Waukesha Times

Brookfield tennis player Jacob Smith finished 9,515th in December in the junior Boys’ 16 category of the United States Tennis Association.

They started December ranked 9,205th.

By the end of the month they’d earned 29 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.

Name	Starting Rank	Ending Rank	Total Points at end of December
Surya Arvind	1,620	1,680	451
Aaditya Tiwari	2,094	1,984	387
Andrey Semin	2,069	2,110	362
Jake Zheng	2,857	2,925	245
Rohan Singh	4,401	4,463	128
Michael Li	692	6,026	76
Vibhu Guda	5,870	6,065	74
Aidan Ferber	6,528	6,719	60
Param Patel	6,931	7,158	54
Adam Bogyay	7,671	7,796	45
Diogo Jorge Trevizan	8,447	8,558	36
Pavan Yilayavilli	8,350	8,657	34
Benjamin Ferber	8,848	9,268	30
Grant Meyers	8,801	9,355	30
Jacob Smith	9,205	9,515	29