Anna Leigh Waters

Anna Leigh Waters is an American professional pickleball player, born on January 26, 2007, whom the sport widely regards as its number one female player. She was introduced to pickleball in 2017 by her grandfather, won a gold medal in women's doubles with her mother at the age of ten, and became the youngest professional pickleball player in history at twelve. As of October 2026 she had won 202 PPA National Championship medals and 45 triple crowns, and the Professional Pickleball Association ranked her number one in the world for doubles, mixed doubles and singles. She plays doubles with her mother, the only mother and daughter team in professional pickleball, and she was a first-round draft pick in Major League Pickleball.