Siblings Hercilio and Miranda Cabieses couldn’t have imagined in 2023 what the Pickleball World Cup would become in just a few short years. They started the event with a tournament called the Pilot Cup in 2023, which included 14 participating countries. They both admitted that the planning for that first year was a bit rushed, […]
The PPA Tour is back in Las Vegas this week for the Rate Vegas Cup, which started Monday with pro qualifying and will continue through Sunday. If it seems like the pros were just there, that’s because they were in late August — but that tournament (the Walgreens Open) was indoors. This week’s event is […]
This weekend’s LT Open, hosted at Life Time Peachtree Corners in Atlanta, will bring together the world’s best singles players – whether they be from the PPA Tour, APP Tour or elsewhere – with $250,000 in prize money on the line across the men’s and women’s divisions. The winners will each receive $50,000, with the […]
When Parris Todd partnered with Franklin Pickleball to create her signature paddle this year, she knew she wanted something that would be elegant and geared toward women’s players, filling a void in a market dominated by more masculine-looking black, white and red color schemes. But she also wanted something that would fit well with her […]
Chris Haworth has been through the gauntlet in men’s singles over the past 2 months. The recent PPA Tour signee made his 2025 debut on tour at the Walgreens Open in Las Vegas in late August, but because he hadn’t played an event prior to that since 2024, he was a 50-something seed in his […]
The third episode of a JOOLA video series called “Two Zeroes and a Pro” was released recently, going behind the scenes at the Orlando PPA Challenger event, which was one of the biggest Challenger tournaments to date. The video series is highlighting the players and stories from the Challenger tour, which launched earlier this year and […]
The United Pickleball Association has released the schedule of events for the 2025 Pickleball World Championships, which will be held over a 10-day stretch starting Oct. 31 at Brookhaven Country Club in the Dallas suburb of Farmers Branch, Texas. It’s the third straight year the event has been held at Brookhaven Country Club, which has […]
One of the most popular paddles among pros and amateurs of the past two years — the JOOLA 3S Series — has now been re-released with new colorways and the stamp of approval from both USA Pickleball and the United Pickleball Association of America. The 3S paddles previously were not USAP certified. The dual-certification means […]
The PPA Tour is back in Virginia Beach this week for the second straight year. The Virginia Beach Cup starts Tuesday, kicking off a stretch of three big events in the next five weeks (the Vegas Cup will be Oct. 20-26, followed by the Pickleball World Championships Nov. 3-9). If you’re in the area and […]
This weekend’s PPA Tour Asia Vietnam Cup — held at the Tien Son Sports Arena in Da Nang — officially set a Guinness World Record for the most people to attend a pickleball event, with 7,906 fans attending Saturday’s matches. The previous record for the largest attendance at a pickleball event was 5,522. “This achievement […]
