Anna Leigh Waters has become the first player ever to achieve triple 50 on the PPA Tour. Photo: PPA Tour
However, on Monday, Waters showed the world why she is regarded as one of the greatest in the game, even at the tender age of 18.
But it was not an easy win. Waters and Bright lost the opening game before bouncing back to claim the next two games and emerge victorious 11-2, 11-8, 11-8.
In the second game, Parenteau and Rohrabacher seemed poised to stun their opponents as they went up 8-4, but a 15-point scoring run from Waters and Bright put the match out of reach.
This win, meanwhile, marked the dominance of the Annas. They have been unbeaten through nine tournaments (seven in 2023 and two in 2025).
“[Catherine and Rachel] came out firing in Game 2, and we kind of had to up our level,” Bright said after the final. “And then Game 3 was definitely a game of runs. We were able to start ahead and kind of hold on when they had that big late-game surge. Congrats to them – it is really fun playing them in the final.”
Waters, who now has 52 singles titles, 50 women’s doubles titles, and 52 mixed doubles titles to her name, expressed gratitude to her mother-cum-coach Leigh Waters and to all her playing partners – both past and present.
“I honestly could not do the doubles without Anna, without Catherine, and without my mom. I could not do the mixed without Ben [Johns], so thank you to all my partners for staying strong. It is definitely not just me out here on the court, so I definitely want to make that statement,” she said.
“I am enjoying every moment, enjoying playing at facilities like this, and today I really enjoyed sharing the court with Anna Bright. Hopefully this is not my last, but I am very happy with what I have achieved and what we have achieved,” she added.
Waters, Johns Sweep Johnson Siblings
It has been three and a half years since they played their first tournament together at the Desert Ridge Open, and they remain the most dominant pair on the PPA Tour.
On Monday, they scripted history by winning their 50th mixed doubles title by taking down the second-seeded duo of Jorja Johnson and JW Johnson 11-4, 11-9, 11-5 in the final.
In what was their third meeting in a summit clash in 2025, Waters and Johns made it 2-1 against the Johnson siblings, who emerged triumphant against their rivals most recently at the North Carolina Open in April.
