Phuc Huynh Stands Tall in 2026 Michelob Ultra Asia Pickleball Tournament, Bests Quang Duong, Hoang Nam Ly
Between Quang Duong, Hoang Nam Ly, and Phuc Huynh, it is clear Vietnam has three of Asia’s finest pickleball pros on the men’s side. Over the course of a few days, Huynh showed that he just might be the best of the three.
Yes, the debate is over—at least for now. That after Phuc Huynh beat both Quang Duong and Hoang Nam Ly in the same competition, the 2026 Michelob Ultra Asia Pickleball Tournament, to win the title.
Huynh claimed the professional singles crown at the 2026 Michelob Ultra Asia Pickleball Tournament on 7 June 2026, first defeating Duong in the semifinals and then dispatching Ly n the final to establish himself, without argument, as the country’s top dog in the discipline. It was the first time all three of Vietnam’s elite singles players had competed against each other in the same draw, and Huynh emerged as the last one standing.
The semifinal win over Duong came first and came cleanly—a 2-0 result that settled, at least on the court, a rivalry that had made headlines for all the wrong reasons at the Mindanao Open two weeks earlier. This time, there was no ball dispute, no cancelled final, no shared trophy. Just pickleball, and Huynh winning it.
The final against Hoang Nam Ly was something else entirely.
Phuc Huynh, Hoang Nam Ly Show Out in Epic Finale
The two men—both products of a tennis background, both operating at the top of the Asian pickleball scene—turned the Vias Pickleball courts into a showcase of what happens when elite racket sport athletes bring their full toolkit to a pickleball court. Baseline exchanges, precise form, controlled aggression. Anyone watching could see exactly where these two came from.
Huynh took Game 1 comfortably, 21-13, controlling the tempo and hitting with enough power to keep Ly permanently on the back foot. Game 2 was a different matter. Hoang Nam came out stronger and built his own lead before Huynh overtook him at 10-12. The match tightened, the crowd grew louder, and both players felt it. Huynh reached game point, was pegged back to 20-20, and the tension doubled when Ly lost an argument with the referee over a ball that struck the post and fell into the net—Huynh awarded the point in a ruling that gave him championship point.
He did not convert it. Ly steadied himself, levelled at 21-21, and won the game 23-21 to square the match. The composure the Vietnamese tennis star has built over a career of high-pressure moments showed up exactly when it needed to.
Game 3, though, belonged to Huynh from the moment it mattered most. He opened it with a behind-the-back spin shot that stunned Ly and left the crowd in disbelief—a shot that changed the energy in the building and seemed to change something in Ly as well. After reaching 11 points, Ly began making errors he had not been making before. Huynh, meanwhile, only got sharper. He closed it out 21-11, clean and convincing.
Three matches in the draw. Two of Vietnam’s best scalped. One undisputed conclusion.
Phuc Huynh is Vietnam’s number one in men’s singles pickleball. He did not just claim the title—he earned it.
