Rankings: PPA Stats and Facts at the Mid-Season Break

by | Jul 8, 2024 | All-Access, Anna Leigh Waters, Ben Johns, Catherine Parenteau, Federico Staksrud, JW Johnson, mid season break ppa, pickleball, PPA, ppa stats and facts, ppa tour, stats break, Stats Wrap, Tyson McGuffin

Triple Threats: Players currently ranked in the Top Ten in Singles, Doubles, and Mixed Doubles: Ben Johns JW Johnson Tyson McGuffin Catherine Parenteau Federico Staksrud Anna Leigh Waters. Rising and Surprising: Players who have risen considerably in the rankings...

Doubles Rallies Getting Shorter in 2024

by | Apr 8, 2024 | 2024 doubles, All-Access, Championship, doubles rallies, doubles rallies getting shorter, Finals, Food For Thought, men's doubles, mixed doubles, Paddles, pickleball, PPA, ppa tour, Tournament, women's doubles

A subtle change is happening across the early portion of this PPA season. Championship doubles rallies are shorter this year. That’s using the statistics from the three PPA gold medal doubles matches in each of the first five tournaments of this year, compared to...

It’s a party at the PPA office

by | Mar 5, 2024 | All-Access, Just for Fun, Paddles, pickleball, PPA, ppa office, ppa tour, ppa tour employees, ppa tour jobs, ppa tour office, Stream, Tournament, working at the ppa tour

There aren’t too many offices out there that have a pickleball court open for its employees to grab a quick game. Then again, there aren’t too many places quite like working for the PPA Tour. “I think the word has gotten around to others in the building,” said Human...

PPA’s Arizona Cup has huge viewership weekend

by | Feb 29, 2024 | All-Access, Anna Leigh Waters, Ben Johns, Carvana Mesa Arizona Cup 2024, Championship Sunday, fox, fox ppa tour, mesa on fox, pickleball, PPA, ppa tour

NASCAR’s wild finish was the most-watched event of last weekend, but pickleball and the PPA continue to enjoy record numbers. More than 500,000 viewers checked out FOX’s broadcast of the Arizona Cup Sunday and saw Anna Leigh Waters earn a triple crown and Ben Johns...

The Same, But Different

by | Jan 29, 2024 | All-Access, Ben Johns, CIBC PPA Tour Finals 2023, Collin Johns, Featured Player, Finals, gold medals, hyundai master, Hyundai Masters 2024, pickleball, pickleball 2024, pickleball masters, PPA, ppa 2024, ppa tour, ppa tour 2024, Riley Newman, Thomas Wilson

Ben 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 was the same, but different. In both gold medal matches, the Johns brothers won in four games, losing the...