Championship Sunday Standout Stats from the SXY Newport Beach Open
| March 9, 2026
Newport Beach, California.
March 8, 2026.
MIXED DOUBLES FINAL: (1) Anna Leigh Waters and Ben Johns def. (10) Tina Pisnik and Eric Oncins, 11-4, 11-2, 12-10.
- Waters and Johns have never failed to win Mixed Doubles gold together in consecutive tournaments. That covers 66 tournaments since they joined forces at Desert Ridge in January 2022.
- Waters and Johns’s 60th title together and eleventh this season.
- Waters and Johns had fewer Dinks into the net or wide, 10-2.
- Longest rally: 42 shots.
MEN’S DOUBLES FINAL: (1) Ben Johns and Gabe Tardio def. (2) Christian Alshon and Hayden Patriquin, 11-6, 11-2, 3-11, 11-8.
- Johns and Tardio’s 13th title together and eleventh this season.
- Johns and Tardio had fewer Return errors, 7-2.
- Longest rally: 35 shots.
WOMEN’S DOUBLES FINAL: (1) Anna Bright and Anna Leigh Waters def. (3) Rachel Rohrabacher and Parris Todd, 11-4, 11-5, 11-3.
- Bright and Waters’ 19th title together and eleventh this season.
- Bright is now third all-time with 33 overall career Women’s titles.
- Bright and Waters had more Clean Winners, 21-9.
- Bright and Waters had fewer Volleys into the net, 20-10.
- Bright and Waters allowed only 32 points in 11 games in this tournament.
- Longest rally: 53 shots.
MEN’S SINGLES FINAL: (1) Hunter Johnson def. (2) Federico Staksrud, 12-10, 11-9.
- Johnson’s eighth career title and third this season.
- Staksrud had six Return errors, including Match Point.
- Longest rally: 12 shots.
WOMEN’S SINGLES FINAL: (1) Anna Leigh Waters def. (5) Lea Jansen, 11-2, 11-1.
- Waters 60th career title and ninth this season.
- Waters is 15-1 lifetime in finals against Lea Jansen. Her one win was in June 2021.
- Waters has won the last 22 tournaments that she has entered, dating back to her loss to Salome Devidze in Dallas, May 30, 2024.
- Waters had fewer Baseline Drive Errors, 12-3.
- Longest rally: 12 shots.
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