Jack Sock
At a glance
- Tour
- PPA
- Age
- 33
- Handedness
- right
- Hometown
- Lincoln, NE
- Slams won
- 4
- Singles rank
- #7
- Doubles rank
- Unranked
- Mixed rank
- Unranked
- Paddle sponsor
- Selkirk Sport — LABS Project Boomstik
Jack Sock is the highest-ranked tennis player ever to transition to professional pickleball. He held an ATP world ranking of #8 in singles and #2 in doubles in his tennis career and arrived on the PPA Tour as a credible top-10 player almost immediately.
Career
In tennis: 4 Grand Slam titles (Wimbledon doubles 2014 and 2018, US Open doubles 2018, US Open mixed 2011), and a 2016 Rio Olympics mixed doubles gold medal with Bethanie Mattek-Sands. He retired from pro tennis in 2023 and made his PPA Tour debut in 2024, winning his first event at the Las Vegas Open and climbing to PPA singles #9 by June of that year.
His paddle of choice is the Selkirk LABS Project Boomstik — the same widebody flagship he helped Selkirk debut as part of their athlete program.
Playing style
Right-handed, two-handed backhand. The tennis power game translates directly: monster serve, heavy forehand, and the kind of return-depth most pickleball pros never have to face. Where he is still adapting is the soft kitchen-line dink game — he has historically been more comfortable winning points through pace than patience.
Off-court
Lives in Charlotte, NC. Has been outspoken about the financial structure of pro pickleball compared to ATP tennis, and is widely credited with bringing mainstream sports media attention to the PPA Tour following his arrival.