Ben Johns is by many considered one of the best pickleball players of all time. Currently top 3 in the rankings for singles, mixed doubles and men’s doubles.
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Ben Johns are currently playing with the JOOLA Ben Johns Perseus 3S UPA-A Carbon Fiber paddle.
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Biography and Career
Ben Johns was born on March 18th, 1999 in Maryland, US. He played a lot of tennis and table tennis while growing up, together with his brother Collin. The brothers are now double partners in Pickleball and Collin is also a highly-ranked professional pickleball player.
Ben started playing pickleball professionally in 2016 and within only around a year, he had won both the Riverbend RV Resort Pickleball event as well as the US Open singles tournament later on.
In 2019, Johns became the first male player to win what is called a Triple Crown, gold in all three events, at a major pickleball event. He achieved this at the Tournament of Champions, Utah. Later on, he claimed the triple crown at the US Open in 2021 and 2022.
This is surely one of the dominating players on tour. In his career, Ben Johns has won over 100 PPA Titles and it also includes a 108-match winning streak in singles and an undefeated streak in mixed doubles for 22 consecutive tournaments.
Johns is also co-owner of three companies related to Pickleball: Pickleball Getaways (travel services), Pickleball 360 (instructions) and Johns Design & Consulting (court design). Apart from this he also helped out in developing his signature JOOLA Perseus paddle.
Info / Stats
- Plays right-handed with one-handed backhand
- Sponsors: JOOLA Pickleball and Jigsaw Health
- Currently lives: Austin, TX, USA
- Has been the #1 player in all three divisions for most part of the last three years
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