Oakland City Wire

Los Angeles tennis player Simon Lifton is ranked 1,473rd in the junior Boys’ 14 category of the United States Tennis Association in the week ending March 5.

They had 478 total points, split between 379 single points and 269 double points. USTA rankings are determined by adding 100 percent of singles points and 15 percent of doubles points plus any bonus points earned.

They were ranked 1,507th the week before.

Players earn points per round in tournaments, winning higher points the further into a tournament they advance.

Jarett Cascino of New York Tennis Magazine says tennis is one of the most competitive youth sports.

“There is always someone better than you on any given day, even if you are the number one player in the world!” he said.

Standings are released weekly.

Name	Total Points	Single Points	Doubles Points
Ford McCollum	7,397	4,362	5,220
Nischal Spurling	4,431	2,526	7,140
Elliot Lifton	1,250	998	935
Nathan Haile	1,157	1,095	189
Oliver Lifton	975	907	450
Kiran Spurling	694	406	626
Kieran Lin	652	600	345
Shane Hines	602	539	423
Jeremy Park	570	570	N/A
Simon Lifton	478	379	269
Zachary Zolla-Imerman	421	413	56
Connor Yang	398	373	165
Blaze Hinton	386	375	N/A
Zachary Figlin	382	374	54
Alex Bakhtiari	376	294	471
Elliott Meth	265	231	225
Ethan Kim	246	246	N/A
Jackson Hoffmann	218	218	N/A
Xavier Leo Raymundo	208	208	N/A
Aiden Zadeh	195	174	68
Jake Salkinder	183	183	N/A
Jonathan Tefera	178	178	N/A
Kensho Ford	167	162	19
Ian Lieberman	164	164	N/A
Jude Liebesman	143	140	18
Mayin Chaudhuri	104	104	N/A
Thanathai Siripopungul	100	100	N/A
Blake Markman	92	92	N/A
Evan Tsan	83	83	N/A
Drew Fisher	81	81	N/A
Waylon Lin	78	70	54
Donovan Thompkins	66	66	N/A
Ivan Niktin	66	66	N/A
Whalen Farish	64	64	N/A
Magnus Christoffersen	60	60	N/A
Ziv Bard	52	52	N/A
Ryan Zadeh	46	46	N/A
Charlie Ford	46	46	N/A
Gabriel Leo Tapucar	40	40	N/A
Christian Studer	39	39	N/A
Wes Ravner	38	38	N/A
Ulises Plot Wichmacki	33	33	N/A
Nathan Tefera	32	32	N/A
Tai Finestone	30	30	N/A
Samuel Greenberg	24	24	N/A
Philo Hornby-Simmons	22	22	N/A
James Gleason	20	20	N/A
Atlas Tupper	20	20	N/A
Gabriel Bergemann	17	17	N/A