The APP Tour AARP Open Tournament Preview

The APP Tour is back in action only days after concluding the second annual APP Women’s Open presented by The James.

The Tour is back at its home, The Fort, for the third time this year. Located in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, The Fort has quickly become a favorite stop on the APP Tour, with its newly constructed courts, including a featured Championship Court with bowl style seating specifically for pickleball.

This is the second to last tour stop before the APP Tour Championships in December, so players are looking to accumulate points heading into the Championships.

Let’s get into the action.

How to Watch the AARP Open

Thursday, October 9 - Singles

• 10am - 5pm ET - Championship Court - ESPN+
• 8am - 2pm ET - Players Court - APPTV on YouTube

Friday, October 10 - Men’s and Women’s Doubles

• Noon - 6pm ET - Championship Court - ESPN+
• 10am - 4pm ET - Players Court - APPTV on YouTube

Saturday, October 11 - Mixed Doubles

• Noon - 6pm ET - Championship Court - ESPN+
• 10am - 4pm ET - Players Court - APPTV on YouTube

Sunday, October 12 - Gold Medal Matches

• 11:30am - 6pm ET - Championship Court - ESPN+
• 8am -1am ET - Players Court - APPTV on YouTube

Weather Outlook

The APP Tour has had some unlucky weather in 2025, and the AARP looks to be more of the same. Thunderstorms are scheduled for Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, with the weather clearing up for Championship Sunday. The APP may be looking to make alternate plans due to the weather. Be sure to subscribe to the APP Instagram and X accounts to get the latest information, should alternate plans be made.

The Draws

Women’s Singles

Top Seeds:

1. Sofia Sewing - Six gold medals on the APP Tour
2. Katerina Stewart - Two gold medals and a silver on the year
3. Bobbi Oshiro - Two silver medals this year
4. Domenika Turkovic - Earned bronze in Chicago in the last event

Player outside the top four to watch:

• 6 seed - Shannon Pretorius - just earned silver at the APP Women's Open
• 20 seed - Jada Bui - the former Cal Bear tennis player has switched to pro pickleball and is making her way onto the scene

Prediction: Sewing earns her seventh gold over Oshiro in the finals

Men’s Singles

Top Seeds:

1. Ammar Wazir - Has won the past two APP Tour events in Chicago and Great Lakes
2. Jack Foster - Despite consistently finishing in the quarterfinals or better, Foster is still looking for his first medal in 2025 on the APP Tour
3. Patrick Kawka - Earned a silver medal in APP Newport Beach
4. Ronan Camron - The youngster has a bronze and silver this year and looking for his first gold

Player outside the top four to watch:

• 5 seed - Will Howells - has a gold and silver this year
• 7 seed - Dusty Boyer - has a silver and bronze in the past two APP events

Prediction: Ammar Wazir wins his third straight APP event in singles

Women’s Doubles

Top Seeds:

1. Megan Fudge/Amanda Hendry - A first time partnership while Fudge’s normal women’s partner, Jill Braverman, is skipping this event
2. Allison Harris/Christine Maddox - Another first time partnership - both women have medals this year, just not with each other
3. Yana Newell/Rianna Valdes - These two won silver together nearly a year ago in the APP Southern California Open - this is the first time playing together since then
4. Susannah Barr/Daria Walczak - Earned silver in Daytona Beach in February

Partnership outside the top four to watch:

• 5 seed - Shelby Bates and Sofia Sewing - just won gold in APP Chicago
• 6 seed - Arielle Butler and Bobbi Oshiro - Bobbi is always a threat to medal

Prediction: Newell and Valdes beat Barr and Walczak in the finals

Men’s Doubles

Top Seeds:

1. Jack Munro/Will Howells - Five gold medals on the year together, the most of any partnership
2. Tanner Tomassi/Richard Livornese Jr. - Two golds and one bronze in the last three APP events
3. Erik Lange/Casey Diamond - Lange's normal men's partner, Max "Purple Jesus" Manthou is missing from this event, so he is teaming up with Casey Diamond for the first time
4. Clayton Powell/Aiden Schenk - The youngsters have a bronze and silver medal together this year

Partnership outside the top four to watch:

• 5 seed - Mark Dancuart and Patrick Kawka
• 6 seed - Ryler DeHeart and Kyle Koszuta

I don't expect much soft kitchen play from either of these partnerships - look for smash and crash pickleball here

Prediction: Munro and Howells take down Tomassi and Livornese Jr.

Mixed Doubles

Top Seeds:

1. Megan Fudge/Jack Munro - Three golds, three silvers, and a bronze medal this year have this team as the top seed
2. Bobbi Oshiro/Will Howells - This team won three golds in a row in the middle of the APP season, but haven't played together since
3. Amanda Hendry/Richard Livornese Jr. - This duo played together a ton in 2023 and the first half of 2024, but just reconnected in APP Chicago last month - both have had success with other partners
4. Sofia Sewing/Casey Diamond - Diamond and Sewing just won the APP Great Lakes Open in August

Partnership outside the top four to watch: 11 seed - Yana Newell and Andre Mick

Prediction: Oshiro and Howells take down Fudge and Munro for their fourth gold