History was made at Tweeds Head, just south of the Gold Coast in New South Wales. Selina Turulja won the women's singles, the mixed doubles, and the women's doubles at the PPA Australia tour stop — the first Triple Crown in the tour's history, in a recap published today by Todd Boss's pro pickleball coverage.
The event was the Australian tour's third of the year and a 250-level stop, worth double the points of its regular events. With many of the tour's Asia- and Australia-based PPA players in the United States for the Atlanta Slam, the draws were almost entirely Australian — and Turulja owned them.
How the three titles fell
In singles, No. 3 seed Turulja beat No. 2 seed Kaitlynn Hart and then top seed Andie Dikosavljevic to claim her first singles gold on tour. In mixed doubles, she and Joseph Wild won as the No. 2 seeds, topping Sarah Burr and Zachary Grabovic in the final. And in women's doubles, top seeds Turulja and Sarah Burr were pushed to a third game by No. 3 seeds Talia Sanders and Bernadette Massih before closing it out 11-8 in the third.
A first gold for Brian Tran, too
The men's singles draw produced its own breakthrough: No. 6 seed Brian Tran beat the No. 2, No. 3, and No. 4 seeds on his way to his first PPA international title. Top seed Mitchell Hargreaves was upset in the semifinals but rallied for bronze — and Hargreaves still left with gold, winning men's doubles alongside Joseph Wild.
Winning three events in one weekend is a fitness test as much as a skill test — singles alone covers the whole court, as our guide to how to play pickleball singles explains. Turulja passed all three in the same few days.
Source: Todd Boss, "Pro Pickleball Association Australia Tweeds Head Quick Recap — Triple Crown For Selina Turulja" (published November 5, 2026). Results as reported there. Want your own level measured? Take the free skill check.
