Chris Haworth
At a glance
- Tour
- PPA
- Age
- NaN
- Handedness
- right
- Hometown
- Oklahoma City, OK
- Slams won
- 0
- Men's world rank
- Not confirmed
- Singles rank
- #12
- Doubles rank
- Not confirmed
- Mixed rank
- Not confirmed
- Paddle sponsor
- Luzz Pickleball
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.
Chris Haworth is the current PPA Tour world #1 in men's singles — a ranking he claimed in early April 2026, just nine months after signing his first PPA contract in July 2025.
Career
Haworth came up as a junior tennis prodigy in Oklahoma before transitioning to pickleball in 2022. His early-2024 breakthrough came at the San Clemente Orange County Cup. He turned pro with the PPA Tour in mid-2025 and ascended to the world #1 ranking the following spring after winning the 2026 PPA Greater Zion Cup and the 2026 Veolia Atlanta Pickleball Championships.
The Atlanta final notably became a generational matchup: Haworth defeated 15-year-old No. 22 seed Tama Shimabukuro, who had taken down the No. 2, 3, and 11 seeds en route to the gold medal match.
Playing style
Right-handed, aggressive baseliner who carries the patient construction patterns of a tennis player but commits early on the third shot drive. Recently switched from Babolat to Luzz Pickleball as his paddle sponsor (the same brand played by men's #5 Roscoe Bellamy).
Off-court
Quiet by tour standards. The dink coverage describes him as "singularly focused" — a contrast to the louder marketing-first personalities populating the top of the men's draw.