Las Vegas, Nevada.
September 1, 2024.
MIXED DOUBLES FINAL: (1) Anna Leigh Waters and Ben Johns def. (6) Catherine Parenteau and Riley Newman, 11-6, 11-0, 11-4.
- Part of Waters’ 28th Triple Crown and 40th Mixed Doubles title.
- Waters/Johns had a run of 19 unanswered points, including the Game Two “pickle.”
- Johns had 14 clean winners, more than the other three players combined.
- Waters/Johns had fewer dinks into the net or wide, fewer volleys into the net, and more clean winners.
- Waters/Johns: Better at starting and winning rally-ending hand battles, 60% to 46%.
- Longest rally: 54 shots.
MEN’S DOUBLES FINAL: (9) Andrei Daescu and Gabe Tardio def. (7) Dekel Bar and Zane Navratil, 11-6, 3-11, 11-9, 11-2.
- Back-to-back Tour titles for Daescu and Tardio.
- Daescu/Tardio had more clean winners, 19-15.
- Daescu/Tardio made 69 of their 70 third shots.
- Players “tagged” with speed-ups: 10. (Navratil hit six times.)
- Umpires warnings to Bar regarding his serve: 6.
- Service Return Errors: Daescu/Tardio 6, Bar/Navratil 4.
- Service errors: Bar 3.
- Longest rally: 37 shots.
WOMEN’S DOUBLES FINAL: (1) Catherine Parenteau and Anna Leigh Waters def. Tyra Black and Parris Todd, 11-0, 11-3, 11-6.
- Part of Waters’ 28th Triple Crown.
- Parenteau/Waters’ 11th title this year, and 22nd together.
- Parenteau/Waters had fewer dinks into the net or wide, fewer volleys into the net, and more clean winners.
- Parenteau/Waters: Better at starting and winning rally-ending hand battles, 90% to 35%.
- Service Return Errors: Black/Todd 5, Parenteau/Waters 1.
- Black’s first career Doubles Final.
- Longest Rally: 41 shots.
MEN’S SINGLES FINAL: (1) Federico Staksrud def. Dylan Frazier, 11-3, 11-1.
- Staksrud’s 11th career title and 7th this year.
- Staksrud’s eleven titles have come against ten different players in the finals (only Connor Garnett twice)
- Staksrud had more clean winners, fewer serve and return errors, and fewer baseline drive errors.
- Longest rally: 12 shots.
WOMEN’S SINGLES FINAL: (1) Anna Leigh Waters def. (17) Kate Fahey, 11-0, 11-6.
- Part of Waters’ 28th career Triple Crown, and 40th career Singles title.
- Fahey had won the previous tournament (Utah Open), and earned a silver two weeks before that in Kansas City.
- Waters had more clean winners, and fewer baseline drive errors.
- Longest rally: 15 shots.
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