Chapel Hill tennis player Oliver Narbut finished 104th in May in the junior Boys’ 16 category of the United States Tennis Association.
They started May ranked 183rd.
By the end of the month they’d earned 3,055 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’ 16 rankings in May
| Name | Starting Rank | Ending Rank | Total Points at end of May |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oliver Narbut | 183 | 104 | 3,055 |
| Cody Benton | 237 | 190 | 2,288 |
| Johnathan Baddour | 400 | 429 | 1,298 |
| Fionn Kuo | 890 | 936 | 644 |
| Grey Enverga | 1,861 | 1,866 | 343 |
| Kabir Grewal | 2,566 | 2,622 | 224 |
| Max Winzelberg | 4,355 | 4,432 | 90 |
| Michael Gannon | 4,735 | 4,838 | 76 |
| Alex Sevilla | 5,028 | 5,062 | 70 |
| Nicholas Copland | 5,214 | 5,318 | 62 |
| Ivan Perumov | 9,034 | 9,069 | 16 |
| Paul Chung | 9,021 | 9,265 | 14 |
