Pickleball World Championships: Draws, schedule, storylines and where to watch

Alex Lantz

Director of Content

Last Edited

Nov 03 2025

Men's doubles

The favorites

No. 1 Ben Johns/Gabe Tardio: They are on a heater at the moment, with six straight wins together. They were pushed as much as a team can be pushed against Christian Alshon and Andrei Daescu at the Las Vegas Cup earlier this month, but ultimately won 12-10 in Game 5. A win in Dallas would cap off an impressive run in a very deep men's doubles field right now.

The contenders

No. 2 Christian Alshon/Andrei Daescu: The result in Las Vegas was an encouraging development for this team. Their other most recent losses to Johns/Tardio had not been particularly close, so that final at least showed that they are still capable of going toe-to-toe with the top seed when they play well.

No. 3 Hayden Patriquin/Federico Staksrud: We had seen these two switch it up and put Patriquin on the left from time-to-time in recent months, but in Vegas they were fully committed to that strategy. And it almost worked, as they lost a close match to Johns/Tardio (12-10, 11-7) in the semifinals before defeating Matt Wright/Eric Oncins in the bronze medal match. Could they be on the verge of another breakthrough with the new look?

No. 4 JW Johnson/CJ Klinger: In their last four tournaments together, they have a gold, a silver and two bronze medals. They're very consistent together and a safe bet to be around on the weekend.

No. 5 Eric Oncins/Matt Wright: This team is coming off a semifinal appearance in Vegas, as Wright continues to put up solid results despite being much older than most of his opponents.

No. 6 Jay Devilliers/Riley Newman: These two have had good results in a few tournaments together lately. They finished fourth at the Sacramento Vintage Open in September and won bronze at the Bristol Open in August. Newman won this event last year with Patriquin.

Women's doubles

The favorites

No. 1 Anna Leigh Waters/Anna Bright: They are riding a two-tournament winning streak and have won five titles together since teaming up in the spring.

The contenders

No. 2 Catherine Parenteau/Parris Todd: They have played together twice this season, with a silver medal and a fourth place finish. They also are both coming off of good performances in Vegas with different partners. Todd finished second with Tyra Black, while Parenteau earned bronze with Jade Kawamoto.

No. 3 Tyra Black/Jorja Johnson: The Dallas Flash teammates got a big win at the Walgreens Open in Las Vegas in early September after beating Waters/Bright in the semifinals in that event. They made the final again at the Cincinnati Showcase, but lost to the Kawamotos in five games.

No. 4 Jade Kawamoto/Rachel Rohrabacher: This is a first-time partnership, but both have been playing well lately. Kawamoto got the aforementioned win in Cincinnati -- her first PPA Tour gold medal -- while Rohrabacher has medaled in four out of the six events she's played since the split with Bright in the spring.

Mixed doubles

The favorites

No 1. Ben Johns/Anna Leigh Waters: They're riding a seven-tournament winning streak, have won 11 total titles this season and 55 overall. It would be their third straight win at this event if they take the title this week.

The contenders

No. 2 JW Johnson/Jorja Johnson: They were upset by Gabe Tardio/Jessie Irvine at the Las Vegas Cup earlier this month, but are still the best bet to make the final aside from Johns/Waters.

No. 3 Hayden Patriquin/Anna Bright: Bright has medaled with five different partners this season (Patriquin, Andrei Daescu, Federico Staksrud, JW Johnson and Dekel Bar) -- six if you count the gold medal with Johns over in Asia recently. In Vegas earlier this month, this duo played Johns/Waters very tough, ultimately losing 11-6, 5-11, 4-11.

No. 4 Christian Alshon/Tyra Black: They've played in four tournaments together in 2025, earning a silver and a bronze.

No. 5 Gabe Tardio/Jessie Irvine: They made a somewhat surprising run to the final at the Vegas Cup before falling to Johns/Waters. The silver medal was their third medal in 15 tournaments together this season. Can they back it up with another deep run in Dallas?

Men's singles

No. 2 seed Federico Staksrud got his third title of the season with a win at the Vegas Cup, joining Hunter Johnson (No. 1 seed) and Christian Alshon (No. 3 seed) as the only players to win three gold medals this season. Ben Johns (No. 7 seed), John Lucian Goins (No. 8 seed) and Gabe Tardio (not playing singles this week) are the only other players who have won multiple titles this season.

Other top contenders in a wide open singles field: Chris Haworth (No. 13 seed), Jack Sock (No. 6 seed), Jaume Martinez Vich (No. 5 seed), Connor Garnett (No. 4 seed) and Roscoe Bellamy (No. 11 seed), who made the final at the Vegas Cup.

Women's singles

No. 1 seed Anna Leigh Waters has won 17 straight women's singles gold medals, dating back to the middle of 2024. She also has won this event the past two years.

While the top of this division hasn't been very competitive in a while, there is an interesting battle going on between the next best players. Genie Bouchard (No. 9 seed) has had great results lately, upsetting Kate Fahey (No. 2 seed) in Vegas before losing to Waters in the final.

Kaitlyn Christian (No. 3 seed), Parris Todd (No. 4 seed), Lea Jansen (No. 5 seed) and Brooke Buckner (No. 6 seed) have also each had solid results at various times throughout the season. But none has been able to take down Waters.

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