Denver City Wire

Denver tennis player Maxwell Morales is ranked 2,713th in the junior Boys’ 16 category of the United States Tennis Association in the week ending Oct. 1.

They had 276 total points, split between 234 single points and 280 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 2,698th 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
Nathan Gold	4,640	3,593	3,001
Raphael Wieland	1,270	1,109	1,003
Blake Wright	581	477	485
Kristian Kostadinov	569	508	405
Charlie May	424	395	190
Trevor Hajek	392	353	260
Andrew Rettig	376	343	222
William Dickey	293	279	95
Maxwell Morales	276	234	280
Luca Siringo	240	240	N/A
Sebastian Wright	239	200	189
Andrew Wolden	187	178	60
Adam Rydel	165	143	147
Max Gart	164	150	90
Carl Siegel	147	145	11
Travis Nguyen	146	140	40
Rithvik Iyer	114	114	N/A
Alec Rodriguez	108	73	173
Gianni Ghiselli	105	99	39
Jackson Wells	102	99	23
Bryce Dilworth	98	98	N/A
Colton Maass	96	96	N/A
Michael McKee	90	90	N/A
Krish Vipani	84	84	N/A
Hendrik Jordaan	81	75	38
Liam O'Drobinak	70	70	N/A
Joseph Goodwillie	68	68	N/A
Layten Bennett	60	60	N/A
Udo Zeile	51	51	N/A
Preston Curtis	48	48	N/A
William Golinvaux	44	44	N/A
Jaime Prieto Lin	43	43	N/A
Liam Cook	36	34	10