Bradenton tennis player Thanaphat Boosarawongse finished 7,431st in December in the junior Boys’ 18 category of the United States Tennis Association.
By the end of the month they’d earned 33 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Juncheng Shang | 27 | 27 | 6,502 |
| Phillip Dell | 83 | 86 | 4,066 |
| Fnu Nidunjianzan | 336 | 348 | 1,728 |
| Graham Hadesman | 404 | 419 | 1,521 |
| Kaveh Brian Taheri | 436 | 443 | 1,428 |
| Martin Damm | 559 | 570 | 1,140 |
| Paris Pouatcha | 617 | 612 | 1,079 |
| Luke Saab | 463 | 632 | 1,043 |
| Jacob Olar | 1,189 | 1,424 | 463 |
| Vincent Nauta | 1,660 | 1,528 | 428 |
| Carter Olson | 1,573 | 1,598 | 405 |
| Caio Lacerda | 1,764 | 1,787 | 354 |
| Rongcheng Hu | 2,338 | 2,386 | 246 |
| Tomas Martins | 2,558 | 2,607 | 220 |
| Juan Carlos Portilla | 3,357 | 3,182 | 164 |
| Peter Anastasakis | 3,339 | 3,383 | 150 |
| Minato Koido | 3,353 | 3,396 | 150 |
| Prithvi Sudhakar | 3,435 | 3,497 | 144 |
| Quincy Jones | 3,457 | 3,519 | 142 |
| Maximillian Mroz | 3,493 | 3,560 | 139 |
| Timmy Phung | 3,760 | 3,826 | 124 |
| Zhuoran Yin | 3,990 | 4,046 | 114 |
| Jeronimo Paulo Mazzei | 4,103 | 4,171 | 108 |
| Ian Miller | 4,108 | 4,175 | 108 |
| Martin Mejia | 4,179 | 4,257 | 105 |
| William Wang | 4,427 | 4,507 | 96 |
| Bijan Jake Taheri | 4,747 | 4,827 | 86 |
| Charlie Wang | 5,175 | 5,222 | 73 |
| Lucian Goins | 5,518 | 5,577 | 64 |
| Vyom Singh | 5,769 | 5,800 | 60 |
| Nathan De Silva | 5,743 | 5,827 | 60 |
| Roberto Bazua | 5,837 | 5,867 | 60 |
| Anthony Nguyen | 6,107 | 6,163 | 54 |
| Kento Saiki | 6,730 | 6,837 | 42 |
| Sea Woo Cho | 6,862 | 6,956 | 39 |
| Ricardo Perazzolo Da Silveira Jr. | 7,177 | 7,271 | 36 |
| William Mroz | 7,192 | 7,285 | 35 |
| Daniel Schaffer | 7,269 | 7,361 | 34 |
| Thanaphat Boosarawongse | N/A | 7,431 | 33 |
| Quoc-Uy Vo | 7,702 | 7,782 | 30 |
| Kim Pan Zhu | 7,113 | 7,816 | 30 |
| Rong Feng | 7,817 | 7,856 | 30 |
| David Cibrian | 8,822 | 8,204 | 27 |
| Kobayashi Sena | 9,387 | 9,537 | 17 |
| Jeremie Portner | 9,673 | 9,825 | 16 |
