We’re halfway through the PPA Tour Cincinnati Showcase, and we’ve seen several close matches in the early rounds of the tournament. The quarterfinals in each division will be held Friday, followed by the semifinals on Saturday and then Championship Sunday. The venue — the Lindner Family Tennis Center, which recently underwent a $260 million, campus-wide […]
The PPA Tour this week announced its full schedule through May of 2026, including a new stop in Nashville in April and a new date for the PPA Tour Finals in San Clemente, California. The Finals will return to the Life Time Rancho San Clemente from May 4-10, 2026, and will serve as the culmination […]
Almost a year ago exactly, Hunter Johnson broke through to win his first PPA Tour singles title at the Atlanta Slam in September 2024. To that point his journey on the PPA Tour had been admittedly a little bumpy. When he first came over to the tour from the APP in the spring of 2024, […]
The United Pickleball Association of America — which governs the PPA Tour and Major League Pickleball — recently invited paddle manufacturers and media members to the paddle testing lab in south Florida where the organization has been developing its new paddle approval standards. The UPA-A’s paddle testing is being done by Pickle Pro Labs, which […]
Futures markets for PPA Tour events are now available in the U.S. on Kalshi, a regulated exchange and prediction market where you can trade on the outcome of real-world events. A prediction market is a trading platform where participants buy and sell contracts based on specific events, ranging from pop culture to politics. Investors select […]
The PPA Tour will head to Ohio this week for the tour’s third “slam” of the season — the Cincinnati Showcase. The event takes place at the Lindner Family Tennis Center, which recently underwent a $260 million, campus-wide renovation designed to enhance the fan and player experience. The venue got rave reviews from those who […]
After seeing explosive growth each year from 2021-2024, the rise in pickleball participation has leveled off slightly, according to a new report from the Sports & Fitness Industry Association. The SFIA recently released its mid-year participation report, which shows that pickleball still remains the fastest growing sport in the U.S. with a 14.7% increase in participation […]
Photo courtesy of Major League Pickleball. Major League Pickleball delivered the second-most watched professional pickleball match of all-time on any network this weekend, with Saturday’s DoorDash MLP Finals (Columbus Sliders vs. New Jersey 5s) broadcast on CBS drawing 433,000 average viewers, per Nielsen. The event was hosted at CityPickle at Wollman Rink in New York […]
Over the past 10 days, Andrei Daescu has etched his name into Major League Pickleball lore with the most dominant postseason stretch we’ve ever seen in the short history of the league. The 37-year-old Romanian was the leader on and off the court for a Columbus Sliders team that came into the MLP playoffs as […]
The Columbus Sliders won the 2025 Major League Pickleball Premier Level Finals on Sunday evening with a best-of-three series win over the New Jersey 5s. We’ve been updating this live blog all weekend with results, analysis and quotes from players. We will have more coverage on TheKitchenPickle.com in the coming days. Major League Pickleball Premier […]
