PPA Tour, Major League Pickleball, and pro player news — the Pro Corner.
The 30-second version The PPA Tour announced the World Pickleball Rankings on August 5, 2026 — one global leaderboard covering every PPA event on the planet. It is a composite, not a single-event list. Gender doubles counts 50%, mixed doubles…
The 30-second version Chalk held in Dallas. All four favorites advanced out of the MLP Playoffs 2026 first round (Aug 7–9) — No. 5 Brooklyn, No. 6 Dallas, No. 7 Palm Beach, and No. 8 Texas. Out: SoCal Hard Eights,…
The 30-second version The Federico Staksrud trade sends him and Milan Rane to the New Jersey 5s, out of the Orlando Squeeze. It closed July 20, 2026. Orlando received Martin Emmrich, Lina Padegimaite and cash. The sum wasn’t disclosed —…
The MLP Dreambreaker is the singles tiebreaker that decides tied matches. New full-roster rules for 2026 changed who can play it - and created the Dreambreaker specialist.
The MLP regular season ends this week in Orlando. Here is how the 2026 playoff format works, the full three-city schedule, and why the Central Park finale matters for New England.
The short version: The names to know: Ben Johns, the most dominant men’s player in the sport’s history; Anna Leigh Waters, the teenage phenom who rules the women’s game; and a deep field of challengers like Federico Staksrud, Hayden Patriquin,…
The short version: Major League Pickleball (MLP) is a team-based pro league — 23 franchises, each with two men and two women, competing May through August. Matches are decided across women’s doubles, men’s doubles, and mixed, with a fast “Dreambreaker”…
The short version: Pro pickleball runs under one parent company, the United Pickleball Association (UPA), which owns two tours: the PPA Tour (individual tournaments — singles, doubles, mixed) and Major League Pickleball (MLP) (a team league of city franchises). They…
