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#1 FEDERICO STAKSRUD:
- Has earned a medal in every tournament this year except Kansas City. (5 gold, 8 silver, and one bronze)
- Beat Yates and Hunter Johnson in back-to-back matches.
- Beat Garnett in the final at the Indoor Championships in March, 11-2 in the third.
- 0-5 against Ben Johns in title matches this year… 5-3 against everyone else.
- His nine career men’s singles titles are second only to Ben Johns.
- His nine career titles have come in finals against nine different players. This is his first opportunity to beat the same player twice in the finals.
#2 CONNOR GARNETT:
- Won the Los Angeles Open in April, vs Federico Staksrud, 11-4 in the third.
- Won his second career title in Kansas City, against Tyson McGuffin. Authored a rare “golden pickle” in Game One of that match.
- #3 ranked player on Tour.
Bronze:
#27 Hunter Johnson:
- Has a silver and a bronze from the fall of 2022.
- Notable: Beat two champions, Dylan Frazier and Chris Haworth, to get here.
#14 Rafa Hewett:
- Won a silver medal at the Atlanta Open in 2022, losing to Federico Staksrud- that was Fed’s first PPA title.
- Beat #3 seed and six-time PPA champion Tyson McGuffin in the Round of 16.
