Anna Leigh Waters and Ben Johns have each played in nine PPA Tour events in 2026. Between women’s doubles, men’s doubles and mixed doubles — which they play together — they were a combined 136-1 in those tournaments, with their only loss coming in mixed to Anna Bright/Hayden Patriquin at the Mesa Cup. They put the […]
With the move to a fall-spring schedule, this week’s PPA Tour Finals serve as the season-ending championship for the top players on tour. The event starts Wednesday in San Clemente, California, and features the Top 8 players in singles and mixed doubles and the Top 16 in men’s and women’s doubles, based on updated standings […]
A new reality series called “Partners” was released on Tuesday and is now available on the PPA Tour’s YouTube Channel, Amazon Prime and Pickleball TV. The documentary gives fans a rare behind-the-scenes glimpse at the inner-workings of pro pickleball and the players who compete on the PPA Tour. The six-part series, produced by Shutterstock Studios, […]
Eddie Anderson has been a die-hard pickleball player since he was introduced to the sport in 2019. So when he built his house in Lakeland, Florida, in 2023, it obviously needed to include a pickleball court. Anderson – who has played senior pro events in the past and now plays mostly with/against high-level amateurs – […]
The five people who were killed in a Texas plane crash on their way to a pickleball tournament last week have been identified. All were members of Amarillo Pickleball Club — Seren Wilson, 19; Brooke Skypala, 45; Stacy Hedrick, 51; Justin “Glen” Appling, 37; and Hayden Dillard, 39. They died in the crash Thursday night, […]
The favorites may have prevailed in every division on Championship Sunday at the PPA Tour Atlanta Pickleball Championships, but in a few years fans could look back on this week as the tournament Tama Shimabukuro became a star. The talented 15-year-old from Hawaii made the final in men’s singles and the semifinals in men’s doubles […]
Pickleball Inc. has become the new parent company of the PPA Tour and Major League Pickleball following a $225 million investment led by Apollo Sports Capital, which is an investment platform of Apollo (NYSE: APO). The deal integrates professional and amateur pickleball with leading technology, retail and infrastructure platforms. Pickleball Inc.’s newly merged business operations […]
In the past 5 years we’ve seen thousands of pickleball facilities pop up across the country. When the sport exploded in the early 2020s, there was a clear need for more courts in almost every community. Public parks were jam packed, which presented an opportunity for entrepreneurs and business-minded players to open their own private […]
The second “Slam” of the year in pro pickleball is upon us. The Atlanta Pickleball Championships is annually one of the biggest events on the PPA Tour calendar, and the action started Monday with pro qualifying. Main-draw matches will begin Tuesday, with one round in every division to be played each day through Championship Sunday. […]
We’ve known for a while that the United Pickleball Association of America — the governing body for the PPA Tour and Major League Pickleball — was working on a new rulebook that will be separate from the existing USA Pickleball rulebook. That rulebook is finally here, and late last week the UPA-A made the 71-page […]
