Championship Sunday Standout Stats from the Las Vegas Pickleball Cup

Las Vegas, Nevada.

September 1, 2024.

MIXED DOUBLES FINAL: (1) Anna Leigh Waters and Ben Johns def. (6) Catherine Parenteau and Riley Newman, 11-6, 11-0, 11-4.

• Part of Waters’ 28^th Triple Crown and 40^th Mixed Doubles title.
• Waters/Johns had a run of 19 unanswered points, including the Game Two “pickle.”   
• Johns had 14 clean winners, more than the other three players combined. 
• Waters/Johns had fewer dinks into the net or wide, fewer volleys into the net, and more clean winners.
• Waters/Johns: Better at starting and winning rally-ending hand battles, 60% to 46%.
• Longest rally: 54 shots.

MEN’S DOUBLES FINAL: (9) Andrei Daescu and Gabe Tardio def. (7) Dekel Bar and Zane Navratil, 11-6, 3-11, 11-9, 11-2.

• Back-to-back Tour titles for Daescu and Tardio.
• Daescu/Tardio had more clean winners, 19-15.
• Daescu/Tardio made 69 of their 70 third shots.
• Players “tagged” with speed-ups: 10. (Navratil hit six times.)
• Umpires warnings to Bar regarding his serve: 6.
• Service Return Errors: Daescu/Tardio 6, Bar/Navratil 4.
• Service errors: Bar 3.
• Longest rally: 37 shots.

WOMEN’S DOUBLES FINAL: (1) Catherine Parenteau and Anna Leigh Waters def. Tyra Black and Parris Todd, 11-0, 11-3, 11-6.

• Part of Waters’ 28^th Triple Crown.
• Parenteau/Waters’ 11^th title this year, and 22^nd together. 
• Parenteau/Waters had fewer dinks into the net or wide, fewer volleys into the net, and more clean winners.
• Parenteau/Waters: Better at starting and winning rally-ending hand battles, 90% to 35%.
• Service Return Errors: Black/Todd 5, Parenteau/Waters 1.
• Black’s first career Doubles Final.
• Longest Rally: 41 shots.

MEN’S SINGLES FINAL: (1) Federico Staksrud def. Dylan Frazier, 11-3, 11-1.

• Staksrud’s 11^th career title and 7^th this year.
• Staksrud’s eleven titles have come against ten different players in the finals (only Connor Garnett twice)
• Staksrud had more clean winners, fewer serve and return errors, and fewer baseline drive errors.
• Longest rally: 12 shots.

WOMEN’S SINGLES FINAL: (1) Anna Leigh Waters def. (17) Kate Fahey, 11-0, 11-6.

• Part of Waters’ 28^th career Triple Crown, and 40^th career Singles title.
• Fahey had won the previous tournament (Utah Open), and earned a silver two weeks before that in Kansas City.
• Waters had more clean winners, and fewer baseline drive errors.
• Longest rally: 15 shots.