Winners and Losers of 2025 in Pro Pickleball
We go through all the winners and losers in pro pickleball for 2025!
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Ruthlessness and Lack of Transparency Looms Over UPA Contract Terminations
First, it was Quang Duong. Now, it’s James Ignatowich, Ryan Fu and Vivian Glozman. Noted contract breacher, Quang Duong, had
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3 Big Questions About the PPA Tour Sacramento (Vintage) Open
The PPA Sacramento Open, featuring the return of wooden paddles to pickleball, is one of the more interesting wrinkles we’ve
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PPA Tour Bristol 2025 – 5 Takeaways – Legacy Weekend
Despite our belief that MLP provides the higher ceiling for the long-term growth of pro pickleball, it does feel like
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PPA Tour Orange County Cup 2025 – 7 Takeaways – The Level of Pro Pickle Has Never Been Higher
It has been a refreshing change of pace to have had a break from PPAs. It meant that the PPA
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PPA Tour Atlanta Pickleball Championship – 5 Takeaways – Men’s Doubles is a Gauntlet
The PPA is making a very concerted effort to differentiate some of these slams from their regular tournaments. Progressive draws,
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PPA Tour Texas Open – 2 Takeaways (plus a Bonus MLP Trade Takeaway!) – Wind in the Heart of Texas
We are already getting to that point in the pickleball season where events are bleeding into each other. We had
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MLP 2025 Premier Draft Grades
Another year. Another draft. It was more of a reset considering the tenuous keeper situation that was created by MLP, which
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PPA Tour Mesa Cup – 5 Takeaways – Is Ben Johns Washed?
Recency bias be damned, this had to be one of the best PPA events in the history of the tour.
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MLP 2025 Offseason Premier Trade and Keeper Grades
For the first time in MLP’s history, we finally have some continuity. Kind of. With the league’s new keeper system,
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