Cam Chaffin
At a glance
- Tour
- PPA
- Age
- NaN
- Handedness
- right
- Slams won
- 0
- Men's world rank
- Not confirmed
- Singles rank
- Not confirmed
- Doubles rank
- Not confirmed
- Mixed rank
- Not confirmed
- Paddle sponsor
- PIKKL
Rankings checked against the PPA on Sep 7, 2026. Fields marked “Not confirmed” are ones we could not verify at that date, not evidence the player is unranked.
Cam Chaffin (Camden Chaffin) is one of the most precocious junior pros in the sport — the youngest male player to win a PPA main draw match, at age 12.
Career
Chaffin came to pickleball via family (introduced by his aunts; no tennis background), and won the 2024 MLP Grand Rapids 5.0+ singles event as a young teen. In early 2026 he made headlines by defeating World #2 Federico Staksrud in an exhibition-format match.
He was on the MLP Junior All-Star team at the 2025 MLP Cup alongside Tama Shimabukuro, Ella Yeh, and Elsie Hendershot. The team came within points of beating the senior Bay Area Breakers — one of the more talked-about moments of the league season.
His paddle sponsor is PIKKL, the Ohio-based brand that builds its athlete program heavily around junior development.
Playing style
Right-handed. Fast hands at the kitchen line and the kind of unflappable poise that's unusual in mid-teens athletes. The lack of a tennis background actually helps here — he doesn't carry the tennis baseliner habits other juniors are still unlearning.
Off-court
Trains with his family-run support system that doesn't include a full-time tennis coach pivot.