They started February ranked 5,663rd.
By the end of the month they’d earned 64 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.
Palo Alto Junior Boys’ 14 rankings in February
| Name | Starting Rank | Ending Rank | Total Points at end of February |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lixing Jiang | 100 | 114 | 3,613 |
| Yuanye Ma | 292 | 289 | 1,827 |
| Kotaro Kunimoto | 513 | 474 | 1,227 |
| Surya Dedatta | 713 | 761 | 820 |
| Blair Chen | 724 | 773 | 814 |
| Sandy Li | 2,740 | 2,510 | 278 |
| Thomas Li | 2,746 | 2,529 | 275 |
| Oakley Koegler | 3,266 | 3,250 | 190 |
| Lucas Tung | 4,069 | 4,367 | 120 |
| Andrew Zhao | 5,139 | 4,892 | 98 |
| Owen Schroeder | 4,611 | 4,951 | 96 |
| Pragyan Veluvali | 5,584 | 5,354 | 84 |
| Nikhil Muthiah | 5,095 | 5,712 | 74 |
| Atharv Mahajan | 5,523 | 5,949 | 68 |
| Justin Oh | 5,663 | 6,100 | 64 |
| Holden Lee | 5,802 | 6,238 | 60 |
| Nuri Hafizi | 6,948 | 6,750 | 52 |
| Arnav Pendse | 6,961 | 7,501 | 40 |
| Ian Liu | N/A | 9,586 | 21 |
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