World Pickleball Championship

Team Waters won a Silver Medal in the Pro Women's Doubles Bracket at the 2019 World Pickleball Championship in Punta Gorda, FL.


Match Highlight Reel: Anna Leigh Waters, 12/Leigh Waters vs Lindsey Newman/Catherine Parenteau

Match Highlight Reel: Irina Tereschenko/Denise Dy vs Anna Leigh Waters, 12/Leigh Waters

Mother-Daughter Duo Honored For 2019 Professional Pickleball Achivements

Press Release:

Anna Leigh and Leigh Waters are on the 

January 2020 Pickleball Magazine cover 

Mother-Daughter Duo Honored For
2019 Professional Pickleball Achievements 

(DELRAY BEACH, FL - JANUARY 5, 2020) ---  Anna Leigh Waters,12, and her mother Leigh Waters,40, were selected as Pickleball Rocks 2019 Players Of The Year. 

The dynamic duo are also on the Pickleball Magazine January 2020 cover.

Pickleball Rocks: "People loved watching the obvious positive connection and the way they worked perfectly together to win tournament after tournament, including the world’s biggest pickleball stage, the USA Nationals at Indian Wells, CA. Besides all the people who cast their votes for Team Waters, what caught our attention, was the wonderful mother/daughter and family connection that was present every time we personally saw them on the tournament trail.  The perfect example for future family pickleball teams.

This pair entered 9 Open Women Doubles events, playing against the strongest women’s teams in the world and came home with 9 medals:  4 Golds, 4 Silvers and 1 Bronze."

"Wow!!! What an honor!! Simply amazing!! Thanks so much to Pickleball Rocks," states Leigh Waters. "Your kind words in your article warmed our hearts!!!"

In the summer of 2017, Anna Leigh and Leigh evacuated to Leigh’s father's home in Pennsylvania due to Hurricane Irma. While there, he introduced them to pickleball.

“Anna Leigh started playing pickleball the same day I did in Pennsylvania,” Leigh explains. “I can’t tell you what an absolute privilege it is to get to play with her. She amazes me every time I step on the court with her. She is smart, encouraging, and her skills just keep getting better. Having her by my side on the court is so comforting and I have total confidence in her. We have that mother/daughter intuition that helps us play as a true team on the court. Winning a Major title together is something that we set out to do.”

In the November/December Pickleball Magazine article, Raising Waters, Leigh stated: "Every day feels like a gift for us. We are so grateful to our family, friends, and supporters for making this possible." 

Team Waters 2019 Interview Highlight Reel 

Digital Press Kit (Interviews, Tournament Videos, Photos, Schedule) 

Mother, daughter win natonal pickleball title

Sun Sentinel, Delray Beach, FL

“This was the first year I even started playing with my mom and this is the first year I turned pro,” Anna Leigh said. “She had been playing the year before that. We played a tournament and got silver together and we said we are just going to keep playing together. It’s easy and we can travel together.”

"You do it with your mom and you win a pro medal,” she continued, “even if it is not a national tournament and you win a pro medal in anything, it’s great, but because it was nationals, it was even better.” (Read More)

Pickleball Magazine January 2020

Leigh and Anna Leigh Waters, Pickleball Pros

Dynamic Duos!

Nationals was double the fun with some fierce pairs, including Ben Johns, who won Men's Pro Singles and Doubles (with Kyle Yates), Anna Leigh and Leigh Waters, who took gold in Women's Pro Doubles (Read Article)

The Pickler I Met: Anna Leigh Waters - The Future of Pickleball

November 2017 The Pickler I Met: Anna Leigh Waters - The Future of Pickleball

By Stacie Townsend

Anna Leigh was my first tournament Pickler. By this I mean, she was my partner for my first official pickleball tournament. Until I met Anna Leigh, I (at the age of 29) had yet to feel old on the pickleball court. However, Anna Leigh, who is 10 years old, races around the pickleball court with more exuberance and more grace than me (whether now or ever). With help from her tennis background, Anna Leigh has a knack for ripping forehands and backhands right at her unexpecting opponents, while constantly carrying a smile and keeping her blonde braid intact under her Pickler visor. (Read More) Delray Beach Gamma Pickleball Classic Thu 11/16/17 thru Sun 11/19/17 Womens Doubles Skill/Age Groups 3.0:8-49,50-99 Gold: Stacie Townsend/Anna Leigh Waters Mixed Doubles Skill/Age Groups 4.0:8-49 Gold: Leigh Waters/Neil Eichelberger (Leigh's Father) Women's Open $$$ Gold: Catherine Parenteau /Abbie David Silver: Andrea Koop/Sara Remynse

2019 Delray Beach Gunther Pickleball Classic

Hundreds are set to play in Delray Beach Gunther Pickleball Classic tournament this weekend December 5-8

Professional pickleball players will be playing in this week’s event. Local mother-daughter team Leigh and 12-year-old Anna Leigh Waters said they are excited to play at home again.

“We just won Nationals at the pro level as a mother-daughter team,” said Waters.


Women's Doubles Pro
Leigh Waters/Anna Leigh Waters,12 vs Martina Kochli/Michelle Esquivel


WPTV: Mother-daughter team Leigh and 12-year old Anne Leigh Waters, said they were excited to play at home again:

It's just been unbelievable and the fact that Anna Leighis 12 years old and I'm 40 years old.

She's the youngest professional player and the two of us actually won nationals a few weeks ago at the pro level in Indian Wells California.

So, we're really kind of making waves and showing that anybody of any age can play this sport. (Leigh Waters)

The Delray pickleball Club hosted the event. Over 500 players participated.

Team Waters 2019 Interviews Highlight Reel

• WPTV News | West Palm Beach Florida - The Delray Beach Gunther Pickleball Classic (December 2019)
• Eddie and Webby Interview Anna Leigh and Leigh Waters (August 2019) 

• Texas Open WOMENS DBLS OPEN GOLD Simone Jardim/Lucy Kovalova vs Anna Leigh Waters/Leigh Waters (September 2019)  
• Simone Jardim Interviews Leigh Waters (September 2019) 
• Tournament of Champions Women's Doubles Pro Gold Medal Match Anna Leigh Waters/Leigh Waters vs. Jessie Irvine/Lindsey Newman (August 2019)
• Tournament of Champions Interview (August 2019)
• Simone Jardim Interviews Anna Leigh Waters (September 2019) 
• Franklin Masters MIXED DOUBLES - BRONZE Anna Leigh Waters/KyleYates vs Leigh Waters/Dave Weinbach (September 2019) 
• Simone Jardim Interviews Leigh Waters (September 2019)
• Eddie and Webby Interview Anna Leigh and Leigh Waters (August 2019) 
• Tournament of Champions Women's Doubles Pro Gold Medal Match Anna Leigh Waters/Leigh Waters vs. Jessie Irvine/Lindsey Newman (August 2019)
• Eddie and Webby Podcast 57 - Top Ten Moments of 2019
• World Pickleball Championship Women's Doubles Pro Silver Medal Interview (December 2019)

All Team Waters' Interviews

Delray Beach Pickleball Club 2019 National Champions Banner

November 29, 2019: The Delray Beach Pickleball Club honored club members Leigh
and Anna Leigh Waters today at their home courts at the Delray Beach Tennis Center by unveiling this fabulous banner for their 2019 National Championship.  



Leigh Waters: We had quite the surprise from Delray Beach Pickleball Club this morning! We are so thankful for the amazing banner and support from our pickleball family!! (Video)

View this post on Instagram

What a surprise from Delray Beach Pickleball Club!! #DBPC #thankful #teamwaters #nationalchamps #ripit

A post shared by Leigh Waters AL Waters (@leighwaterspickleballpro) on Nov 29, 2019 at 9:33am PST

Pickleball Magazine - Rising Waters

Anna Leigh Waters - One of Pickleball's Youngest Players - Is A Force To Be Reckoned With

Article: Rising Waters by Mark Berton, Pickleball Magazine 2019 Nov/Dec

"Every day feels like a gift for us," says Leigh.
"We are so grateful to our family, friends, and supporters for making this possible."

Article Link List 

• Tournament of Champions (Highlights/Full Match)
• 2019 Tournaments 
• Florida Grand Slam Women's Doubles Open Gold Medal Match (Highlights/Full Match) 
• Anna Leigh Raps Hamilton  
• Paddletek Sponsorship  

Anna Leigh enjoys baking

2019 Margaritaville USA Pickleball National Championships Women's Doubles Pro Gold Medal Match

November 9, 2019 Women's Doubles Pro Gold Medal Match Point 

• USA Pickleball National Championships (November) Gold Women’s Doubles Pro

Anna Leigh’s 2019 USA Pickleball National Championships Medals Bronze Women's Doubles Skill/Age 5.0:19+ (with Christine McGrath)
Leigh’s 2019 USA Pickleball National Championships Medals Gold Women's Doubles Skill/Age 5.0:35+ (with Simone Jardim) Gold MIxed Doubles Skill/Age 5.0 35+ (with Jeffrey Warnick)

Womens Doubles Pro Gold Medal Match Highlight List

Anna Leigh Waters,12/Leigh Waters vs Jessie Irvine/Catherine Parenteau

Commentators: Simone Jardim, Mark Renneson, Melissa McCurley

8:53:51 Game 1
8:58:58 Fast and Furious at the Non Volley Zone Line (NVZ) 8:59:59 Anna Leigh rips a winner down the middle
9:00:34 Nice get by Catherine as the ball hits the net
9:01:42 Jessie hits an overhead for a winner
9:02:37 Anna Leigh speeds up the pace
9:04:14 Rippin It at the NVZ Line
9:05:45 Team Waters defend from the baseline
9:08:00 Simone explains Anna Leigh rolling her shot crosscourt
9:08:26 Anna Leigh speed up the pace
9:09:13 Amazing 40 shot rally
9:13:25 Game Point


9:15:04 Game 2
9:17:21 Leigh poaches the ball at the NVZ for a winner
9:18:05 Ref dances during time out
9:23:31 Jessie volleys at the net and then hits a winner
9:24:17 What a shot by Jessie down the line
9:26:46 Anna Leigh hits an off pace ball down the middle for a winner
9:29:53 Game Point


(Photo Credit: Carl Schmits, ProPickleball) Anna Leigh rips a two handed backhand
9:32:03 Game 3
9:32:34 Fast and Furious at the Non Volley Zone Line
9:34:52 Leigh hits a winner down the middle
9:36:39 Anna Leigh hits a double handed backhand volley down the middle for a winner
9:40:37 Catherine hits a winner down the middle
9:42:44 Leigh poaches with a forehand down the middle for a winner
9:43:04 Down 5-6-1 Team Waters heats up their intensity
9:43:27 Jessie hits a soft backhand winner down the line
9:43:50 Anna Leigh soft looper hits the baseline for a winner and celebrates by putting her fist in the air
9:45:43 Leigh hits a backhand winner in the back court corner
9:48:44 Leigh hits a nice overhead at an angle for a winner
9:49:27 The Waters 1-2 punch for 9-8-2
9:49:54 Anna Leigh speeds up the ball. Jessie hits it wide - Team Waters put their fists in the air. Anna Leigh lets out a yell 10-8-2
9:50:20 Championship point - Leigh Waters serving

Twelve Year Old Anna Leigh Waters Wins National Pro Pickleball Title With Her Mom

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Anna Leigh Waters, 12, and Leigh Waters Win National Women’s Pro Doubles Title
(Photo Credit: Carl Schmits, ProPickleball)

Twelve Year Old Anna Leigh Waters Wins National Pro Pickleball Title With Her Mom 

INDIAN WELLS, CA (November 14, 2019) -  On Saturday night, Anna Leigh Waters,12, and her mother, Leigh Waters, won the 2019 Women’s Doubles Professional National Title at the Margaritaville USA Pickleball National Championships. 

The annual tournament was held for the second year at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden in Indian Wells, California.

In the Gold medal match, the dynamic mother-daughter duo lost the first game 6-11 to opponents  Jessie Irvine, 30, and Catherine Parenteau,25, but their high intensity play allowed them to win the next two games and the National Women’s Doubles Pro Title: 11-8, 11-8. 

Leigh also won a Gold Medal with Simone Jardim in Women's Doubles Skill/Age 5.0:35+ (Video Highlight) and Jeffrey Warnick in MIxed Doubles Skill/Age 5.0 35+. Anna Leigh won a Bronze Medal with Christine McGrath in the Women's Doubles Skill/Age 5.0:19+ bracket (Video Highlight). 

The National Champions talked about winning their title and how Anna Leigh balances her professional pickleball career with school during the Katlyn Christian vs Michelle Esquivel Women’s Singles Pro Match  Live @ Nationals YouTube live stream.

Anna Leigh Waters Is Interviewed By Simone Jardim

Simone Jardim Pickleball (September 2019)

NOTE: Simone is the number one female Pickleball player in the world.

0:11 How long have you been playing Pickleball?

0:27 The first time we met was at East Naples...

1:21 When did you decide to go play a tournament?

2:35  What was the time with you realized that this was much cooler - faster

4:08 What is your background?

5:26 What has been the highlight of playing Pickleball?

5:42 What has been one of your lowest points?

6:36 What are some of your goals?

7:21 What about playing with your daughter?

10:25 What about the struggles of every day? 

11:48 What do you enjoy doing off the court?

12:56 What would you like to see with pickleball?

Anna Leigh Waters Is Interviewed By Simone Jardim

Simone Jardim Pickleball (September 2019)

NOTE: Simone is the number one female Pickleball player in the world.

0:30 How did you start playing pickleball? 1:05 What did you think of first when you started playing pickleball? 1:22 What other sports do you play? 1:31 What is your favorite sport? 1:53 How does soccer help playing pickleball? 2:27 How does pickleball help soccer? 2:54 How does pickleball help tennis? 3:56 What is the best thing about pickleball? 4:12 What about playing with your mom? 5:07 What is the most difficult thing about being mother/daughter on the court? 5:54 Have you played mixed doubles against each other? 6:35 What do you guys like to do together when you aren't playing pickleball? 7:07 Who picks your clothes? 7:35 What are some of your hidden gems? 9:37 What is it going to take for more kids to start playing pickleball? 11:26 Where do you want to see the sport of pickleball go in the future? 11:58 Are you allowed to date? 13:17 Who do you hang out with at pickleball tournaments? 13:49 Home school? 15:30 I'm a very good rapper! 16:08 I believe that an Anna Leigh is as important for pickleball as Coco Gauff is for tennis right now

Team Waters Live Stream Q&A

Leigh and Anna Leigh Waters, Pickleball Pros Facebook  Q&A Live Stream (August 2019)

0:44 When you coming to northern California??

3:15 AL talks about their new hat

3:16 Have you given any thought to doing a youth camp/clinic, or a parent/child camp/clinic?

3:19 Does AL come from a tennis background?

6:58 What do you prefer, tennis or pickleball?

7:46 Are you going to have a YouTube Channel?

8:30 Do you have other family members who play? Do you argue or get on each other’s nerves like our family does LOL?

8:36 Not related to Pickleball, but AL what position do you play in soccer?

9:35 Are you going to do regular live stream Q&A Shows?

9:53 How do you see the sport evolving over the next 10 years?

13:15 Have you guys met Coco Gauff?

13:32 Do you guys give lessons?

15:00 AL, I bought a new Teal shirt.. so make sure you get one so we can keep our matching streak going at the next tourney.

16:13 AL selects the contest winner

20:33 What age can you start playing?

22:05 Upcoming tournaments live streams

Interview with Eddie and Webby

Eddie and Webby (August 2019)
6:28 - How did The Waters first get into pickleball? 8:45 - How often do they play pickleball when they aren't doing tournaments? 10:24 - Leigh tells us about her tennis background. 11:03 - What does Anna Leigh like more, tennis or pickleball? 12:37 - Anna Leigh tells us about traveling to Spain to play soccer. 13:36 - How much time do they usually spend drilling per week? 19:13 - What do The Waters like to do for fun when they aren't playing pickleball? 20:26 - What was the first big tournament they did together? 22:45 - Discussion about their big breakthrough at the Florida Grand Slam Tournament 24:39 - Discussion about 2019 Beer City Open experience 28:34 - Grand Rapids News Clip featuring Anna Leigh (AND a quick glimpse of Eddie and Webby vs Kyle Yates) 31:45 - Eddie reads questions from social media 32:08 - Who do they admire/look up to most in the pickleball community? 34:17 - Can they give us any hints about new developments in the Paddletek paddles coming up? 35:29 - Do they think they have changed the way women's pickleball is played? 38:38 - Video clip from when The Waters were interviewed by Scott Golden 40:15 - World debut of the new Eddie and Webby music video (featuring Anna Leigh), "Pickleball For Life" 45:58 - Have they seen an increase in younger kids showing an interest in pickleball near where they live in the last year? 50:07 - How do they deal with nerves when playing in tournaments? 53:20 - Which tournament win is their favorite or most meaningful so far? 54:23 - Has Anna Leigh played with Jack Munro (formerly the youngest 5.0 player in the country)? 55:29 - Discussion about Ben Johns being able to play pickleball really well right or left handed and also being great at Ping Pong. 57:34 - Webby challenges Ben Johns to a ping pong match. 59:19 - Webby brings up interesting information our research team dug up about Leigh and Anna Leigh. 1:04:52 - The Waters tell us how everybody can follow them and keep track of what they are up to. 1:06:53 - Saying goodbye to Leigh and Anna Leigh