Chicago City Wire

Chicago tennis player Kiyan Alsikafi is ranked 1,395th in the junior Boys’ 16 category of the United States Tennis Association in the week ending Oct. 1.

They had 525 total points, split between 484 single points and 82 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 1,393rd 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
Garvin Murray	1,958	1,572	1,427
Dashiell Smith	1,127	921	1,299
Marko McRae	666	602	270
Marko Nikolic	660	634	97
Kiyan Alsikafi	525	484	82
Rowan Ing	506	450	371
Luca Sevim	462	367	336
Feriyadi Hasnovi	370	370	N/A
Kaden Brown	357	355	11
Nhylan Westmoreland	312	312	N/A
Chetan Cherukuri	310	310	N/A
Zuhair Alsikafi	298	298	N/A
Jake Goldstein	285	271	90
Oliver Cahnman	255	255	N/A
Jay Manadan	249	249	N/A
Joah Dunwoody	240	240	N/A
Mark Tismensky	240	232	51
Thomas Gjoklaj	196	192	N/A
Noah Pendo	189	189	N/A
Benjamin Cuervo	161	155	38
Eli Goodman	153	153	N/A
Krish Khanna	139	139	N/A
Sohail Sajdeh	136	136	N/A
Raghuvir Sriram	121	118	19
Rai Trujillo	115	115	N/A
Lakshman Sinha	97	91	38
Arjun Sawhney	85	85	N/A
Porter Baginski	80	80	N/A
Jakob Kohn	75	72	19
Varun Viges	71	66	30
Arjun Sawardekar	70	70	N/A
Giona MacCaferri	62	60	10
Thomas Cilella	56	54	N/A
Hans Baker	50	50	N/A
Roshan Kalubi	48	48	N/A
Jake Lee	46	46	N/A
Marko Bakrac	46	46	N/A
Maurice Neuman	44	44	N/A
Ari Fayne	40	40	N/A
Alexander Lapins	38	38	N/A