Louisville tennis player Ethan Tang finished 8,997th in December in the junior Boys’ 16 category of the United States Tennis Association.
They started December ranked 8,679th.
By the end of the month they’d earned 31 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’ 16 rankings in December
| Name | Starting Rank | Ending Rank | Total Points at end of December |
|---|---|---|---|
| Landon Ecarma | 276 | 282 | 1,922 |
| William Lewis | 578 | 580 | 1,121 |
| Colby Berson | 623 | 597 | 1,096 |
| Mac Bowman | 1,367 | 1,466 | 499 |
| Aditya Shah | 2,633 | 2,683 | 274 |
| Walker Bush | 3,212 | 3,292 | 208 |
| Jonathan Kepnes | 4,698 | 4,848 | 111 |
| Timothy Wagoner | 4,717 | 4,863 | 110 |
| Charles Lewis | 5,059 | 5,219 | 98 |
| Tristan Coulter | 5,328 | 5,498 | 90 |
| Aiden Vilo | 4,011 | 5,583 | 87 |
| Sharvil Saxena | 5,758 | 5,962 | 77 |
| Sushanth Muthuluru | 6,063 | 6,022 | 76 |
| Sai Javvadi | 6,673 | 6,885 | 59 |
| Eric Carter | 6,737 | 6,948 | 57 |
| Nicolas Goodman | 6,881 | 7,102 | 54 |
| Trevor Meyer | 7,119 | 7,362 | 50 |
| Eric Ormsby | 7,668 | 7,938 | 42 |
| Ethan Tang | 8,679 | 8,997 | 31 |
| Henry Wagner | 8,196 | 9,370 | 30 |
| Roberts Sartor | 8,854 | 9,394 | 30 |
