Federico Staksrud, the world’s top-ranked pickleball participant on the boys’s aspect, is taking his abilities to China for the Hangzhou Open 2025.
Staksrud shall be bringing in heavy star energy to the PPA Tour’s inaugural season, and he shall be coming with a lot of momentum after his spectacular displaying on the Jenius Financial institution Pickleball World Championships that occurred early this month. The 29-year-old Argentinian proved why he’s No. 1 on this planet at present, bagging the Males’s Singles gold after which teaming up with Hayden Patriquin to cop the championship within the Males’s Doubles.
That latter gold is especially noteworthy as a result of Staksrud and Patriquin beat the seemingly unbeatable duo of Ben Johns and Gabe Tardio in an exhilarating semifinal showdown that showcased pickleball on the highest degree. Johns, after all, may be very acquainted to Asian followers as he came visiting to Southeast Asia and confirmed out on the Panas Malaysia Cup, after which on the MB Vietnam Cup.
Johns, broadly thought to be the pickleball GOAT on the boys’s aspect, gained gold in Blended Doubles with Anna Shiny, and silver in Males’s Doubles with Christian Alshon in Malaysia. He additionally bagged bronze in Males’s Doubles in Vietnam with Deker Bar.
Now, Staksrud will look to duplicate that success as he brings A-level star energy to the PPA Tour Asia’s closing showcase this season. It’s also the primary time the PPA will land in China, marking one other milestone for one of many world’s premier pickleball organisations.
The Hangzhou Open 2025 will happen on 3–6 December 2025, and can provide USD $50,000 in prize cash, together with PPA Tour Asia rating factors.
