They started December ranked 8,604th.
By the end of the month they’d earned 22 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.
Junior Boys’ 14 rankings in December
| Name | Starting Rank | Ending Rank | Total Points at end of December |
|---|---|---|---|
| Charles Ma | 390 | 392 | 1,367 |
| Connor Wilcox | 1,772 | 1,482 | 462 |
| Charlie Rich | 1,524 | 1,576 | 441 |
| Justin Woo | 2,399 | 2,492 | 269 |
| Nihar Gundala | 3,858 | 2,768 | 234 |
| Grant Miller | 3,082 | 3,142 | 193 |
| Marcus Byrn | 3,191 | 3,393 | 170 |
| Steven Castleman | 4,122 | 4,265 | 116 |
| David Loh | 4,317 | 4,462 | 105 |
| Luke Hayden | 4,750 | 4,917 | 88 |
| Murli Pandey | 4,929 | 5,105 | 82 |
| Braylen Kaiser | 5,448 | 5,672 | 66 |
| Marc Mocanu | 5,964 | 5,804 | 63 |
| Max Park | 5,809 | 6,039 | 60 |
| Ajay Purohit | 7,389 | 7,658 | 32 |
| Kabir Jha | 7,995 | 8,290 | 28 |
| Roshan Malani | 9,137 | 8,334 | 27 |
| Kirtan Palapattu | 8,600 | 8,893 | 22 |
| Aarith Veerabhadran | 8,604 | 8,894 | 22 |
| William Pearce | 8,652 | 8,948 | 22 |
| Edward Staebler | 9,428 | 9,510 | 16 |
| John Benjamin Begosso | 9,690 | 9,997 | 15 |
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