San Antonio Standard

San Antonio tennis player Ethan Valdez is ranked 2,718th in the junior Boys’ 14 category of the United States Tennis Association in the week ending May 29.

They had 171 total points, split between 162 single points and 63 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 2,653rd 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
Jacob Hewitt	1,781	1,497	540
Anish Sehgal	671	660	N/A
Sebastian Flyckt	400	400	N/A
David Smeberg	392	392	N/A
Noah Ward	373	369	N/A
Kai Okoh	326	326	N/A
Lucas Melgar	281	272	N/A
Arian Patel	271	271	N/A
Fabio Di Loreto	245	245	N/A
Ari Sutin	215	204	N/A
Akhil Yalamuri	212	212	N/A
Jose Andres Muller-Urrutia	193	175	N/A
Ethan Valdez	171	162	63
Nathan Washington	171	171	N/A
Vikas Vijay	167	167	N/A
Noah Kitayama	163	161	N/A
Ian Middleton	124	124	N/A
Diego Alvarez	116	116	N/A
Pablo Alvarez	109	107	N/A
Ryan Totorica	105	96	N/A
Ernesto Manuel Gonzalez-Molina	102	102	N/A
Noa Kyung	92	92	N/A
John Kelso	92	92	N/A
Philippe Jones	85	85	N/A
Brandon Tragord	82	82	N/A
Daniel Smeberg	74	74	N/A
Alex Trevino III	69	69	N/A
Santiago Castelazo	62	62	N/A
Daley Ellis	62	62	N/A
Nimal Patel	61	61	N/A
Matias Del Valle	60	60	N/A
Andre Toscano	54	54	N/A
Alejandro Puccio	54	54	N/A
Oliver Johnson	48	48	N/A
Jack Heeney	38	38	N/A
Yuvan Buchaiahgari	36	36	N/A
Samuel Kennedy	36	36	N/A
Boris Rusev	34	34	N/A
Quentin Decamara	33	33	N/A
Jackson Smith	31	31	N/A
Jacob Brown	30	30	N/A
Chemata Jsmanish	30	30	N/A
Alejandro Zurga	30	30	N/A
Logan Montz	26	26	N/A
Karan Gyani	26	26	N/A
Christopher Ditrolio	24	24	N/A
Alberto Patjane	24	24	N/A
Mitchell Pullen	18	18	N/A
Yakshwag Raju	14	14	N/A
Christopher Nasser	14	14	N/A
William Sacerdote	8	8	N/A
Jairo Kirk	8	8	N/A
Sage Gallegos	8	8	N/A
Matisse Guillemard	7	7	N/A
Frank Lucci	6	6	N/A
Mitchell Mireles	6	6	N/A
Arturo Escobar	6	6	N/A
Judah Berger	6	6	N/A
William Dorbandt	6	6	N/A
Keaton Kehoe	6	6	N/A
Owen McKinlay	6	6	N/A