STATS WRAP! : Stats and Facts from the 2025-2026 Season

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

• Christian Alshon
• Catherine Parenteau
• Federico Staksrud
• Parris Todd
• Anna Leigh Waters

Versatility: Players who won a Singles title and a title in either Gender Doubles or Mixed Doubles:

• Christian Alshon
• Federico Staksrud
• Parris Todd
• Anna Leigh Waters

Gold Rush: Players who won at least five gold medals:

• 43, Anna Leigh Waters.
• 31, Ben Johns.
• 17, Gabe Tardio.
• 16, Anna Bright.
•  7, Chris Haworth.
•  7, Federico Staksrud.

Focused Fundamentals, Singles: Players who did not hit a Serve or Return “out” in a Singles final:

• Anna Leigh Waters vs Zoey Wang, Lakeland Open.
• Kat Stewart vs Catherine Parenteau, Daytona Beach Open (losing effort)
• Anna Leigh Waters vs Kate Fakey, Mesa Open.
• Anna Leigh Waters vs Lea Jansen, Newport Beach Open.
• Chris Haworth vs Federico Staksrud, Zion Cup. 

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

• Andrei Daescu, Cincinnati Open, Men’s Doubles.
• Federico Staksrud, Texas Open, Men’s Doubles.
• Anna Leigh Waters, Zion Cup, Mixed Doubles.

Focused Fundamentals, Teammates:

• Tyra Black and Eric Oncins did not hit a Serve, Return, or Third Shot “out” in their gold medal win at the Sacramento Open. They are the first team to do that inany five-game Doubles final, and only the third team to do so in any Doubles final since the start of 2022.

Sweet “Pickles”: There were seven 11-0 games in finals: 

• Hunter Johnson vs Chris Haworth, Indoor Championships.
• Anna Bright and Anna Leigh Waters vs Kate Fahey and Parris Todd, Zion Cup.
• Anna Leigh Waters and Ben Johns vs Anna Bright and Hayden Patriquin, Zion Cup.
• Kate Fahey vs Kaitlyn Christian, Sacramento Open.
• Anna Bright and Anna Leigh Waters vs Tyra Black and Jorja Johnson, Atlanta Championships.
• Ben Johns and Gabe Tardio vs Andrei Daescu and Federico Staksrud, PPA Finals.
• Kate Fahey vs Brooke Buckner, PPA Finals.

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

• 31, Kaitlyn Christian, Vegas Open, Singles. (Women’s Singles record)
• 24, Hayden Patriquin, Indoor Championships, Men’s Doubles.
• 22, Kate Fahey, Cincinnati Open, Singles.
• 21, Anna Leigh Waters, Zion Cup, Singles.
• 20, Kaitlyn Christian, Bristol Open, Singles.
• 20, Ben Johns, Masters, Mixed Doubles.
• 20, Hayden Patriquin, Masters, Mixed Doubles.
• 20, Ben Johns, Cape Coral Open, Mixed Doubles.

Career Triple Crowns: 

• Tyra Black and Christian Alshon won the Indoor Championships in January. Their first titles in Mixed Doubles go along with previous gold medals earned in Singles and Gender Doubles. 

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.

Return the Serve over there! Five high-volume instances where one player hit at least 90 percent of their team’s Third Shots in a final:

• Lacy Schneemann 76, Etta Tuionetoa 4, (95%), Sacramento Vintage Open.
• Christian Alshon 63, Tyra Black 3, (95%), Indoor Championships.
• Tyra Black 29, Jorja Johnson 3, (91%),  Atlanta Championships.
• Ben Johns 51, Gabe Tardio 6, (90%),  Cape Coral Open.
• Hayden Patriquin 38, Anna Bright 4, (90%), Atlanta Championships.

Fireworks: All four players had at least ten Clean Winners in a Doubles final:

• Anna Leigh Waters and Ben Johns vs Jorja and JW Johnson, Bristol Open.
• Ben Johns and Gabe Tardio vs Christian Alshon and Andrei Daescu, Vegas Open (indoors).
• Andrei Daescu and Gabe Tardio vs Christian Alshon and Hayden Patriquin, Indoor Championships.
• Ben Johns and Gabe Tardio vs Christian Alshon and Hayden Patriquin, Zion Cup.
• Ben Johns and Gabe Tardio vs JW Johnson and CJ Klinger, Sacramento Open.

Longest Rallies in a Final:

• 122 shots, Sacramento Open. Ben Johns and Gabe Tardio won the rally, and the match, against JW Johnson and CJ Klinger. 
• 100 shots, Lakeland Open. Anna Leigh Waters and Ben Johns won the rally, and the match, against Jorja Johnson and JW Johnson. 

Lob-ster: 

• Christian Alshon hit 17 Offensive Lobs in the Men’s Doubles final at the Vegas Open (indoors).

Driver’s License: 

• Jade Kawamoto hit 39 Third Shots, all Drives and no Drops, in the Women’s Doubles final at the Cincinnati Open.

Game Point:

• Tyra Black’s 18 Clean Winners in the Women’s Doubles final at the Vegas Open (indoors) in August tied Rachel Rohrabacher’s record for the most in a Women’s final since the start of 2022.