Championship Sunday Standout Stats from the Rate Championships

Las Vegas, Nevada. October 13, 2024.

MIXED DOUBLES FINAL: (1) Anna Leigh Waters and Ben Johns def. (2) Jorja Johnson and JW Johnson, 5-11, 11-7, 11-5, 11-1.

• Waters and Johns have 41 titles together. (Waters, 43 overall; Johns, 56 overall)
• Waters/Johns have 13 titles this year.
• Johnson/Johnson have lost seven straight title matches to Waters/Johns.
• Waters/Johns: trailed 4-0-2 in Game Four, then finished on a run of 22-2.
• Johns: Match-high 11 clean winners, (8 in Game Two).
• Waters/Johns: More clean winners (14-12), fewer dinks into the net or wide (7-1), fewer volleys into the net (14-11), better at starting and winning rally-ending hand battles (61%-54%)
• Longest rally: 38 shots.

MEN’S DOUBLES FINAL: (1) Ben Johns and Collin Johns def. (2) Dylan Frazier and JW Johnson, 11-9, 11-3, 11-4.

• First finals match between these teams this year.
• Johns/Johns: seventh title this year, 33rd together.
• Johns/Johns: Better at starting and winning rally-ending hand battles, 60% to 30%.
• Johnson: Match-high 9 dinks into the net or wide, out of 12 total.
• Longest rally: 62 shots.

WOMEN’S DOUBLES FINAL: (1) Catherine Parenteau and Anna Leigh Waters def. (2) Anna Bright and Rachel Rohrabacher, 10-12, 11-9, 6-11, 11-6, 12-10. 

• These two teams have won the last eleven tournaments, and 25 of the last 26. (Jansen/Pisnik, Red Rock, April)
• Parenteau and Waters have lost only 13 games in finals matches together, but Bright and Rohrabacher are responsible for eight of those 13.
• Parenteau/Waters now 24-2 in finals together, including 13 titles this year.
• Parenteau/Waters had fewer dinks into the net or wide (11-6), and fewer volleys into the net (37-27).
• Third shot strategy: Rohrabacher hit 21 third shots in Game Five after hitting no more than five in any of the previous games. Bright hit more than 20 in both Games One and Two, but only eight in Game Five. 
• Rohrabacher: hit four third-shots into the net, all in Game Five, including one when her team had match point.
• Longest rally: 49 shots.

MEN’S SINGLES FINAL: (6) Quang Duong def. (3) Connor Garnett, 11-8, 11-9.

• First PPA title for Duong, who also has a silver and bronze this year.
• Duong: more clean winners, 14-9.
• Doung: fewer baseline drive errors, 11-7.
• Longest rally: 12 shots.

WOMEN’S SINGLES FINAL: (9) Kate Fahey def. (4) Brooke Buckner, 5-11, 11-9, 11-8.

• Fahey’s second career PPA title (also won at Utah this year).
• Fahey’s fifth medal in the last seven tournaments.
• Fahey trailed 9-5 in Game Two, scored six unanswered to win 11-9.
• Game Three was tied 8-8.
• Fahey: fewer baseline drive errors, 28-14.
• Buckner: more clean winners, 19-4.
• Longest rally: 16 shots (four times)