The Major League Pickleball playoffs kick off this week from Dallas, with 8 teams in action starting Friday. FIRST ROUND PLAYOFF FORMAT The top four seeds — No. 1 New Jersey, No. 2 St. Louis, No. 3 Los Angeles and No. 4 Columbus — have a bye into the quarterfinals. First-round matches will start at […]
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 […]
Was this the best pickleball point of all time? You can certainly make the case given the situation and the players involved. It’s 10-10 in mixed doubles at the Major League Pickleball regular season finale in Orlando. Anna Leigh Waters/Noe Khlif for the New Jersey 5s against Jade Kawamoto/Ben Johns for the Los Angeles Mad […]
The New Jersey 5s and St. Louis Shock came into this week’s Major League Pickleball event in Orlando tied at the top of the regular-season standings. After both teams went undefeated in Group Play, they met Sunday in the 1 vs. 1 matchup, and the stakes couldn’t have been more black and white in the […]
We’ve reached the final week of the Major League Pickleball regular season, and there are several teams still battling for the final playoff spots. MLP Orlando starts Thursday from the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex at Walt Disney World Resort. There are 12 teams in the field this week. We tested every durable grit […]
There was a ton of money that changed hands just before the Major League Pickleball trade deadline this year. The New Jersey 5s spent a rumored $400,000 to acquire Federico Staksrud and Milan Rane from the Orlando Squeeze, while the Los Angeles Mad Drops spent $125,000 to get Connor Garnett (me) from the Utah Black […]
Major League Pickleball this week announced a new team event that will feature pro players representing several regions of the world at the inaugural MLP Nations Cup this fall. The event will be held Oct. 30-Nov. 1 at Brookhaven Country Club outside of Dallas as part of the larger Pickleball World Championships. The MLP Nations […]
It didn’t take long for the Dallas Flash to back up their MLP San Diego win. One week later — this time in Chicago — the Flash continued their late-season run by claiming another event title and 25 more standings points with a Dreambreaker win over Brooklyn on Sunday, putting the Flash firmly in the […]
Pickleball Inc. — the parent company of the PPA Tour and Major League Pickleball — this week announced a partnership with the Pickleball World Cup designed to accelerate the growth of international pickleball through expanded competition, commercial collaboration and global media distribution. According to a news release, Pickleball Inc. will serve as the exclusive media […]
