{"id":1064,"date":"2026-04-09T02:55:30","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T17:55:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pickle-times.com\/player\/james-ignatowich\/"},"modified":"2026-04-09T15:39:58","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T06:39:58","slug":"james-ignatowich","status":"publish","type":"player","link":"https:\/\/pickle-times.com\/en\/player\/james-ignatowich\/","title":{"rendered":"James Ignatowich\uff5cA fast-rising pro and former tennis player"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>James Ignatowich<\/strong>is a professional pickleball player from the US. He played NCAA D1 tennis at Vanderbilt University for two years and ranked in the top 5 of the US high school recruiting rankings. Applying the skills honed in tennis to pickleball, he is a much-watched young talent rising rapidly in the rankings.<\/p>\n<h2>Invitation to the PJF Tokyo event<\/h2>\n<p>at the December 2025<a href=\"\/en\/tournament\/pjf-championships-2025\/\">PJF Pickleball Championships 2025<\/a>(Tokyo,<a href=\"\/en\/venue\/ariake-tennis-park-tokyo\/\">Ariake Tennis no Mori Park<\/a>), he was invited as one of the world's top 5 players and led a premium clinic, showcasing his ability to Japanese fans as well.<\/p>\n<h2>Playing style and influence<\/h2>\n<p>His hallmarks are aggressive net play and powerful drives. His pickleball tactics-analysis videos on his YouTube channel are also popular, and he is a player with strong media reach.<a href=\"\/en\/tournament\/ppa-tour-2026\/\">PPA Tour<\/a>He ranks near the top in men's singles and doubles.<\/p>\n<h3>Related Articles<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"\/en\/tournament\/pjf-championships-2025\/\">PJF Pickleball Championships 2025<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/en\/venue\/ariake-tennis-park-tokyo\/\">Ariake Tennis no Mori Park<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/en\/tournament\/ppa-tour-2026\/\">PPA Tour 2026<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Reference Links<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/ppatour.com\/athlete\/james-ignatowich\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">PPA Tour official<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pickleball-japan.org\/en\/championships2025\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">PJF Championships 2025<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pickleballcentral.com\/blog\/meet-the-pro-james-ignatowich\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pickleball Central &#8211; Profile<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u30b8\u30a7\u30fc\u30e0\u30ba\u30fb\u30a4\u30b0\u30ca\u30c8\u30a6\u30a3\u30c3\u30c1\uff08James Ignatowich\uff09\u306f\u30a2\u30e1\u30ea\u30ab\u51fa\u8eab\u306e\u30d7\u30ed\u30d4\u30c3\u30af\u30eb\u30dc\u30fc\u30eb\u9078\u624b\u3002\u30d0\u30f3\u30c0 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"ssp_meta_description":"\u30b8\u30a7\u30fc\u30e0\u30ba\u30fb\u30a4\u30b0\u30ca\u30c8\u30a6\u30a3\u30c3\u30c1\uff08James Ignatowich\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":[105,57,113],"player_country":[138],"player_level":[148],"player_hand":[152],"player_gender":[154],"region":[1973],"class_list":["post-1064","player","type-player","status-publish","hentry","category-overseas","tag-ppa","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\/1064","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=1064"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pickle-times.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1064"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pickle-times.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1064"},{"taxonomy":"player_country","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pickle-times.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/player_country?post=1064"},{"taxonomy":"player_level","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pickle-times.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/player_level?post=1064"},{"taxonomy":"player_hand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pickle-times.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/player_hand?post=1064"},{"taxonomy":"player_gender","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pickle-times.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/player_gender?post=1064"},{"taxonomy":"region","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pickle-times.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/region?post=1064"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}