Anna Leigh Waters competing at the Veolia Lakeland Open presented by Six Zero.
Anna Leigh Waters competing at the Veolia Lakeland Open presented by Six Zero. PPA Tour

No stopping Anna Leigh Waters in 2025

It’s been an exceptional calendar year for Anna Leigh Waters on the PPA Tour.

The 18-year-old has been unstoppable since January and enters next week’s Florida Dairy Farmers Daytona Beach Open with four straight Triple Crowns in her back pocket.

Wondering just how dominant Waters has been through 18 tournaments in 2025?

The gold medal leaderboards from the PPA Masters powered by Invited through the Veolia Lakeland Open presented by Six Zero certainly tell the tale.

=== WOMEN'S OVERALL TITLES (2025) ===
total, name, (singles-doubles-mixed)
 
37, Anna Leigh Waters (12-12-13)
7, Anna Bright (0-7-0)
5, Catherine Parenteau (0-5-0)
5, Jorja Johnson (0-2-3)
4, Parris Todd (2-1-1)
3, Lacy Schneemann (0-2-1)
3, Tyra Black (0-3-0)
2, Kate Fahey (2-0-0)
2, Kaitlyn Christian (2-0-0)
1,  Four other players


You read that correctly: Waters has 30 more titles than the next closest female player—an absolutely remarkable margin.
 
That’s domination on another level.
 
The individual discipline leaderboards showcasing Waters' astonishing success are fascinating as well.

=== WOMEN'S SINGLES TITLES (2025) ===
 
12, Anna Leigh Waters
2, Kate Fahey
2, Kaitlyn Christian
2, Parris Todd

=== WOMEN'S DOUBLES TITLES (2025) ===
 
12, Anna Leigh Waters
7, Anna Bright
5, Catherine Parenteau
3, Tyra Black
2, Lacy Schneemann
2, Jorja Johnson
1,  Five other players

=== MIXED DOUBLES TITLES (2025) ===
 
13, Anna Leigh Waters and Ben Johns
3, Jorja and JW Johnson
1, Lacy Schneemann and Tyson McGuffin
1, Parris Todd and Dekel Bar

Let those digits sink in for a while. Remarkable stuff, right?

And with her rare blend of humility and grounded focus, you can expect more of the same.

“Every day there is a lot of hard work,” Waters told Miami Times reporter Jesse Scott in a recent interview published Wednesday. “You can’t become too complacent, because everybody’s working their butts off to try to beat you and become the No. 1 player. Even if you’re No. 1, you have to fight for that every day.”


The winningest player in PPA Tour history has been executing that philosophy flawlessly.
 
Stay tuned.

“I obviously want to be remembered as the GOAT,” Waters shared with Scott. “But also, maybe as a pioneer for the sport and a pioneer for helping young kids get into the sport.”
 
Now that’s a young woman who’s wise beyond her years.

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