List of professional pickleball players
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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
| Name | Native Country | Hometown | DOB & Age | Height | Dom Hand | Turned pro | Pro Pickleball Tours & Leagues | Other Sports Background | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mohaned "Mo" Alhouni | Tripoli | February 17, 1996 | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | Left | 2024 | PPA, MLP | Tennis (Gustavus Adolphus College) | [1][2] | |
| Motasem "Mota" Alhouni | Tripoli | January 8, 1992 | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | Right | 2024 | PPA | Tennis (Gustavus Adolphus College) | [3][2] | |
| Christian Alshon | Boca Raton, FL | July 8, 2000 | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | Right | 2021 | PPA, MLP | Tennis (University of Chicago) | [4] | |
| Julian Arnold | San Luis Obispo, CA | March 3, 1999 | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | Right | 2022 | PPA | Tennis (UCLA) | [5] | |
| Dekel Bar | Ra'anana | March 15, 1993 | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | Right | 2018 | PPA | Tennis | [6][7] | |
| Roscoe Bellamy | Pacific Palisades, CA | January 26, 2000 | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) | Right | 2023 | PPA | Tennis (UCLA) | [8][9] | |
| Cason Campbell | Palmetto Bay, FL | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | Right | 2024 | PPA | Soccer, Tennis | [10] | ||
| Andrei Daescu | Bucharest | August 28, 1988 | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) | Right | 2022 | PPA | Tennis (University of Oklahoma) | ||
| Ryler DeHeart | Tampa, FL | January 3, 1984 | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | Left | 2022 | Tennis (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign) | [11] | ||
| Jay Devilliers | Rosny-sous-Bois | December 18, 1994 | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | Right | 2020 | Tennis (Wichita State University) | [12] | ||
| Quang Duong | February 24, 2006 | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | Right | 2023 | PPA, MLP | Tennis, Paddle Tennis | [13] | ||
| Tom Evans | Sydney | March 29, 2001 | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | Right | 2023 | NPLA, PPA, MLP | Tennis | [14] | |
| Zane Ford | Mars, PA | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | Right | 2023 | PPA | Tennis | [15] | ||
| Dylan Frazier | Ashland, MO | December 8, 2001 | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | Right | 2021 | Baseball | [16][17] | ||
| Yuta Funemizu | Right | 2024 | PPA | Soft Tennis | [18] | ||||
| Connor Garnett | Bellevue, WA | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | Right | 2022 | PPA, MLP | Tennis (Santa Clara University) | [19] | ||
| Augustus "Augie" Ge | 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 | Darien, CT | May 5, 2000 | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | Right | 2022 | Tennis (Vanderbilt University) | [20] | ||
| Ben Johns | Gaithersburg, MD | March 18, 1999 | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | Right | 2016 | ||||
| Collin Johns | Columbus, OH | June 15, 1993 | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | Right | 2018 | Tennis, Table Tennis, Baseball | [21][22][23] | ||
| Hunter Johnson | Taos, NM | June 2, 1994 | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | Right | 2018 | Tennis (Southern Methodist University) | [24] | ||
| JW Johnson (James W Johnson) | Pittsburgh, KS | July 4, 2003 | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | Right | 2020 | Tennis | |||
| Noe Khlif | 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) | Granville, OH | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | Left | 2023 | PPA | Tennis, Table Tennis | [27] | ||
| AJ Koller | St. Louis, MO | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | Right | 2020 | PPA | Ice Hockey (University of Colorado), Tennis | |||
| Jaume Martinez Vich | Mallorca | October 21, 1993 | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) | Right | 2023 | PPA, MLP | Tennis (Hawaii Pacific University) | [28] | |
| Tyson McGuffin | Chelan, WA | December 16, 1989 | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | Right | 2016 | Tennis (Scottsdale Community College), Wrestling | [29] | ||
| Altaf Merchant | 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) | Right | Tennis (Southern Illinois University) | ||||||
| Zane Navratil | Racine, WI | November 2, 1995 | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | Right | 2020 | Tennis | |||
| Riley Newman | Whidbey Island, WA | June 3, 1993 | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | Right | 2018 | PPA, MLP | Tennis (Seattle University) | [30] | |
| Eric Oncins | São Paulo | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | Right | 2021 | PPA | Tennis (Florida Gulf Coast University) | [31] | ||
| Hayden Patriquin | Yucaipa, CA | September 20, 2005 | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | Right | 2022 | PPA, MLP | Baseball | [32] | |
| Jack Sock | Lincoln, NE | September 24, 1992 | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | Right | 2024 | Tennis (University of Nebraska–Lincoln) | |||
| Federico Staksrud | Buenos Aires | October 15, 1996 | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | Right | 2021 | Tennis (University of New Orleans) | [33] | ||
| Gabriel Tardio | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | Right | 2022 | Tennis | |||||
| Pablo Tellez | Bogotá | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | Left | 2022 | Tennis (University of West Florida) | [34][35] | |||
| Pesa Teoni | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | Right | 2023 | PPA | Soccer, Volleyball, Rugby | ||||
| Thomas Wilson | 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 | 1977 (age 48–49) | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | Right | 2016 | PPA | Tennis (University of Michigan) | |||
| Danny Wuerffel | Pensacola, FL | May 27, 1974 | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | MLP, NPL | American football (University of Florida, NFL) | [37] | |||
| Donald Young | Chicago, IL | July 23, 1989 | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | Left | 2024 | PPA, MLP | Tennis |
Women
| Name[38] | Native Country | Hometown | DOB & Age | Height | Dom Hand | Turned pro | Pro Pickleball Tour(s) | Other Sports Background | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hurricane Tyra Black | Boca Raton, FL | March 2, 2001 | Right | [39] | |||||
| Maggie Brascia | Mission Viejo, CA | 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m) | Right | 2022 | PPA, MLP | Tennis | |||
| Mary Brascia | Mission Viejo, CA | 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m) | Right | 2022 | PPA, MLP | ||||
| Anna Bright | Fort Worth, TX | October 8, 1999 | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) | Right | 2022 | Tennis (UC Berkeley) | [40] | ||
| Eugenie Bouchard | Montreal | February 25, 1994 | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | Right | 2024 | Tennis | |||
| Kaitlyn Christian | Orange, CA | January 13, 1992 | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | Right | 2024 | [41] | |||
| Salome Devidze | Tbilisi | January 2, 1986 | Right | 2022 | |||||
| Meghan Dizon | Murrieta, CA | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | Right | 2021 | |||||
| Jessie Irvine | Cary, NC | June 22, 1989 | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) | Right | 2019 | PPA | Tennis, Paddle tennis | [42] | |
| Lea Jansen | Valleyford, WA | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | Right | 2022 | PPA | Tennis (Washington State University) | [43] | ||
| Simone Jardim | Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul | November 7, 1979 | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) | Right | 2015 | [44] | |||
| Jorja Johnson | Pittsburth, KS | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | Right | 2020 | PPA, MLP | ||||
| Allyce Jones | 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 | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) | Right | 2015 | ||||||
| Catherine Parenteau | Montreal | August 26, 1994 | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | Right | 2016 | ||||
| Tina Pisnik | Maribor | February 19, 1981 | 5 ft 7.5 in (1.71 m) | Right | 2022 | [46] | |||
| Rachel Rohrabacher | Tampa, FL | 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m) | Right | 2023 | Tennis | [47] | |||
| Sofia Sewing | 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) | Right | 2024 | APP | Tennis | [48] | |||
| Callie Jo Smith | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | Right | 2021 | Tennis | [49] | ||||
| Marietta "Etta" Tuionetoa (previously Etta Wright) | Menlo Park, CA | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | Right | 2022 | PPA, MLP | Tennis (Brigham Young University–Hawaii) | [50][51] | ||
| Anna Leigh Waters | Delray Beach, FL | January 26, 2007 | 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) | Right | 2019 | [52] |