=== NOTES ===
TRIPLE-TRIPLE: Anna Leigh Waters is trying to win a Masters Triple Crown for the third straight year.
=== MEN’S SINGLES ===
#1 FEDERICO STAKSRUD
- 2024: He earned a medal in every tournament except Kansas City and Virginia Beach. (8 gold, 9 silver, 4 bronze).
- Has now extended his own PPA record by winning a medal in 26 consecutive tournaments.
- His 13 career men’s singles titles are second only to Ben Johns.
#7 JAUME MARTINEZ VICH
- Last February, he lost the Desert Ridge Open final in three games to Federico Staksrud.
- Won bronze medals in Houston, Las Vegas, and Virginia Beach.
- Still seeking his first PPA title.
BRONZE:
#6 TYSON McGUFFIN
- His last title was in 2023, at the Tournament of Champions, against Garnett.
- His six career gold medals is third all-time behind Johns and Staksrud.
#2 CONNOR GARNETT
- 2024: Won the Los Angeles Open in April, vs Federico Staksrud.
- 2024: Won his second career title in Kansas City, against Tyson McGuffin.
=== WOMEN’S SINGLES ===
#1 ANNA LEIGH WATERS
- Did not allow more than four points in any of her eight games this week. (3.1 ppg avg)
- Waters has 44 in her career titles, 12 in 2024.
- Waters is 44-3 in singles finals, and this is her first final against Christian.
#5 KAITLYN CHRISTIAN
- 2024: three silver medals (Austin, Bristol, Utah)…-none- were against Waters.
- 2024: four bronzes (Desert Ridge, LA, Red Rock, Finals)
- Christian’s win at Daytona Beach in December 2024 was her first. As a result, to start this season, every woman in the Top Ten has at least one title.
BRONZE:
#4 CATHERINE PARENTEAU
- Her nine career women’s singles titles are second only to Waters.
- Her last title was at the Tournament of Champions in August 2023.
#7 PARRIS TODD
- Four silvers and two bronzes in 2024.
- Not in the Top 20 a year ago, she entered this season ranked #7.
=== MIXED DOUBLES ===
#1 ANNA LEIGH WATERS and BEN JOHNS
- Waters and Johns have 43 titles together. (Waters, 45 overall; Johns, 58 overall)
- 43-1 career record in finals (one loss to Bright/Daescu in 2024).
- They have won 13 straight tournaments while playing together since last March.
#4 CATHERINE PARENTEAU and FEDERICO STAKSRUD
- Staksrud has now extended his own PPA record by winning a medal in 26 consecutive tournaments.
- Staksrud is still looking for his first Mixed Doubles title. (He won a silver in ’24)
- Parenteau won four silver medals last year. Three with Christian Alshon and one with Riley Newman.)
BRONZE:
#7 TYRA BLACK and CHRISTIAN ALSHON
- Black was in the Women’s Doubles final at Daytona Beach with Jorja Johnson.
- Alshon won three silver medals last year with Catherine Parenteau, along with two Men’s Doubles titles.
#5 RACHEL ROHRABACHER and JAMES IGNATOWICH
- Rohrabacher won a bronze with Federico Staksrud at the World Championships last fall.
- Ignatowich won six Mixed Doubles silver medals last year, all with Anna Bright. Four of those were in finals against Waters and Johns, including here last year.
=== MEN’S DOUBLES ===
#1 BEN JOHNS and COLLIN JOHNS
- They have 33 titles together, and seven in 2024.
- In title matches,19-3 since the start of 2023, and 33-7 overall.
- A win today puts their overall match record at a very tidy 234-34.
#2 HAYDEN PATRIQUIN and FEDERICO STAKSRUD
- Three championships together last year: Sacramento, Virginia beach vs Johns/Johns, and the PPA Finals.
- Staksrud has now extended his own PPA record by winning a medal in 26 consecutive tournaments.
BRONZE:
#6 Christian Alshon and Andrei Daescu
- Daescu has four titles since last March, including three weeks at Daytona Beach with CJ Klinger.
- Alshon won the Bristol Open last August with Quang Duong.
#8 Augie Ge and Jaume Martinez Vich
- This team lost in a final in four games to the Johns brothers in North Carolina last April.
- Neither player has a PPA title.
=== WOMEN’S DOUBLES ===
- These two teams won every tournament in the 2024 season except for the Red Rock Open (Jansen/Pisnik). Daytona in December is part of this 2025 season.
#1 ANNA LEIGH WATERS and CATHERINE PARENTEAU
- Have 25 titles together, including 14 in 2024. (25-3 record in finals)
- They are 19-0 in finals against everyone excluding Bright and Rohrabacher.
- Parenteau has 47 overall career gold medals: 9 in singles, 31 in doubles, and 7 in mixed.
#2 ANNA BRIGHT and RACHEL ROHRABACHER:
- They were 8-6 in finals in 2024. 3-6 against Parenteau/Waters, and 5-0 against other teams.
- 2024: Beat Parenteau and Waters in four games for the Austin Open title in March; in four games again at the Atlanta Slam in September, and in three games at the Worlds in November.
- Parenteau and Waters have lost only 15 games in finals together. Bright and Rohrabacher are responsible for ten of those 15.
BRONZE:
#21 Jackie Kawamoto and Vivian Glozman
- Jackie won a bronze medal with Anna Bright three weeks ago at Daytona Beach, and a silver with her sister in Milwaukee in November.
- Glozman won a silver with Lacy Schneemann at this tournament last April, losing to Bright and Rohrabacher in the finals. She also won a bronze at Bristol.
#3 Hurricane Tyra Black and Jorja Johnson
- Won a silver at Daytona Beach three weeks ago, losing to Leigh and Anna Leigh Waters in the finals.
- Neither player has a Women’s Doubles gold medal.
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