Here's a closer look at Anna Leigh Waters’ and Ben Johns’ championship performances on the PPA Tour during the 2025 season.

All stats cited refer to gold medal matches.

Anna Leigh Waters

Medals: Waters earned 38 gold medals, along with two silver and three bronze, across 17 tournaments, and in only one of those events did she fail to win at least one gold medal.

Singles: Waters went undefeated in singles, winning all 12 tournaments she entered—marking the first time she has completed a calendar year without a loss.

Across 12 gold medal matches, she captured 24 games while dropping just two. Brooke Buckner briefly challenged her at Mesa, leading 11–4 and 9–4, while Kate Fahey took one game 11–7 in Atlanta and pushed Waters in three tightly contested games decided by scores of 15–13, 13–11, and 12–10.

Waters limited her opponents to seven points or fewer in 19 finals games and recorded more “clean winners” than her opponent in 10 of the 12 championship matches. She defeated eight different players in those gold medal contests and secured her 50th career singles title at Red Rock.

Doubles: Waters collected 13 gold medals, one silver, and two bronze across 17 tournaments.

Teaming with Catherine Parenteau, Waters captured five golds and one silver. In six finals together, they dropped just six of 22 games—three of them coming against Tyra Black and Jorja Johnson in North Carolina, the only instance all year in which Waters lost consecutive games in a final.

With Anna Bright, Waters added seven gold medals and two bronzes. Across seven finals, the duo lost only one of 22 games, falling to Tyra Black and Parris Todd at Worlds. Black was the lone player to take a game in a final against both the Waters/Parenteau and Waters/Bright pairings. During Waters and Bright’s recent four-tournament winning streak from Virginia Beach to Lakeland, Waters led all players in “clean winners” in each gold medal match.

Waters closed the 2025 season with a title at Daytona Beach alongside Jorja Johnson—fittingly, after finishing 2024 at the same venue by winning with her mother, Leigh Waters.

Mixed Doubles: Waters and Ben Johns captured 13 gold medals, along with one silver and one bronze, across 15 tournaments, reaching the podium at every event they entered. Their lone silver came against the Johnson siblings in North Carolina, while the bronze was earned in Mesa after a semifinal loss to Anna Bright and Dekel Bar.

In 14 finals, Waters and Johns dropped just 11 games total, nine of them against JW Johnson. JW and his sister Jorja proved to be their toughest challenge, defeating Waters and Johns once and pushing them to five games in two other matches. The Johnsons were also the only team to take consecutive games from Waters and Johns all season.

Eight of their victories were sweeps in three straight games, including four consecutive tournaments from Cincinnati through Worlds. Their triumph at Orange County marked the 50th win of their partnership.

Triple Crowns: Waters captured eight Triple Crowns, pushing her career total—and the PPA record—to 39. She also claimed four straight Triple Crowns from Virginia Beach through Lakeland, marking the fourth time in her career she has achieved Triple Crowns in four or more consecutive tournaments.

Greatness in gold medal games: Waters won 84% of the games she played in gold medal matches, posting a 105–20 record. When she or her team took the opening game, she went 32–2 in those matches, and she was a perfect 6–0 when her opponent won the first game.

2026: Waters begins the new year with 172 career titles: 57 in singles, 56 in doubles, and 59 in mixed doubles. Even her “lowest” total, 56 doubles titles, exceeds the overall career title count of every other player except Ben Johns. She also carries an active singles tournament winning streak of 19 events, dating back to June 2024.

Ben Johns

Medals: Johns captured 26 gold medals, along with three silver and two bronze, across 15 tournaments.

Singles: Johns claimed titles in Mesa, defeating Hunter Johnson, and in Atlanta, beating Connor Garnett, but recorded no other medal finishes. He was eliminated before the semifinals on six occasions.

Doubles: Johns collected 11 gold medals, two silvers, and one bronze. He earned one gold alongside Collin Johns, another with Andrei Daescu, and a bronze with Hayden Patriquin. Since teaming up with Gabe Tardio in March, the pair has captured nine golds and two silvers in 12 tournaments.

The partnership took time to settle in. Over their first five events together, Johns and Tardio won three golds and two silvers, claiming 11 of 22 games in the finals. In the seven tournaments since, beginning at Bristol, they have won six gold medals and finished fourth once, capturing 18 of 21 games in their six finals, a significant jump from the first half of the season.

After losing their first final together in Mesa to Christian Alshon and Andrei Daescu, Johns and Tardio rebounded by defeating that same team in each of the next four finals they contested.

Mixed Doubles: Johns and Anna Leigh Waters continued their dominance, capturing 13 of the 19 gold medals contested this year. Eight of those victories came in straight three-game sweeps, including four of their final five events. They did not compete—or compete together—in four tournaments, earning one silver and one bronze in those outings. The Johnsons claimed four of the remaining six titles.

Triple Crowns: For the first time, Johns did not earn a Triple Crown in a season. He reached all three finals at a single event only once, in Atlanta, and now has 21 career Triple Crowns.

Greatness in gold medal games: Johns won 75% of the games he played in gold medal matches, posting an 80–26 record. When he or his team took the first game, he went 20–1—the only loss coming in mixed doubles. When his opponent won the opening game, he was 6–2.

2026: Johns begins the new year with 169 career titles: 42 in Singles, 55 in doubles, and 72 in mixed doubles. Even his “lowest” total, 42 singles titles, exceeds the overall career title count of every other player except Waters and Parenteau. He also carries an active mixed doubles tournament winning streak of nine events, dating back to North Carolina in April.

Johns is the only player to have won at least one gold medal every year since the PPA Tour began in 2020.