Ivan Lendl brings old tennis foe to town, wins pickleball tournament at Pictona
Tennis legend Ivan Lendl continues his winning ways on the pickleball court, and this time he partnered with a former tennis opponent to sweep the competition.
Lendl (65) and Mikael Pernfors (61) were never seriously challenged Thursday in Holly Hill, where they won the Pictona Challenge 2025’s 60-69 men’s doubles, 4.5+.
In five preliminary matches that consisted of just one game, played to 15 instead of the standard 11, the Lendl-Pernfors duo never gave up more than four points in a game and won four of them by either 15-1 or 15-0.
In the final, played under standard scoring, they beat Ron Steege and Jager Meister Smith 11-6, 11-1.
Lendl is also competing in Friday’s mixed doubles, with Jean Halahan, in the 4.5+, age 60-74 division.
Lendl and Pernfors both live in Vero Beach. While Lendl is among the all-time tennis greats (94 titles, eight majors, 270 weeks as World No. 1), Pernfors was among those occasionally dispatched on his way.
The native Swede isn’t without tennis credentials, however: 1993 Canadian Open champ, 1986 French Open finalist (where he lost to Lendl), two-time Davis Cupper. He reached as high as No. 10 in the world rankings.
June 8, 1986: Ivan Lendl wins the French Open for the second time in two years, defeating unseeded upstart Mikael Pernfors of Sweden 6-3, 6-2, 6-4. Both players are now long-time residents of Vero Beach! pic.twitter.com/0lwzUDGNwa
— TennisVeroBeach (@TennisVeroBeach) June 8, 2018
This article originally appeared on The Daytona Beach News-Journal: Ivan Lendl wins Pictona pickleball doubles with former French Open foe
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