Championship Sunday Standout Stats, from the Selkirk Kansas City Open

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MIXED DOUBLES FINAL: (1) Anna Leigh Waters and Ben Johns def. (2) Jorja Johnson and JW Johnson, 11-2, 10-12, 12-10, 6-11, 11-2.

  • Ben Johns had 21 clean winners, JW Johnson had 20.
  • Waters/Johns trailed in Game Three 10-5-1, won 12-10.
  • Jorja Johnson had three service return errors in Game Five.
  • First ever five-game championship match for Waters/Johns.
  • Waters/Johns now 36-1 in finals, and 182-6 overall.
  • Waters/Johns did not convert a game point in Game Two, lost that game, but still won the match. Since the start of 2023, that’s only the fifth time in 33 doubles finals that a team recovered to win in that manner.
  • Longest rally: 73 shots.

MEN’S DOUBLES FINAL: (4) Federico Staksrud and Gabe Tardio def. (1) Dylan Frazier and JW Johnson, 11-4, 11-8, 11-2.

  • Frazier/Johnson team now 135-25 overall.
  • Staksrud/Tardio served at 3-2-1 in Game Three, won 11-2.
  • Staksrud/Tardio were better at initiating and winning rally-ending hands battles 71% to 53%, a stat that corresponds strongly to the winning team.
  • Staksrud/Tardio had fewer (dinks into net or wide plus volleys into net), 25-12, a stat that corresponds strongly to the winning team.
  • Longest rally: 58 shots. (three rallies were 50+)

WOMEN’S DOUBLES FINAL: (1) Catherine Parenteau and Anna Leigh Waters def. Jade Kawamoto and Lacy Schneemann, 11-6, 11-3, 11-5.

  • Parenteau/Waters team now 20-1 in finals and 98-1 overall.
  • Waters: Match-high 10 clean winners.
  • Schneemann: Match-high 18 volleys into the net.
  • Parenteau/Waters had fewer (dinks into net or wide plus volleys into net), 22-9, a stat that corresponds strongly to the winning team.
  • Parenteau/Waters trailed 5-0-1 in Game Three, won 11-5.

MEN’S SINGLES FINAL: (2) Connor Garnett def. (3) Tyson McGuffin, 11-0, 2-11, 11-2.

  • McGuffin did not serve in Game One.
  • McGuffin trailed 1-2 in Game Two, won 11-2.
  • Garnett served at 2-2 in Game Three, won 11-2.
  • Garnett had an ATP and an Erne in this match.
  • Garnett: More Clean Winners, 13-10.
  • McGuffin had 12 volley errors (8 into the net, 3 wide, 1 long).
  • Garnett’s second career Singles title.

WOMEN’S SINGLES FINAL: (3) Brooke Buckner def. (31) Kate Fahey, 11-5, 4-11, 11-8.

  • Buckner’s second career Singles title.
  • Fahey’s first career PPA medal.
  • Buckner: More Clean Winners, 13-9 
  • Buckner: Fewer Baseline Drive Errors, 18-11.
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