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PPC 2025 Summer Open — Results Recap

Post by Paddle Palace
Aug 21 2025

PPC 2025 Summer Open - Event Draws and Results



Event - Click for available draws and results First Place Second Place Third Place Third/Fourth Place
Under 4200 Doubles RR Pavlo Pidoima / Morar Artur Ryan The Nightmare / Ayllon Giladi Ryan Hoarfrost / Landry Molimbi 4th-Haizhu Yang / Sridattha Palwai
Under 3000 Doubles RR Burke Walls / Kerry Blum Imrul Kayes / Jim Mitchener Paul Sample / Jon Thorn
Open Singles RR Ryan Hoarfrost Ryan The Nightmare Nitya Shah 3rd-Kao Yu-Tang
Under 1200 RR Kaylee Robinson J.S. Arquin Welly Packard 3rd-Logan Ditmore
Under 2000 RR Nate Wilkinson Morar Artur Nitya Shah 3rd-Sridattha Palwai
Under 1600 RR Tom Lackaff Kerry Blum David Edwards 3rd-Eric Lind
Under 3600 Doubles RR Ryan The Nightmare / Kerry Blum Imrul Kayes / Joel Sommer
Under 2250 RR Ryan Hoarfrost Pavlo Pidoima Sridattha Palwai 3rd-Ryan The Nightmare
Under 1400 RR Kerry Blum Gregory R. Stevens Josh Hu 3rd-Jon Thorn
Under 1800 RR Marcos Sulistio Elsa Liao Daniel Criddle 3rd-Nitya Shah
Juniors RR Christopher Hu Welly Packard Logan Ditmore 4th-Jimmy Mitchener
Over 40 RR Hrishi Bhalwankar Burke Walls Merlin Miller 3rd-Paul Sample

Packed draws, long rallies, and a full day of table tennis. Here are the champions and full podiums from the PPC 2025 Summer Open.

Highlights

  • Ryan Hoarfrost won Open Singles and Under 2250 RR.
  • Kerry Blum took Under 1400 RR and partnered with “Ryan The Nightmare” to win Under 3600 Doubles and also Burke Walls to win the Under 3000 Doubles.
  • Pavlo Pidioma and Morar Artur claimed the top tier doubles title, Under 4200 Doubles RR.
  • The top four in the Juniors event were products of Paddle Palace youth camps that took place this summer.
  • Strong depth across rating events with multiple players reaching several podiums.

Event-by-event results

Under 4200 Doubles RR

  1. Pavlo Pidioma / Morar Artur
  2. Ryan “The Nightmare” / Ayllon Giladi
  3. Ryan Hoarfrost / Landry Molimbi
  4. Haizhu Yang / Sridattha Palwai

Under 3000 Doubles RR

  1. Burke Walls / Kerry Blum
  2. Imul Kayes / Jim Mitchener
  3. Paul Sample / Jon Thorn

Open Singles RR

  1. Ryan Hoarfrost
  2. Ryan “The Nightmare”
  3. Nitya Shah
    T-3) Kao Yu-Tang

Under 1200 RR

  1. Kaylee Robinson
  2. J.S. Arquin
  3. Welly Packard
    T-3) Logan Ditmore

Under 2000 RR

  1. Nate Wilkinson
  2. Morar Artur
  3. Nitya Shah
    T-3) Sridattha Palwai

Under 1600 RR

  1. Tom Lackaff
  2. Kerry Blum
  3. David Edwards
    T-3) Eric Lind

Under 3600 Doubles RR

  1. Ryan “The Nightmare” / Kerry Blum
  2. Imul Kayes / Joel Sommer
    T-3) two teams listed as third

Under 2250 RR

  1. Ryan Hoarfrost
  2. Pavlo Pidioma
  3. Sridattha Palwai
    T-3) Ryan “The Nightmare”

Under 1400 RR

  1. Kerry Blum
  2. Gregory R. Stevens
  3. Josh Hu
    T-3) Jon Thorn

Under 1800 RR

  1. Marcos Sulistio
  2. Elsa Liao
  3. Daniel Criddle
    T-3) Nitya Shah

Juniors RR

  1. Christopher Hu
  2. Welly Packard
  3. Logan Ditmore
  4. Jimmy Mitchener

Over 40 RR

  1. Hrishi Bhalwankar
  2. Burke Walls
  3. Merlin Miller
    T-3) Paul Sample

Congrats to all players and volunteers. If you competed and want help dialing in your setup for the next event, reach out. We’ll match your blade, rubbers, and sponge to your style so your practice pays off on match day.

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