South Palm Beach Today

Boca Raton tennis player Seth Silberfarb finished 5,457th in February in the junior Boys’ 12 category of the United States Tennis Association.

They started February ranked 4,903rd.

By the end of the month they’d earned 16 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 February
Colter Amey	33	23	6,388
Mikaeel Alibaig	47	55	4,665
Rafael Bote	66	69	3,790
Victor Pignaton	172	127	2,808
Daniil Berezin	129	145	2,601
Sebastian Yeagley	617	532	864
Jose Vasquez	514	579	786
Victor Lobo	726	798	596
Daniel Naya	N/A	1,005	485
Mathias Mendez	975	1,041	471
Chase McKinnon	N/A	1,052	466
Enrico Pepe	1,166	1,089	449
Dhruv Kallat	1,076	1,162	419
Noah Zubkoff	1,529	1,609	278
Rodion Grinchak	1,536	1,637	270
Luke Kertenis	1,892	1,737	249
Aleksandr Kharkov	2,123	1,760	244
Taroon Muthuswamy	1,760	1,900	216
Andre Vidalon	1,978	1,944	208
Andrei Robinson	2,437	1,958	204
Julian Slive	1,940	2,098	182
Benjamin Slive	2,004	2,176	172
Marco Kushnir	2,042	2,212	168
Zachary Khieu	2,083	2,255	162
Yanis Kharoubi	2,090	2,281	160
Facundo Henriquez	3,268	2,932	100
Max Zilin	2,694	2,954	98
Thomas Workman	3,427	3,760	58
Luca Pepe	4,009	3,764	58
Evan Zilin	3,535	3,895	54
Kyle Kelman	4,417	4,839	30
Jonah Scovronick	4,970	5,392	16
Seth Silberfarb	4,903	5,457	16
Oliver Delanoe	4,486	5,563	16
Nicolas Kessler-Quan	5,676	6,219	8
Zane Williams	N/A	6,315	6
Knox Baker	5,852	6,395	4