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Worlds Championship Sunday: all five finals set for the last day in Farmers Branch

A championship pickleball stadium court at sunrise with a ball and paddle on the court

By Pickleball Skill Levels · November 8, 2026 · 3 min read · Last updated November 8, 2026

Five world titles are decided today at Brookhaven Country Club: Sock vs Goins, Waters vs Fahey, and three doubles finals close out the biggest week in pickleball.

At a glance

Published · November 8, 2026

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It all ends today. The Opendoor Pickleball World Championships close out a week at Brookhaven Country Club in Farmers Branch, Texas, with Championship Sunday: five finals, five world titles, and four bronze matches. The event, which ran November 2–8, had 302 matches in the official PPA scores feed as of Saturday night, with 292 completed and only the medal matches left to play.

The five finals

Men's singles: John Lucian Goins vs Jack Sock. Sock beat Hunter Johnson in three games in the semifinals; Goins swept Christian Alshon. The bronze match pairs Alshon with Hunter Johnson.

Women's singles: Anna Leigh Waters vs Kate Fahey. The two finalists gave up six points between them in the semifinals — Waters beat Brooke Buckner 11-2, 11-0 and Fahey beat Kaitlyn Christian 11-1, 11-3. Buckner and Christian meet for bronze.

Men's doubles: Andrei Daescu and Christian Alshon vs Tama Shimabukuro and JW Johnson. Daescu and Alshon knocked out Ben Johns and Gabriel Tardio in the semifinals; Shimabukuro and Johnson have not dropped a game all week. Johns and Tardio play CJ Klinger and Eric Oncins for bronze.

A ball dropping just over the net tape into the kitchen, close-up

Women's doubles: Anna Bright and Anna Leigh Waters vs Sofia Sewing and Catherine Parenteau. Sewing and Parenteau are the surprise team of the weekend after sweeping Fahey and Pisnik in the semifinals. The bronze match is Rachel Rohrabacher and Parris Todd vs Kate Fahey and Tina Pisnik.

Mixed doubles: Ben Johns and Anna Leigh Waters vs Jorja Johnson and JW Johnson. Both final teams won their semifinals in straight games on Saturday. Rohrabacher and Alshon face Bright and Patriquin for bronze.

The names to watch

Anna Leigh Waters plays in three finals today — singles, women's doubles and mixed doubles — a sweep would be the story of the week. JW Johnson is in two finals, and Christian Alshon pairs his men's doubles final with a singles bronze match. Whatever happens, the season's biggest week ends with the sport's best players on one court, in one day. Catch the action, then check where your own game stands with the free skill check.

Source: ThePickleHub, "PPA World Championships Results 2026" (updated Nov. 8, 2026), publishing the official PPA scores feed for the Opendoor Pickleball World Championships, Nov. 2–8, 2026, at Brookhaven Country Club, Farmers Branch, Texas. Final and bronze lineups listed as scheduled there; no champion was confirmed in the feed at the time of writing.

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Pickleball words, in plain English

Players throw these words around like everyone knows them. Here is what each one actually means.

Kitchen
The 7-foot zone right at the net. You can stand in it, but you can't hit the ball out of the air while you're there.
Dink
A soft, gentle shot that just clears the net and lands in the kitchen. It forces the other side to hit up, not down.
Third-shot drop
Your team's first shot after the serve and return. Hit it soft so it drops into the kitchen — that lets you walk up to the net.
Reset
When a hard shot comes at you, you block it softly into the kitchen instead of swinging back. It slows the point down and saves you.
Drive
A hard, fast shot hit low over the net. The opposite of a dink.
Pop-up
A ball you hit too high by accident. It hangs in the air, and the other side gets to smash it. Most points at low levels end this way.
Speed up
To suddenly hit the ball hard and fast on purpose, to rush the other side before they're ready.
Volley
Hitting the ball out of the air before it bounces.