Anna Leigh Waters (born January 26, 2007) is an American professional pickleball player. As of March 2025, she had won 148 gold medals and was ranked No. 1 in the world for doubles, mixed doubles, and singles by the Professional Pickleball Association.[1] She was the youngest professional pickleball player in history at age 12, and is known for playing doubles on a team with her mother.[2]
Born in Allentown, Pennsylvania, in 2007, Waters moved to Clinton, North Carolina, and lived there with her family until she was eight years old. In 2015 they relocated to Delray Beach, Florida, where Waters was a competitive soccer player.
Pickleball career
Waters began playing pickleball during a visit to her grandparents in Allentown, Pennsylvania, in 2017. She played in her first tournament several months later and, at 10 years old, won a gold medal in Women’s Doubles. By 2019, at age 12, Waters became the youngest professional pickleball player in history.[3] Since then Waters has won over one hundred tournaments in doubles, mixed doubles, and singles.[4]
Waters is said to play with an aggressive style, characterized by strength and speed.[7] She is sponsored by sportswear manufacturer Fila[3] and Paddletek.[8]
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