PPA Tour · LA Mad Drops (MLP) · #1 · as of Jun 2026 · 2026 MLP: 34-9
The most decorated player in pro pickleball history, still ranked No. 1 with the widest gap over the field in men's doubles.
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Anna Bright and Kate Fahey refused to hit a single ball to the world's best player, and the tactic carried the Shock to a 3-0 sweep of the 5s and their first-ever Mid-Season Tournament crown — pulling St. Louis into a first-place tie with New Jersey at 93 points.
Both top seeds rolled through Saturday's semifinals at the Edward Jones MLP Mid-Season Tournament, setting up a third New Jersey-St. Louis meeting of the season for Sunday's title.
Devilliers took an accidental hit from his own partner's paddle at MLP — then he and Jessie Irvine beat Ben Johns and Jade Kawamoto anyway, though the Mad Drops stole the team match in a Dreambreaker.
Brooklyn gets their injured men's doubles anchor back for St. Pete, where a raft of season stats reveal just how dominant — and how one-sided — the top-tier matchups have been in 2026.
After Zane Navratil's YouTube video questioned whether Hayden Patriquin was dragging down the St. Louis Shock, Patriquin texted three sentences back — then posted a perfect week and helped engineer an 11-3 dismantling of Ben Johns.
4th of 24 — Los Angeles Mad Drops — Edward Jones Mid-Season Tournament
Runner-up — Los Angeles Mad Drops — MLP St. Petersburg
Runner-up — Los Angeles Mad Drops — MLP St. Louis
Champions — Los Angeles Mad Drops — MLP Dallas