Championship Sunday Standout Stats from the Veolia Milwaukee Open

Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

November 17, 2024.

MIXED DOUBLES FINAL: 

(1) Anna Bright and Dylan Frazier def. (3) Jessie Irvine and Gabe Tardio, 11-13, 11-6, 11-9, 11-2.

• Bright’s fourth career Mixed Doubles gold medal, and Frazier’s first.
• Bright and Frazier did not convert a game point (Game One), lost that game, then won the match. Only eight teams have made that comeback in 36 instances in all Finals since 2022.
• Irvine and Tardio led 9-8-1 in Game Three, lost 11-9. 
• Frazier: First player in a Mixed Doubles Final this year to have 10-or-more clean winners (16), and a winning speed-up differential of 10-or-more (11).
• Longest rally: 52 shots.

MEN’S DOUBLES FINAL: 

(1) Federico Staksrud and Gabe Tardio def. (7) James Ignatowich and C.J. Klinger, 11-5, 11-2, 11-3.

• Fourth Men’s Doubles titles for Staksrud and Tardio: two together, and two with other players.
• Klinger’s first PPA Final and medal.
• Staksrud and Tardio scored the first seven points of Game One and the last six points of Game Three.
• Staksrud and Tardio: More clean winners (14-8), fewer dinks into the net or wide and volleys into the net (15-8).
• Longest rally: 42 shots.

WOMEN’S DOUBLES FINAL: 

(1) Anna Bright and Rachel Rohrabacher def. (5) Jackie Kawamoto and Jade Kawamoto, 4-11, 11-6, 11-7, 10-12, 11-7.

• Bright and Rohrabacher are 8-5 in finals in 2024. 3-5 against Parenteau/Waters, and 5-0 against other teams.
• The Kawamotos have won three PPA medals together. This is their first of 2024.
• A long, patient match: 65 rallies of 20-or-more shots; ten rallies of 50-or-more shots.
• Bright hit 23 offensive lobs: 14 were in and they won those rallies, 8 were in and they lost those rallies, and one was out.
• Bright: 24 times she sped up a ball in a dinking rally or opportunity and her team won an ensuing hands battle. That’s the most by a player in a Women’s Doubles Final this year. 
• Bright and Rohrabacher did not convert a game point (Game Four), lost that game, then won the match. Only eight teams have made that comeback in 36 instances in all Finals since 2022.
• Kawamotos led 5-2 in Game Five, lost 11-7.
• Jackie Kawamoto had five dinks into the net in Game Five, including match point.
• Longest rally: 69 shots.

MEN’S SINGLES FINAL: 

(4) Hunter Johnson def. (1) Federico Staksrud, 11-4, 0-11, 11-3.

• Staksrud has earned a medal in every tournament this year except Kansas City and Virginia Beach. (8 gold, 9 silver, 3 bronze).
• Johnson: In seven tournaments since August, he has won a bronze medal in Utah, Gold in Atlanta, Silver in Virginia Beach,  Bronze at Worlds, Gold at Milwaukee.
• Johnson was “pickled” in Game Two, then bounced back for the win.
• After a Staksrud time-out at 5-3, Johnson won the next six rallies to win the match.
• Johnson: more clean winners (14-10), fewer serve & return errors (7-4).
• Longest rally: 13 shots.

WOMEN’S SINGLES FINAL: 

(6) Kate Fahey def. (8) Chao Yi “Zoey” Wang, 11-5, 5-11, 11-9.

• Wang: first PPA Final. She won her first two PPA medals, both bronze, in Bristol and Utah.
• Fahey: Starting in August, she has medaled in seven out of nine tournaments: Silver in Kansas City, Gold in Utah, Silver in Las Vegas, Bronze in Virginia Beach, Gold in Las Vegas, Silver at the Worlds, Gold at Milwaukee.
• Fahey trailed 8-6 in Game Three, won 11-9.
• Longest rally: 14 shots.