Cincy Reporter

Cincinnati tennis player Kaan Ladd finished 7,928th in February in the junior Boys’ 16 category of the United States Tennis Association.

They started February ranked 7,548th.

By the end of the month they’d earned 47 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
Nicholas Meyers	232	228	2,391
Rj Poffenberger	559	506	1,316
Jack Pollock	485	515	1,288
Arjun Rajagopala	776	919	795
Dhruv Kota	1,520	1,624	488
Aditya Nayak	1,846	1,648	482
Jacob Eddingfield	1,859	1,857	429
Nikhil Shah	2,438	2,217	361
Rapeegon Tangsantikul	2,527	2,246	356
Ethan Camp	2,224	2,342	340
Maxwell Berghausen	1,751	2,366	335
John Corbett	2,381	2,962	255
Gavin Isakov	2,874	3,019	248
Lucas Hansen	3,302	3,327	216
Chase Homan	3,517	3,699	185
Eshaan Gandhi	3,837	4,049	160
Michael Ryu	4,155	4,379	142
Ethan Dragoo	4,602	4,857	120
Tristan Stanek	4,866	5,168	108
Conor Bergan	5,192	5,475	98
Beckett Enscoe	7,237	5,556	95
Colin Schmidt	5,426	5,751	90
John Nogueira	5,586	5,892	86
Jackson Meyer	6,427	6,334	75
Christian Sprinkle	6,459	6,365	74
Aaron Altman	6,756	7,135	60
Eli Kadakia	7,439	7,810	48
Kaan Ladd	7,548	7,928	47
Neelan Gandhi	7,558	7,935	47
Paul Nienaber	N/A	8,053	46
Ethan Blatt	7,742	8,121	45
Henry Brandt	7,859	8,248	43
Will Jordan	8,104	8,532	40
Donnie Kaplan	8,261	8,724	38
Paxton Lesseuer	8,103	8,936	36
Eric Schaumloffel	5,259	8,977	35
Neel Nigam	9,144	9,473	30
Senuka Abeysinghe	9,161	9,580	30
John Giles	9,278	9,745	30
Jacob Peerless	N/A	9,857	30
Brett Woffington	N/A	9,996	28