Minneapolis tennis player Mithul Vivekanandan finished 6,270th in February in the junior Boys’ 14 category of the United States Tennis Association.
They started February ranked 5,819th.
By the end of the month they’d earned 60 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.
Minneapolis Junior Boys’ 14 rankings in February
| Name | Starting Rank | Ending Rank | Total Points at end of February |
|---|---|---|---|
| Andy Norman | 187 | 263 | 1,948 |
| Raiden Chen | 274 | 276 | 1,886 |
| Joshua Cook | 377 | 414 | 1,376 |
| Rishi Ranjith | 446 | 486 | 1,205 |
| Kamalesh Packiaraj | 674 | 641 | 955 |
| Sai Buddi | N/A | 862 | 750 |
| Anil Harshith Bharadwaj | 1,362 | 1,460 | 488 |
| Ezra Strom | 1,519 | 1,490 | 480 |
| Allan Wang | 1,635 | 1,578 | 461 |
| Jasper Strom | 2,129 | 2,261 | 320 |
| Joshua Latour | 2,440 | 2,320 | 309 |
| Zahir Hassan | 2,631 | 2,533 | 274 |
| Cooper Held | 2,761 | 2,945 | 222 |
| Hari Akkina | 3,412 | 3,071 | 209 |
| Bharath Nair | N/A | 3,124 | 202 |
| Zachary Dresner | 3,260 | 3,247 | 191 |
| Shreyas Iyer | 3,559 | 3,380 | 181 |
| Zachary Zhu | 3,350 | 3,610 | 164 |
| Revan Pothacamury | 3,912 | 4,206 | 127 |
| Karming Phoon | 4,403 | 4,743 | 103 |
| Aarav Roy | 4,924 | 4,993 | 94 |
| Ben Breitbach | N/A | 5,052 | 92 |
| Zavdi Fisher | 4,789 | 5,149 | 90 |
| Artham Sinha | 4,837 | 5,196 | 88 |
| James Cui | 6,030 | 5,325 | 84 |
| Sahil Boda | 2,494 | 5,721 | 73 |
| Louis Bastian | N/A | 6,079 | 64 |
| Mithul Vivekanandan | 5,819 | 6,270 | 60 |
| Jasper Park | 5,948 | 6,404 | 60 |
| Ted Strasburg | 6,069 | 6,549 | 56 |
| Logan Peterson | 7,549 | 6,744 | 52 |
| Chase Peterson | 6,793 | 6,822 | 50 |
| Grayson Dunigan | 6,363 | 6,844 | 50 |
| William Ge | 6,364 | 6,845 | 50 |
| Graham Everett | 6,558 | 7,049 | 46 |
| Kenny Perry | 6,711 | 7,215 | 44 |
| Hashim Chaudhri | 6,713 | 7,216 | 44 |
| Shoaib Shaik | 6,906 | 7,441 | 40 |
| Leyton Griffith | 8,981 | 7,859 | 36 |
| Ben Bernloehr | 9,359 | 9,812 | 19 |
