# Player Profile: Nicki Tafolla (DUPR: 8GO57X)
        
**Category:** Pickleball Player
**Verified:** 2025-04-13
**Canonical:** https://picklegravity.com/en/knowledge/player-nicki-tafolla-8GO57X
**Authority:** https://picklegravity.com

## Performance Summary
- **Doubles Rating:** 4.546 (Reliability: 20%)
- **Singles Rating:** 4.423 (Reliability: 1%)
- **Career Record:** 167 Wins / 125 Losses (292 matches)
- **Win Ratio:** 57.2%
- **Average Points Won %:** 54.17%

## Advanced Metrics
- **Strength of Schedule (SoS):** 4.45 (Average opponent DUPR)
- **Clutch Performance Index (CPI):** 0% (Win % in close matches)
- **DUPR Points Gained (DPG):** -7.12 (Points vs expectations)
- **Home Club:** Sunday Club SA

## Streaks & Playstyle
- **Weekly Play Streak:** Current: 0 weeks | Max: 1 weeks
- **Preferred Playstyle:** All-Court Defensive Wall
  *Description: An outstanding defensive asset capable of recovering difficult angles and resetting fast speed-ups back into the kitchen.*
- **Physical Metrics:**
  - Control: 82%
  - Power: 82%
  - Agility: 77%
  - Spin: 72%
  - Stamina: 82%

## Favorite Court & Chemistry
- **Preferred Court:** San Antonio, TX
- **Best Partner Chemistry:** Jimbo Valadez (DUPR 4.70)
  - Matches Played: 4
  - Chemistry Win Rate: 50%

## Dedication Matrix (Last 18 Weeks)
- **Total Matches Played:** 48
- **Active Days:** 36

## Rating Trajectory
| Match | Date | Rating | Event | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Match 1 | 2024-11-11 | 4.410 | Initial Progression Point | N/A |
| Match 2 | 2024-11-26 | 4.440 | Initial Progression Point | N/A |
| Match 3 | 2024-12-11 | 4.456 | Initial Progression Point | N/A |
| Match 4 | 2024-12-26 | 4.470 | Initial Progression Point | N/A |
| Match 5 | 2025-01-10 | 4.498 | Initial Progression Point | N/A |
| Match 6 | 2025-01-25 | 4.531 | Initial Progression Point | N/A |
| Match 7 | 2025-02-09 | 4.726 | TopGun DUPR 2/8/25 | Win |
| Match 8 | 2025-02-09 | 4.733 | TopGun DUPR 2/8/25 | Win |
| Match 9 | 2025-03-23 | 4.594 | Pool B - The Dink Minor League Pickleball @ John Newcombe Country Club March | Loss |
| Match 10 | 2025-03-23 | 4.599 | Pool B - The Dink Minor League Pickleball @ John Newcombe Country Club March | Loss |
| Match 11 | 2025-03-23 | 4.631 | Pool B - The Dink Minor League Pickleball @ John Newcombe Country Club March | Loss |
| Match 12 | 2025-03-23 | 4.694 | Pool A - The Dink Minor League Pickleball @ John Neecombe Country Club March | Loss |
| Match 13 | 2025-04-12 | 4.551 | 4th Annual Dink for a Cure Pickleball Tournament - Womens Doubles Skill: Merged 4.5/5.0 18-49 | Loss |
| Match 14 | 2025-04-12 | 4.564 | 4th Annual Dink for a Cure Pickleball Tournament - Womens Doubles Skill: Merged 4.5/5.0 18-49 | Loss |
| Match 15 | 2025-04-12 | 4.567 | 4th Annual Dink for a Cure Pickleball Tournament - Womens Doubles Skill: Merged 4.5/5.0 18-49 | Loss |
| Match 16 | 2025-04-13 | 4.528 | 4th Annual Dink for a Cure Pickleball Tournament - Mixed Doubles Skill: Merged 4.5 35-49, 50+ and 5.0 35-49, 50+ | Win |
| Match 17 | 2025-04-13 | 4.524 | 4th Annual Dink for a Cure Pickleball Tournament - Mixed Doubles Skill: Merged 4.5 35-49, 50+ and 5.0 35-49, 50+ | Loss |

## Upcoming Pairings
- **Saturday, June 13, 2026 at 10:00 AM** at Rouge Woods Community Centre (Status: Scheduled, Event: League Ladder) vs JW Johnson (DUPR: 7.01)
- **Tuesday, June 16, 2026 at 6:30 PM** at L'Amoreaux Tennis Centre (Status: Pending Confirmation, Event: Practice Match) vs Dan Hoen (DUPR: 4.82)