Nashville Standard

There are 15 junior tennis players from Nashville ranked in the Boys’ 12 category in the week ending Oct. 21 by the United States Tennis Association.

There were 15 junior tennis players who ranked in Boys' 12 bracket the previous week.

Brennan Bartman is the top ranked boy in the category with 3,899 points.

Players earn points by winning matches in tournaments, with bonus points awarded based on the standing of their opponent.

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.

Rank	Name	Bonus Points
74	Brennan Bartman	710
198	Maxwell Parker	226
307	William McGugin	34
471	Robert Hobart	45
906	Alp Weitkamp	0
1,246	Austin Ahrend	0
1,369	Declan Ahrend	0
2,117	Charlie Nail	0
2,519	Nicolas Safarian	0
2,593	David Safarian	0
3,458	Ethan Tang	0
4,292	Charlie Nord	0
4,952	Allen Chen	0
6,070	James Richards	0
6,277	Elliott Shapland	0