Knox Times

Knoxville tennis player William Patterson finished 3,563rd in November in the junior Boys’ 16 category of the United States Tennis Association.

They started November ranked 3,512th.

By the end of the month they’d earned 180 points 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 November
Woodson McMillin	257	264	2,106
Theo Liakonis	1,081	971	708
Eli Felker	1,730	1,754	426
Trent Valeriano	2,854	2,915	240
Quinn Campbell	4,930	3,397	191
William Patterson	3,512	3,563	180
Leyton Lu	3,787	3,864	156
Ryan Leckrone	4,489	4,552	120
Jacob King	8,811	5,428	89
Garrett Anderson	9,116	5,725	79
Benjamin Shawl	5,984	6,138	69
Noah Bremer	6,364	6,521	61
Elijah Bault	6,811	6,963	54
Kaan Sezgi	7,287	7,471	46
Jackson Biddix	7,436	7,616	45
Andrew Duhaime	7,931	8,107	38
Jaymeson Huffman	8,043	8,236	37
Warren Hurst	8,959	9,088	30
Preston Young	8,963	9,092	30
Lucas Wilson	9,057	9,251	30
Jansen Brown	9,151	9,346	28
Derek Diaz	9,255	9,438	27
Ian Anderson	9,371	9,555	26