September was an absolutely wild month in professional pickleball!

From shocking PPA Tour upsets, hilarious crash-outs, controversial moments, last-minute weddings, new pro signings, celebrity appearances, and the launch of the new World Pickleball Ranking System, there was no shortage of pickleball news to catch up on.

In this month’s pickleball recap, we cover everything you missed across the PPA Tour, including the Veolia Pickleball National Championships in Cary, North Carolina, the Veolia Arizona Open in Mesa, PPA Asia and PPA Europe, and the latest pickleball industry news.

We’re talking Anna Leigh Waters, Anna Bright, Ben Johns, Gabe Tardio, Hunter Johnson, Hayden Patriquin, Christian Alshon, Rachel Rohrabacher, Parris Todd, Collin Shick, Chris Haworth, Nico Acevedo, Yuta Funemizu, Judit Castillo, and more.

Plus, we cover JOOLA’s new Power FX foam paddle, Anna Leigh Waters teasing a new Franklin paddle, and celebrity pickleball appearances from Sean O’Malley and Mark Wahlberg.

From championship wins and singles upsets to weddings, travel, fashion, and behind-the-scenes pro pickleball moments, here’s everything that happened in pickleball this month.