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Photo by Connor Pardoe on January 23, 2026.
Photo by Connor Pardoe on January 23, 2026.
Photo by Connor Pardoe on January 23, 2026.
Photo by Connor Pardoe on January 23, 2026.
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Posted On: January 23rd 2026, 05:12 pm
A historic day for the PPA Tour and professional pickleball.

Our Championship Sunday broadcast on CBS delivered:
• 1.05M peak viewers
• 791K average viewers

This was the largest pickleball broadcast of all time, showing real, sustained growth.

Professional pickleball outperformed mainstream sports on gold standard networks; like the NBA, Premier League soccer, men’s and women’s NCAA basketball. Pickleball is no longer emerging. It’s arrived.

The future is extremely bright, and this momentum is only the beginning.

Thank you to CBS and Billy Stone, our dedicated employees, world-class professional players, partners, sponsors, and fans. This tour is built on community, commitment, and belief in the sport.

We are still in the early stages, and I’m more motivated than ever to keep pushing forward together. Fully committed to growing pickleball and taking it to the next level.
Comments (19)
dwightpauldillon 2 months ago

dwightpauldillon

How cool is that!

ppatourasia 9 months ago

ppatourasia

🙌🙌

yasuko_the_pickleballer 9 months ago
charlie_white 9 months ago

charlie_white

👏👏👏

charlie_white 9 months ago
allmediaboutique 9 months ago

allmediaboutique

It’s incredible to see the growth in such a short amount of time! Keep soaring! 🚀

waddles_paddles 9 months ago
steviepetro_pickleball 9 months ago

steviepetro_pickleball

So exciting! 🔥

rgburnsiv 9 months ago

rgburnsiv

Ironically, the match you have pictured should have been the one you showed on CBS

picklestats 9 months ago

picklestats

Congrats! Testament to the amazing work the whole UPA putting in 🔥

pbroyals 9 months ago

pbroyals

👏

lydia.pickleball 9 months ago

lydia.pickleball

And pickleball is still growing! Congrats @ppatour 🔥 🚀

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