ELEVEN POINTS: Stats and Facts from the 2024 Season

Triple Threats: Players who finished the year ranked in the Top Ten in Singles, Doubles, and Mixed Doubles:

• Ben Johns, Catherine Parenteau, Federico Staksrud, Anna Leigh Waters.

Triple Threats, Part 2: Players who won titles in Singles, Doubles, and Mixed Doubles in 2024: 

• Dylan Frazier, Ben Johns, and Anna Leigh Waters.

Gold Rush: Players who won at least ten gold medals in 2024: 

• Anna Leigh Waters, 42: 12 singles, 14 doubles, 16 mixed.
• Ben Johns, 32: 7 singles, 7 doubles, 18 mixed.
• Catherine Parenteau, 14: 14 doubles.
• Federico Staksrud, 13:  8 singles, 5 doubles.
• Anna Bright, 10: 8 doubles, 2 mixed.

Señor Domingo (Mr. Sunday) : 

• Federico Staksrud ran the table, winning medals in all 23 tournaments. In Singles, he missed the podium only twice, at Kansas City and Virginia Beach. However,  he won the Men’s Doubles titles at those tournaments (and at three others). Overall, Staksrud had an excellent year, winning 13 gold, 12 silver, and 11 bronze medals across the three disciplines.

Fundamentals: Players in a Doubles final who did not hit a ball “out” on a serve, return, third shot, or dink: 

• Anna Leigh Waters, North Carolina Cup, Mixed Doubles.
• Collin Johns, Houston Open, Men’s Doubles.
• Federico Staksrud, Sacramento Open, Men’s Doubles.
• Anna Bright, Bristol Open, Women’s Doubles.

Blunt Force Trauma: Doubles finals where every rally was fewer than 30 shots, and 70 percent-or-more of the rallies were nine shots or fewer:

• Mixed Doubles final, Masters. (Anna Leigh Waters & Ben Johns def. Anna Bright & James Ignatowich)
• Women’s Doubles final, North Carolina Cup. (Catherine Parenteau & Anna Leigh Waters def. Vivienne David & Lavy Schneemann)

Old School: The most deliberately-played final: 

• Milwaukee Open, Women’s Doubles. Anna Bright and Rachel Rohrabacher def. Jackie Kawamoto and Jade Kawamoto. There were season-highs for the average of 17.8 shots per rally, and 32% of the rallies being 20 shots or more. The total of 3,555 shots was the most in any final in three years.

Sweet “Pickles”: There were fifteen 11-0 games in finals in 2024, but twice a player or team overcame getting pickled by going on to win the match: 

• Atlanta Open, Mixed Doubles: Anna Leigh Waters and Ben Johns were pickled in Game Three, then they beat Anna Bright and James Ignatowich in four games.
• Milwaukee Open, Men’s Singles: Hunter Johnson was pickled in Game Two, then he beat Federico Staksrud in three games.

Clean Winners: Most clean winners (no net or opponent’s paddle) by a player in a final: 

• 25, Ben Johns, Masters, Men’s Doubles.
• 24, Lea Jansen, Red Rock Open, Women’s Singles.
• 23, Dylan Frazier, Masters, Men’s Singles.
• 23, Connor Garnett, L.A. Open, Men’s Singles.

Rachel’s Record:

• Rachel Rohrabacher’s 18 clean winners in the Atlanta Slam Women’s Doubles final were the most by a player in a Women’s Doubles final in three years.

Longest Rally in a Final:

• 85 shots, Los Angeles Open, Men’s Doubles. Ben Johns and Collin Johns vs. Tyson McGuffin and Jaume Martinez Vich. (The Johns brothers won the rally and the match)