English Pickleball Open has International Player Growth On Display

Megan Fudge took the flight to the UK and came home with two golds.

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This past weekend, one of the largest tournaments in the world was competed; the 2025 English Open, featuring 2,348 players from across the globe. Thanks to a newly renewed partnership (announced in June and covered in this space), top players from The Association of Pickleball Players (APP)’s pro and NextGen ranks made the trip across the pond to compete.

Here’s a quick recap of the major pro events, to see how the domestic pros fared against their international brethren.

Pickleball England uses a proprietary tournament management system called the Event Registration system to run its events: the entire detailed slate of match results from all amateur and pro events are available at this link.

Men’s Pro Singles Recap

Ronan Cameron topped surprise finalist Hungarian Balint Bako 6,3 in the Singles final. Bako shocked pre-tourney favorite Jack Munro in the 16s and had a comprehensive 3,3 win in the semis over veteran Ryler DeHeart to earn his spot in the title match. DeHeart salvaged the bronze by topping Mauro Garcia, a teenaged Spaniard who beat both Richard Livornese and Jaylen Broderick in the earlier rounds of the knockouts.

Women’s Pro Singles Recap

The APP’s top female singles player Sofia Sewing, who’s won four APP singles golds already this year, was beaten by top Croatian Domenika Turkovic 6,6 for the title. Semi-finalists were England’s Katie Morris and Holland’s Roos Van Reek, giving the podium quite the international flair. This is a significant result for Turkovic, who avenges a loss to Sewing at the 2025 NYC Open.

Mixed Pro Doubles Recap

Top Ranked APP Mixed pair Megan Fudge & Jack Munro ground out two close games to take the gold medal match 13-11, 11-9 over Roos Van Reek & Richard Livornese. Fudge had to advance past her husband early in the knockouts, taking out DeHeart & Sewing in the 16s on their way to the gold.

Men’s Pro Doubles Recap

Jack Munro secured a double gold for the weekend on Saturday, winning the Men’s doubles title with Richard Livornese. They topped two traveling Americans in the final in Aidan Schenk & Clayton Powell, both teenagers hailing from Oregon. Special shout-out to Rob Nunnery, who’s easing back into competitive pickleball after some major medical life changes; he lost in the semis with partner Ryler DeHeart.

Women’s Pro Doubles Recap

Both Fudge and Sewing made it a two-gold weekend by pairing together to take the Women’s pro doubles title. They topped Van Reek & Australian Kaitlynn Hart in the final, two players who feature prominently in the professional game in Australia.

Next up on the Pickleball Calendar? According to my Master Pickleball Schedule the MLP playoffs pick up this weekend. Next up for the APP? They’re right back in action this coming weekend for the 2025 Great Lakes Open at a new venue in Midland, Michigan.

Post publishing edits: article corrected for misspelled player name Van Reek in the singles section, and I initially had the Women’s singles final backwards.