Several up-and-coming pro pickleball players will have a chance to play for a UPA contract this week at the Pickleball World Championships in Dallas. The PPA Challenger Showdown is the culmination of the inaugural PPA Challenger Tour season, which included 10 events throughout the year. The highest ranking non-signed players on the Challenger Series were […]
JOOLA this week released a pair of custom, limited-edition paddles in collaboration with two of the company’s pro players: Chuck Taylor and Dekel Bar. The 16mm Perseus Pro IV paddles celebrate the heritage of Taylor (South Korea) and Bar (Israel). Both players have been with JOOLA for multiple years. Shop now: Chuck Taylor Perseus Pro […]
The biggest annual event on the PPA Tour calendar is here: The Pickleball World Championships at Brookhaven Country Club just outside of Dallas. Fittingly, it’s the 100th tournament in PPA Tour history, and there are more than 3,500 players expected to participate across all divisions. The tournament started Monday morning with pro qualifying, and will […]
Dallas Mavericks legend and Naismith Basketball Hall of Famer Dirk Nowitzki will headline next week’s Celebrity Pickleball Showdown at the Pickleball World Championships just outside of Dallas. Nowitzki will be joined on court by former Dallas Cowboys star and Pro Football Hall of Famer Terrell Owens, World Series champion J.D. Martinez and renowned online streaming […]
The PPA Challenger Series has announced that it will expand to 16 events in 2026, up from 10 events this year, which was the inaugural season for the PPA Tour’s developmental tour. This year the Challenger Series hosted players from nearly all 50 states, more than 30 countries and six continents. The events are designed […]
The first-ever MLP Cup will be held this weekend just outside of Dallas, bringing together Premier Level and Challenger Level teams for three days of matches with prize money and the team title on the line. The event will be held Oct. 31-Nov. 2 at Brookhaven Country Club in Farmers Branch, Texas, kicking off the 10-day […]
JOOLA has been a big player at the game’s highest level for several years, making premium paddles that are often the choice of many pros and thousands of amateurs who play at the highest levels competitively. This week, the brand released a new line of paddles under the Play With Vision campaign. The tagline “Play […]
Luca Mack and Juan Varon – two up-and-coming pickleball players originally from outside the U.S. who currently live and train in Georgia – got the biggest win of their careers over the weekend, taking gold in The Kitchen Open Atlanta tournament. The Open Division champs collected the winner-take-all grand prize of $25,000 with a victory […]
In a match that lasted more than 2 1/2 hours Sunday afternoon, Ben Johns and Gabe Tardio were pushed into a corner they haven’t found themselves in since the spring: Facing a match point against … with a five-tournament winning streak on the line. Christian Alshon and Andrei Daescu — the No. 2 seeds who […]
The PPA Tour and Major League Pickleball on Thursday announced a multi-year agreement with Polymarket that will make the futures market the “exclusive prediction market provider for pro pickleball’s leading entities,” which operate under the United Pickleball Association. The agreement will provide Polymarket with exclusive access to proprietary PPA Tour and MLP data, according to […]
