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Waters Clinches 41st Triple Crown at Newport Beach Open

The results underscore sustained PPA dominance with a quick turnaround to the Veolia Texas Open on March 10.

Overview

  • Anna Leigh Waters and Ben Johns won mixed doubles over Tina Pisnik and Eric Oncins 11-4, 11-2, 12-10 for their 60th gold together, with no games dropped across six matches reported.
  • Ben Johns and Gabe Tardio captured men’s doubles against Christian Alshon and Hayden Patriquin 11-6, 11-2, 3-11, 11-8 to secure their 13th title together and keep a perfect 2026 start intact.
  • Hunter Johnson took the men’s singles crown by defeating Federico Staksrud 12-10, 11-9, avenging a recent loss and marking his eighth career title and third this season.
  • Waters dominated the women’s singles final against Lea Jansen 11-2, 11-1 to reach 60 career singles titles after earlier securing women’s doubles with Anna Bright.
  • Play concluded on the Humana Championship Court, where warm conditions slowed the ball and produced longer rallies before the tour shifts to Texas this week.