Double dipping will be the norm on Championship Sunday

If you like Ben Johns, this is not your weekend. If you’re a huge fan of Anna Leigh Waters, well, maybe this isn’t your weekend, either, or Riley Newman or James Ignatowich.  Better luck next time. They’ll be back soon enough But if you like Federico Stakrsud, Sunday...

Stakrsud will be busy on Championship Sunday

We’ve known all along about how impressive Federico Staksrud is. And now at the PPA’s Indoor Championships, Staksrud is going next-level. What a pair of days for Staksrud, who is ascending from good to great to elite in a short amount of time.  Staksrud, who has 18...

Garnett gets to go for gold again

Ben Johns has the trophies; Federico Staksrud has the consistency. So, what’s the deal with Connor Garnett? In men’s singles, where the new norm is qualifiers making deep runs and upsets happening on the regular, there’s only been Ben and Fed as things you can count...

STORYLINES FOR THE HYUNDAI MASTERS POWERED BY INVITED (January 9-14, 2024)

OVERALL TOP 5: GRAND SLAM: Starting the year with a SLAM – one of only 4 tourneys worth 2,000 points.  BALL DROP: Vulcan VPRO FLIGHT is the new official pickleball of the Carvana PPA Tour. NO STRINGS: Genie Bouchard, Jack Sock, and Donald Young start a full campaign...

PPA Tour “Stats and Facts” Headlines from 2023

Gold Medal Matches In numerical order: 11: Catherine Parenteau trailed Lea Jansen 0-5 in the decisive Game Three of the Women’s Singles Final at the National Indoor Championships, then she won eleven points on eleven serves to claim the title. 12: There were only 12...

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...