LAX Leader

Los Angeles tennis player Noah Kaufman finished 5,396th in October in the junior Boys’ 14 category of the United States Tennis Association.

They started October ranked 6,541st.

By the end of the month they’d earned 70 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 October
Cassius Chinlund	38	26	6,298
Ford McCollum	48	51	4,847
Nischal Spurling	115	120	3,140
Elliot Lifton	462	446	1,237
Oliver Lifton	632	652	896
Kieran Lin	916	950	652
Spencer Trattner	1,836	1,248	526
Jeremy Park	1,281	1,329	504
Shane Hines	1,345	1,389	485
Kiran Spurling	1,510	1,439	475
Nathan Haile	1,798	1,768	396
Blaze Hinton	1,966	1,820	386
Simon Lifton	2,006	1,974	354
Miles Whitehead	2,012	2,077	334
Alex Bakhtiari	2,176	2,171	316
Zachary Figlin	2,475	2,427	274
Connor Yang	2,603	2,559	255
Elliott Meth	2,566	2,660	241
Zachary Zolla-Imerman	5,426	3,634	147
Ethan Kim	3,797	3,687	144
Kensho Ford	3,986	4,167	119
Aiden Zadeh	4,149	4,321	110
Jackson Zinn	5,861	4,362	108
Xavier Leo Raymundo	5,109	5,058	82
Waylon Lin	5,077	5,128	78
Noah Kaufman	6,541	5,396	70
Jude Liebesman	5,363	5,595	65
Ryan Zadeh	6,301	6,552	46
Ivan Niktin	6,455	6,709	42
Gabriel Leo Tapucar	6,530	6,792	40
Evan Tsan	7,066	7,184	36
Whalen Farish	7,297	7,561	31
Mayin Chaudhuri	N/A	7,661	30
Donovan Thompkins	7,324	7,666	30
Tai Finestone	N/A	7,675	30
Blake Markman	N/A	8,016	28
Charlie Ford	8,215	8,073	28
Jonathan Tefera	7,967	8,276	24
Magnus Christoffersen	9,041	8,475	24
Nathan Tefera	8,641	9,025	18
Cole Moelleken	9,187	9,593	16