Hunter Johnson, Parris Todd Headline Big Winners in Pickleball Central National Indoor Championships

Championship Sunday at the Pickleball Central National Indoor Championships delivered not just titles, but a numbers-driven showcase of elite-level execution, resilience, and shot-making under pressure. From record-setting clean winners to marathon rallies that tested both patience and precision, the finals in Lakeville, Minnesota, offered a statistical snapshot of how the sport’s best separate themselves when the stakes are highest.

Across five championship matches, familiar names added to their growing legacies while new champions etched milestone moments of their own. Whether it was flawless serving, historic comeback wins, or error margins that told the real story behind dominant scorelines, the data from Sunday’s action revealed trends that went beyond the box score. Below is a breakdown of the standout stats that defined each final and helped shape one of the most compelling Championship Sundays of the season.

MIXED DOUBLES FINAL: (2) Tyra Black and Christian Alshon def. (1) Anna Bright and Hayden Patriquin, 11-8, 11-9, 11-6.

• First Mixed Doubles gold medals for both Black and Alshon.
• Alshon’s first Mixed Doubles gold medal after eight straight silvers.
• Alshon hit 63 of his team’s 66 Third Shots.
• Black had no errors on Serves or Returns.
• Longest rally: 34 shots.

MEN’S DOUBLES FINAL: (1) Andrei Daescu and Gabe Tardio def. (2) Christian Alshon and Hayden Patriquin, 1-11, 14-12, 10-12, 11-8, 12-10.  

• Daescu’s ninth men’s Doubles title; Tardio’s 16th. 
• Daescu and Tardio trailed 8-3 in Game Five.
• All four players had ten-or-more Clean Winners for the first time in a final since last August in Las Vegas.
• Patriquin’s 24 Clean Winners was the most by a player in a Men’s Doubles final since Ben Johns had 25 at the Masters two years ago.
• Scoring three points or fewer in Game One and still winning a Gender or Mixed Doubles final? It happened only twice last year.
• Longest rally: 38 shots.

WOMEN’S DOUBLES FINAL: (1) Anna Bright and Anna Leigh Waters def. (3) Tyra Black and Parris Todd, 11-1, 6-11, 11-3, 11-5.

• Bright and Waters’ 16th title together.
• Bright’s 25^th Women’s Doubles title; Waters’ 58th.
• Bright and Waters had more Clean Winners, 19-9.
• There were five Clean Winners in Game One. Waters had all five.
• Black had no errors on Serves, Returns and Thirds.
• Longest rally: 62 shots.

MEN’S SINGLES FINAL: (1) Hunter Johnson def. (5) Christopher Haworth, 11-6, 11-0. 

• Johnson’s seventh career title is third all-time behind Ben Johns (42) and Federico Staksrud (17). It also broke a tie at six with JW Johnson and Tyson McGuffin.
• Haworth was trying to be the first player to win three consecutive Men’s Singles titles since Ben Johns did it in Dec. ’22-Feb. ’23.
• Johnson had fewer Baseline Drive Errors, 16-4.
• Longest rally: 20 shots. (Match point).

WOMEN’S SINGLES FINAL: (4) Parris Todd def. (3) Lea Jansen, 11-5, 11-5. 

• Todd’s fourth career title, and first since Bristol last August.
• Jansen’s first final since the Cape Coral Open last March.
• Todd had fewer Baseline Drive Errors, 13-3.
• Longest rally: 19 shots.