{"id":1032,"date":"2026-04-09T02:39:27","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T17:39:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pickle-times.com\/player\/tyson-mcguffin\/"},"modified":"2026-04-10T01:32:28","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T16:32:28","slug":"tyson-mcguffin","status":"publish","type":"player","link":"https:\/\/pickle-times.com\/en\/player\/tyson-mcguffin\/","title":{"rendered":"Tyson McGuffin\uff5cA popular pro with astonishing athleticism"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Tyson McGuffin (born December 5, 1989)<\/strong>is an American professional pickleball player from Lake Chelan, Washington. A former pro tennis player, he is a popular player with athleticism and entertainment value second to none in pickleball.<\/p>\n<h2>From tennis to pickleball<\/h2>\n<p>In high school he took up wrestling, then switched to tennis. After two years of tennis at Scottsdale Community College, he reached about 1,500th in the world on the ATP men's tour. After serving as head pro at the Yakima Tennis Club for six years, he discovered pickleball in 2015 and turned pro just six months later.<\/p>\n<h2>Competitive record<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>A top pro on the PPA Tour<\/li>\n<li>Multiple major tournament wins<\/li>\n<li>2017: at the USA Pickleball National Championships, he beat<a href=\"\/en\/player\/ben-johns\/\">Ben Johns<\/a>11-7, 12-10 in the final to win his first major title<\/li>\n<li>2019: won singles and doubles at the US Open<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Play style<\/h2>\n<p>He enjoys enormous popularity with fans for his astonishing athleticism, quickness on court, and aggressive style epitomized by the diving forehand volley.<a href=\"\/en\/tournament\/ppa-tour-2026\/\">PPA Tour<\/a>and<a href=\"\/en\/tournament\/mlp-2026\/\">MLP<\/a>, he continues to thrive, consistently ranking in the top 10 in men's singles, doubles, and mixed doubles.<\/p>\n<h2>Paddle used<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"\/en\/brand\/selkirk-sport\/\">Selkirk Sport<\/a>He signed with<a href=\"\/en\/paddle\/selkirk-vanguard-power-air-invikta\/\">VANGUARD Power Air Invikta<\/a>. A paddle choice matched to his aggressive style that makes use of power and reach.<\/p>\n<h3>Related Articles<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"\/en\/player\/ben-johns\/\">Ben Johns player profile<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/en\/player\/lea-jansen\/\">Lea Jansen player profile<\/a>(she started pickleball through McGuffin's introduction)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/en\/brand\/selkirk-sport\/\">Selkirk Sport brand introduction<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/en\/paddle\/selkirk-vanguard-power-air-invikta\/\">Selkirk VANGUARD Power Air Invikta Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Reference Links<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/ppatour.com\/athlete\/tyson-mcguffin\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">PPA Tour Official Profile<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.spokesman.com\/stories\/2017\/dec\/02\/locally-tyson-mcguffin-takes-title-at-usa-pickleba\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">2017 US Championships victory report<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pickleball-wiki.com\/tyson-mcguffin-biography-profile\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pickleball Wiki &#8211; Career details<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u30bf\u30a4\u30bd\u30f3\u30fb\u30de\u30af\u30ac\u30d5\u30a3\u30f3\uff08Tyson McGuffin\u30011989\u5e7412\u67085\u65e5\u751f\u307e\u308c\uff09\u306f\u30ef\u30b7\u30f3\u30c8\u30f3\u5dde\u30ec\u30a4\u30af\u30fb\u30b7\u30a7\u30e9 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"ssp_meta_description":"\u30bf\u30a4\u30bd\u30f3\u30fb\u30de\u30af\u30ac\u30d5\u30a3\u30f3\uff08Tyson McGuffin\uff09\u306e\u30d7\u30ed\u30d5\u30a3\u30fc\u30eb\u30fb\u6226\u7e3e\u30fb\u30d7\u30ec\u30fc\u30b9\u30bf\u30a4\u30eb\u3092\u5fb9\u5e95\u89e3\u8aac\u3002\u30d4\u30c3\u30af\u30eb\u30dc\u30fc\u30eb\u9078\u624b\u56f3\u9451\u3002","swell_btn_cv_data":""},"categories":[53],"tags":[105,111,57,113],"player_country":[138],"player_level":[148],"player_hand":[152],"player_gender":[154],"region":[1973],"class_list":["post-1032","player","type-player","status-publish","hentry","category-overseas","tag-ppa","tag-tyson-mcguffin","tag-us","tag-pro-player","player_country-usa","player_level-pro","player_hand-right","player_gender-male","region-united-states"],"acf":{"dupr_rating":"","achievements":"","sns_x":"","sns_ig":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pickle-times.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/player\/1032","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pickle-times.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/player"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pickle-times.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/player"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pickle-times.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pickle-times.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1032"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pickle-times.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1032"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pickle-times.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1032"},{"taxonomy":"player_country","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pickle-times.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/player_country?post=1032"},{"taxonomy":"player_level","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pickle-times.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/player_level?post=1032"},{"taxonomy":"player_hand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pickle-times.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/player_hand?post=1032"},{"taxonomy":"player_gender","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pickle-times.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/player_gender?post=1032"},{"taxonomy":"region","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pickle-times.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/region?post=1032"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}