Joco Today

Overland Park tennis player Hayden Gansen finished 4,401st in November in the junior Boys’ 14 category of the United States Tennis Association.

They started November ranked 4,297th.

By the end of the month they’d earned 106 points across singles and doubles tournaments.

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.

Rankings are released weekly.

Name	Starting Rank	Ending Rank	Total Points at end of November
Luca Ospino	599	582	962
Jonah Stolte	630	599	943
Saam Biria	733	707	823
Aarya Anjankar	1,402	1,185	548
Chitraksh Agrawat	1,293	1,342	498
Ethan Kumar	1,442	1,349	495
Srinivasa Vel	2,263	1,862	371
Krrish Sanjanwala	1,437	1,962	353
Ishaan Musti	2,261	2,018	343
Saket Jagannath	2,402	2,531	256
Liam Groden	2,557	2,623	243
Mitchell Terhune	3,807	4,007	124
Hayden Gansen	4,297	4,401	106
Mark Kessens	3,179	4,504	101
Pranith Surapaneni	5,072	5,223	76
Nidhish Padmanaban	7,752	5,739	61
Rishi Goli	5,397	6,178	54
Christopher Bright	9,568	6,503	46
Anay Oberoi	6,705	6,913	40
Ryder Heaven	6,870	7,069	38
Sujit Pentapati	9,057	7,505	32
Ethan Chen	1,633	8,173	27
Zach Chen	7,946	8,193	26
Sanjeev Adma	8,116	8,346	24
Vihaan Reddy Mereddy	8,142	8,367	24
Jackson Boone	8,265	8,543	24
Crius McMullin	N/A	8,678	23
Tanishq Anjankar	8,410	8,695	23
Tyden McMullin	9,071	8,737	22
Praveen Chockalingam	N/A	9,815	15