They started December ranked 2,760th.
By the end of the month they’d earned 21 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rocky McKenzie | 431 | 444 | 1,427 |
| Clayton Poppenga | 817 | 874 | 765 |
| Gage Gohl | 882 | 899 | 743 |
| Landon Levenhagen | 1,261 | 1,369 | 486 |
| Alexander Lupu | 1,174 | 1,463 | 451 |
| Drew Gohl | 1,385 | 1,525 | 430 |
| Davis Shafer | 1,622 | 1,747 | 362 |
| Cooper Johnson | 3,774 | 2,611 | 220 |
| James Yousef | 2,323 | 2,651 | 215 |
| Noah Morgans | 2,993 | 3,356 | 150 |
| Daniel Puumala | 2,916 | 3,449 | 146 |
| Arthur Tao | 3,569 | 3,700 | 131 |
| Alex Mohama | 3,201 | 3,766 | 127 |
| Jacob Morgans | 4,138 | 4,211 | 106 |
| Harold Mayer | 4,846 | 4,514 | 95 |
| River McKenzie | 5,517 | 4,954 | 82 |
| Peter Stich | 4,708 | 5,336 | 70 |
| Miles Brokenleg | 5,394 | 5,419 | 68 |
| Chase Rima | 6,915 | 6,325 | 50 |
| Ronan Hartwig | 6,176 | 6,440 | 48 |
| Ethan Gladue | 6,771 | 6,874 | 41 |
| Grant Santema | 6,553 | 6,917 | 40 |
| Carter Cameron | 7,006 | 7,092 | 38 |
| Sam Hayden | 7,168 | 7,264 | 36 |
| Jadon Munson | 3,734 | 7,286 | 35 |
| Isaac Stewart | 7,556 | 7,912 | 30 |
| Liam Sarmiento | 6,356 | 8,229 | 27 |
| Gavin Schmit | 2,760 | 8,871 | 21 |
| Will Koziara | 9,857 | 8,963 | 20 |
| Owen Boyd | 9,051 | 9,170 | 18 |
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