Cary, North Carolina. September 6, 2026. Bright and Patriquin take mixed, Johns and Tardio a 19th title together, and Anna Leigh Waters completes the weekend with her 64th career title.
Cary, North Carolina.
September 6, 2026.
MIXED DOUBLES FINAL: (2) Anna Bright and Hayden Patriquin def. (3) Jorja Johnson and JW Johnson, 11-9, 11-3, 11-7.
- Second title together for Bright and Patriquin. (Mesa, Feb. 2026, beat Waters/Johns)
- Bright’s sixth career title joins Jorja Johnson, JW Johnson and Riley Newman for a fifth-place tie.
- Johnsons beat Waters and Johns in the semis.
- Bright and Patriquin had fewer Dinks into the net or wide, 9-4.
- Bright and Patriquin had fewer Volleys into the net, 11-4.
- Longest rally: 60 shots.
MEN’S DOUBLES FINAL: (1) Ben Johns and Gabe Tardio def. (2) Christian Alshon and Andre Daescu, 11-8, 11-8, 5-11, 11-5.
- 19th title together for Johns and Tardio. (Johns has 65; Tardio has 25)
- Johns and Tardio had fewer Dinks into the net or wide, 8-1.
- Johns and Tardio had fewer Serve/Return/Third Shot Errors, 4-2.
- Alshon had a match-high 15 Clean Winners, more than Johns and Tardio combined (13).
- Longest rally: 46 shots.
WOMEN’S DOUBLES FINAL: (1) Anna Bright and Anna Leigh Waters def. (2) Tyra Black and Jorja Johnson, 11-5, 11-6, 11-3.
- 24th title together for Bright and Waters. (Bright has 33; Waters has 66).
- Bright and Waters had fewer Dinks into the net or wide, 6-0.
- Bright and Waters had fewer Volleys into the net, 17-11.
- Black and Johnson is only the fourth team in any final to have no errors on Serves/Returns/Third Shots, i.e., keeping them all “in play.”
- Every Serve and Return during this match was kept in play.
- Longest rally: 61 shots.
MEN’S SINGLES FINAL: (3) Hunter Johnson def. (2) Federico Staksrud, 7-11, 11-3, 11-0.
- Ninth career title for Johnson, third all-time behind Johns (42) and Staksrud (20).
- Johnson had more Clean Winners, 17-5.
- Johnson had fewer Serve & Return Errors, 7-3.
- Longest rally: 13 shots.
WOMEN’S SINGLES FINAL: (1) Anna Leigh Waters def. (2) Kate Fahey, 11-1, 11-9.
- Waters’s 64th career title.
- Waters is now 12-0 in finals vs Fahey.
- Waters and Fahey played five of the ten finals from January to May.
- Waters had no errors on Serves and Returns.
- Waters had fewer Baseline Drive Errors, 11-6.
- Longest rally: 23 shots. That was the most in any singles final since Roscoe Bellamy and Hunter Johnson had a 28-shot rally at the Lakeland Open final in November 2025.
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? Yes, 13 times in 15 games.
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