South Raleigh News

Raleigh tennis player Alex Ovalle is ranked 1,779th in the junior Boys’ 16 category of the United States Tennis Association in the week ending Oct. 1.

They had 425 total points, split between 408 single points and 114 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 1,765th 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
Matthew Forbes	8,023	4,298	10,800
Gavin Goode	2,322	1,532	1,828
Alexander Wood	1,381	1,158	1,107
Anthony Dry	1,190	855	1,486
Rich Zhou	836	791	300
Will Calingaert	595	550	300
John Agnew	446	412	150
Alex Ovalle	425	408	114
Connor Riely	411	285	731
Harrison Glickstein	395	279	499
Cameron Lange	369	369	N/A
Griffin Goode	331	241	305
Duy-Thai Nguyen	267	261	39
Robert Chen	258	255	21
Luke Thomann	213	213	N/A
Gabriel Morcos	126	126	N/A
Lucas Bacon	118	118	N/A
Tyler Byrum	110	110	N/A
Lucas Bui	108	108	N/A
Evan Burfeind	94	94	N/A
Kyle Lange	88	88	N/A
Ruffin Chapman	86	79	49
Walter Faris	84	84	N/A
Owen Treadway	68	68	N/A
Brooks Parsons	60	60	N/A
Townsend Ward	59	59	N/A
Blick Alexander	58	58	N/A
Noah Peeters-Dufour	57	54	19
Houston Hooker	53	53	N/A
James Albion	52	52	N/A
Johnny Wolf	48	44	29
Alex Adams	48	48	N/A
Angus Wall	44	44	N/A
Nate Raymond	40	40	N/A