Naples Standard

Naples tennis player Pedro Vives Melero is ranked 1,992nd in the junior Boys’ 16 category of the United States Tennis Association in the week ending March 5.

They had 396 total points, split between 396 single points and any 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 2,035th 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.

Name	Total Points	Single Points	Doubles Points
Calvin Baierl	4,059	2,736	1,820
Juan David Velasquez Ariza	1,688	1,328	825
Sklar Phillips	1,468	1,088	688
Benjamin Sparks	1,037	791	240
Jonathan Soeth	717	661	297
William Freshwater	618	512	634
Minato Koido	614	555	321
Zachary Whittington	580	520	399
Ivan Kisic	564	557	45
Carson Dwyer	548	335	1,422
Jack Walzer	479	479	N/A
Aryan Bonigala	461	445	105
Rocco Didonato	428	428	N/A
Juan Francisco Munoz	400	400	N/A
Gianluca Galasso	400	295	210
Pedro Vives Melero	396	396	N/A
Cornelius Richter	384	384	N/A
Julien Perrier	376	369	45
Noah Kohn	328	294	90
Gregorio Monforte	253	253	N/A
David Dai	245	223	135
Este Cadiou	174	174	N/A
Alex Mazza	166	166	N/A
Oscar Alejandro Lopez	150	150	N/A
Filip Cvetkovic	150	150	N/A
Felipe Rodriguez Munoz	140	133	45
Paul Barrus	128	128	N/A
Akhil Nimmagadda	111	111	N/A
Zachary Plante	95	95	N/A
Charles Minvielle	90	90	N/A
Henry Heth	84	84	N/A
Laxya Patel	80	80	N/A
Lucas Bohdanovskyi	61	61	N/A
Daniel Miller	54	54	N/A
Santiago Alonso Rozada	50	50	N/A
Hudson Casto	34	34	N/A
Lucas Quinonez	32	32	N/A
Marc Risi	30	27	21
William Monette	29	26	18