Chicago City Wire

Chicago tennis player Dakota Croix Blackman is ranked 2,831st in the junior Boys’ 12 category of the United States Tennis Association in the week ending March 5.

They had 102 total points, split between 102 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 2,900th 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
Luca Sevim	4,942	3,213	4,531
Raghuvir Sriram	2,063	1,665	767
Thomas Cilella	1,242	1,054	504
Beck Riley	545	504	270
Lakshman Sinha	328	328	N/A
Koushik Sengupta	310	287	150
Shaan Khorana	226	192	225
James Rolls	196	196	N/A
Vuk Nikolic	188	188	N/A
Eli Goodman	162	162	N/A
Marko Bakrac	134	134	N/A
Gian Mullangi	108	108	N/A
Dakota Croix Blackman	102	102	N/A
Nikolas Gulyayev	88	88	N/A
Nino Pinto	80	80	N/A
James Ward	78	78	N/A
Declan Smith	76	76	N/A
Karthik Viges	74	74	N/A
Atticus Peterson	58	58	N/A
Adler Lafayette	54	54	N/A
Jimmie Chrusfield III	48	48	N/A
Zachary Fayad	44	44	N/A
Solomon Ruttenberg	44	44	N/A
Eduard Liberzon	32	32	N/A
Atticus Whitted	20	20	N/A
Yuri Frias-Kaehler	12	12	N/A
Saverio Ruta	12	12	N/A
Tomas Cuervo	12	12	N/A
Tim O'Brien	12	12	N/A
Kristoff Petrov	8	8	N/A
Tyler O'Brien	8	8	N/A
Maxwell Carstens	8	8	N/A