Dallas City Wire

Dallas tennis player Mark Motlow finished 1,299th in May in the junior Boys’ 18 category of the United States Tennis Association.

They started May ranked 1,215th.

By the end of the month they’d earned 439 across singles and doubles tournaments.

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.

Rankings are released weekly.

Name	Starting Rank	Ending Rank	Total Points at end of May
Landon Ardila	16	24	5,039
Alex Cairo	32	33	4,661
Jackson Morash	423	352	1,377
Alex Park	501	475	1,103
Lukas Rambo	714	775	720
Bennett Barron	914	980	579
Jack Yurich	1,743	1,021	562
Joshua Rubel	1,231	1,170	489
Rider Yeaman	1,187	1,270	454
Mark Motlow	1,215	1,299	439
Cole Burnam	1,832	1,910	271
Kaemon Shiao	3,836	2,060	247
Ray Saalfield	2,471	2,588	181
Alexander Smith	8,587	2,735	166
Jack Fuller	2,754	2,871	154
Trevor Gervis	2,962	2,873	154
Zayd Khatri	2,836	2,951	150
Reid Aaron	2,857	2,979	148
Hayden Holman	2,974	3,083	140
Ike Davidson	3,050	3,165	135
Carter Benson	3,560	3,682	104
Phoenix Davis	3,689	3,801	98
Leo Hall	3,985	4,091	88
Kevin Han	4,572	4,636	68
Amogh Naganand	4,936	5,068	58
Connor Bryant	5,040	5,186	54
Christopher Sims	5,201	5,331	51
Tal Rogozinski	6,576	6,769	29
Walter Straughn	6,625	6,819	29
Alec Ramon	6,693	6,882	27
Vaughn Ellison	6,907	7,120	24
Alex Ryan	7,136	7,326	22
Lucas Lindwall	7,316	7,508	20
Timothy McKinley	7,870	8,071	16
Alex Lajous	8,353	8,501	12
William Custard	9,111	8,907	11
Joshua Saland	N/A	9,546	8
Oliver Muenker	9,900	9,691	8
William Covin	9,556	9,831	7
William Snodgrass	9,954	9,963	6