Catherine Parenteau
At a glance
- Tour
- PPA
- Age
- 32
- Handedness
- right
- Hometown
- Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- Slams won
- 0
- Women's world rank
- #5
- Singles rank
- Not confirmed
- Doubles rank
- Not confirmed
- Mixed rank
- Not confirmed
- Paddle sponsor
- Selkirk Sport
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.
Catherine Parenteau is World #8 in women's singles and #3 in doubles — the most prominent Canadian on the women's draw alongside Genie Bouchard.
Career
A 3-time US Open Pickleball Champion with 16 PPA Tour titles, Parenteau played NCAA Division I tennis at the University of Arkansas and Michigan State before being introduced to pickleball in 2015 by Simone Jardim — the first dominant women's pro of the modern era.
She plays Selkirk Sport — the same paddle brand as Jack Sock and Dylan Frazier.
Playing style
Right-handed. The veteran on the women's draw alongside ALW. Her kitchen-line game is the most refined in the top 10 — a soft third-shot drop, patient dinks, and an aggressive forehand counter when the opportunity opens. Multi-discipline strength: she's higher-ranked in doubles than singles.