Waters wins her 200th title with a Chicago triple crown
Anna Leigh Waters swept all three finals in Northbrook. Roscoe Bellamy, at 6-foot-5, took men's singles over the top seed.
In this storyWorld No. 1 Anna Leigh WatersWorld No. 1 Ben JohnsWorld No. 2 Anna BrightWorld No. 2 Hayden PatriquinWorld No. 4 Federico StaksrudWorld No. 8 Kate FaheyWorld No. 3 Tyra BlackWorld No. 5 Catherine ParenteauWorld No. 6 JW JohnsonWorld No. 4 Jorja Johnson
Anna Leigh Waters reached 200 career PPA titles the way she has collected most of them: all at once. At the Veolia Chicago Cup in Northbrook, Illinois, she won singles, women's doubles and mixed on Sunday, Oct. 11, her 45th career triple crown, according to the PPA Tour.
The finals
- Women's singles: (1) Anna Leigh Waters def. (2) Kate Fahey, 11-1, 11-7
- Men's singles: (4) Roscoe Bellamy def. (1) Christopher Haworth, 11-4, 11-5
- Men's doubles: (1) Hayden Patriquin/Federico Staksrud def. (14) Nick Acevedo/Jaume Martinez Vich, 11-1, 11-6
- Women's doubles: (1) Anna Bright/Anna Leigh Waters def. (2) Tyra Black/Catherine Parenteau, 2-11, 11-3, 11-4
- Mixed doubles: (1) Anna Leigh Waters/Ben Johns def. (3) Jorja Johnson/JW Johnson, 11-4, 11-4
The numbers
- Waters is 14-0 against Fahey in finals, and 55-0 in singles finals since June 2022, per the PPA.
- Bellamy, listed at 6-foot-5, became the tallest gold medalist in PPA Tour history. It was his second career title.
- Haworth's loss came after four straight final appearances.
- Patriquin and Staksrud won their fifth title together.
- The longest rally of the finals, 45 shots, came in mixed.
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