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Profile · Jan 8, 2026

Before Anna Leigh Waters: A Look at Pickleball’s Earlier Benchmarks

Have you ever wondered what some of the -old- records were before Anna Leigh Waters obliterated them? Like in Baseball… Roger Connor finished his career with 138 home runs, then…

Jim Ramsey

Profile · Jan 6, 2026

The ABC’s of 2025

Profile · Sep 18, 2025

The Kawamotos’ Comeback: Behind the Numbers

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Anna Leigh Waters and Ben Johns competing on the PPA Tour.

.com·Aug 5, 2026Carvana PPA Tour announces global “World Pickleball Rankings” systemThe first-of-its-kind ranking unifies every PPA Tour event into a single ranking and crowns the sport’s best all-around players.Reads on Pickleball.com

Europe is stepping onto the global pickleball stage in a big way.

.com·Aug 4, 2026A new frontier: PPA Tour Europe is bornA 20-event season across nine countries sets the stage for top players to rise and compete on a global level.Reads on Pickleball.com

.com·Jul 1, 2026PPA Tour calendar gets a shakeupOne of the biggest changes sees the Veolia Arizona Open added to the schedule in September.Reads on Pickleball.com

Carlota Trevino and Kelly Goodnow after winning the women's doubles title at the Boise PPA Challenger.

.com·Jun 16, 2026Kelly Goodnow becomes youngest gold medalist in PPA Tour history at Boise ChallengerOne of Anna Leigh Waters' longest-standing records in pro pickleball was broken over the weekend by a young star with a bright future.Reads on Pickleball.com

Profile · Feb 5, 2024Perfect again: Waters and Parenteau keep rollingSaturday, Catherine Parenteau and Anna Leigh Waters escaped. Truly. A comeback, remarkable because it was from 7-1 down in the deciding third game of the quarterfinal against Jade and Jackie…Andrew Gilman

Profile · Feb 4, 2024Bar and McGuffin find each other, find their way to Championship SundayTyson McGuffin was looking for a new partner and Dekel Bar was looking to get back on the medal stand. Seems like a pretty decent idea to get these two…Andrew Gilman

Profile · Feb 3, 2024Sliding into the DMs and then into the medal match: Black and Ge match up and now will play for a mixed doubles medalAugustus Ge was just shooting his shot. A wild one, but that’s the thing about a Hail Mary. Sometimes they just work out. And here we are. Ge and Hurricane…Andrew Gilman

Profile · Feb 2, 2024Staksrud keeps ascending, earns his way to singles final in PhoenixThere was no hesitation with Federico Staksrud, and you kind of have to think, it’s a bit surprising. If ever there was a time to puff out the chest and…Andrew Gilman

Profile · Jan 29, 2024The Same, But DifferentBen and Collin Johns beating Riley Newman and Thomas Wilson to win the Men’s Doubles gold medals at the PPA Finals in December and again at the Masters in January…Jim Ramsey

johns brothers the best get better

Profile · Jan 24, 2024As the Competition Strengthens, Are The Johns Brothers Still Improving?It is one thing to stay on top. It is another thing to get better while you stay on top. That is what Ben and Collin Johns did in Men’s…Jim Ramsey

USAP Nationals Christian Alshon

Profile · Nov 10, 2023A day in the life of a pickleball pro at Nationals: Christian AlshonOn Thursday, I spent the day with PPA Tour pro Christian Alshon. The seventh-ranked player in the world had a full schedule consisting of matches in every discipline – men’s…Victoria Radnothy

Pablo & Federico Las Vegas PPA Pickleball Tournament

Profile · Oct 30, 2023Fed and Pablo: Fiery FriendsPablo Tellez and Federico Staksrud are best friends. They live about 15 minutes apart and are now long-standing pickleball partners and among the top pickleball teams in the world. They…Andrew Gilman

Profile · Oct 18, 2023Ex-Olympian Tina Pisnik Joins the PPA Tour for 2024Tina Pisnik’s tennis days were over. It had been about 15 years since she last competed against some of the game’s best, wrapping up a career in which she was…Andrew Gilman

Aanik Lohani

Profile · Oct 16, 2023Datasets to Dinks, Aanik Lohani Is All In On PickleballIn 2022, Aanik Lohani asked Ben Johns to take a picture with him. Lohani was an aspiring pickleball player, an ex-tennis player who had just won an amateur pickleball singles…Andrew Gilman

Profile · Oct 12, 20232023 Brings Some Big Changes for Jack SockThe world of Jack Sock has been pretty wild in the past year. Think about it, the former top-10 in the world tennis player has gone from tennis to winning…Andrew Gilman

Profile · Oct 4, 2023Who is Rachel Rohrabacher?Rachel Rohrabacher is so new to the sport of pickleball that she only recently decided that she was all in. “I just did what was best for myself at that…Andrew Gilman

Profile · Sep 27, 2023Jones and Leah celebrate National Daughters Day togetherMight as well play some pickleball on National Daughters Day. That’s what Allyce Jones and her 10-year-old daughter Leah did today, followed up by getting a cool Boba drink together.Andrew Gilman

Profile · Sep 21, 2023Why Federico Staksrud’s Cincinnati Title Means Something a Little Extra“Just when you think he’s in trouble, he rallies back.” That’s what PPA commentator Michelle McMahon said of Ben Johns during the first game of the Men’s Singles final at…Will Daughton

Profile · Sep 13, 2023Buckner, Pregnant with Her Third Child, Keeps CompetingCourt temperatures were like a radio station – “Hot 101, Power 102,” you get the idea. But it didn’t bother Brooke Buckner. She’s from North Carolina. She knows what humidity…Andrew Gilman

Profile · Aug 22, 2023Ben by the numbers: Notable matchesBen Johns is approaching his 100th gold medal on the PPA Tour. Last week, we looked at some of the stats surrounding the game’s most prolific winner. Check it out…Andrew Gilman

Profile · Aug 18, 2023A ‘Couple’ of great PPA pairsIt’s National Couples Day, and there are so many great stories on the PPA Tour. so why not check in on with some of the players who “Couple Up” and…Andrew Gilman

Chris Haworth Mens Singles PPA Tour

Profile · Aug 17, 2023Another tournament, another run: Haworth earns first trip to semisChris Haworth just wanted to be seen. And here he was Thursday at the Tournament of Champions in Brigham City, Utah., getting plenty of camera time. On pickleball’s biggest tour…Andrew Gilman

Profile · Aug 9, 2023Is Pablo Tellez the sport’s “bad boy?”Pablo Tellez doesn’t have problems with any of the players on tour. He just has an issue with fans. And Tellez likely isn’t interested in being labeled the “bad boy”Andrew Gilman

Profile · Aug 2, 2023Looking back at LeaLea Jansen finished her singles career with another medal Sunday at the Seattle Open. Not surprising. She’s the second-most prolific singles winner in PPA history. Jansen wrapped her singles play…Andrew Gilman

Dylan Frazier & JW Johnson

Profile · Jul 31, 2023Frazier and Johnson Make Case for No. 1Dylan Frazier wasn’t ready to say if he and J.W. Johnson are the second-best team in pickleball. “I guess it depends on who you ask,” Frazier said. “But I like…Andrew Gilman

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