On Aug. 10, 17-year-old John Lucian Goins captured his first career men’s singles title on the PPA Tour at the Veolia Bristol Open.

Three weeks later, the tremendously talented teenager doubled down for his second straight men’s singles title with an 11-4, 11-9 victory over No. 2 seed Hunter Johnson.

It was announced earlier this week that Johnson had overtaken Federico Staksrud for the top spot in the PPA men’s singles rankings, but Goins didn’t let that deter him in the slightest.

In fact, after getting down 0-3 in the first game, he went on a 21-6 run to take Game 1 and get match point at 10-5 in the second.

Johnson went on to find his form after facing a match point and cut the lead to just one, but it was too little too late as Goins closed out the contest once he got the serve back.

Goins gave some insight into how he clinched the win with Johnson attempting a comeback.

“[Johnson] was putting a lot of pressure on me. His shots were all really deep, so I just had to dig deep, get low, and hit the ball deep myself,” he mentioned. “I knew I couldn’t let him get to the net because at the end there he started covering the volleys really well, so I was just trying to focus on getting one side out. I’m just so glad that I was able to convert in the end.”

With this win, Goins joins Ben Johns, Zane Navratil, Federico Staksrud, Hunter Johnson, and Christian Alshon as the only players to win back-to-back men’s singles titles on the PPA Tour.

Even though the 17-year-old has plenty of momentum with his recent run of results, he knows that there is plenty more work to be done as his continues climbing up the rankings.

“I’m just trying to not let it get to my head and not to get a big ego,” he said. “I just have to go back to practicing because you can always improve. Everyone’s improving, and nothing is set in stone.”

In the bronze medal match, No. 3 seed Jaume Martinez Vich dismantled No. 7 seed Jack Sock 11-1, 11-0 in under fifteen minutes.