Everything you missed in pickleball pop culture in April
DoorDash announced as MLP’s leading partner.
The PPA hosted the Veolia North Carolina Open and there were a lot of big moments.
Roscoe Bellamy made his first run to Championship Sunday, Jorja Johnson and Tyra Hurricane Black beat the top-seeded tandem of Anna Leigh Waters and Catherine Parenteau, and the unstoppable Waters-Ben Johns duo was defeated by Jorja and JW Johnson.
It marked the first time that Anna Leigh didn't win at least one gold medal at a PPA tournament since 2021.
Christian Alshon flicked off Texas Ranches teammate Eric Oncins following a major upset in the Tar Heel State.
Jessie Irvine was almost unrecognizable when she ditched her usual space buns and wore her hair in a bouncy ponytail in North Carolina.
Pickle Breakers set a new Guinness World Record for the longest marathon pickleball rally with 36 hours of consecutive play.
Parenteau and Waters split up after dominating the women's doubles circuit for quite a while.
Waters joined forces with former rival Anna Bright.
Pro pickleball couple Hunter Johnson and Parris Todd celebrated their two-year anniversary.
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Senior pro and pickleball coach Adam Cox testified about the murder of Charles Vallow.
Mary Brascia went to Coachella.
WWE superstars played pickleball on the hit YouTube series Celtic Warrior Workouts.
Student athletes form Montgomery County Public schools participated in an exchange program in China to promote pickleball.
Temptation Island contestants played pickleball.
Waters celebrated hitting 100K followers on Instagram with a cake.
DC Pickleball Team and Brooklyn Aces swapped franchise and name rights.
Hunter Johnson achieved a career-high ranking of World No. 2 in men’s singles.
ESPN revealed that MLB players love playing pickleball when they’re off the diamond.
Lauren Stratman and Julian Arnold moved from Austin, TX to Nashville, TN.
Ava Ignatowich earned 2nd Team All-American (East) honors for her performance on the Collegiate Pickleball Tour.
JOOLA launched a new lineup of graphic tees.
Genie Bouchard visited Vietnam.
Aerie partnered with pickleball athleisure brand “Pickletini” to bring more pickleball fashion to their stores.
Mary and Maggie Brascia were featured on Pickleballtv.
Hayden Patriquin achieved a career-high ranking of World No. 2 in men’s doubles.
Waters hosted a 45-minute coaching session with content creator Kyle Koszuta.
The Orlando Squeeze hosted the first tournament of the MLP season.
Orlando Magic alums Bo Outlaw, Terrance Ross, Brandon Bass and Rashard Lewis played pickleball alongside the Orlando Squeeze to raise money for the Orlando Magic Youth Foundation.
Maggie Brascia graduated from Concordia University Irvine with a degree in computer science.
Stack Athletics launched their spring-summer 2025 collection.
On the final day of MLP Orlando, Hayden Patriquin of the St. Louis Shock called Anna Leigh Waters of the New Jersey 5s a "f***ing b*tch" and chaos ensued courtside.
The Orlando Squeeze attended a Magic game following a successful tournament weekend.
While in Florida, Alli Phillips went to Disney World. So did Michael Loyd and his girlfriend Juliet Steinhauer.
Samin Odhwani was appointed commissioner of Major League Pickleball.
Former MLB outfielder Clint Frazier partnered with YouTube influencer Harrison Nevel to play at MLP Orlando.
Despite the public rivalry, James Ignatowich was caught getting Christian Alshon’s autograph.
Rachel Rohrabacher and Catherine Parenteau announced they’ll be playing women's doubles together at the Veolia Atlanta Pickleball Championships.
Lady Gaga shared an Instagram post of her designer pickleball dress from Norma Kamali.
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