Oakland City Wire

Los Angeles tennis player Blaze Hinton is ranked 1,486th in the junior Boys’ 14 category of the United States Tennis Association in the week ending Oct. 1.

They had 446 total points, split between 403 single points and 210 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 1,772nd 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	7,596	4,362	4,602
Nathan Haile	1,503	1,227	639
Elliot Lifton	985	756	805
Simon Lifton	911	561	614
Alex Bakhtiari	878	690	1,088
Kiran Spurling	780	564	699
Connor Yang	777	693	409
Zachary Zolla-Imerman	585	493	368
Aiden Zadeh	564	467	228
Elliott Meth	490	423	449
Jake Salkinder	450	450	N/A
Blaze Hinton	446	403	210
Zachary Figlin	435	424	70
Kensho Ford	427	355	375
Maximilian Coleman	318	318	N/A
Ethan Kim	302	302	N/A
Ryan Kim	290	290	N/A
Beau Bronson Foster	226	210	N/A
Mayin Chaudhuri	220	220	N/A
Whalen Farish	211	204	45
Thanathai Siripopungul	210	210	N/A
Devon Cohen	202	202	N/A
Santiago Cline	187	180	44
Donovan Thompkins	186	186	N/A
Kieran Lin	180	180	N/A
Jude Liebesman	179	161	105
Evan Tsan	145	129	93
Zane Montiel	122	117	30
Ted Block	108	108	N/A
Atlas Tupper	100	100	N/A
Magnus Christoffersen	92	92	N/A
Daniel Henderson	91	91	N/A
James Gleason	83	83	N/A
Ryan Zadeh	79	79	N/A
Dominic Patel	72	72	N/A
Eric Xie	69	69	N/A
Ryan Erlikhman	61	61	N/A
Ziv Bard	52	52	N/A
Christian Studer	51	46	N/A
Drew Fisher	48	48	N/A
Ivan Niktin	48	48	N/A
Charlie Ford	43	43	N/A
Zachary Cohen	40	40	N/A
Philo Hornby-Simmons	34	34	N/A
Ulises Plot Wichmacki	33	33	N/A
Nathan Tefera	32	32	N/A
Waylon Lin	27	27	N/A