I'm 4.5-5.0. I've found that I can beat two 4.0s in 1-on-2, even if I give them the doubles alley. The doubles alley isn't much of a handicap because you have to be better than a 4.0 to use it anyway. I can't beat two 4.5's though.
Thanks for the reply. Can we go further and say that because the match was competitive we must be higher than x.x?
The reason I ask (and perhaps this would have been better placed in "Adults Leagues and Tournaments") is because I'm in an odd league situation. I read all the threads about NRTP ratings, and people complaining about sandbagging, etc, and think to myself how lucky they are to live in an area to have enough tennis players to actually have a league with such a narrow band.
I live in rural NH. I'm playing in my first ever league - a men's doubles league. It is not a USTA League per se, but is part of USTA Team Tennis (many areas have this for junior only). So the league *is* USTA, but there are no rating involved. Our leagues have an "A" and a "B" division. The "definition" on the league website defines "A" as NRTP 3.0-3.5, and "B" as 3.5-4.0, but clearly this is off and the band is wider. In fact it looks essentially that people split themselves by age and/or mobility - the younger guys play "A", the older/slower guys play "B". I'm in the "B" league.
Talking with several teaching pros, several have said our 2nd best player is around 4.5. Last night, paired with our best (but only part time) player, they lost a close match. In fact our 1st doubles team won only 2 matches all season. I've concluded then that the actual band for the "B" league seems to be 2.5-4.5ish. Given this wide range of people I play with (with almost nobody having an official USTA rating), I find it tough making any inference about the various ratings of myself and others.
