Pickleball is a racket sport played on a badminton-sized court with a modified tennis net, in which players use solid paddles to hit a perforated plastic ball, combining elements of tennis, badminton and table tennis. The sport was invented in 1965 on Bainbridge Island, Washington, by Joel Pritchard, Bill Bell and Barney McCallum, and it has grown rapidly in participation in the United States and internationally since the 2010s. It is governed internationally by the International Federation of Pickleball and is not part of the Olympic program.
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Originating RegionBainbridge Island, Washington, United States 1 International Governing BodyInternational Federation of Pickleball 1 Contact Level Playing Surface Classification
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Derived From
Badminton, Sports Borrowed the badminton court and equipment; not a lineage claim.
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Tennis, Sports Borrowed a tennis-height net; not a lineage claim.
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History, invention
It was invented in 1965 as a children's backyard game in the United States, on Bainbridge Island in Washington State.
History, place of invention
It was invented in 1965 as a children's backyard game in the United States, on Bainbridge Island in Washington State.
Governance, international body
in 2010 USA Pickleball helped establish the International Federation of Pickleball (IFP), now the International Pickleball Federation (IPF), to serve as a world-wide governing body.
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Outdoor or indoor, pickleball court
entity record, description (olympic-status)
The merged organization will operate under the Unified World Pickleball Federation (UWPF) name, and adopt the IPF's core mission of "No country left behind". In February 2025, it was announced that the transition team was recommending that the newly merged entity be based in Lausanne, Switzerland, home of the IOC. All of the organizations claiming to be the global governing body of pickleball are pursuing recognition by the International Olympic Committee and possible inclusion at the Olympics as a demonstration sport.
Derived From: Badminton, Etymology
the game of pickleball was created from leftover equipment from several sports; a badminton court, paddleball paddles, a wiffle ball and a net height like that of tennis.
Derived From: Tennis, Etymology
the game of pickleball was created from leftover equipment from several sports; a badminton court, paddleball paddles, a wiffle ball and a net height like that of tennis.
Associated With: Table Tennis, Lead section
Aspects of the sport resemble tennis and table tennis played on a doubles badminton court, but pickleball has specific scoring rules, paddles, balls and court lines.
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Featured In: Professional Pickleball Association Tour, Professional pickleball tours and leagues
two pro pickleball tours were independently formed in the United States in 2019
Featured In: Major League Pickleball, Professional pickleball tours and leagues
A professional pickleball league, Major League Pickleball (MLP), was formed in 2021
Featured In: Association of Pickleball Players Tour, Professional pickleball tours and leagues
two pro pickleball tours were independently formed in the United States in 2019
View the SourceAnna Leigh Waters (Wikipedia)
Played By: Anna Leigh Waters, LeadQuote, Played By: Anna Leigh Waters, Lead
is an American professional pickleball player
Ben Cawston (Wikipedia)
Played By: Ben Cawston, LeadQuote, Played By: Ben Cawston, Lead
Cawston also plays professional pickleball
Ben Johns (Wikipedia)
Played By: Ben Johns, LeadQuote, Played By: Ben Johns, Lead
is an American professional pickleball player
Catherine Parenteau (Wikipedia)
Played By: Catherine Parenteau, LeadQuote, Played By: Catherine Parenteau, Lead
is a Canadian professional pickleball player
Clarice Patrimonio (Wikipedia)
Played By: Clarice Patrimonio, LeadQuote, Played By: Clarice Patrimonio, Lead
is a Filipina pickleball player and a former tennis player
Dominique Schaefer (Wikipedia)
Played By: Dominique Schaefer, LeadQuote, Played By: Dominique Schaefer, Lead
is an inactive Peruvian-American tennis player and current pickleball player
Donald Young (tennis) (Wikipedia)
Played By: Donald Young, LeadQuote, Played By: Donald Young, Lead
is an American professional pickleball player with the American PPA Tour and Major League Pickleball
Eugenie Bouchard (Wikipedia)
Played By: Eugenie Bouchard, LeadQuote, Played By: Eugenie Bouchard, Lead
is a Canadian former professional tennis and current pickleball player
Ewa Radzikowska (Wikipedia)
Played By: Ewa Radzikowska, LeadQuote, Played By: Ewa Radzikowska, Lead
current pickleball player from Poland
Hunter Johnson (tennis) (Wikipedia)
Played By: Hunter Johnson, LeadQuote, Played By: Hunter Johnson, Lead
is a professional American tennis player and pickleball player
Hurricane Tyra Black (Wikipedia)
Played By: Hurricane Tyra Black, LeadQuote, Played By: Hurricane Tyra Black, Lead
is an American pickleball player and inactive tennis player
Jack Sock (Wikipedia)
Played By: Jack Sock, LeadQuote, Played By: Jack Sock, Lead
is an American former professional tennis player and a current pickleball player
Jay Devilliers (Wikipedia)
Played By: Jay Devilliers, LeadQuote, Played By: Jay Devilliers, Lead
is a French professional pickleball player
Julian Arnold (Wikipedia)
Played By: Julian Arnold, LeadQuote, Played By: Julian Arnold, Lead
is an American professional pickleball player based in Austin, Texas
Kaitlyn Christian (Wikipedia)
Played By: Kaitlyn Christian, LeadQuote, Played By: Kaitlyn Christian, Lead
is an American pickleball player and an inactive tennis player
Katerina Stewart (Wikipedia)
Played By: Katerina Stewart, LeadQuote, Played By: Katerina Stewart, Lead
is an American tennis and pickleball player
Kyle Newacheck (Wikipedia)
Played By: Kyle Newacheck, LeadQuote, Played By: Kyle Newacheck, Lead
Newacheck is also a professional pickleball player signed to the Selkirk Emerging Pros team
Kyle Yates (Wikipedia)
Played By: Kyle Yates, LeadQuote, Played By: Kyle Yates, Lead
Kyle Yates is an American pickleball player
Layne Sleeth (Wikipedia)
Played By: Layne Sleeth, LeadQuote, Played By: Layne Sleeth, Lead
is a Canadian professional tennis and pickleball player
Martin Emmrich (Wikipedia)
Played By: Martin Emmrich, LeadQuote, Played By: Martin Emmrich, Lead
current professional pickleball player on the PPA tour
Nicola Slater (Wikipedia)
Played By: Nicola Slater, LeadQuote, Played By: Nicola Slater, Lead
is a British pickleball player and former tennis player
Noah Rubin (tennis) (Wikipedia)
Played By: Noah Rubin, LeadQuote, Played By: Noah Rubin, Lead
Rubin announced he would retire from tennis and pursue a career as a professional pickleball player
Ooi Kah Yan (Wikipedia)
Played By: Ooi Kah Yan, LeadQuote, Played By: Ooi Kah Yan, Lead
she is also an active pickleball player
Rianna Valdes (Wikipedia)
Played By: Rianna Valdes, LeadQuote, Played By: Rianna Valdes, Lead
is an American pickleball player and former tennis player
Ryler DeHeart (Wikipedia)
Played By: Ryler DeHeart, LeadQuote, Played By: Ryler DeHeart, Lead
is an American former professional tennis player and current professional pickleball player
Salome Devidze (Wikipedia)
Played By: Salome Devidze, LeadQuote, Played By: Salome Devidze, Lead
is a Georgian tennis player and a professional pickleball player
Sam Querrey (Wikipedia)
Played By: Sam Querrey, LeadQuote, Played By: Sam Querrey, Lead
is an American former pickleball player and former tennis player
Simone Jardim (Wikipedia)
Played By: Simone Jardim, LeadQuote, Played By: Simone Jardim, Lead
is a Brazilian-American professional pickleball player
Sofia Sewing (Wikipedia)
Played By: Sofia Sewing, LeadQuote, Played By: Sofia Sewing, Lead
is an American professional pickleball player and former professional tennis player
Tina Pisnik (Wikipedia)
Played By: Tina Pisnik, LeadQuote, Played By: Tina Pisnik, Lead
current pickleball player from Slovenia
Travis Rettenmaier (Wikipedia)
Played By: Travis Rettenmaier, LeadQuote, Played By: Travis Rettenmaier, Lead
is an American former professional tennis player and pickleball player
Vivian Glozman (Wikipedia)
Played By: Vivian Glozman, LeadQuote, Played By: Vivian Glozman, Lead
is an American professional pickleball player and former NCAA Division I collegiate tennis player
Yates Johnson (Wikipedia)
Played By: Yates Johnson, LeadQuote, Played By: Yates Johnson, Lead
is an American tennis player and major league pickleball player
Zane Navratil (Wikipedia)
Played By: Zane Navratil, LeadQuote, Played By: Zane Navratil, Lead
is an American professional pickleball player
Andreas Siljeström (Wikipedia)
Played By: Andreas Siljeström, LeadQuote, Played By: Andreas Siljeström, Lead
is a Swedish former professional tennis player who specialized in doubles and a pickleball player
Andrei Dăescu (Wikipedia)
Played By: Andrei Dăescu, LeadQuote, Played By: Andrei Dăescu, Lead
is a former Romanian professional tennis player who now competes as a professional pickleball player
Hsieh Yu-chieh (Wikipedia)
Played By: Hsieh Yu-chieh, LeadQuote, Played By: Hsieh Yu-chieh, Lead
is a Taiwanese professional tennis and pickleball player
Jhonnatan Medina-Álvarez (Wikipedia)
Played By: Jhonnatan Medina-Álvarez, LeadQuote, Played By: Jhonnatan Medina-Álvarez, Lead
is a Venezuelan former professional tennis player, and current pickleball player
Lý Hoàng Nam (Wikipedia)
Played By: Lý Hoàng Nam, LeadQuote, Played By: Lý Hoàng Nam, Lead
is a Vietnamese inactive tennis player and current pickleball player
Wong Hong-kit (Wikipedia)
Played By: Wong Hong-kit, LeadQuote, Played By: Wong Hong-kit, Lead
is a tennis and pickleball player from Hong Kong
Ivan Lendl (Wikipedia)
Played By: Ivan Lendl, Other activitiesQuote, Played By: Ivan Lendl, Other activities
it was announced that Lendl would compete in a professional pickleball event at the PPA Tour's Daytona Beach Open in the 5.0 50+ category
John Isner (Wikipedia)
Played By: John Isner, PickleballQuote, Played By: John Isner, Pickleball
In June 2024, Isner made his professional pickleball debut in men's doubles at the Texas Open
Maria Sharapova (Wikipedia)
Played By: Maria Sharapova, Public profileQuote, Played By: Maria Sharapova, Public profile
Sharapova has now taken up the sport of pickleball
Danny Wuerffel (Wikipedia)
Played By: Danny Wuerffel, Personal lifeQuote, Played By: Danny Wuerffel, Personal life
Wuerffel was one of the first celebrity players trying to grow the game
Kent Mercker (Wikipedia)
Played By: Kent Mercker, CareerQuote, Played By: Kent Mercker, Career
Mercker played in the 2022 Minto U.S. Open Pickleball Championships
Johnny Arcilla (Wikipedia)
Played By: Johnny Arcilla, PickleballQuote, Played By: Johnny Arcilla, Pickleball
As a pickleball player, Arcilla joins the Cebuana Lhuillier Gems for the inaugural season of the Pickle Yard Conference League (PYCL) in 2026
Linda Andrews (badminton) (Wikipedia)
Played By: Linda Andrews, BiographyQuote, Played By: Linda Andrews, Biography
Andrews took up pickleball and represented Ireland again 50 years after her first Irish badminton cap when she participated in the 2024 European Pickleball Championships
Simone Kessell (Wikipedia)
Played By: Simone Kessell, Personal lifeQuote, Played By: Simone Kessell, Personal life
Simone Kessell is also a pickleball player
Asuman Şakı (Wikipedia)
Played By: Asuman Şakı, Sport careerQuote, Played By: Asuman Şakı, Sport career
She was selected to the national team for the 2025 European Pickleball Championship in Rome, Italy
Wikipedia: Andre Agassi
WikipediaPlayed By: Andre Agassi, PickleballQuote, Played By: Andre Agassi, Pickleball
Agassi participated with Michael Chang, Andy Roddick and John McEnroe in the first live airing of pickleball on ESPN in the Million dollar Pickleball Slam
Wikipedia, Steffi Graf
Wikimedia FoundationPlayed By: Steffi Graf, PickleballQuote, Played By: Steffi Graf, Pickleball
Graf and her husband both have taken up the sport of Pickleball, playing as doubles partners and singles matches.
Daniel de la Rosa (Wikipedia)
Played By: Daniel De La Rosa, LeadQuote, Played By: Daniel De La Rosa, Lead
is a Mexican-born American Professional racquetball and Professional pickleball player
Kerri Wachtel (Wikipedia)
Played By: Kerri Wachtel, PickleballQuote, Played By: Kerri Wachtel, Pickleball
Kerri is currently a Pickleball Professional, teaching clinics and lessons and running programming for multiple locations.
Trịnh Linh Giang (Wikipedia)
Played By: Trịnh Linh Giang, LeadQuote, Played By: Trịnh Linh Giang, Lead
is a Vietnamese tennis and pickleball player.
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