The ABC’s* of 2023

*Anna Leigh and Ben’s Championships (PPA Tour events only) ANNA LEIGH WATERS: Medals: Anna Leigh’s 47 medals in 2023 were all gold medals. She averaged 2.76 gold medals per tournament played in 2023.  Singles: Waters won 14 times in 17 tournaments. The gold medal...

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...

Stats-Wrap: Vulcan Kansas City Open Championship Sunday

MIXED DOUBLES FINAL:  (1) Anna Leigh Waters and Ben Johns def. (2) Jessie Irvine and Riley Newman, 11-1, 11-1, 11-2. MATCH NOTES: Part of Johns’ 18th career Triple Crown, and 99 career titles. Part of Waters’ 17th career Triple Crown, and 77 career titles....

Back to normal with Waters and Johns securing the triples 

With so much action in the past few days happening around the game, off the court, on the internet and behind closed doors, Ben Johns and Anna Leigh Waters provided a sense of pickleball normalcy in Kansas City. Because, from what we’ve seen for just about all of...

History made at TOC with a huge Double Triple Crown

Parenteau, McGuffin go triple gold Until Saturday, Ben Johns was the only male to win a triple crown. Until Saturday, Catherine Parenteau had only won a single triple crown. And then Saturday happened. Tyson McGuffin went gold three times and Parenteau did the same,...

Stats Wrap from the OH SNAP! Denver Open Gold Medal Matches

MEN’S DOUBLES FINAL: Ben Johns and Collin Johns (1) def. Federico Staksrud and Pablo Tellez (3), 11-7, 11-4, 11-4. . MATCH NOTES: Johns brothers: Fourth straight title, ninth this year, and 23rd career. . RALLIES: 1,404 shots. 118 rallies. 11.9 shots per rally. 39.3...