Pickleball
Racket or paddle sport
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Pickleball in the United States
Collegiate World Championship (CWC) will be held, inviting collegiate players from all countries to participate after the CNC.
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| 2025 |
Pickleball in the United States
Collegiate National Championship (CNC) will be held at Life Time Peachtree Corners in Atlanta, GA.
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| 2025 | MLP India franchise sales are expected to begin in preparation for the 2025/2026 season. |
| 2025 | Kyle Newacheck is set to direct 'Happy Gilmore 2', marking a notable project in his filmmaking career. |
| February 2025 |
Pickleball in the United States
The National Collegiate Pickleball Championship (NCPC) was held in Las Vegas, Nevada, with over 200 colleges and universities participating in NCPA events nationwide.
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| February 2025 | A transition team recommended that the newly merged pickleball organization be based in Lausanne, Switzerland, which is also the home of the International Olympic Committee. |
| February 2025 | An official PPA Tour stop in India is planned. |
| February 2025 |
Pickleball in the United States
NCPA plans to hold its national championship in Las Vegas, Nevada, with over 200 colleges and universities participating in regional and national events
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| January 2025 |
Pickleball in the United States
DUPR announced a partnership with United Pickleball Association to form the Collegiate Pickleball Tour (CPT).
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| January 2025 |
Pickleball in Canada
Pickleball Canada's survey found 1.54 million Canadians participate in the sport, representing a 57% increase from the 2022 survey.
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| 2024 |
Professional pickleball players
Yuta Funemizu turns professional in pickleball with a soft tennis background.
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| 2024 |
Professional pickleball players
Mohaned Alhouni, Motasem Alhouni, Noe Khlif, Jack Sock, and Donald Young turned professional in pickleball.
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| 2024 |
Pickleball organizations
Utah Tech University wins pickleball tournament with 120 schools and 2,690 players competing at Brookhaven Country Club in Farmers Branch, Texas
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| 2024 |
Pickleball in Canada
Pickleball Canada's membership further increased to 85,223 members by the end of the year.
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| 2024 | Moose Toys began selling Pickleball Blast, a table-top game inspired by pickleball, featuring a two-player children's game with mechanical paddles and pickle-themed components. |
| 2024 | During the Wimbledon Tennis Championships, Novak Djokovic commented on the controversy surrounding pickleball court replacements, highlighting tensions between different sports court uses. |
| 2024 | USA Pickleball officially introduced rules for mini-singles (also known as 'skinny singles') in their Official Rulebook, creating a new variant of singles play with specific court usage rules based on player scores. |
| 2024 | USA Pickleball changed the rule regarding player positioning errors, removing the fault status for incorrect serve positioning. |
| 2024 |
Professional pickleball players
Eugenie Bouchard turned professional in pickleball after a career in tennis.
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| 2024 |
Professional pickleball players
Kaitlyn Christian turned professional in pickleball.
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| 2024 |
Professional pickleball players
Cason Campbell turns professional in pickleball, bringing backgrounds in soccer and tennis.
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| 2024 |
Professional pickleball players
Mohaned 'Mo' Alhouni turns professional in pickleball, joining PPA and MLP tours after tennis at Gustavus Adolphus College.
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| 2024 |
Professional pickleball players
Noe Khlif turns professional in pickleball, joining APP, PPA, and MLP tours after tennis at University of Illinois.
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| 2024 |
Professional pickleball players
Jack Sock turns professional in pickleball after a tennis background at University of Nebraska.
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| 2024 |
Professional pickleball players
Donald Young turns professional in pickleball, joining PPA and MLP tours with a tennis background.
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| 2024 |
Pickleball in the United States
DUPR Collegiate National Championship expanded to 98 teams, held at the Brookhaven Country Club near Dallas, Texas, demonstrating rapid growth in collegiate pickleball participation.
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| December 2024 |
Pickleball in the United States
The Fort facility is scheduled to open, featuring 43 pickleball courts and the world's first dedicated pickleball stadium.
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| November 2024 | The UPA announced the formation of PPA Tour Asia and MLP Asia under the UPA Asia banner, with PPA Tour Asia expected to launch in 2025 and MLP Asia in 2026. |
| November 2024 | The IPF and World Pickleball Federation (WPF) announced their decision to merge, with the new organization adopting the IPF's core mission of 'No country left behind'. |
| November 2024 |
Pickleball organizations
The Global Pickleball Federation expanded to include 52 member nations.
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| November 2024 |
Pickleball organizations
The IPF and WPF announced an agreement to merge their organizations under the World Pickleball Federation name, adopting the IPF's core mission of 'No country left behind'.
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| November 14 2024 |
Kyle Yates
Inducted into the Pickleball Hall of Fame at the USA Pickleball Nationals Tournament in Mesa, Arizona.
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| August 2024 | The PPA Tour held an exhibition event in Mumbai, India, at the Monsoon Pickleball Championships. |
| July 2024 | Pranav Kohli launched the Pickleball World Rankings (PWR), an international professional pickleball organization, in collaboration with the Times Group of India and Pickleball Asia. |
| May 2024 |
Pickleball organizations
The United Pickleball Association of America (UPA-A) was formed as the governing body for the Professional Pickleball Association (PPA) and Major League Pickleball (MLP) in the United States.
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| May 2024 | The United Pickleball Association (UPA) announced it would replace USA Pickleball with its own governing body, the UPA of America (UPA-A). The UPA expanded to Australia, India, and Canada, becoming a transnational organization. |
| May 2024 | CNBC reported that outdoor pickleball courts in major US cities increased by 650% over seven years, with more than 3,000 courts across 100 of the most populated cities. |
| April 2024 | The United Pickleball Association, in cooperation with Global Sports of India, announced an expansion of the PPL and MLP to India. |
| April 2024 | USA Pickleball and Association of Pickleball Players (APP) transitioned from the UTPR rating system to the UTR-Pickleball (UTR-P) rating system for tournament player ratings. |
| February 2024 | SFIA reported that 13.6 million people played pickleball in 2023. |
| January 2024 |
Pickleball organizations
A consortium of investors led by David Kass, including Andre Agassi, Raine Ventures, and Jay Farner, purchased controlling interest in the DUPR organization.
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| January 2024 | Returns to professional tennis after limited success in pickleball. |
| January 2024 |
Pickleball in the United States
The APP announced an agreement to establish The Fort in Fort Lauderdale, Florida as its new permanent home and training center, founded by Brad Tuckman and Rich Campillo.
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| January 2024 |
Pickleball in the United States
The inaugural APP U.S. Collegiate Championships were held at Grand Park Sports Campus in Westfield, Indiana, featuring collegiate pickleball players competing for a $50,000 prize purse.
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| January 29 2024 | Ranked No. 4 in the world for Women's Singles, No. 3 in Women's Doubles, and No. 5 in Women's Mixed Doubles by the Professional Pickleball Association (PPA). |
| 2023 | Received her PPA Tour 'Gold Card', qualifying her to compete in the PPA Tour and Major League Pickleball (MLP) Tour. |
| 2023 |
Professional pickleball players
Cason Campbell turns professional in pickleball with backgrounds in soccer and tennis.
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This contents of the box above is based on material from the Wikipedia articles Pickleball in the United States, Julian Arnold, Catherine Parenteau, List of professional pickleball players, International Pickleball Federation, Kyle Newacheck, Noah Rubin (tennis), Pickleball, Pickleball in Canada, Kyle Yates & List of pickleball organizations, which are released under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.