Minneapolis tennis player Tanay Panguluri finished 6,866th in December in the junior Boys’ 18 category of the United States Tennis Association.
They started December ranked 8,698th.
By the end of the month they’d earned 41 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’ 18 rankings in December
| Name | Starting Rank | Ending Rank | Total Points at end of December |
|---|---|---|---|
| Matthew Fullerton | 128 | 130 | 3,359 |
| Zachary Leslie | 367 | 382 | 1,627 |
| Sujit Chepuri | 641 | 662 | 1,004 |
| Oskar Jansson | 716 | 730 | 897 |
| Kai Chen | 1,173 | 1,182 | 562 |
| Evan Fraser | 1,812 | 1,436 | 460 |
| Eli Notkin | 1,893 | 1,829 | 343 |
| Ram Subramanian | 2,823 | 2,175 | 280 |
| Nicholas Anderson | 2,186 | 2,216 | 272 |
| Humza Chaudhri | 2,507 | 2,477 | 235 |
| Rishi Ranjith | 3,132 | 3,052 | 175 |
| Abhinav Maneesh | 3,075 | 3,118 | 170 |
| Samuel Leslie | 3,181 | 3,227 | 162 |
| Samuel Wolden | 3,218 | 3,260 | 158 |
| Bode Campbell | 3,265 | 3,308 | 154 |
| Braden Fitzgerald | 3,412 | 3,399 | 149 |
| Samuel Murillo | 6,834 | 3,467 | 145 |
| Gavin Kelleher | 3,812 | 3,708 | 130 |
| Theodore Grimes | 4,008 | 4,066 | 113 |
| Dmitry Parker | 4,146 | 4,219 | 106 |
| Andy Norman | 4,954 | 4,292 | 104 |
| Marcus Hosfield | 4,581 | 4,671 | 90 |
| Zander Zoia | 4,969 | 5,030 | 78 |
| Isaac Lower | 5,552 | 5,563 | 64 |
| Kamalesh Packiaraj | 5,850 | 5,907 | 60 |
| Zachary Piehl | 6,071 | 6,110 | 54 |
| Logan James | 6,084 | 6,119 | 54 |
| Sai Buddi | 6,361 | 6,340 | 50 |
| Lou Smith | 6,451 | 6,485 | 48 |
| Jasper Strom | 6,568 | 6,666 | 45 |
| Tanay Panguluri | 8,698 | 6,866 | 41 |
| Matthew Maciosek | 7,394 | 7,495 | 32 |
| Zackary Chaffey | 7,523 | 7,613 | 31 |
| Anthony Helmer | 7,575 | 7,923 | 30 |
| Sean Oslund | 8,407 | 8,507 | 24 |
| Dhiren Akkina | 8,487 | 8,601 | 24 |
| Joshua Cook | 9,299 | 8,937 | 20 |
| Raiden Chen | 9,346 | 9,494 | 17 |
