Anna Leigh Waters reached another historic milestone this weekend at the PPA Tour Chicago Cup, and we also saw several huge upsets on the men’s side throughout the tournament. Waters won her 200th career PPA Tour title in the first match on Championship Sunday, a win in mixed doubles with Ben Johns over JW Johnson/Jorja […]
This doesn’t seem possible, but it’s somehow true: The PPA Tour has never been to Chicago. That’s changing this week with the inaugural Chicago Cup, which is being held at Life Time North Shore Sport and Racquet in the Chicago suburb of Northbrook, Illinois. The tournament will be played indoors, and there are several interesting […]
It’s been more than a year since Ben Johns has won a singles title on the PPA Tour, but he came oh-so-close this week to ending that drought at the Las Vegas Open. Johns took down Dylan Frazier (Round of 16), Christian Alshon (Quarterfinals) and John Lucian Goins (Semifinals) on his way to Sunday’s final. […]
After a week off, the PPA Tour is back in action this week from Las Vegas. The 2026 Las Vegas Open started Monday with pro qualifying, and main-draw matches will start on Tuesday, with one round in every division to be played each day through Championship Sunday. As an “Open” event, there are 1,000 ranking […]
Arizona Athletic Grounds and the PPA Tour have announced a multi-decade partnership that will make the “PPA Campus at Arizona Athletic Grounds” a national home for the the professional and amateur pickleball organization. Arizona Athletic Grounds is already home to multiple annual PPA Tour events, including the Mesa Cup in February and the Arizona Open, […]
The PPA Tour heads back to the Phoenix area this week for the 2026 Arizona Open. It’s the second time this year the pro tour has visited Arizona, as it held the Mesa Cup in February at Arizona Athletic Grounds, which has more than 40 dedicated courts and a covered stadium court. This week’s Arizona […]
Imagine you’ve played 302 matches at the highest level of pickleball. Of those, you have won 295 and lost only 7. That’s a 97.3% win rate. Sounds like a fantasy. But for Ben Johns and Anna Leigh Waters, it’s reality. They are the most dominant team in the history of our sport across any doubles […]
The PPA Tour is back in action this week in Cary, North Carolina, for the Veolia Pickleball National Championships. It’s the first event of the tour’s 2026-27 season, and it’s a big one — as a slam, it is worth 2,000 ranking points for the winners in each division. Pro qualifying took place Monday and […]
The PPA Tour on Wednesday announced the launch of the World Pickleball Rankings, a first-of-its-kind system designed to identify the best overall pro pickleball players in the world. The new ranking system will debut in the 2026-27 season and bring every PPA Tour event around the world under one unified, global leaderboard. According to a […]
The PPA Tour on Tuesday announced the creation of PPA Tour Europe, a new circuit that will feature 20 pro pickleball events across 9 European countries in 2026 and 2027. The inaugural PPA Tour Europe season will have a total prize pool of €545,000 and culminate in the PPA Finals Europe in May 2027. Tour […]
