Farmers Branch, Texas. November 8, 2026. Anna Leigh Waters wins her 46th career Triple Crown, Bright and Waters make it a record 18 straight, and 15-year-old Tama Shimabukuro wins Men's Doubles.
Farmers Branch, Texas.
November 8, 2026.
MIXED DOUBLES FINAL: (1) Anna Leigh Waters and Ben Johns def. (3) Jorja Johnson and JW Johnson, 9-11, 11-6, 11-9, 3-11, 11-4.
- Waters and Johns’s 68th career title together (68-4 record in Finals).
- Waters and Johns’s fourth title this season.
- Waters and Johns had fewer Dinks into the Net or Wide, 16-10.
- Waters and Johns had fewer Volleys into the Net, 26-18.
- Waters had no Errors on Serves, Returns, and Third Shots.
- Longest rally: 52 shots.
MEN’S DOUBLES FINAL: (4) JW Johnson and Tama Shimabukuro def. (3) Christian Alshon and Andrei Daescu, 5-11, 5-11, 11-4, 11-8, 11-4.
- The first comeback of “lose the first two games, win the next three” in a Men’s Doubles Final since October 2023 in Las Vegas, when Ben and Collin Johns turned the trick against Dylan Frazier and, coincidentally, JW Johnson.
- Shimabukuro at age 15 is the youngest Men’s Doubles Champion in PPA Tour history.
- Johnson’s 14th career Doubles title.
- Johnson and Shimabukuro had more Clean Winners, 24-15.
- Johnson and Shimabukuro had no Serve and Return Errors.
- Longest rally: 91 shots, the longest in a Men’s Doubles Final since the 122-shot rally in Sacramento in April (Johns/Tardio vs Johnson/Klinger).
WOMEN’S DOUBLES FINAL: (1) Anna Bright and Anna Leigh Waters def. (5) Catherine Parenteau and Sofia Sewing, 11-4, 11-9, 11-5.
- Bright and Waters have won 18 consecutive tournaments that they have entered together, the longest streak in all PPA Tour Doubles history (Women’s, Men’s and Mixed).
- Bright and Waters’s 28th career title together, and fifth this season.
- Bright and Waters had more Clean Winners, 13-6.
- Bright and Waters had fewer Dinks into the Net or Wide, 7-3.
- Longest rally: 51 shots.
MEN’S SINGLES FINAL: (7) John Lucian Goins def. (13) Jack Sock, 11-5, 12-10.
- Goins’s fourth career title, and second this season.
- Sock’s third career Silver medal, and first this season.
- Serve and Return Errors: Sock 5, Goins 0.
- Longest rally: 22 shots.
WOMEN’S SINGLES FINAL: (1) Anna Leigh Waters def. (2) Kate Fahey, 11-3, 11-2.
- Waters’s 300th career match victory and 46th career Triple Crown.
- Waters’s 67th career Singles title and fourth this season.
- Waters has won 56 consecutive finals since June 2022.
- Waters had more Clean Winners, 11-2.
- Longest rally: 11 shots.
LEADING AT THE CHANGEOVER:
Did the players or teams leading a game when they changed sides at six points go on to win that game?
- This tournament: Yes. 15 times in 17 games.
- This domestic season: Yes. 67 times in 80 games. (83%).
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