Biography of tennis player Ben Johns
Ben Johns was born on March 18, 1999 in Gaithersburg, Maryland, USA. Ben Johns has an ideal height of 1m85, right-handed. He is currently a professional Pickleball player competing in men’s singles, men’s doubles and mixed doubles.
Ben Johns was born into a family of 7 children, including his older brother Collin Johns, a professional handball player.
From a young age, Ben Johns was exposed to tennis and table tennis, his talent for these two sports was revealed early. His childhood was spent hanging around the practice courts and helping his brother Collin Johns practice for professional tennis tournaments.
Starting to play Pickleball in 2016, Ben Johns first played Pickleball while on vacation in Florida. A few months later, 17-year-old Ben Johns emerged as a talent when he participated in the US Open Pickleball Championship and took fifth place in the Men’s Singles. To date, Ben Johns is ranked No. 1 in the world in all three events: Mixed Doubles, Men’s Singles, and Men’s Doubles (PPA).
In addition to his pickleball career, Johns completed his studies at the University of Maryland, where he graduated with a degree in Materials Science & Engineering. In 2019, Ben Johns co-owned the business Pickleball Getaways with two other friends, Dekel Bar and Kyle Yates. Pickleball Getaways is a Pickleball travel and experience company, thereby popularizing the growing pickleball movement.
In 2021, Ben Johns, along with his brother Collin Johns and Dekel Bar, launched a subscription service for professional pickleball instruction videos. That same year, he launched elog.com, a website for investing in cryptocurrency index funds. His net worth in 2024 is estimated at $4 million.
Ben Johns’s Notable Achievements
To date, Ben Johns is considered the greatest pickleball player of all time. His total assets include a 108-match winning streak in singles, with 123 gold medals (as of the 2024 Red Rock Open and 21 Triple Crowns) – more than any other male player in professional pickleball history.
He also holds the most consecutive doubles titles with Anna Leigh Waters, with 16 consecutive wins (from March 2023 to February 2024). In total, as of the 2024 Red Rock Open, Ben Johns has played in 59 PPA events and won at least one medal (gold, silver or bronze) in all 59 events.
To sum up, as of the 2024 Red Rock Open, Ben Johns holds the following records:
36 singles titles
41 doubles titles. (31 with C. Johns, 8 with M. Wright, 1 with J. Devilliers and 1 with D. Bar)
46 mixed doubles titles. (31 with A. Waters, 12 with S. Jardim, 1 with J. Irvine, 2 with E. Wright)
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