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This list of professional pickleball players includes players who currently, or have in the past, played in professional pickleball tournaments.

Professional pickleball tours and leagues:

Men

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Name Native Country Hometown DOB & Age Height Dom Hand Turned pro Pro Pickleball Tours & Leagues Other Sports Background Ref
Mohaned "Mo" Alhouni  Libya Tripoli (1996-02-17) February 17, 1996 (age 28) 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Left 2024 PPA, MLP Tennis (Gustavus Adolphus College) [1][2]
Motasem "Mota" Alhouni  Libya Tripoli (1992-01-08) January 8, 1992 (age 33) 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) Right 2024 PPA Tennis (Gustavus Adolphus College) [3][2]
Christian Alshon  United States Boca Raton, FL (2000-07-08) July 8, 2000 (age 24) 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Right 2021 PPA, MLP Tennis (University of Chicago) [4]
Julian Arnold  United States San Luis Obispo, CA (1999-03-03) March 3, 1999 (age 25) 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Right 2022 PPA Tennis (UCLA) [5]
Dekel Bar  Israel Ra'anana (1993-03-15) March 15, 1993 (age 31) 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Right 2018 PPA Tennis [6][7]
Cason Campbell  United States Palmetto Bay, FL 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Right 2024 PPA Soccer, Tennis [8]
Andrei Daescu  Romania Bucharest (1988-08-28) August 28, 1988 (age 36) 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) Right 2022 PPA Tennis (University of Oklahoma)
Ryler DeHeart  United States Tampa, FL (1984-01-03) January 3, 1984 (age 41) 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Left 2022 Tennis (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign) [9]
Jay Devilliers  France Rosny-sous-Bois (1994-12-18) December 18, 1994 (age 30) 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Right 2020 Tennis (Wichita State University) [10]
Quang Duong  United States Torrance, CA (2006-02-24) February 24, 2006 (age 18) 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) Right 2023 PPA, MLP Tennis, Paddle Tennis [11]
Tom Evans  Australia Sydney (2001-03-29) March 29, 2001 (age 23) 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Right 2023 NPLA, PPA, MLP Tennis [12]
Dylan Frazier  United States Ashland, MO (2001-12-08) December 8, 2001 (age 23) 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) Right 2021 Baseball [13][14]
Connor Garnett  United States Bellevue, WA 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) Right 2022 PPA, MLP Tennis (Santa Clara University) [15]
James Ignatowich  United States Darien, CT (2000-05-05) May 5, 2000 (age 24) 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Right 2022 Tennis (Vanderbilt University) [16]
Ben Johns  United States Gaithersburg, MD (1999-03-18) March 18, 1999 (age 25) 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Right 2016
Collin Johns  United States Columbus, OH (1993-06-15) June 15, 1993 (age 31) 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) Right 2018 Tennis, Table Tennis, Baseball [17][18][19]
Hunter Johnson  United States Taos, NM (1994-06-02) June 2, 1994 (age 30) 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Right 2018 Tennis (Southern Methodist University) [20]
JW Johnson (John Wayne Johnson)  United States Pittsburgh, KS (2003-07-04) July 4, 2003 (age 21) 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Right 2020 Tennis [21]
CJ Klinger (Carson Klinger)  United States Granville, OH 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Left 2023 PPA Tennis, Table Tennis [22]
Jaume Martinez Vich  Spain Mallorca (1993-10-21) October 21, 1993 (age 31) 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Right 2023 PPA, MLP Tennis (Hawaii Pacific University) [23]
Tyson McGuffin  United States Chelan, WA (1989-12-16) December 16, 1989 (age 35) 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Right 2016 Tennis (Scottsdale Community College), Wrestling [24]
Altaf Merchant  India 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) Right Tennis (Southern Illinois University)
Zane Navratil  United States Racine, WI (1995-11-02) November 2, 1995 (age 29) 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Right 2020 Tennis
Riley Newman  United States Whidbey Island, WA (1993-06-03) June 3, 1993 (age 31) 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Right 2018 PPA, MLP Tennis (Seattle University) [25]
Hayden Patriquin  United States Yucaipa, CA (2006-09-20) September 20, 2006 (age 18) 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) Right 2022 Baseball [26]
Jack Sock  United States Lincoln, NE (1992-09-24) September 24, 1992 (age 32) 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Right 2024 Tennis (University of Nebraska)
Federico Staksrud  Argentina Buenos Aires (1996-10-15) October 15, 1996 (age 28) 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) Right 2021 Tennis (University of New Orleans) [27]
Gabriel Tardio  Bolivia 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Right 2022 Tennis
Pablo Tellez  Colombia Bogotá (1995-06-04) June 4, 1995 (age 29) 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Left 2022 Tennis (University of West Florida) [28][29]
Pesa Teoni  American Samoa 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Right 2023 PPA Soccer, Volleyball, Rugby
Thomas Wilson  United States San Antonio, TX (1990-02-07) February 7, 1990 (age 35) 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Right 2020 PPA Tennis (Purdue University, University of Texas) [30]
Matt Wright  United States 1977 (age 47–48) 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Right 2016 PPA Tennis (University of Michigan)
Danny Wuerffel  United States Pensacola, FL (1974-05-27) May 27, 1974 (age 50) 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) MLP, NPL American football (University of Florida, NFL) [31]
Donald Young  United States Chicago, IL (1989-07-23) July 23, 1989 (age 35) 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Left 2024 PPA, MLP Tennis

Women

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Name[32] Native Country Hometown DOB & Age Height Dom Hand Turned pro Pro Pickleball Tour(s) Other Sports Background Ref
Hurricane Tyra Black  United States Boca Raton, FL (2001-03-02) March 2, 2001 (age 23) Right [33]
Anna Bright  United States Fort Worth, TX (1999-10-08) October 8, 1999 (age 25) 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Right 2022 Tennis (UC Berkeley) [34]
Eugenie Bouchard  Canada Montreal (1994-02-25) February 25, 1994 (age 30) 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Right 2024 Tennis
Kaitlyn Christian  United States Orange, CA (1992-01-13) January 13, 1992 (age 33) 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Right 2024 [35]
Salome Devidze  Georgia Tbilisi (1986-01-02) January 2, 1986 (age 39) Right 2022
Meghan Dizon  United States Murrieta, CA 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Right 2021
Jessie Irvine  United States Cary, NC (1989-06-22) June 22, 1989 (age 35) 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Right 2019 PPA Tennis, Paddle tennis [36]
Lea Jansen  United States Valleyford, WA 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Right 2022 PPA Tennis (Washington State University) [37]
Simone Jardim  Brazil Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul (1979-11-07) November 7, 1979 (age 45) 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Right 2015 [38]
Allyce Jones  United States Pleasant Grove, UT (1987-10-25) October 25, 1987 (age 37) 5 ft 2 in (1.57 m) Right 2021 PPA Softball, Tennis, Volleyball (Utah Valley University) [39]
Lucy Kovalova  Slovakia 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Right 2015
Catherine Parenteau  Canada Montreal (1994-08-26) August 26, 1994 (age 30) 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Right 2016
Tina Pisnik  Slovenia Maribor (1981-02-19) February 19, 1981 (age 43) 5 ft 7.5 in (1.71 m) Right 2022 [40]
Rachel Rohrabacher  United States Tampa, FL 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m) Right 2023 Tennis [41]
Callie Jo Smith  United States 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Right 2021 Tennis [42]
Anna Leigh Waters  United States Delray Beach, FL (2007-01-26) January 26, 2007 (age 18) 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) Right 2019 [43]
Etta Wright  New Zealand 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Right 2022 Tennis [44]


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