How did Hadley Kukla from Phoenix play in Boys’ 18 bracket in May?

By PHX Reporter

Phoenix tennis player Hadley Kukla finished 890th in May in the junior Boys’ 18 category of the United States Tennis Association.

They started May ranked 845th.

By the end of the month they’d earned 634 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.

Junior Boys’ 18 rankings in May

Name	Starting Rank	Ending Rank	Total Points at end of May
Lance Urlaub	118	149	2,460
Drew Dillon	328	373	1,337
Kade Talbot	397	446	1,162
Andrew Chong	574	619	866
Eric Emami	672	729	762
Hadley Kukla	845	890	634
Aditya Pandey	1,100	1,179	485
Chase George	1,282	1,366	409
Bruce Ruan	1,480	1,567	349
Jack Vincent	1,637	1,712	305
Ben Abrams	1,819	1,898	274
Will Goebel	1,991	2,071	246
John Rodriguez	2,659	2,768	163
Griffin Hentz	2,755	2,874	154
Liam Dunlop	2,764	2,881	152
Axel Wolter	2,866	2,990	147
Nimith Gurijala	3,034	3,151	135
Logan Phillips	3,623	3,741	100
Edan Levy	4,213	4,322	76
Kyle Andrews	4,428	4,560	70
Tyler Woo	4,437	4,567	70
Brendan Linstrom	4,532	4,659	66
Kentaro Akiyoshi	4,544	4,673	66
Brady Kroening	4,698	4,823	62
Daniel Abrams	5,786	5,804	40
Jesse Liberson	6,112	6,280	32
Jake Willis	6,278	6,577	30
Jack Levitz	6,988	7,200	24
Christopher Ladha	7,009	7,206	24
Jason Gounder	7,828	7,979	16
Akash Ahuja	7,734	7,991	16
Anagh Pandya	7,851	8,013	16
Adam Ruof	8,457	8,682	12
Matthew Scott	8,754	8,990	10
Alexander Bunkse	9,146	9,306	8
Aidan Wolfe	9,296	9,461	8
Sam Boykin	9,209	9,553	8
Ryan Zerbib	9,228	9,567	8