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Genie Erokhina

World No. 35 · Bay Area Breakers player · PPA doubles champion

Moscow-born Genie Erokhina brought a tennis foundation to professional pickleball, where her strongest 2026 results included a PPA Challenger women’s doubles title and a silver medal at the PPA Finals.

September 8, 2026Evidence-backed revision
MOSCOW-BORN · BAY AREA BREAKERS35
No. 35Women’s World Pickleball RankingObserved September 8, 2026

2026 PPA Challenger doubles champion

Moscow tennis roots · Southern California home

A tennis foundation transformed into professional doubles success

Erokhina grew up in Moscow with a background in tennis. The official player record says she became hooked on pickleball after trying the sport once, and she turned professional in 2022.

Her 2026 season was defined by women’s doubles. Erokhina and Lingwei Kong won the Newport Beach PPA Challenger in April and later reached the PPA Finals title match, while Erokhina and Judit Castillo produced a semifinal run at the Mesa Cup with wins over two higher-seeded teams.

2026 BREAKTHROUGH

Where did Genie Erokhina record her strongest recent results?

Erokhina’s clearest 2026 results came in women’s doubles. She won the Newport Beach PPA Challenger with Lingwei Kong, earned PPA Finals silver with Kong and reached the Mesa Cup semifinals with Judit Castillo.

Career timeline

From Moscow tennis to PPA and MLP competition

A tennis foundation

Erokhina grew up in Moscow, Russia, playing tennis before discovering pickleball.

Turned professional

She began competing as a professional pickleball player across singles, women’s doubles and mixed doubles.

MLP Challenger breakthrough

DUPR’s year-end review credited Erokhina with a 67% win rate and six victories as an underdog at the MLP Challenger level.

Mesa Cup semifinal run

Erokhina and Judit Castillo reached the women’s doubles semifinals after defeating the No. 3 seed Rachel Rohrabacher and Catherine Parenteau in the round of 16 and Chao Yi Wang and Brooke Buckner in the quarterfinals.

Newport Beach doubles champion

Erokhina and Lingwei Kong won women’s doubles gold at the Newport Beach PPA Challenger.

PPA Finals silver

Erokhina and Kong earned the women’s doubles silver medal at the 2026 PPA Finals.

Final Bay Area roster confirmed

The final MLP trade-window record listed Erokhina with Kiora Kunimoto, Ella Yeh, Blaine Hovenier, Len Yang and Braden Jacobson on the Bay Area Breakers.

Rankings and ratings · September 8, 2026

A doubles-led professional profile

The PPA’s combined women’s world ranking and Pickleball.com’s discipline standings use different boards. Each figure below is labeled and dated rather than presented as a permanent rank.

Women’s world rank
No. 35
PPA women’s doubles rank
No. 26
PPA mixed doubles rank
No. 44
PPA women’s singles rank
No. 128
DUPR doubles rating
5.714
2026 PPA Finals
Women’s doubles silver
Major League Pickleball

Part of the Bay Area Breakers’ final 2026 roster

2026 MLP DRAFT48SELECTED BY BAY AREA

Bay Area selected Erokhina with the 48th pick in the 2026 MLP Draft. The final trade-window roster paired her with Kiora Kunimoto, Ella Yeh, Blaine Hovenier, Len Yang and Braden Jacobson.

Explore the complete Bay Area Breakers roster →

Dated equipment observation

What paddle was Genie Erokhina documented using?

JOOLA

Scorpeus Pro V 16mm

16Listed by the PPA Tour on September 8, 2026

The PPA Tour listed Erokhina with the JOOLA Scorpeus Pro V 16mm when this profile was reviewed. That dated official listing supersedes older third-party references to a GRUVN paddle.

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Official PPA match footage

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Women’s singles match

Anna Leigh Waters vs. Genie Erokhina — Carvana Mesa Cup

PPA Tour

Women’s singles match

Lea Jansen vs. Genie Erokhina — Veolia Atlanta Pickleball Championships

PPA Tour

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Primary evidence

Rankings, DUPR, roster membership and equipment are dated observations because each can change during a professional season.

01PPA Tour player profile, world ranking and paddle↗02Pickleball.com player profile and discipline rankings↗03Major League Pickleball player profile↗04MLP: 2026 draft results↗05Pickleball.com: final 2026 MLP trade-window rosters↗06Major League Pickleball player statistics and DUPR↗07Pickleball.com: 2026 Newport Beach PPA Challenger recap↗082026 PPA Finals women’s doubles standings↗09The Kitchen: 2026 MLP Draft analysis and Mesa Cup results↗10DUPR: 2023 MLP year-end standouts↗