Adam Stone Player Profile

Adam Stone is a professional pickleball player who came to the sport after a collegiate tennis career at the University of Texas at Tyler. In recent years he has also become well known as a media personality in pickleball.

Background

Stone is a Houston native who now lives in Holly Springs, North Carolina. He played tennis at UT Tyler before moving to pickleball, and has also been described as a former professional poker player.

Pickleball Career

Stone has won APP and PPA tour titles in several cities, and was the men's doubles silver medalist at the 2021 U.S. Open Pickleball Championships. He is known for an unconventional ready position and for beating top-ranked opponents, including Ben Johns, on more than one occasion.

Media Work

Stone co-hosts the "It Feels Right" pickleball podcast and appears on Pickleball.com's "The Line." He was named Favorite On-Air Personality at the 2023 Dink Awards.

Note

Earlier versions of this profile mixed in details about an unrelated baseball player with the same name. Those details have been removed. For current rankings and results, check the PPA Tour and Selkirk player pages.

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