Louisville tennis player Aditya Shah finished 8,026th in December in the junior Boys’ 18 category of the United States Tennis Association.
They started December ranked 8,069th.
By the end of the month they’d earned 30 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eli Stephenson | 174 | 188 | 2,677 |
| Christopher Kaufmann | 330 | 342 | 1,755 |
| Ben Rueff | 346 | 358 | 1,690 |
| Tyler Bush | 534 | 569 | 1,142 |
| Joshua Meza | 779 | 858 | 773 |
| Alex Englund | 880 | 898 | 745 |
| Anderson Smith | 1,247 | 976 | 689 |
| Dane Boggess | 1,289 | 1,310 | 505 |
| Rowan McCollum | 1,332 | 1,345 | 494 |
| William Lewis | 1,351 | 1,356 | 489 |
| Landon Ecarma | 1,644 | 1,379 | 481 |
| Colby Berson | 1,656 | 1,634 | 394 |
| Sahil Krishnani | 2,087 | 2,339 | 255 |
| Max Roberts | 4,118 | 4,192 | 107 |
| Walker Bush | 4,228 | 4,291 | 104 |
| Mac Bowman | 4,251 | 4,418 | 99 |
| Dustin Garrison | 4,680 | 4,754 | 89 |
| George Wagner | 4,820 | 5,038 | 78 |
| Liam Patel | 5,083 | 5,135 | 75 |
| Nikolas Jones | 5,591 | 5,640 | 62 |
| Kaden MacDonald | 5,977 | 6,030 | 56 |
| Cole Riley | 6,461 | 6,558 | 47 |
| Bennett Carothers | 6,929 | 7,045 | 38 |
| Tommy Scanlan | 7,381 | 7,483 | 32 |
| Parker Moyano | 7,527 | 7,617 | 31 |
| Aditya Shah | 8,069 | 8,026 | 30 |
| Aiden Vilo | 4,813 | 8,604 | 24 |
| Jonathan Kepnes | 8,613 | 8,714 | 23 |
| Timothy Wagoner | 8,687 | 8,786 | 22 |
| Tristan Coulter | 9,264 | 9,398 | 18 |
| Ben Beams | 9,520 | 9,684 | 16 |
