List of professional pickleball players

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

Name Native Country Hometown DOB & Age Height Dominant Hand Turned pro Sports background Ref
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 Tennis (UCLA) [1]
Dekel Bar   Israel Ra'anana (1993-03-15) March 15, 1993 (age 31) 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Right 2018 Tennis [2][3]
Ryler DeHeart   United States Tampa, FL (1984-01-03) January 3, 1984 (age 40) 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Left 2022 Tennis (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign) [4]
Jay Devilliers   France Rosny-sous-Bois (1994-12-18) December 18, 1994 (age 29) 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Right 2020 Tennis (Wichita State University) [5]
Dylan Frazier   United States Ashland, MO (2001-12-08) December 8, 2001 (age 22) 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) Right 2021 Baseball [6][7]
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) [8]
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 [9][10][11]
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) [12]
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 [13]
Tyson McGuffin   United States Chelan, WA (1989-12-16) December 16, 1989 (age 34) 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Right 2016 Tennis (Scottsdale Community College), Wrestling [14]
Zane Navratil   United States Racine, WI (1995-11-02) November 2, 1995 (age 28) 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Right 2020 Tennis
Hayden Patriquin   United States Yucaipa, CA (2006-09-20) September 20, 2006 (age 18) 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) Right 2022 Baseball [15]
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) [16]
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) [17][18]
Thomas Wilson   United States San Antonio, TX (1990-02-07) February 7, 1990 (age 34) 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Right 2020 Tennis (Perdue University, University of Texas) [19]
Matt Wright   United States 1977 (age 46–47) 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Right 2016 Tennis (University of Michigan)

Women

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Name[20] Native Country Hometown DOB & Age Height Dominant Hand Turned pro Sports background Ref
Hurricane Tyra Black   United States Boca Raton, FL (2001-03-02) March 2, 2001 (age 23) Right [21]
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) [22]
Kaitlyn Christian   United States Orange, CA (1992-01-13) January 13, 1992 (age 32) 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Right 2024 [23]
Salome Devidze   Georgia Tbilisi (1986-01-02) January 2, 1986 (age 38) Right 2022
Meghan Dizon   United States Murrieta, CA 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Right 2021
Simone Jardim   Brazil Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul (1979-11-07) November 7, 1979 (age 44) 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Right 2015 [24]
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 [25]
Rachel Rohrabacher   United States Tampa, FL 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m) Right 2023 Tennis [26]
Callie Jo Smith   United States 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Right 2021 Tennis [27]
Anna Leigh Waters   United States Delray Beach, FL (2007-01-26) January 26, 2007 (age 17) 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) Right 2019 [28]
Etta Wright   New Zealand 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Right 2022 Tennis [29]


References

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