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Most Winners, Longest Rallies, and Out Balls – Notable 2025 Stats.

Author: Jim Ramsey | January 7, 2026

(Calendar year 2025)

Triple Threats

Players who finished the year ranked in the Top Ten in Singles, Doubles, and Mixed Doubles:

  • Christian Alshon, Ben Johns, Catherine Parenteau, Federico Staksrud, Anna Leigh Waters.
Triple Threats, part 2

Players who won titles in Singles, Doubles and Mixed Doubles in 2025:

  • Ben Johns, Parris Todd, Anna Leigh Waters.
Gold Rush

Players who won at least five gold medals in 2025:

  • 38, Anna Leigh Waters. (12 S, 13 D, 13 MX)
  • 26, Ben Johns. (2 S, 11 D, 13 MX)
  • 12, Gabe Tardio. (2 S, 10 D)
  • 7, Anna Bright. (7 D)
  • 7, JW Johnson. (3 D, 4 MX)
  • 7, Jorja Johnson, (3 D, 4 MX)
  • 6, Christian Alshon. (3 S, 3D)
  • 6, Catherine Parenteau. (1 S, 5 D)
  • 5, Federico Staksrud. (4 S, 1 D)
Fundamentals

Players in a Doubles final who did not hit a ball “out” on a serve, return, third shot, or dink:

  • CJ Klinger, Atlanta Slam, Men’s Doubles. 
  • Anna Leigh Waters, Atlanta Slam, Women’s Doubles.
  • Andrei Daescu, Cincinnati Open, Men’s Doubles.
Blunt Force Trauma

Doubles finals where every rally was fewer than 30 shots, and 65% or more of the rallies were nine shots or fewer: 

  • Daescu/Johns def. Alshon/Staksrud, Cape Coral Open, 11-2, 11-7, 11-1.
  • Johns/Tardio def. Martinez Vich/Wright, Bristol Open, 11-1, 11-6, 11-2.
Sweet “Pickles”

There were two 11-0 games in finals in 2025: 

  • Masters, Women’s Singles. (Waters vs Christian, Game One)
  • Tucson Open, Women’s Doubles. (Parenteau/Waters vs Bright/Rohrabacher, Game One)
Clean Winners

Players with 20-or-more Clean Winners in a final (no net or opponent’s paddle):

  • 33, Dekel Bar, Red Rock Open, Mixed Doubles. (Mixed Doubles record)
  • 31, Kaitlyn Christian, Vegas Open, Singles. (Women’s Singles record)
  • 28, Christian Alshon, Red Rock Open, Mixed Doubles.
  • 24, Connor Garnett, Atlanta Slam, Singles.
  • 23, Ben Johns, Atlanta Slam, Singles.
  • 22, Anna Leigh Waters, Atlanta Slam, Singles.
  • 22, Kate Fahey, Cincinnati Open, Singles.
  • 20. Gabe Tardio, Australian Open, Singles.
  • 20, Kaitlyn Christian, Australian Open, Singles.
  • 20, Christian Alshon, Texas Open, Singles.
  • 20, Kaitlyn Christian, Bristol Open, Singles.
Raising the Bar

Dekel Bar’s 33 Clean Winners and 14 Ernes in the Mixed Doubles final at the Red Rock Open were both the most in a Gender Doubles or Mixed Doubles final since the start of 2022.  

Breakthrough

Jade Kawamoto became the first left-handed female player ever to win a title. She won the Women’s Doubles title in Cincinnati with her sister Jackie. CJ Klinger and Augie Ge are the only other left-handers to win championships.

Longest Rally in a Final

100 shots, Lakeland Open. Anna Leigh Waters and Ben Johns won the rally, and the match, against Jorja and JW Johnson. 

Undefeated 

Anna Leigh Waters had her first undefeated calendar year in Singles. She won all twelve of the tournaments that she entered. Her only other undefeated calendar year was in 2023, in Doubles.

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