Chris Haworth
At a glance
- Tour
- PPA
- Age
- NaN
- Handedness
- right
- Hometown
- Oklahoma City, OK
- Slams won
- 0
- Singles rank
- #1
- Doubles rank
- Unranked
- Mixed rank
- Unranked
- Paddle sponsor
- Luzz Pickleball
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.