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Naples tennis player Hideki Matsuoka finished 1,240th in May in the junior Boys’ 18 category of the United States Tennis Association.

They started May ranked 1,335th.

By the end of the month they’d earned 465 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 May
Emilio Sanchez	997	571	936
Justin Braverman	592	637	844
Humza Noor	804	702	783
Hideki Matsuoka	1,335	1,240	465
Juan David Velasquez	1,609	1,687	311
Calvin Baierl	1,611	1,690	311
Christopher Wilson	1,672	1,750	300
Sebastian Dounchis	1,862	1,936	267
Jordan Hunte	2,387	2,490	192
Kunesh Moonchandani	2,996	2,606	180
Santiago Diaz Tolivia	2,634	2,741	166
Jack Walzer	2,772	2,888	152
Gianluca Galasso	2,918	3,036	144
Noah Kohn	3,094	3,216	132
Emmett Owenby	3,614	3,732	101
Elias Sumann	3,889	3,973	90
Benjamin Sparks	5,225	4,128	86
Vishnu Prasad	4,098	4,211	82
Sklar Phillips	4,118	4,234	81
Hudson Fry	4,164	4,248	80
Jonathan Soeth	4,193	4,313	77
Rodrigo Marron	4,382	4,508	72
Rithik Adiani	4,430	4,561	70
Noelle Andrey Ampong	4,736	4,931	60
Ivan Kisic	5,395	5,267	53
Jonas Bauer	5,313	5,447	48
William Freshwater	5,345	5,480	47
Kunsh Moolchandani	5,552	5,694	42
Christopher Cucinella	5,608	5,759	41
Luis Plasencia	5,911	6,070	36
Este Cadiou	6,049	6,217	33
David Dai	6,125	6,293	32
Kai Kemp	6,438	6,478	30
Jimmy Wey	6,620	6,814	29
Davide Procacci	6,885	7,085	24
Cornelius Richter	7,184	7,375	22
Krishna Karthikeya Chemudupati	7,403	7,593	19
Reid Schwartz	8,821	9,051	10
Zachary Plante	8,820	9,052	10
Sergio Doddoli	9,386	9,485	8
Daniel Miller	9,535	9,808	8