Louisville tennis player Joshua Meza finished 728th in November in the junior Boys’ 18 category of the United States Tennis Association.
They started November ranked 731st.
By the end of the month they’d earned 878 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 November
| Name | Starting Rank | Ending Rank | Total Points at end of November |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eli Stephenson | 172 | 174 | 2,739 |
| Christopher Kaufmann | 329 | 327 | 1,755 |
| Ben Rueff | 367 | 413 | 1,488 |
| Tyler Bush | 482 | 495 | 1,266 |
| Joshua Meza | 731 | 728 | 878 |
| Alex Englund | 861 | 877 | 745 |
| Dane Boggess | 1,268 | 1,276 | 505 |
| Rowan McCollum | 1,295 | 1,310 | 494 |
| William Lewis | 1,318 | 1,336 | 484 |
| Anderson Smith | 1,350 | 1,366 | 473 |
| Landon Ecarma | 1,632 | 1,633 | 386 |
| Colby Berson | 1,694 | 1,687 | 372 |
| Sahil Krishnani | 2,098 | 2,074 | 291 |
| Max Roberts | 4,088 | 4,112 | 107 |
| Mac Bowman | 4,229 | 4,243 | 103 |
| Walker Bush | 5,248 | 4,308 | 100 |
| Dustin Garrison | 4,647 | 4,669 | 89 |
| Aiden Vilo | 4,787 | 4,804 | 84 |
| Liam Patel | 5,062 | 5,069 | 75 |
| George Wagner | 5,416 | 5,411 | 66 |
| Nikolas Jones | 5,578 | 5,580 | 62 |
| Kaden MacDonald | 5,990 | 5,977 | 56 |
| Cole Riley | 6,443 | 6,451 | 47 |
| Bennett Carothers | 6,919 | 6,928 | 38 |
| Tommy Scanlan | 7,348 | 7,367 | 32 |
| Parker Moyano | 7,494 | 7,516 | 31 |
| Aditya Shah | 8,192 | 8,059 | 28 |
| Brent Reynolds | 8,069 | 8,087 | 27 |
| Jonathan Kepnes | 8,615 | 8,615 | 23 |
| Timothy Wagoner | 8,698 | 8,687 | 22 |
| Tristan Coulter | 9,255 | 9,265 | 18 |
| Ben Beams | 9,452 | 9,455 | 16 |
