South Palm Beach Today

Delray Beach tennis player Aoi Umezawa finished 3,033rd in November in the junior Boys’ 14 category of the United States Tennis Association.

They started November ranked 3,468th.

By the end of the month they’d earned 196 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 November
James Scholer	194	201	2,161
Geoff Kosseifi	918	926	659
Grant Martin	1,072	1,426	474
Oliver Yogel	1,428	1,528	448
Max Martin	2,230	2,287	292
Kayden Collins	2,363	2,413	270
Adrien William Lee Weber	2,790	2,853	217
Luka Opacic	2,791	2,874	213
Alexander Klimovich	2,801	2,980	201
Aoi Umezawa	3,468	3,033	196
Karl Ekstrand	3,947	4,060	122
Noa Cakaric	5,407	5,338	72
Max Small	5,571	5,738	61
Logan Small	5,907	6,091	55
Shane Waldman	5,919	6,098	55
Adrian Gerlach	9,349	6,427	48
Marton Leber	6,549	6,747	42
Anthony Butler	8,046	8,245	26
Drew Waldman	8,861	9,010	19
Abbas Mohamed	9,341	9,659	16