This list of professional pickleball players includes players who currently, or have in the past, played in professional pickleball tournaments.
Professional pickleball tours and leagues:
- Those associated with the Pickleball World Rankings
- Those associated with the United Pickleball Association
- Other pro pickleball tours & leagues
Men
editName | Native Country | Hometown | DOB & Age | Height | Dom Hand | Turned pro | Pro Pickleball Tours & Leagues | Other Sports Background | Ref |
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Mohaned "Mo" Alhouni | Libya | Tripoli | February 17, 1996 | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | Left | 2024 | PPA, MLP | Tennis (Gustavus Adolphus College) | [1][2] |
Motasem "Mota" Alhouni | Libya | Tripoli | January 8, 1992 | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | Right | 2024 | PPA | Tennis (Gustavus Adolphus College) | [3][2] |
Christian Alshon | United States | Boca Raton, FL | July 8, 2000 | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | Right | 2021 | PPA, MLP | Tennis (University of Chicago) | [4] |
Julian Arnold | United States | San Luis Obispo, CA | March 3, 1999 | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | Right | 2022 | PPA | Tennis (UCLA) | [5] |
Dekel Bar | Israel | Ra'anana | March 15, 1993 | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | Right | 2018 | PPA | Tennis | [6][7] |
Roscoe Bellamy | United States | Pacific Palisades, CA | January 26, 2000 | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) | Right | 2023 | PPA | Tennis (UCLA) | [8][9] |
Cason Campbell | United States | Palmetto Bay, FL | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | Right | 2024 | PPA | Soccer, Tennis | [10] | |
Andrei Daescu | Romania | Bucharest | August 28, 1988 | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) | Right | 2022 | PPA | Tennis (University of Oklahoma) | |
Ryler DeHeart | United States | Tampa, FL | January 3, 1984 | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | Left | 2022 | Tennis (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign) | [11] | |
Jay Devilliers | France | Rosny-sous-Bois | December 18, 1994 | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | Right | 2020 | Tennis (Wichita State University) | [12] | |
Quang Duong | Vietnam | February 24, 2006 | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | Right | 2023 | PPA, MLP | Tennis, Paddle Tennis | [13] | |
Tom Evans | Australia | Sydney | March 29, 2001 | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | Right | 2023 | NPLA, PPA, MLP | Tennis | [14] |
Zane Ford | United States | Mars, PA | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | Right | 2023 | PPA | Tennis | [15] | |
Dylan Frazier | United States | Ashland, MO | December 8, 2001 | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | Right | 2021 | Baseball | [16][17] | |
Yuta Funemizu | Japan | Right | 2024 | PPA | Soft Tennis | [18] | |||
Connor Garnett | United States | Bellevue, WA | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | Right | 2022 | PPA, MLP | Tennis (Santa Clara University) | [19] | |
Augustus "Augie" Ge | United States | Phoenix, AZ | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | Left | 2023 | PPA | Tennis (University of New Mexico, University of Arizona), Table Tennis (Brown University) | ||
James Ignatowich | United States | Darien, CT | May 5, 2000 | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | Right | 2022 | Tennis (Vanderbilt University) | [20] | |
Ben Johns | United States | Gaithersburg, MD | March 18, 1999 | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | Right | 2016 | |||
Collin Johns | United States | Columbus, OH | June 15, 1993 | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | Right | 2018 | Tennis, Table Tennis, Baseball | [21][22][23] | |
Hunter Johnson | United States | Taos, NM | June 2, 1994 | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | Right | 2018 | Tennis (Southern Methodist University) | [24] | |
JW Johnson (James W Johnson) | United States | Pittsburgh, KS | July 4, 2003 | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | Right | 2020 | Tennis | ||
Noe Khlif | France | Marseille | April 28, 1998 | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | Right | 2024 | APP, PPA, MLP | Tennis (University of Illinois) | [25][26] |
CJ Klinger (Carson Klinger) | United States | Granville, OH | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | Left | 2023 | PPA | Tennis, Table Tennis | [27] | |
AJ Koller | United States | St. Louis, MO | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | Right | 2020 | PPA | Ice Hockey (University of Colorado), Tennis | ||
Jaume Martinez Vich | Spain | Mallorca | October 21, 1993 | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) | Right | 2023 | PPA, MLP | Tennis (Hawaii Pacific University) | [28] |
Tyson McGuffin | United States | Chelan, WA | December 16, 1989 | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | Right | 2016 | Tennis (Scottsdale Community College), Wrestling | [29] | |
Altaf Merchant | India | 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) | Right | Tennis (Southern Illinois University) | |||||
Zane Navratil | United States | Racine, WI | November 2, 1995 | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | Right | 2020 | Tennis | ||
Riley Newman | United States | Whidbey Island, WA | June 3, 1993 | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | Right | 2018 | PPA, MLP | Tennis (Seattle University) | [30] |
Eric Oncins | Brazil | São Paulo | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | Right | 2021 | PPA | Tennis (Florida Gulf Coast University) | [31] | |
Hayden Patriquin | United States | Yucaipa, CA | September 20, 2006 | 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) | Right | 2022 | Baseball | [32] | |
Jack Sock | United States | Lincoln, NE | September 24, 1992 | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | Right | 2024 | Tennis (University of Nebraska) | ||
Federico Staksrud | Argentina | Buenos Aires | October 15, 1996 | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | Right | 2021 | Tennis (University of New Orleans) | [33] | |
Gabriel Tardio | Bolivia | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | Right | 2022 | Tennis | ||||
Pablo Tellez | Colombia | Bogotá | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | Left | 2022 | Tennis (University of West Florida) | [34][35] | ||
Pesa Teoni | American Samoa | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | Right | 2023 | PPA | Soccer, Volleyball, Rugby | |||
Thomas Wilson | United States | San Antonio, TX | February 7, 1990 | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | Right | 2020 | PPA | Tennis (Purdue University, University of Texas) | [36] |
Matt Wright | United States | 1977 (age 47–48) | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | Right | 2016 | PPA | Tennis (University of Michigan) | ||
Danny Wuerffel | United States | Pensacola, FL | May 27, 1974 | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | MLP, NPL | American football (University of Florida, NFL) | [37] | ||
Donald Young | United States | Chicago, IL | July 23, 1989 | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | Left | 2024 | PPA, MLP | Tennis |
Women
editName[38] | Native Country | Hometown | DOB & Age | Height | Dom Hand | Turned pro | Pro Pickleball Tour(s) | Other Sports Background | Ref |
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Hurricane Tyra Black | United States | Boca Raton, FL | March 2, 2001 | Right | [39] | ||||
Maggie Brascia | United States | Mission Viejo, CA | 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m) | Right | 2022 | PPA, MLP | Tennis | ||
Mary Brascia | United States | Mission Viejo, CA | 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m) | Right | 2022 | PPA, MLP | |||
Anna Bright | United States | Fort Worth, TX | October 8, 1999 | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) | Right | 2022 | Tennis (UC Berkeley) | [40] | |
Eugenie Bouchard | Canada | Montreal | February 25, 1994 | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | Right | 2024 | Tennis | ||
Kaitlyn Christian | United States | Orange, CA | January 13, 1992 | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | Right | 2024 | [41] | ||
Salome Devidze | Georgia | Tbilisi | January 2, 1986 | Right | 2022 | ||||
Meghan Dizon | United States | Murrieta, CA | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | Right | 2021 | ||||
Jessie Irvine | United States | Cary, NC | June 22, 1989 | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) | Right | 2019 | PPA | Tennis, Paddle tennis | [42] |
Lea Jansen | United States | Valleyford, WA | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | Right | 2022 | PPA | Tennis (Washington State University) | [43] | |
Simone Jardim | Brazil | Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul | November 7, 1979 | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) | Right | 2015 | [44] | ||
Jorja Johnson | United States | Pittsburth, KS | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | Right | 2020 | PPA, MLP | |||
Allyce Jones | United States | Pleasant Grove, UT | October 25, 1987 | 5 ft 2 in (1.57 m) | Right | 2021 | PPA | Softball, Tennis, Volleyball (Utah Valley University) | [45] |
Lucy Kovalova | Slovakia | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) | Right | 2015 | |||||
Catherine Parenteau | Canada | Montreal | August 26, 1994 | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | Right | 2016 | |||
Tina Pisnik | Slovenia | Maribor | February 19, 1981 | 5 ft 7.5 in (1.71 m) | Right | 2022 | [46] | ||
Rachel Rohrabacher | United States | Tampa, FL | 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m) | Right | 2023 | Tennis | [47] | ||
Callie Jo Smith | United States | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | Right | 2021 | Tennis | [48] | |||
Marietta "Etta" Tuionetoa (previously Etta Wright) | New Zealand | Menlo Park, CA | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | Right | 2022 | PPA, MLP | Tennis (Brigham Young University–Hawaii) | [49][50] | |
Anna Leigh Waters | United States | Delray Beach, FL | January 26, 2007 | 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) | Right | 2019 | [51] |
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