Chicago City Wire

Chicago tennis player Koushik Sengupta is ranked 1,419th in the junior Boys’ 12 category of the United States Tennis Association in the week ending Oct. 1.

They had 319 total points, split between 296 single points and 150 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 1,395th 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
Beck Riley	857	732	528
Nino Pinto	440	395	N/A
Koushik Sengupta	319	296	150
Theodore Schlater	240	240	N/A
Solomon Ruttenberg	239	239	N/A
James Rolls	180	180	N/A
Jake Lee	161	161	N/A
Karthik Viges	158	158	N/A
Adler Lafayette	144	144	N/A
Shaan Khorana	138	138	N/A
Soham Desai	138	138	N/A
Kristoff Petrov	126	126	N/A
Zachary Fayad	125	125	N/A
Jake Gentzen	78	78	N/A
Maxwell Carstens	66	66	N/A
Kamil Jaroszek	66	66	N/A
Marc Rotopanescu	56	56	N/A
Kian Mistry	56	56	N/A
James Ward	50	50	N/A
Atticus Peterson	38	38	N/A
Tim O'Brien	36	36	N/A
Tomas Cuervo	36	36	N/A
Eduard Liberzon	32	32	N/A
Ari Shah	24	24	N/A
Andrej Bakrac	18	18	N/A
Alex Zhang	12	12	N/A