Storylines for the Jenius Bank Pickleball World Championships – November 3-9, 2025

CENTURY MARK: This is the 100^th tournament in the PPA Tour’s history — going from 2,000 fans in Mesa in 2020 to over 55,000+ expected at Worlds this year.
TITLES: Ben Johns has 166 career gold medals — Anna Leigh Waters is just one behind at 165.
STREAKS: Waters in undefeated in singles in 2025 and Ben Johns and Gabe Tardio look to win their 7^th men’s doubles title in a row as a team.
3 GRAND: 3,000 points on the line – two times a Cup and 3X an Open – one good week could catapult a player up the rankings.
BIG D(IRK): Dallas Maverick’s Hall of Famer Dirk Nowitzki headlines the Wednesday night celebrity pro-am – 7pm Central start.

Tourney #18 on the campaign – return to Invited’s Brookhaven Country Club in Farmers Branch, Texas (suburb of Dallas).
Over 3,500 players participating across all divisions.
Progressive Format: Round of 64 Tuesday, Round of 32 Wednesday, Round of 16 Thursday, Quarterfinal Friday, Semifinal Saturday, and Championship Sunday.
PickleballTV (and the app) will have the coverage, starting each day at 10am Central, with Tennis Channel coverage on Wednesday and Saturday.

Defending Medalists: Anna Leigh Waters, Kate Fahey, Salome Devidze
Anna Leigh Waters (1) hasn’t lost a singles match in over 500 days – could have an early battle with Jorja Johnson (15) in the round of 16.
Fahey (2) would face Parenteau (7) in the quarters if seeds hold.
Lea Jansen (5), who won the LT Open singles only title, could face Devidze (12) the defending bronze medalist in the round of 16.
Watch out for: Genie Bouchard (9) – made her second final in Las Vegas, beating Parenteau and Fahey on her run to silver.

Defending Medalists: Federico Staksrud, Michael Loyd, Hunter Johnson
Staksrud (2) is riding the momentum of a win in Vegas last week where he had to save match points against vs. Sock (6).
Marshall Brown (17) soaring into Worlds after a run to the semis in Las Vegas.
Roscoe Bellamy made a great run to the final in Vegas – he is the (11) and would face Jaume Martinez Vich (5) in the quarters if both players make it to that round.
Watch out for: Ben Johns (7) – with 3,000 points on the line, will the GOAT with the 7 seed by his name make a run to the final?

Defending medalists: Anna Leigh Waters/Ben Johns, Etta Tuionetoa/Christian Alshon, Rohrabacher/Staksrud
Gabe Tardio/Jessie Irvine (5) – played brilliantly in Vegas on a run to the silver medal and look to carry that over in Texas.
Fun R32 matchup: Kovalova/Wright (25) vs. Stratman/ Donald Young (40).
Double southpaws – Jade Kawamoto is paired with Augie Ge (22) – lefty/lefty is a rare pairing.
Bar and Parenteau (7) last played together in 2021.
Watch out for: Rohrabacher/Daescu (6) – won game 1 before falling 11-9 in the 3^rd to Waters and Johns in the quarters in Vegas.

Defending medalists: Rohrabacher/Bright, Waters/Parenteau, Black/Jones
Waters and Bright (1) look to win 3 tourneys in a row.
Parenteau is back with Todd as the 2 seed. They made the final in the Vegas on the Strip event, losing to Johnson and Black.
Rohrabacher/Jade Kawamoto, first time partners, are the 4 seed and the perfect righty/lefty blend that could run it all the way to Sunday.
Watch out for: Johnson and Black (3) – beat Waters/Bright earlier this year and will have the Dallas Flash mob behind them.

Defending medalists: Newman/Patriquin, Bar/Tellez, Staksrud/Wright
Johns/Tardio (1) beat Alshon/Daescu (2) 12-10 in the fifth in the Vegas final last week in the longest match in Carvana PPA Tour history – 2 hours and 28 minutes.
Wright and Oncins (5) run it back and look to get to the semis or farther again as a pair.
Defending champion Riley Newman (with Patriquin) is paired with Jay Devilliers this year as the 6 seed.
Watch out for: JW Johnson/CJ Klinger (4) – the team known as Ice/Ice for their calm on court demeanor is the last team to beat Johns/Tardio – in Atlanta in May.

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