Joco Today

Overland Park tennis player Richard King is ranked 1,247th in the junior Boys’ 18 category of the United States Tennis Association in the week ending Oct. 1.

They had 551 total points, split between 540 single points and any 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 1,232nd 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
Richard King	551	540	N/A
Peyton Peck	351	306	300
David Han	342	325	114
Evan Myers	233	206	105
Alec Anderson-Conlon	216	205	72
Jonah Stolte	189	186	19
Blake Brellenthin	176	160	105
Luke Pennington	172	149	128
Mark Kessens	170	170	N/A
Easton Zimmer	140	129	72
Saam Biria	133	123	68
Aarya Anjankar	109	106	19
Nate Dierks	90	90	N/A
Kyle Redmond	86	86	N/A
Evan Chen	72	72	N/A
Emmett Wirth	68	60	51
Ethan Kumar	61	46	103
Luca Ospino	53	53	N/A
Nathan Ginther	52	46	42
Ishaan Musti	51	50	5
Joaquin Acosta	49	42	44
Isaac Anderson	46	46	N/A
Charlie Doherty	42	42	N/A
Shayan Ahmed	40	38	12
Ganesh Karthik Srikanth	37	29	56
Krrish Sanjanwala	35	34	5
Curtis Yang	31	30	5
Srinivasa Vel	30	29	5
Oluwaseun Akinwuntan	24	24	N/A
Liam Groden	23	23	N/A