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Championship Sunday Standout Stats from the Toys “R” Us PPA Finals

Author: Jim Ramsey | May 13, 2026

Female athlete holding trophy at PPA Tour pickleball event.

San Clemente, California.

May 10, 2026.


MIXED DOUBLES FINAL:  (1) Anna Leigh Waters and Ben Johns def. (4) Rachel Rohrabacher and Christian Alshon, 11-5, 11-5, 11-5. 

  • 15th title this season for Waters and Johns.
  • Waters and Johns have won six straight titles at San Clemente.
  • Waters and Johns are 64-3 in finals together.
  • Waters: no errors on Serves, Returns and Thirds.
  • Waters and Johns had more Clean Winners, 14-10.
  • Waters and Johns had fewer Dinks into the net or wide, 10-3.
  • Longest rally: 69 shots.

MEN’S DOUBLES FINAL: (1) Ben Johns and Gabe Tardio def. (3) Andrei Daescu and Federico Staksrud, 11-8, 11-3, 11-0.

  • Johns and Tardio’s 16th title this season, the most of any team in Men’s, Women’s or Mixed Doubles.
  • Tardio is the only PPA Tour player to win all ten tournaments in 2026 in the same event, in this case, Men’s Doubles.
  • Tardio’s 27th overall career title puts him in third place behind Ben and Collin Johns.
  • Johns and Tardio had more Clean Winners, 23-10.
  • Johns and Tardio had fewer Volleys into the net, 13-8.
  • Johns had zero DInks into the net or wide.
  • Longest rally: 60 shots.

WOMEN’S DOUBLES FINAL: (1) Anna Bright and Anna Leigh Waters def. (3) Rachel Rohrabacher and Parris Todd, 11-7, 11-6, 11-2.

  • Bright and Waters’s 15th title this year and 23rd together.
  • Bright and Waters had more Clean Winners, 25-3. (yes, three.)
  • Waters’s 15 Clean Winners were third-most in a Women’s Doubles final since the start of 2022.
  • Bright and Waters finished Games Two and Three on a 21-3 run.
  • Bright and Rohrabacher both had no errors on Serves, Returns and Thirds.
  • Longest rally: 37 shots.

MEN’S SINGLES FINAL: (1) Chris Haworth def. (8) John Lucian Goins, 11-2, 11-8.

  • Haworth’s seventh title this season.
  • Haworth’s eight career Men’s Singles titles puts him tied with Hunter Johnson for third place all-time behind Johns and Staksrud.
  • Haworth finished Game Two with seven unanswered points.
  • Haworth had more Clean WInners, 15-4.
  • Goins’s five Return errors included both Game Points.
  • Longest rally: 13 shots.

WOMEN’S SINGLES FINAL: (1) Kate Fahey def. (3) Brooke Buckner, 11-0, 11-9.

  • Fahey’s third title this season.
  • Fahey’s seven career Women’s Singles titles are third-best all-time behind Waters and Catherine Parenteau.
  • Buckner had five Return errors; Fahey had none.
  • Fahey had fewer Baseline Drive errors, 14-8.
  • Longest rally: 13 shots.

For the comprehensive stats of all these gold medal matches, please visit:  facebook.com/groups/propickleballstats

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