South Raleigh News

Raleigh tennis player Declan O'Brien is ranked 1,956th in the junior Boys’ 18 category of the United States Tennis Association in the week ending May 29.

They had 264 total points, split between 264 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 1,932nd 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
Lincoln Battle	3,093	2,211	1,841
Joseph Dougherty	1,857	1,080	1,354
Matthew Forbes	1,330	913	614
Wyatt Cannon	1,129	942	727
William Manning	608	399	527
Travis Kimball	493	481	6
Parker Mariencheck	309	262	19
Declan O'Brien	264	264	N/A
Alexander Higgins	249	222	105
Rich Zhou	234	216	45
Jack Flagg	199	194	33
Lucas Trepanier	188	188	N/A
Alexander Wood	149	139	54
John Agnew	137	124	87
Briar McLellan	114	114	N/A
Thi Nguyen	100	100	N/A
Keith O'Brien	79	79	N/A
Matthew Robbins	76	76	N/A
Lamar Gilchrist	72	72	N/A
Joshua Len	68	68	N/A
Alex Ovalle	46	46	N/A
Christopher Davis	37	37	N/A
Sawyer Hanna	36	36	N/A
Cameron Lange	33	32	6
Elias Morcos	31	31	N/A
Duy-Thai Nguyen	29	29	N/A
Andrew Black	28	28	N/A
Colin Regan	26	26	N/A
Benjamin Pataki	26	26	N/A
Jacob Suh	24	24	N/A
Will Calingaert	17	17	N/A
Blake Mobley	16	16	N/A
Samuel Schainblatt	16	16	N/A
Jonathan Hinson	16	16	N/A
Patrick F. Newton	15	15	N/A
Owen Edmondson	11	11	N/A
El-Hadji Sall	8	8	N/A
Griffin Whalen	8	8	N/A