PHX Reporter

Scottsdale tennis player Santiago Ledesma is ranked 1,078th in the junior Boys’ 16 category of the United States Tennis Association in the week ending Oct. 1.

They had 653 total points, split between 630 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 1,060th 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
Ivan Perisic	4,665	3,375	4,095
Reed Berbeco	757	678	450
Santiago Ledesma	653	630	N/A
Tanush Varma	533	492	270
Linus Gino-Griffiths	429	296	873
Conor Cruse	355	288	407
Daniel Yuke	346	326	135
Aneesh Burra	274	242	189
Purvansh Bhatia	254	254	N/A
Arnav Hingorani	227	178	298
Matias Tevrizian	196	196	N/A
Jeronimo Ledesma	188	186	N/A
Simer Singh	188	188	N/A
Benjamin Brasfield	144	136	54
Jack MacFarlane	72	72	N/A
David Chin	72	72	N/A
Christoph Gey-Ellis	65	42	150
Arin Gopakumar	48	48	N/A
Nicholas Stark	41	40	6
Mason Fitzgerald	40	40	N/A