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Top Pickleball Players To Compete At National Championships In Dallas

Ben Johns and Anna Leigh Waters headline a pro player field that will compete for a record prize pot at Brookhaven Country Club
Karl Morgan
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World No. 1 pickleball players Ben Johns and Anna Leigh Waters announced that they will be suiting up and competing in the upcoming 2023 Biofreeze USA Pickleball National Championships in Dallas next month.

At just 24 years of age, Johns is the having achieving pickleball pro male or female — in PPA history with 104 career gold medals, in addition to being the first player ever to win 100 career titles on the PPA Tour.

Sitting second behind Johns for the most PPA titles is Waters, with 83 in her young career. The 16-year-old phenom has already accumulated 16 Triple Crowns on the PPA, which is tied for the most all-time alongside Johns. 

The top-ranked men’s and women’s pickleball competitors will headline a talented pro player field that will be showcased at Brookhaven Country Club in Farmers Branch on Nov. 5-12.

Other notable players who are set to participate include Federico Staksrud, Catherine Parenteau, Tyson McGuffin, Anna Bright, Jay Devilliers, Hurricane Tyra Black, Collin Johns, Irina Tereschenko and many more. 

“Brookhaven Country Club will soon be the center of the pickleball universe. Nationals is one of the crown jewel tournaments, and with pickleball’s best athletes going head-to-head and a record prize purse at stake, the competition promises to be fierce and electrifying,” said Connor Pardoe, founder and CEO of the PPA Tour. “Led by Ben and Anna Leigh, the pro player field is exceptionally deep, so the brackets in every discipline will be hotly contested. From singles to doubles to mixed doubles, anything can happen. That’s the beauty of this event, winning and etching your name in the history books means everything.” 

This year’s Biofreeze USA Pickleball National Championships features a record-setting prize pot of $200,000. The winning teams in pro gender and mixed doubles will each receive $18,000, while the victorious singles players will each earn over $6,000.

In addition to pro play, the pickleball tournament also features an amateur field of over 3,500 competitors, along with a celebrity match that will kick off the week of action.

Tickets for the sporting event can be purchased online here.