The 2025 Major League Pickleball season kicks off this week with MLP Orlando, where all 16 Premier teams will be in action at the USTA National Campus.

This is the first of ten regular season events that will take place between April and August, and each team will play a total of 25 matches during the regular season before the playoffs.

Broadcast coverage will be available on the Pickleballtv app, which is available for download in the Apple and Android app stores, starting at 2pm ET.

Stay tuned for live updates throughout the day.

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6:40pm ET: New Jersey caps opening day by defeating Columbus 

The New Jersey 5s earned a 3-1 victory over the Columbus Sliders to begin their campaign in style.

Meghan Dizon and Anna Leigh Waters defeated Parris Todd and Lea Jansen 11-8 in women's doubles to get New Jersey started on a high note.

Then, Will Howells and Zane Navratil bested Andrei Daescu and CJ Klinger 11-9 in men's doubles to give New Jersey a commanding 2-0 advantage.

Columbus rebounded when Todd and Daescu claimed the first mixed doubles matchup 11-6 over Dizon and Navratil.

But, New Jersey closed things out when Waters and Howells downed Jansen and Klinger 11-4 in the second mixed doubles contest to seal the regulation triumph.

 

 

 

 

 

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4:55pm ET: Oncins shines as Texas defeats Brooklyn in three games

The Texas Ranchers began their 2025 campaign with a 3-1 victory over the Brooklyn Pickleball Team.

Last year’s fourth-place finishers came out on fire and earned a quick 2-0 advantage, thanks to triumphs from Etta Tuionetoa/Tina Pisnik and Christian Alshon/Eric Oncins in gender doubles.

After Rachel Rohrabacher/Dekel Bar got Brooklyn on the board with a win in mixed doubles, the pressure fell to Tina Pisnik and Eric Oncins, the Ranchers’ newest addition.

Texas had acquired Oncins back in March in a trade with the Miami Pickleball Club that saw Texas send Khlif to South Florida in exchange for Oncins.

And when the pressure was on, the rising star delivered.

He and Pisnik defeated Brooklyn’s Jackie Kawamoto/Riley Newman 11-8 to close out Championship Court’s first match of the season.

 

 

 

 

 

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Oncins was especially impressive in men’s doubles, where he and Alshon dominated Newman and Dekel Bar by an 11-2 score line.

That was an especially important win, since there had been questions about his and Alshon’s chemistry after they had played some tense, highly competitive matches on the PPA Tour in recent months.

Oncins was quick to dispel any rumors of trouble.

“We have really good chemistry,” he affirmed. “We’ve played a lot against each other—he gets loud, I get loud, so we just put that together and get loud as a team.”

It seems like it’s working so far.

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4:40pm ET: Columbus Sliders v. New Jersey 5s: Starting lineups and matchups released

The Columbus Sliders will take on the New Jersey 5s, as New Jersey looks to build on its runner-up finish from the 2024 season.

The Sliders is coming off what I consider to be one of the most successful offseasons in all of MLP, having added Andrei Daescu, CJ Klinger and Lea Jansen to their starting lineup and keeping Parris Todd.

Here are the individual matchups for the contest:

WD: Parris Todd/Lea Jansen (COL) v. Anna Leigh Waters/Meghan Dizon (NJ)

MD: Andrei Daescu/CJ Klinger (COL) v. Will Howells/Zane Navratil (NJ)

MXD 1: Todd/Daescu (COL) v. Dizon/Navratil (NJ)

MXD 2: Jansen/Klinger (COL) v. Waters/Howells (NJ)

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4:00pm ET: New York Hustlers v. Atlanta Bouncers: Starting lineups and matchups released

The New York Hustlers will take on the Atlanta Bouncers in what will be Atlanta's first match since being promoted to the Premier level in 2025.

Here are the individual matchups for the contest:

WD: Helena Spiridis/Lingwei Kong (NY) v. Vivian Glozman/Victoria DiMuzio (ATL)

MD: Zane Ford/Donald Young (NY) v. Jaume Martinez Vich/Todd Fought (ATL)

MXD 1: Spiridis/Young (NY) v. DiMuzio/Fought (ATL)

MXD 2: Kong/Ford (NY) v. Glozman/Martinez Vich (ATL)

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3:55pm ET: Miami outlasts SoCal in DreamBreaker in opening match

The Miami Pickleball Club took the win in the first match of the season with a DreamBreaker victory over the SoCal Hard Eights.

 

 

 

 

 

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Both Miami and SoCal are among the four teams that were promoted up from the Challenger level after strong 2024 campaigns and are looking to make their mark on the Premier level in 2025.

Both teams have more matches to play this weekend at the USTA National campus and will be back in action on Saturday; SoCal will next face the Orlando Squeeze, while Miami will take on the Utah Black Diamonds.

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2:55pm ET: Texas Ranchers v. Brooklyn Pickleball Team: Starting lineups and matchups released

The Texas Ranchers will take on the Brooklyn Pickleball Team in what will be Brooklyn's first match since rebranding from the DC Pickleball Team last week.

This is a rematch of a quarterfinal playoff series from 2024, which the Ranchers won 2-1.

Here are the individual matchups for the contest:

WD: Etta Tuionetoa/Tina Pisnik (TX) v. Rachel Rohrabacher/Jackie Kawamoto (BKN)

MD: Christian Alshon/Eric Oncins (TX) v. Dekel Bar/Riley Newman (BKN)

MXD 1: Tuionetoa/Alshon (TX) v. Rohrabacher/Bar (BKN)

MXD 2: Pisnik/Oncins (TX) v. Kawamoto/Newman (BKN)

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2:40pm ET: Khlif, Devilliers down Fu, Hovenier to even the match

Noe Khlif/Jay Devilliers got the Miami Pickleball Club on the board with an 11-3 victory in men's doubles over SoCal's Ryan Fu/Blaine Hovenier.

This brings the score to 1-1 going into the mixed doubles bouts.

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2:20pm ET: Castillo, Tereschenko overcome slow start to earn women's doubles point

SoCal's Judit Castillo/Irina Tereschenko triumphed in the the season's opening contest with an 11-7 victory over Miami's Milan Rane/Mya Bui.

They found themselves facing an 0-6 deficit at the side switch, but the MLP veterans went on to end the match on an 11-1 run to give the Hard Eights an early advantage.

Men's doubles is next, which will pit SoCal's Ryan Fu/Blaine Hovenier against Miami's Noe Khlif/Jay Devilliers.

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1:55pm ET: SoCal Hard Eights v. Miami Pickleball Club: Starting lineups and matchups released

The day's first match will feature the SoCal Hard Eights taking on the Miami Pickleball Club.

Here are the individual matchups for the contest:

WD: Judit Castillo/Irina Tereschenko (SOC) v. Milan Rane/Mya Bui (MIA)

MD: Ryan Fu/Blaine Hovenier (SOC) v. Noe Khlif/Jay Devilliers (MIA)

MXD 1: Castillo/Fu (SOC) v. Rane/Khlif (MIA)

MXD 2: Tereschenko/Hovenier (SOC) v. Bui/Devilliers (MIA)

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Thursday's Order of Play released

Here is the Order of Play for the four matches being played on Thursday:

 

 

 

 

 

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