Naperville tennis player Kendall Tai Nghiem finished 6,927th in December in the junior Boys’ 14 category of the United States Tennis Association.
They started December ranked 9,075th.
By the end of the month they’d earned 41 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’ 14 rankings in December
| Name | Starting Rank | Ending Rank | Total Points at end of December |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tejas Sridhar | 1,639 | 1,316 | 507 |
| Mihir Arya | 1,405 | 1,452 | 472 |
| Gautam Mani | 2,442 | 1,839 | 389 |
| Ishan Suresh Kumar | 2,279 | 2,142 | 327 |
| Akhil Matham | 2,124 | 2,193 | 317 |
| Jayden Chiou | 4,040 | 3,600 | 153 |
| Brayden Cao | 4,783 | 4,949 | 87 |
| Boris Sirotkin | 5,562 | 5,786 | 64 |
| Kavin Sivapunniyam | 5,576 | 5,801 | 63 |
| Noah Eun | 6,200 | 6,423 | 50 |
| Ritvik Korrapati | 6,377 | 6,622 | 47 |
| Ricky Kim | 6,539 | 6,799 | 44 |
| Kendall Tai Nghiem | 9,075 | 6,927 | 41 |
| Lucas Qi | 6,730 | 6,999 | 40 |
| Pramit Chand Suvarnakanti | 8,024 | 7,109 | 39 |
| Max Buxbaum | 7,115 | 7,392 | 36 |
| Raghu Nandan Kannan | 7,326 | 7,424 | 35 |
| Ibrahim Faruqi | 7,968 | 8,262 | 28 |
| Samir Sahdev | 8,086 | 8,380 | 26 |
| Charles Zheng | N/A | 8,693 | 24 |
| Gavin Kestenberg | 8,466 | 8,776 | 24 |
| Jai Gupta | 8,131 | 8,816 | 24 |
| Keshav Menon | 8,831 | 9,115 | 20 |
| Kinsler Tien Nghiem | N/A | 9,241 | 18 |
| Stefan Egelja | 9,222 | 9,543 | 16 |
| Anthony Yang | 9,343 | 9,629 | 16 |
| Rinush Thiagu | 9,268 | 9,718 | 16 |
| Rishab Sridhar | 9,827 | 9,935 | 16 |
