Pairings and Pools for the CIBA PPA Tour Finals

With the Hertz Gold Cup behind us, there’s just one stop left on the 2023 PPA schedule: the CIBC PPA Tour Finals taking place Nov. 30 – Dec. 3 in San Clemente, CA. Players have fought week in and week out all year long to finish at the top of the rankings and earn the...

Stats Wrap: Championship Sunday at the Hertz Gold Cup powered by Tixr

DAYTONA BEACH, FLORIDA. NOVEMBER 19, 2023. . WOMEN’S SINGLES FINAL: (2) Salome Devidze def. (5) Lacy Schneemann, 11-8, 12-10. MATCH NOTES: First PPA Singles gold medal for Devidze. . CLEAN WINNERS: (No net-cord, no opponent’s paddle). Schneemann: 13, including 1 on...

It’s Waters and Johns again in mixed doubles

Make it 11 titles in the past 12 tournaments for Ben Johns and Anna Leigh Waters, and in the post-match celebration in Dallas, holding another trophy at another PPA Tour stop, Johns stopped and congratulated his partner. “She’s incredible,” Johns said of Waters. “A...

Ignatowich and Bright earn Mixed Doubles Final berth

No. 2 seeds James Ignatowich and Anna Bright are through to the mixed doubles final after a clinical three-game victory over JW and Jorja Johnson on a chilly Saturday in Dallas.  The duo know their opponents well, living only about 10 minutes away from the Johnsons in...

Haworth upsets No. 1 Johns in round of 16

Chris Haworth wasn’t that happy after his mixed doubles and his men’s doubles performances left him 0-2 at the National Championships in Dallas. He and partner Jenna Hessert were bounced out of the second round of qualifying on Tuesday and didn’t make the main draw in...

New format, notable upsets, favorites advance

Day 1 of a new championship and Day 1 of a new format. But a lot of the same for the top players. Ben Johns advanced in singles, mixed doubles and men’s doubles, Anna Leigh Waters advanced in all three brackets as well and the National Championships in Dallas is now...