Minneapolis tennis player Jeffrey Chen finished 9,837th in December in the junior Boys’ 14 category of the United States Tennis Association.
They started December ranked 9,494th.
By the end of the month they’d earned 16 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Andy Norman | 254 | 246 | 1,938 |
| Raiden Chen | 295 | 293 | 1,706 |
| Joshua Cook | 437 | 408 | 1,306 |
| Rishi Ranjith | 516 | 446 | 1,205 |
| Kamalesh Packiaraj | 911 | 691 | 841 |
| Sai Buddi | 1,635 | 1,066 | 590 |
| Anil Harshith Bharadwaj | 1,337 | 1,383 | 488 |
| Allan Wang | 1,606 | 1,677 | 421 |
| Ezra Strom | 2,126 | 2,057 | 343 |
| Sebastian Miguel Rodriguez Garcia | 2,148 | 2,211 | 312 |
| Jasper Strom | 2,189 | 2,241 | 306 |
| Sahil Boda | 2,484 | 2,581 | 257 |
| Joshua Latour | 3,129 | 2,661 | 245 |
| Cooper Held | 2,752 | 2,863 | 222 |
| Bharath Nair | 2,810 | 2,924 | 214 |
| Zachary Dresner | 3,246 | 3,387 | 171 |
| Zachary Zhu | 3,326 | 3,473 | 164 |
| Hari Akkina | 3,387 | 3,534 | 159 |
| Revan Pothacamury | 3,871 | 4,022 | 127 |
| Zahir Hassan | 3,916 | 4,069 | 125 |
| Karming Phoon | 4,356 | 4,499 | 103 |
| Zavdi Fisher | 5,794 | 4,862 | 90 |
| Artham Sinha | 4,743 | 4,908 | 88 |
| Ben Breitbach | 4,959 | 5,140 | 80 |
| Aarav Roy | 5,169 | 5,378 | 74 |
| Mithul Vivekanandan | 5,708 | 5,910 | 60 |
| Jasper Park | 5,829 | 6,059 | 60 |
| Ted Strasburg | 5,936 | 6,155 | 56 |
| Kenny Perry | 6,104 | 6,331 | 53 |
| Graham Everett | N/A | 6,635 | 46 |
| Hashim Chaudhri | 6,544 | 6,806 | 44 |
| Grayson Dunigan | 6,759 | 7,032 | 40 |
| Shoaib Shaik | 7,809 | 7,885 | 30 |
| Chase Peterson | N/A | 8,057 | 30 |
| Leyton Griffith | 8,756 | 9,036 | 20 |
| Kristopher Sinkin | 9,071 | 9,366 | 17 |
| Gus Campbell | 9,493 | 9,788 | 16 |
| Jeffrey Chen | 9,494 | 9,837 | 16 |
| Tristan Ehn | 9,611 | 9,912 | 16 |
