Championship Sunday Standout Stats from the Veolia Atlanta Pickleball Championships

Peachtree Corners, Georgia.

May 18, 2025.

MIXED DOUBLES FINAL: (1) Anna Leigh Waters and Ben Johns def. Etta Tuionetoa and Christian Alshon, 11-3, 11-2, 11-7.

• Alshon is 0-8 in Finals against Waters and Johns. 
• Waters and Johns hit fewer volleys into the net, 13-7.
• Waters had no errors on serves, returns, and thirds.
• Longest rally: 37 shots.

MEN’S DOUBLES FINAL: (5) JW Johnson and CJ Klinger def. (2) Ben Johns and Gabe Tardio, 11-9, 11-9, 11-7.

• Johnson has eleven career Doubles titles. After the Johns brothers, only Matt Wright (18) and Riley Newman (14) have more.
• Johnson and Klinger had fewer dinks into the net or wide, 9-2.
• Klinger’s clean play: He had no dinks into the net or wide, and no errors on serves, returns and thirds.
• Longest rally: 58 shots.

WOMEN’S DOUBLES FINAL: (2) Anna Bright and Anna Leigh Waters def. (1) Catherine Parenteau and Rachel Rohrabacher, 11-4, 11-7, 11-3.

• These four players now have 111 Doubles gold medals between them.
• Bright and Waters: More clean winners, 14-7.
• Bright and Waters: No dinks into the net or wide. 
• Bright: match-high nine Clean Winners (five in Game One)
• Waters: No errors on serves, returns and thirds.
• Longest rally: 51 shots.

MEN’S SINGLES FINAL: (4) Ben Johns def. (3) Connor Garnett, 3-11, 11-9, 11-9.

• Ben Johns has now beaten 16 different players in Singles finals.
• The last 19 Singles champs have all been listed at six-feet or taller, except for Federico Staksrud.
• Clean Winners: Garnett 24, Johns 23.
• Johns: Match-point ATP-defended winner.
• Longest rally: 17 shots (twice).

WOMEN’S SINGLES FINAL:  (1) Anna Leigh Waters def, (2) Kate Fahey, 11-1, 7-11, 11-1.

• Waters is 51-3 in Singles finals. 
• Waters is 40-0 in Finals since losing in June 2022 (Parris Todd).
• Waters has won 13 straight tournaments played, since June 2024.
• Waters’ 34th Triple Crown, and 151st overall career title.
• Fahey’s first career game victory over Waters (after losing 17 straight games)
• Longest rally: 12 shots.