Patrick Kawka Won a Game 11-0. Nationals Played 3,910 Matches.

Patrick Kawka won a gold-medal game 11-0. At the 2025 USA Pickleball National Championships, he beat Ronan Camron 6-11, 11-0, 11-6 in the men’s singles final. The Dink’s recap of November 24, 2025, is the score sheet. The match was games to 11, win by 2, side-out scoring.

The week around that final was bigger than one game. USA Pickleball’s impact report says the event ran November 15–23, 2025, at the Barnes Tennis Center in San Diego. More than 2,500 players from 47 states and 20 countries played 3,910 matches, totaling more than 120 hours, on 48 courts. The youngest player was 11. The oldest was 87.

The next junior nationals are already on the calendar. USA Pickleball’s 2026 junior page sets boys and girls doubles for October 31 and mixed doubles plus singles for November 1, again at Barnes. A San Diego pickleball family driving to a rec hour needs the same fact the gold-medal sheet used: the court, and which game is to 11.

Who won a gold-medal game 11-0?

Patrick Kawka, over Ronan Camron, in the men’s singles final. The games were 6-11, 11-0, 11-6.

The Dink says Kawka reached the final without losing a game and beat Naveen Beasley in the semifinal. Camron had won the APP Mesa Open shortly before San Diego. Game two of the final was 11-0. The Dink called that game a pickle. Beasley took third. The scoring note matters for a rec director: nationals used side-out games to 11, win by 2. A house league that plays rally scoring to 11 is a different match, and the card should say which one. Phoenix pickleball and Atlanta pickleball parks already mix those two formats on neighboring courts.

Who won the women’s singles gold?

Sofia Sewing, over Katerina Stewart. Stewart won the first game 11-5. Sewing won the next two, 11-5 and 11-5.

The Dink says Sewing had not dropped a game before that final, and that her first three opponents totaled 66 points to her 17. Domenika Turkovic took third. Sewing also won mixed-doubles gold with Casey Diamond. Their semifinal against Jack Munro and Megan Fudge was 12-10, 9-11, 12-10. The final against Aidan Schenk and Jill Braverman was 11-9, 11-9. The Dink says Sewing and Diamond won four of their last five games by two points. An 11-9 game is the win-by-2 rule doing its job. A rec card can print “to 11, win by 2” in the same line as the court.

Who won the doubles gold medals?

Megan Fudge and Jill Braverman won women’s doubles, 11-3, 7-11, 11-3. Jack Munro and Richard Livornese Jr. won men’s doubles, 11-8, 4-11, 11-6.

Fudge and Braverman beat Simone Jardim and Christine Maddox in the final. The Dink says their first three matches totaled 66-19. Katerina Stewart and Glauka Carvajal Lane took third. Munro and Livornese Jr. beat Erik Lange and Max Manthou in the final, after a 10-12, 11-6, 11-3 quarterfinal against Brandon Lane and Robert Slutsky and a 6-11, 11-7, 11-4 semifinal against Ronan Camron and Etienne Blaszkewycz. Slutsky and Lane took third in men’s doubles. Shelby Bates and Camron took third in mixed doubles. Five pro podiums, and three of the gold matches went to a third game. A junior bracket that copies that format needs a court that can stay open for game three.

How many matches did Nationals play?

3,910 matches on 48 courts, from November 15–23, 2025. USA Pickleball counted more than 2,500 players from 47 states and 20 countries.

The impact report puts the playing time at more than 120 hours. The youngest competitor was 11 and the oldest was 87. USA Pickleball estimated a $3 million economic impact in San Diego. The championships were first held in 2009 in Arizona. The Barnes address on the 2025 tournament page is 4490 W Point Loma Blvd, San Diego, CA 92107. The same report says USA Pickleball Serves donated four renovated courts to Barnes for the youth program, with the ribbon cutting moved to spring 2026, and presented a $50,000 Play It Forward check to the Emerald Valley Pickleball Foundation. The Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater San Diego received equipment for a learn-to-play clinic. A 3,910-match week and a Saturday junior hour use the same habit: the court number is published before anyone drives. Orlando pickleball and Miami pickleball rec centers already stack adult open play against a youth window.

What scoring will the 2026 junior nationals use?

Medal matches are best two of three games to 11, win by 2, side-out scoring. Consolation matches are one game to 15.

The junior page schedules boys and girls doubles on Saturday, October 31, and mixed doubles plus boys and girls singles on Sunday, November 1. Age groups are 7–12, 13–14, 15–16, and 17–18. Most divisions are double elimination. Winners-bracket matches, before the medals, are also best two of three to 11. The site lists 54 competition courts and the Franklin X-40 as the tournament ball. Paddle testing is required. That is a week from this post’s date, on the same San Diego courts that held the 11-0 game. A rec director who runs a 7–12 hour can copy the split: one line for games to 11, and a different line if a consolation match is one game to 15. Dallas pickleball and Columbus pickleball families already ask which card they are on.

What should a rec court copy from Barnes?

The court, the start, and whether the game is to 11 or to 15. Barnes posted 48 courts in 2025 and 54 for 2026.

An 11-0 game and an 11-9 game were both to 11, win by 2. A house program can do the same with a shorter card: Court 1 at 9:00 a.m. for 7–12 doubles, Court 4 at 9:00 a.m. for 13–14 singles, and a note when adult open play takes the fence at 11:00. Put that line in the league dashboard before a coach texts a court change from the parking lot. The open-play post is the weekday version. The tennis finals showed the same problem on a numbered court. Cincinnati pickleball parks already share a fence with tennis. The court-number post is the tennis side of that fence.

Which cities should post the court before open play?

Any city whose park already stacks a junior pickleball hour and an adult open-play window on the same courts.

San Diego had Barnes for nine days and 3,910 matches. The next junior draw returns there on October 31. A rec Saturday in San Diego can hold a 7–12 game and an adult open-play block an hour apart. Atlanta pickleball, Phoenix pickleball, and Chicago pickleball gyms have the same overlap. The court number belongs in the same message as the address. An 11-year-old was on the 2025 sheet. The 2026 7–12 bracket is the next group that needs a posted court.

What should a director check before a junior hour?

The hour has a court, a start, and a scoring line. An 11-0 game and a game to 15 still need two different cards.

• Junior play and adult open play are separate lines.
• The court number is visible before the parking lot.
• Games to 11 and a consolation game to 15 are labeled.
• A third game has a court that can stay open.
• A family with two players can tell which whistle is which.
• If you cite the week, cite the source: The Dink for 11-0, and USA Pickleball for 3,910 matches.

Kawka’s gold was a 6-11, 11-0, 11-6 final. Sewing’s singles gold was a match she dropped the first game and then won twice, 11-5. Fudge and Braverman’s gold was 11-3, 7-11, 11-3. The state of the sport that week was 3,910 matches on 48 courts. A rec league can write the court down. Brands that want to be on that court can sponsor a game. Directors can request a demo. Coaches Pick stays free for league owners, including the home page families already use to find a league.