Pickleball is a racket/paddle sport that was created by combining elements of several other racket sports. Two or four players use solid paddles to hit a perforated polymer ball over a net. The ball is much like a wiffle ball, with 26–40 round holes. The court, similar to badminton, has a net similar to tennis, and the paddles are similar to those in table tennis.
Diego Nargiso is a former tennis player from Italy.
Steve "Lightning" Krulevitz is an American-Israeli former professional tennis player, and current coach. Playing for UCLA, he was an All-American. He won gold medals for the United States in singles and doubles at the 1977 Maccabiah Games. He played # 1 for the Israel Davis Cup team from 1978–80. His highest world singles ranking was No. 42. He was in the top 100 on the men’s tour from 1974 to 1983.
David Macpherson is a former professional male tennis player on the ATP Tour. He is the current coach of John Isner and the former coach of Bob and Mike Bryan.
The Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) Tour is the elite professional tennis circuit organised by the ATP tour. The 2000 ATP Tour calendar comprises the Grand Slam tournaments, the tennis event at the 2000 Summer Olympics, the Tennis Masters Series, the ATP International Series Gold, the ATP International Series, the ATP World Team Cup, the Tennis Masters Cup and the ATP Tour World Doubles Championships. Also included in the 2000 calendar are the Davis Cup and the Hopman Cup, which do not distribute ranking points, and are both organised by the ITF.
Steve DeVries is a former professional tennis player from the United States.
Broderick Dyke is a former professional tennis player from Australia.
Steve Meister is a former professional tennis player from the United States. Meister's highest singles ranking was World No. 69, which he reached in August 1984. During his career, he won 8 doubles titles and achieved a career-high doubles ranking of World No. 20 in July 1984.
Steve Docherty is a former professional tennis player from Australia.
Stephen "Steve" Shaw is a former professional tennis player from England who competed for Great Britain.
Thomas Dundon is an American businessman, specializing in financial services and entertainment. He is chairman and managing partner of Dundon Capital Partners in Dallas, Texas, and is now sole owner and chief executive officer (CEO) of the Carolina Hurricanes of the National Hockey League and was chairman of the now-defunct Alliance of American Football.
Dexter MacBride is an American former professional tennis player.
Benjamin Ellingham Johns is an American professional pickleball player. He is ranked No. 1 in the world for doubles, mixed doubles, and singles by the Pro Pickleball Association (PPA) as well as by the World Pickleball Rankings and Global Pickleball Rankings. He has had a paddle sponsorship deal with JOOLA Pickleball since April 1, 2022.
Zane Denis Navratil is an American professional pickleball player. He is ranked No. 3 in singles play by the Pro Pickleball Association (PPA) and No. 9 and 2 for doubles and singles respectively by the Association of Pickleball Professionals (APP). He has had a sponsorship with Franklin Sports since 2021. He has won over 80 medals over the course of his professional career. Players and commentators have nicknamed Zane "Gucci" as a reference to his tremendous skill in the sport.
The International Federation of Pickleball (IFP) is the governing body of world pickleball. The IFP was founded in 2010 by the USA Pickleball Association (USAPA), and is affiliated with 70 national pickleball associations and 5 continental federations. The IFP is a nonprofit organization that focuses its resources on providing support to national and local pickleball organizations.
Simone Jardim is a Brazilian-American professional pickleball player. Jardim was ranked the number one woman player in the world from 2016 to 2020. She won the US Open women's singles four consecutive times and is a two-time triple crown winner of the US Open Pickleball championships, winning in singles, women's doubles and mixed doubles in 2017 and 2018. As of 2021, Jardim holds the record for most women's Pro Pickleball Association titles with 32. Jardim is a former All-American collegiate tennis player and was the head tennis coach at Michigan State University from 2009 to 2016.
Joey Blake is an American former professional tennis player.
Steve Wood is an Australian business executive former professional tennis player.
Angelo and Ettore Rossetti are identical twin brothers from Connecticut known for setting three Guinness World Records in racket sports.
Warren Jacques is an Australian tennis coach and former player.
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