Short Hills tennis player Andrew Kotzen is ranked 656th in the junior Boys’ 16 category of the United States Tennis Association in the week ending May 15.
They had 816 total points, split between 745 single points and 97 double points. USTA rankings are determined by adding 100 percent of singles points and 15 percent of doubles points plus any bonus points earned.
They were ranked 675th the week before.
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.
Standings are released weekly.
Data was collected on Sept. 1 from USTA.
| Name | Total Points | Single Points | Doubles Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| Andrew Kotzen | 816 | 745 | 97 |
| Matias Feoli | 505 | 465 | 182 |
| Daniel Ngiam | 474 | 474 | 0 |
| Alex Tran | 324 | 324 | 0 |
| Drew Gilbert | 244 | 237 | 0 |
| Ansh Vats | 164 | 164 | 0 |
| Cole Langer | 157 | 137 | 15 |
| Sean Wang | 139 | 139 | 0 |
| Seth Abrams | 106 | 106 | 0 |
| Aarav Dugar | 71 | 71 | 0 |
| Aarush Gupta | 68 | 68 | 0 |
| Aryan Grover | 68 | 68 | 0 |
| Aadit Shrivastava | 36 | 36 | 0 |
| Aryan Dugar | 30 | 30 | 0 |
| Jasper Lee | 30 | 30 | 0 |
| Aarush Dwivedi | 30 | 30 | 0 |
| Matthew Wang | 24 | 24 | 0 |
| Vathsaal Madhusudan | 23 | 23 | 0 |
| Caden Millerman | 14 | 14 | 0 |
