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Championship Sunday Standout Stats from the Veolia Atlanta Pickleball Championships.

Author: Jim Ramsey | May 5, 2026

Celebrating victory at the Veolia Atlanta Pickleball Championships.

Peachtree Corners, Georgia

May 3, 2026

MIXED DOUBLES FINAL: (1) Anna Leigh Waters and Ben Johns def, (3) Anna Bright and Hayden Patriquin, 11-4, 11-5, 11-4.

  • Waters and Johns have won five straight titles at this venue.
  • Waters and Johns’s 14th title this season and 63rd overall
  • Waters and Johns had fewer Dinks into the net or wide, 8-2.
  • Bright and Patriquin is one of three teams to beat Waters and Johns in a final.
  • Patriquin hit 38 of his team’s 42 Third Shots.
  • Longest rally: 46 shots.

MEN’S DOUBLES FINAL: (1) Ben Johns and Gabe Tardio def. (13) Roscoe Bellamy and Connor Garnett, 11-5, 11-7, 11-2.

  • Johns and Tardio’s 15th title this year and 17th overall.
  • Johns and Tardio have won a record seven consecutive Men’s Doubles titles.
  • Tardio’s 26 overall gold medals is tied for third all-time among men with Federico Staksrud.
  • First Men’s Doubles medal for Bellamy; fourth for Garnett.
  • Tardio had a match-high 14 Clean Winners.
  • Johns and Tardio had more Clean Winners, 24-14.
  • Longest rally: 38 shots.

WOMEN’S DOUBLES FINAL: (1) Anna Bright and Anna Leigh Waters def. (2) Tyra Black and Jorja Johnson, 11-3, 11-4, 11-0. 

  • Bright and Waters’s 14th title this season and 22nd overall.
  • Bright and Waters had no errors on Serves, Returns, or Third Shots.
  • Bright was the only player with no Dinks into the net or wide.
  • Black hit 29 of her team’s 32 Third Shots.
  • Longest rally: 43 shots.

MEN’S SINGLES FINAL: (1) Christopher Haworth def. (22) Tama Shimabukuro, 11-5, 11-1.

  • Haworth’s fourth title this season and seventh overall.
  • Haworth’s seven titles are one behind Hunter Johnson’s eight for third place all-time.
  • First PPA medal for Shimabukuro.
  • Haworth had more Clean Winners, 13-4.
  • Haworth had fewer Return errors, 6-2.
  • Longest rally: 17 shots.

WOMEN’S SINGLES FINAL: (1) Anna Leigh Waters def. (2) Kate Fahey, 12-10, 11-5.

  • Waters’s 12th title this season and 63rd overall.
  • Waters is 52-0 in Finals since losing in June 2022 (Todd, Orange County)
  • Waters has won 25 consecutive tournaments she has entered.
  • Waters is 11-0 in finals vs Fahey.
  • Fahey had two game points in Game One, 10-8 and 10-9.
  • Longest rally: 17 shots.

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

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