There’s nothing like being out on a lake in the middle of summer. It’s even better when you add in pickleball.
The APP Tour is ready for just that, as the summer circuit continues with the season’s eighth tournament, the 2025 APP Great Lakes Open, held in beautiful Midland, Michigan.
The world’s first and world’s best pickleball tour ventures to the Greater Midland Tennis Center – one the largest tennis and pickleball facilities in the Midwest – for five days of elite pickleball action. Pickleball players from around the world will hit the courts to battle for hardware, featuring amateurs of all ages, pickleball’s elite pros and the AARP Champions (50+) and AARP Masters (60+) divisions.
The 2025 APP Great Lakes Open is the first USA Pickleball Golden Ticket qualifier event for the 2026 USAP National Championships. Gold medalists earn the right to secure their spot in the prestigious event next year.
In addition to national television coverage on CBS Sports Network, the APP Tour is bringing four full days of livestream coverage on Championship Court on APPTV on YouTube.
As Summer 2025 nears its twilight days, the APP Tour still brings the heat. Here are the top pro storylines heading into the 2025 APP Great Lakes Open.
MEET US IN MIDLAND
The APP Tour makes its debut in Midland, Michigan for the inaugural APP Great Lakes Open. The Greater Midland Tennis Center, the largest tennis and pickleball venue in the Midwest, will host the world's top pro pickleball players and hundreds of amateur players over five action-packed days of competition.
SUPER SOFIA
Sofia Sewing is the top-ranked APP Tour women's singles pro in 2025 and she has earned it, appearing in six finals and taking home four golds. Sewing returns to Midland, where she competed on the ITF professional tennis circuit in 2023.
FUDGE ON TOP
Megan Fudge returns to action as the APP Tour's all-time leader in total career medals (74). Fudge took home the women's pro doubles title in Newport Beach with Jill Braverman, whom she pairs up with again as the top seeds in Midland.
SEEING PURPLE
Max Manthou, affectionately known as 'Purple Jesus' for his signature style, won his first APP Tour gold medal of 2025 in Newport Beach alongside Christine Maddox in mixed pro doubles. Maddox and Manthou are the top mixed doubles seeds in Midland, and Manthou pairs with Ben Newell as the No. 2-seed men's doubles team.
KAT-TASTIC
Katerina Stewart put on a show in Newport Beach and won her first career APP Tour gold medal as the new women's pro singles champion. Stewart has medaled in two straight tournaments and looks to defend her crown as the No. 4 seed in Midland.
THE BOYS ARE BACK
Richard Livornese, Jr. and Tanner Tomassi broke through in a big way in Newport Beach, taking home their first career APP Tour gold medals as the men's pro doubles champions. The dynamic duo are the top men's pro doubles seeds in Midland.
OSHIRO ALL DAY
Bobbi Oshiro is has eight total medals, including five golds, in 2025 and is competing in all three women's pro events in Midland. The Hawaii native owns the No. 2 seeds in women's pro singles and mixed pro doubles with Randy Blanco, plus the No. 5 seed in women's pro doubles with Sofia Sewing.
JACK ATTACK
Jack Foster enters the APP Great Lakes Open as the No. 1 seed in men's pro singles. Foster will lead a talented men's pro singles draw that also includes 2025 APP Tour medalists Ronan Camron, Ryler DeHeart, Casey Daimond, Eduardo Irizarry, Richard Livornese Jr., Max Manthou, Ammar Wazir and Mariano Yeh.
BRAVERMANIA
Jill Braverman returns to action fresh off the women's pro doubles title in Newport Beach and with 10 total medals thus far in 2025. Braverman and Megan Fudge are the top seeds in women's pro doubles once again heading into Midland.
AUSSIE, AUSSIE, AUSSIE
Australian phenom Emilia Schmidt has been on fire lately, placing first overall at the APP Next Series event in Kansas City in July and earning silver in women's pro doubles in Newport Beach. Schmidt is one of many fast-rising APP Tour pros under age 23, including members of APP U.S. National Team, competing for gold this week in Midland.
RAISING THE BARR
Susannah Barr ranks third all-time in APP Tour history for total career medals (55) and eighth all-time for gold medals (17). Barr pairs up with Amanda Hendry in women's pro doubles and Brandon Lane in mixed pro doubles in Midland.
DON’T MISS THE ACTION
Live coverage from the 2025 APP Great Lakes Open begins Thursday, August 14 on APPTV on YouTube, and continues through Sunday, August 17. CBS Sports Network will carry a linear television recap show in the coming weeks. Dorian Craft, pro pickleball coach Dominic Catalano and APP U.S. National Team head coach Chad Edwards will be on the call.
Fans can stay posted on all the action on UTR Sports and by following the APP’s social media pages: @OfficialAPPTour on Instagram, X, TikTok, and Threads and APP Tour on Facebook.
Venue:
Greater Midland Tennis Center
900 E. Wackerly St.
Midland, MI 48642
Broadcast Info (all times Eastern):
Championship Court
Thursday, 8/14 | 10 am - 4 pm ET | APPTV on YouTube, Court Sports Network, Facebook
Friday, 8/15 | 12 - 6 pm ET | APPTV on YouTube, Court Sports Network, Facebook
Saturday, 8/16 | 12 - 6 pm ET | APPTV on YouTube, Court Sports Network, Facebook
Sunday, 8/17 | 12 - 6 pm ET | APPTV on YouTube, Court Sports Network, Facebook
Full tournament schedule and results are available via UTR Sports.
