St. Louis' Hayden Patriquin keeps on rolling, as does his team.
Major League Pickleball (MLP), presented by DoorDash, headed to St. Petersburg, Florida last weekend for the fifth week of the 2026 MLP season. They head back inside to play at the fabulous new St. Pete Athletic Club, the home club of Florida Smash owners Travis Rettenmaier & Graham D’Amico that was opened to great fanfare earlier this year.
The St. Pete event featured six of the top seven ranked teams in action, with eight playoff position teams competing. This was easily the most competitive event the league has held thus far, as evidenced by the large number of great, competitive matches from the get-go, as well as four different teams being picked to win it all in our media pick’em contest (more on that down below).
Key links for tracking the event this weekend, which feature livestreams from the primary courts at the facility on MLP’s YouTube channel and on PickleballTV.com. I also have data-centric links at the bottom of this recap.
MLP St. Petersburg Week 5 Event home page