Split Pro Age Matches Feature New Pairs as Nationals Gets Under Way

Pro play at the Biofreeze USA Pickleball National Championships kicked off Monday with the men’s and women’s split pro age brackets. An event unique to Nationals, split-age doubles teams must consist of one player over and one player under the age of 50. These...

Championship Sunday Stats Wrap: Guaranteed Rate PPA ​Championships

=== MEN’S DOUBLES FINAL ===  (1) Ben Johns and Collin Johns def. (2) Dylan Frazier and JW Johnson, 7-11, 3-11, 11-7, 11-8, 11-6. MATCH NOTES: Eleventh title this year for Johns brothers. Third straight silver medal for Frazier/Johnson. Game Two, a rarity: Collin Johns...

Vegas Wrap Up

Nineteen triple crowns for Ben Johns. Another nineteen for Anna Leigh Waters. And a ninth triple crown for each together.  The duo paired up and were all aces in Las Vegas, both taking singles and doubles events on Championship Sunday and winning the mixed doubles...

Stats Preview: Kansas City Open Championship Sunday

Career PPA titles coming into Sunday: Johns 96, Waters 74. We have similar storylines in the men’s and women’s singles. === MEN’S SINGLES === The two winningest men’s singles players continue their rivalry. Ben Johns is the all-time men’s leader in Triple Crowns (17),...

Another win for Johnson and Frazier, are they the game’s new No. 1?

What’s next for Dylan Frazier and J.W. Johnson? Well, after three wins in a row, including back-to-back men’s doubles titles on the PPA Tour, including Sunday’s victory in the Takeya Showcase, Frazier’s answer was pretty simple. “Four in a row,” he said. Well, that...

Stats Wrap: Baird Wealth Management Seattle Open Gold Medal Matches

MIXED DOUBLES FINAL:  (1) Anna Leigh Waters and Ben Johns def. (2) Anna Bright and James Ignatowich, 11-4, 7-11, 11-4, 11-6. MATCH NOTES: Waters/Johns’ ninth title of 2023. . RALLIES: 1,681 shots. 173 rallies. 9.7 shots per rally. 43.25 rallies per game. 101/173...