Championship series
🥇ChampionNew Jersey 5s
🥈Runner-upSt. Louis Shock
Final scoreSeries 2–0 · DreamBreakers 22–20, 21–9
CompletedMLPResults confirmed
2026 DoorDash MLP Finals — New York City
Aug 28–30, 2026 · CityPickle at Wollman Rink, New York, NY
Results checked2026-09-02
Semifinal teams will be known after Newport Beach. The highest remaining seed selects from the two lowest remaining seeds before the championship series.
RESULTS
Champions, finalists, and result status
Finals verified from the official recap.
Event briefing
Event context
New Jersey 5s finally converted a third straight championship appearance into the season title. St. Louis pushed both Finals matches to DreamBreakers, but New Jersey won the deciding singles rotations 22–20 and 21–9 to sweep the championship series 2–0.
StatusCompleted
TourMLP
DatesAug 28–30, 2026
LocationCityPickle at Wollman Rink, New York, NY
Field & format
Players and teams
- Champion — New Jersey 5s
- Runner-up — St. Louis Shock
- Semifinalist — Brooklyn Pickleball Team
- Semifinalist — Dallas Flash
What to watch
Key questions
- Both championship matches reached DreamBreakers, so the title was decided by singles depth after the doubles games split.
- Federico Staksrud and Anna Leigh Waters gave New Jersey a major advantage in the deciding singles rotations.
- The Finals on CBS averaged 773,000 viewers, an MLP record and the second-most watched pro pickleball event on any network according to MLP.
- The season championship is complete; the next MLP event is the Nations Cup in Dallas, October 30–November 1.
SEASON CONTEXT
Why this event matters
MLP’s best regular-season teams reached the final, but the title still came down to a very specific roster-building question: what happens when all four doubles games cannot separate the teams? New Jersey had the stronger DreamBreaker structure and used it twice.
DEEP READ
Three ways to read beyond the result
Picklary editorial analysis connecting scores, partner roles, player development, and club-player application.
EVENT TIMELINE
Event flow
CLUB LESSONS
Take it to your court
PLAYER CONNECTIONS
Players connected to this event
Related player profiles appear as results are confirmed.