PPA Chicago Cup 2026 Recap: Waters Hits 200
Chicago Welcomes the PPA Tour in Style: Anna Leigh Waters Hits 200, Roscoe Bellamy Strikes and the Staksrud-Patriquin Machine Rolls On
The PPA Tour’s first visit to Chicago delivered a week to remember. The Veolia Chicago Cup was played Oct. 5-11 at Life Time North Shore Sport & Racquet, a Cup-level event worth 1,500 ranking points to each champion. Championship Sunday brought history, a major upset and fresh proof that some teams are simply playing at another level.
Two hundred for the greatest
The headline of the weekend has one name on it. Anna Leigh Waters, just 19, won her 200th PPA Tour title, a number no one had ever reached in professional pickleball. And she did not stop at one: she swept all three golds on Sunday, in singles, women’s doubles and mixed doubles, for her 45th career Triple Crown.
In singles she beat Kate Fahey 11-1, 11-7. In women’s doubles, alongside Anna Bright, she came back from a 2-11 first game to defeat Catherine Parenteau and Tyra Black 2-11, 11-3, 11-4. And in mixed, with Ben Johns, she beat JW Johnson and Jorja Johnson 11-4, 11-4 to reach the milestone.
Bellamy, the shot of the week
If Waters was the history, Roscoe Bellamy was the surprise. The No. 4 seed reached the men’s singles final after a three-game semifinal against John Lucian Goins. Across the net stood top seed Chris Haworth, who had won the Arizona Open two weeks earlier and had crushed Emilien Burnel 11-1, 11-0 in the semifinals.
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Nobody saw what came next. Bellamy took control from the first point and allowed Haworth only nine points in the entire final: 11-4, 11-5. A statement win that puts him squarely in the conversation among the tour’s best.
Staksrud and Patriquin show no mercy
In men’s doubles, Federico Staksrud and Hayden Patriquin showed once again why they are the team to beat. In the final they dispatched Jaume Martinez Vich and Nico Acevedo 11-1, 11-6. Martinez Vich and Acevedo were the breakout team of the draw, reaching the final as the No. 14 seeds, but this was a final with no debate, the kind that makes it clear who is in charge.
Final results
Women’s singles
Gold: Anna Leigh Waters
Silver: Kate Fahey
11-1, 11-7
Men’s singles
Gold: Roscoe Bellamy
Silver: Chris Haworth
11-4, 11-5
Men’s doubles
Gold: Federico Staksrud and Hayden Patriquin
Silver: Jaume Martinez Vich and Nico Acevedo
11-1, 11-6
Women’s doubles
Gold: Anna Leigh Waters and Anna Bright
Silver: Catherine Parenteau and Tyra Black
2-11, 11-3, 11-4
Mixed doubles
Gold: Anna Leigh Waters and Ben Johns
Silver: JW Johnson and Jorja Johnson
11-4, 11-4
What’s next
The PPA Tour keeps moving: this week it heads to Virginia Beach, Oct. 12-18, while the Australia Cup is played in Brisbane on the other side of the world.
Chicago opened its doors to the PPA Tour, and the PPA Tour answered with a week of records. See
Chicago Welcomes the PPA Tour in Style: Anna Leigh Waters Hits 200, Roscoe Bellamy Strikes and the Staksrud-Patriquin Machine Rolls On
The PPA Tour’s first visit to Chicago delivered a week to remember. The Veolia Chicago Cup was played Oct. 5-11 at Life Time North Shore Sport & Racquet, a Cup-level event worth 1,500 ranking points to each champion. Championship Sunday brought history, a major upset and fresh proof that some teams are simply playing at another level.
Two hundred for the greatest
The headline of the weekend has one name on it. Anna Leigh Waters, just 19, won her 200th PPA Tour title, a number no one had ever reached in professional pickleball. And she did not stop at one: she swept all three golds on Sunday, in singles, women’s doubles and mixed doubles, for her 45th career Triple Crown.
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In singles she beat Kate Fahey 11-1, 11-7. In women’s doubles, alongside Anna Bright, she came back from a 2-11 first game to defeat Catherine Parenteau and Tyra Black 2-11, 11-3, 11-4. And in mixed, with Ben Johns, she beat JW Johnson and Jorja Johnson 11-4, 11-4 to reach the milestone.
Bellamy, the shot of the week
If Waters was the history, Roscoe Bellamy was the surprise. The No. 4 seed reached the men’s singles final after a three-game semifinal against John Lucian Goins. Across the net stood top seed Chris Haworth, who had won the Arizona Open two weeks earlier and had crushed Emilien Burnel 11-1, 11-0 in the semifinals.
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Nobody saw what came next. Bellamy took control from the first point and allowed Haworth only nine points in the entire final: 11-4, 11-5. A statement win that puts him squarely in the conversation among the tour’s best.
Staksrud and Patriquin show no mercy
In men’s doubles, Federico Staksrud and Hayden Patriquin showed once again why they are the team to beat. In the final they dispatched Jaume Martinez Vich and Nico Acevedo 11-1, 11-6. Martinez Vich and Acevedo were the breakout team of the draw, reaching the final as the No. 14 seeds, but this was a final with no debate, the kind that makes it clear who is in charge.
Final results
Women’s singles
Gold: Anna Leigh Waters
Silver: Kate Fahey
11-1, 11-7
Men’s singles
Gold: Roscoe Bellamy
Silver: Chris Haworth
11-4, 11-5
Men’s doubles
Gold: Federico Staksrud and Hayden Patriquin
Silver: Jaume Martinez Vich and Nico Acevedo
11-1, 11-6
Women’s doubles
Gold: Anna Leigh Waters and Anna Bright
Silver: Catherine Parenteau and Tyra Black
2-11, 11-3, 11-4
Mixed doubles
Gold: Anna Leigh Waters and Ben Johns
Silver: JW Johnson and Jorja Johnson
11-4, 11-4
What’s next
The PPA Tour keeps moving: this week it heads to Virginia Beach, Oct. 12-18, while the Australia Cup is played in Brisbane on the other side of the world.
Chicago opened its doors to the PPA Tour, and the PPA Tour answered with a week of records. See
