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