jones/Reed over Gilligan/Shiels (5.5)
Toth/Webeler over Liu/Lofgren (5.5)
Bakker/Gerwin over Allare/Spencer (8)
​Fraser/Rincon over Dimling/Teufel (6)

Semifinals:
Jones/Reed over Toth/Webeler (11)
Fraser/Rincon over Bakker/Gerwin (7)

Platform Tennis League's 7th Annual Spring/Summer league starts earlier this year. The "Spring League" will be session #1 of the season and run from March 5 to May 21. The "Summer League" is session #2 and runs from May 28 to August 13. Each session is 12 weeks and play is on Thursday nights at Glendale Lyceum.

Week #19: Evan Webeler went 6-0 on two courts this week and solidified his #2 overall position behind Eric Toth in the standings. Webeler, 57-21 (73.1%) with a 2,481 point total, trails leader Toth by 430 points heading into next Thursday's final night of play. Others going undefeated on courts were: Brad Pierce, Brett DeCurtins, Kevin Taylor, Jim Hochwalt, Mike Haehnle and Doug Ucci. Click for court results or updated standings.

Heading into the final week, several of the competition level champions are yet to be decided. Listed are the top 5 from each level among players with at least 18 sets played (24 total sets are needed to qualify). 

Week #18: Pat Gilligan went undefeated on this week's highest rated court with Brett DeCurtins, John Fovel and Ben Keating. Gilligan is 16-12 for the year and his 1,907 points is good for sixth place among qualified players (24 sets). Others going undefeated on courts were Eric West and Stuart Zorn, Click for court results or updated standings.

Platform tennis players of all levels are invited to play in our 7th Spring/Summer League. Session #1 starts Thursday, March 5 and runs 12 weeks through May 21. 

With three weeks left to play, Harrison Rogers is in the lead for the annual "Ironman" award. Rogers has played 85 sets so far this season. Below are the current top 10:

1. Harrison Rogers - 85 sets
2. Mike Haehnle - 83 sets
3. Rob Hinkle - 78 sets
4. Evan Webeler - 72 sets
5. Mike McGrath - 68 sets
6. Ralph Winterhalter - 68 sets
7. Logan Coker - 67 sets
8. George Peck - 62 sets
9. Mark Williams - 61 sets
10. Todd Ward - 58 sets

Players going undefeated on courts this week were: Eric Toth, Doug Jones, Dave Montgomery, Harrison Rogers, Greg Love, Matt Walker and Mike Haehnle (2). Click for updated standings or week #17 court results.

The 2020 Hertzel Cup "City Open Championships" will be Saturday, February 29. The tournament always fills up, so enter ASAP if you intend to play. It is the most fun single day of platform tennis in Cincinnati each year.