Megan Fudge (L) gained her thirty third profession gold, whereas Kat Stewart (R) took house each the Singles and Doubles gold.
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The > (APP) held its sixth home main occasion this previous weekend, and its sixteenth occasion globally for the 2026 season, with its APP Dillons Overland Park Open in Overland Park, Kansas.
Lots of its prime gamers spent the final couple of weeks in Asia, competing in Vietnam on the o, then simply up the p. The journey weary execs made it again to the heartland for this Tier 1 occasion, with loads of frequent flier miles in hand.
This occasion marked the home return of Jay Devilliers, who final performed an APP occasion in January 2022 and who was one of many tour’s largest attracts in its early days. Devilliers owns 18 profession golds on tour, and 31 whole medals, evenly break up between Singles, Doubles, and Combined, and tried his hand in all three disciplines this weekend as basically the bottom seed. Learn on to see how he fared in opposition to the competitors.
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Males’s Professional Singles Recap
The early rounds featured the return of Devilliers because the No. 41 seed: he floor via two 3-game wins within the early rounds, together with a win over No. 6 Drake Palm earlier than falling within the 16s to Naveen Beasley. No. 5 Tristan Dussault, who gained a triple crown at the newest APP Subsequent occasion in St. Louis in early August, got here to play this weekend, beating Conley, Izarray, and DeHeart to make the semis, the place he took out prime seed Ronan Camron to make his first gold medal match on tour from the highest aspect.
From the underside half, No 15 Jake Bower went on a tear, beating Garcia after which 2nd seeded Dusty Boyer early earlier than falling within the semis to former tour No. 1 Ammar Wazir to setup a 3-vs-5 closing. Within the gold medal match, Wazir returned to the highest, successful his sixth profession singles gold on tour.
Gold: Ammar Wazir. Silver: Tristan Dussault. Bronze: Jake Bower.
Ladies’s Professional Singles Recap
No. 1 seed Kat Stewart, who took gold on the particular person competitors in De Nang then silver per week later on the Saigon cup, shook off some jet lag and a troublesome semi finals opponent in Amber Policare to succeed in the ultimate from the highest aspect. There she met No. 2 Domenika Turkovic, who took out third seeded Seone Mendez within the semis. Within the gold medal match, it went to the deciding third sport, however Stewart got here out on prime 8,(8),5. Policare took the bronze to assert her first profession APP medal, one which she would quickly add to.
Gold: Kat Stewart. Silver: Domenika Turkovic. Bronze: Amber Policare.
Combined Professional Doubles Recap
No fewer than 34 professional groups poured into the Combined attract Kansas, which usually portends upsets galore, however the quarters had been practically chalk. Devilliers picked the delight of Croatia Domenika Turkovic for his Combined accomplice, however their No. 17 seed ran them proper into the highest draw early. They pressed No. 1 Megan Fudge & Aidan Schenk, however couldn’t break them, crashing out within the 16s. Fudge & Schenk had been then taken out within the semis in a shock by the twenty first seeded staff of Allison Harris / Tristan Dussault. There they met No. 2 Emilia Schmidt & Jack Munro, who held serve in opposition to a collection of foes to make the ultimate. Within the gold medal match, the shock finalists accomplished their shock win, taking out Munro & Schmidt to present Tristan his first profession APP gold.
Gold: Harris & Dussault. Silver: Schmidt & Munro. Bronze: Fudge & Schenk.
Males’s Professional Doubles Recap
Jay Devilliers (R) made his triumphant return to the APP, partnering with Tanner Tomassi (L) in doubles.
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Devilliers paired with Jersey native and standard pickleball content material creator Tanner Tomassi because the eighth seed and pressed the highest seeds Jack Munro & Richard Livornese of their quarter earlier than falling 11-9 within the third. 2nd seeded Drake Palm & Ronan Camron had been upset within the quarters by tenth seeded Andre Millet & Randy Blanco, which paved the best way for third seeds Etienne Blaszkewycz & Callan Dawson to get to the ultimate to setup a rematch of the Detroit Open closing a month in the past. Within the gold medal rematch, Munro & Livornese as soon as once more ousted the 2 OG pickleballers by the rating of 5,10
Gold: Munro & Livornese. Silver: Blaszkewycz & Dawson. Bronze: Millet & Blanco
Ladies’s Professional Doubles Recap
Amber Policare had a unbelievable occasion, medaling in each singles and doubles for her first APP podiums.
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Megan Fudge has needed to discover a new accomplice mid season with the decampment of her former accomplice to the PPA, and he or she might have discovered a winner. Kat Stewart, who does have a doubles gold however who’s extra recognized for her singles prowess, teamed with Fudge in Kansas Metropolis to assert the gold. They topped shock finalists No. 6 Glauka Carvajal Lane & Amber Policare within the closing. That is Glauka’s 2nd ever Ladies’s doubles medal, however extra importantly that is Policare’s first skilled medal on the sport’s prime degree. The winners from Detroit (Bates & Maddox) settled for Bronze.
With this gold, Fudge strikes right into a tie for 1st place all time in gold medals amongst APP feminine gamers. She joins her fellow APP legend Simone Jardim atop the standings.
Gold: Fudge & Stewart. Silver: Lane & Policare. Bronze: Bates & Maddox
AARP Champions Professional Competitors Fast Recap
- Males’s Champions Professional Singles: They’ve met in 8 of the final 9 APP Champions professional singles finals, they usually met once more right here. This time, No. 1 Youssef Bouzidi took out his rival No. 2 Marcello Jardim prolong his lead atop the standings.
- Ladies’s Champions Professional Singles: There wasn’t a lot of a draw for Ladies’s Professional singles in KC, however the gamers they’d had been the most effective of the most effective. Lee Whitwell (14 profession Champions singles golds), Karin Ptaszek-Kochis (28 profession golds), and Carolina Lopez Ascarate (model new to 50+ however already ranked fifth) battled it out in a spherical robin for the title. Outcomes? Karin first, Carolina 2nd and Lee third.
- Males’s Champions Professional Doubles: Tommy Ho & Dayne Gingrich beat the No.1 and No. 2 seeds to take the title.
- Ladies’s Champions Professional Doubles: Karin Ptaszek-Kochis made it a double, taking the doubles title with Carolina Lopez Ascarate.
- Combined Champions Professional Doubles: Lee Whitwell’s common blended accomplice Oncins was lacking, so what did she do? Decide up the most effective new male on tour in Bouzidi and race to the title to present Youssef a double for the weekend.
AARP Masters Professional Competitors Fast Recap
Observe; there have been no Masters occasions this previous weekend, both within the 60+ or 65+ divisions.
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Subsequent up on the Pickleball Calendar? Based on my >, the APP takes a weekend off, then kicks off a busy October with its Annual Ladies’s Open in Columbus the weekend of the 4th, then heading to China the eleventh weekend for the 2026 APP Asia Chongqing Open, then again to the Midwest the weekend of the 18th for the 2026 APP Humana Louisville Open, then again over to Asia the twenty fifth weekend for the 2026 Dubai Open. What a month for the APP’s jet setting tour gamers.
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