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Championship Sunday Standout Stats from the CIBC Atlanta Slam

Author: Jim Ramsey | September 18, 2024

Peachtree Corners, Georgia

MIXED DOUBLES FINAL: (1) Anna Leigh Waters and Ben Johns def. (4) Catherine Parenteau and Christian Alshon, 11-6, 11-6, 12-10.

  • Waters and Johns have 39 titles together, including 12 this year.
  • Waters/Johns: Won Game Three 12-10 after trailing 10-2-2.
  • Parenteau/Alshon had five game point opportunities in Game Three.
    Waters/Johns: Better at starting and winning rally-ending hand battles, 70% to 45%.
  • Parenteau is now 0-10 in finals with various partners against Waters and Johns.
  • Longest rally: 42 shots.

MEN’S DOUBLES FINAL: (2) Ben Johns and Collin Johns def. (7) Tyson McGuffin and Jaume Martinez Vich, 11-4, 11-0, 6-11, 11-4.

  • The Johns brothers have six titles together this year, and 32 together overall.
  • The Johns brothers are 18-2 in title matches since the start of 2023, and 32-7 overall.
  • Johns/Johns: Better at starting and winning rally-ending hand battles, 68% to 43%.
  • Johns/Johns: Had fewer dinks into the net or wide plus volleys into the net, 14-5.
  • Ben Johns: Match-high 13 clean winners.
  • Longest rally: 30 shots.

WOMEN’S DOUBLES FINAL: WOMEN’S DOUBLES FINAL: (2) Anna Bright and Rachel Rohrabacher def. (1) Catherine Parenteau and Anna Leigh Waters, 11-3, 11-9, 9-11, 11-5.

  • Bright and Rohrabacher have six titles this year.
  • Rohrabacher: Match-high 18 clean winners.
  • Bright/Rohrabacher: More clean winners, 28-14.
  • Bright/Rohrabacher: Won last five points of Game Two.
  • Parenteau/Waters have lost only eleven games in 24 PPA Finals playing together. Anna Bright has been involved in seven of those eleven. (Six with Rohrabacher, one with Meghan Dizon in 2023).
  • Longest rally: 38 shots.

MEN’S SINGLES FINAL: (20) Hunter Johnson def. (3) Connor Garnett, 11-2, 8-11, 11-9.

  • Johnson’s first PPA title.
  • Johnson won Game Three after trailing 7-0.
  • Johnson beat four former champions in this event: Gabe Joseph, Tyson McGuffin, JW Johnson, and Garnett.
  • Johnson had more clean winners (17-8).

WOMEN’S SINGLES FINAL: (1) Anna Leigh Waters def. (7) Parris Todd, 11-1, 11-6.

  • Waters’s ninth title this year.
  • Waters is now 41-3 in Singles Finals.
  • Waters is now 30-0 in Finals since losing to Todd in June of 2022 in Orange County.
  • Todd beat three former Singles champions in succession to reach the final. (Kate Fahey, Mary Brascia, Lea Jansen).
  • Waters had more clean winners (14-6), fewer Serve and Return Errors (6-2), and fewer Baseline Drive Errors (10-8).

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