Tape placement
Doubles: tungsten high near the upper shoulder, with no weight at the bottom (the interview shows one side). Singles experiment: about 3 g across the top
What paddle does Kate Fahey use?
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- Paddle
- JOOLA Agassi Pro V 14mm Confirmed
The short answer
Kate Fahey plays the JOOLA Agassi Pro V 14mm, with tungsten tape high near the upper shoulder for doubles (March 2026 interview); per JOOLA, she wears its R4LLy shoes. Her finished playing weight, grip build, and overgrip are pending.
Weight and tape
Where does Kate Fahey put lead or tungsten tape?
Weight added
March 2026 interview: doubles tape density of 1 g per half inch, with total added weight pending; about 3 g across the top as a singles experiment.
Playing weight
Pending
Fahey's March 2026 setup interview describes tungsten density and placement but never states either paddle's finished weight. JOOLA's 7.9 oz figure is a stock retail average, not a measurement of her match paddle.
Checked Sep 22, 2026
Franklin Lead-Free Weight Tape at Pickleball Central
A lead-free weight tape, 1 g per inch. No source names the brand Kate Fahey uses.
Compare with other pros in the pro lead and tungsten tape guide.
Kate Fahey is a right-handed professional pickleball player who lives in Fair Haven, New Jersey. She played college tennis at the University of Michigan, where she was a three-time All-American, before wrist injuries ended her professional tennis career. She plays the PPA and APP Tours and is on the St. Louis Shock's MLP roster. Her paddle, role-specific tungsten placement, and shoe have public sources; her finished playing weight and grip details are still pending.
Current equipment
What is on the record now?
A sponsor deal or product page tells you the brand and model, not the exact match paddle, weight, or tape. Each field below shows its own source and date.
Paddle Confirmed
JOOLA Agassi Pro V 14mm
via Pickleball Central; Andre Agassi 14mm colorway, player colorway unconfirmed
Agassi Pro V 14mm model line. JOOLA's main shop defaults to a 16mm royal-blue version, while a separate Brooke Buckner/Kate Fahey dual-signature 14mm version is also sold. The cited player sources establish the 14mm model, not a match colorway. Select 14mm in the shop; retail specifications are not measurements of a player's match paddle.
- Shape
- Elongated
- Dimensions
- 16.5 x 7.5 in
- Thickness
- 14mm (also offered in 16mm)
- Stock Weight
- 7.9 oz average at 14mm
Kate Fahey - No. 8 Ranked Women's Pickleball Player - Carvana PPA Tour Team JOOLA - Pickleball - JOOLA USA JOOLA Agassi Pro V Pickleball Paddle - Brooke Buckner and Kate Fahey Dual-Signature JOOLA first-ever dual-signature paddle celebrates two top-five pros: Kate Fahey and Brooke Buckner Agassi and Graf Shape Matters Agassi X JOOLA Pickleball Paddles from Andre Agassi and Steffi Graf - JOOLA USA
Shoes Confirmed
JOOLA R4LLy (women's)
via Pickleball Central (black; other colors are listed separately)
The women's version of the JOOLA court shoe co-developed with Ben Johns and launched in March 2026. JOOLA’s own 8 May 2026 post names Kate Fahey, Ben Johns, and Federico Staksrud as signature athletes who have won on tour in it. Each player record separates that brand claim from any in-match confirmation.
- Launch
- March 27, 2026
- Design Focus
- Lateral movement
Thickness
14mm Per PPA Tour
Kate Fahey - No. 8 Ranked Women's Pickleball Player - Carvana PPA Tour Our Updated Top 5 Paddles + Kate Fahey on the JOOLA Pro 5 | EP 114 Team JOOLA - Pickleball - JOOLA USA JOOLA Agassi Pro V Pickleball Paddle - Brooke Buckner and Kate Fahey Dual-Signature
Evidence
Stated by the tour and the brand, and confirmed by Fahey at 20:46 in a March 2026 interview. The 14mm-only dual-signature paddle carrying her name provides additional brand corroboration.
Current PPA Tour profile and Team JOOLA roster card, checked 22 September 2026
Retail specs
Retail Agassi Pro V 14mm: elongated 16.5 x 7.5 in, 5.5 in grip length, 7.9 oz average weight, textured carbon fiber face over a PP core with a carbon fiber layer and an EVA foam wall. JOOLA's spec table lists grip circumference as 4.250in/4.125in, and its product copy assigns the slimmer 4.125in grip to the 14mm.
Handle
Conflicting reports
4.125in (JOOLA product page + March 2026 Pro V launch post)
5.5 in grip length; 4.125 in grip circumference
4.25in (JOOLA Shape Matters post, April 9, 2026)
5.5 in grip length; 4.25 in grip circumference
The 5.5 in grip length is uncontested. JOOLA's own pages disagree on the grip circumference for the Agassi Pro V 14mm: the product page and March 2026 Pro V launch post give 4.125 in, while an April 2026 Shape Matters post says the Agassi 14mm and 16mm each use a 4.25-inch grip. No source describes a personal handle or grip modification. Recorded as conflicting rather than guessed at a single figure.
Checked Sep 22, 2026
Sponsors
JOOLA for paddle and shoes; Mizuno and Picklebalm are listed among her brand partnerships in a February 2026 release; St. Louis Shock Pickleball is her MLP team
Team JOOLA - Pickleball - JOOLA USA Kate Fahey - Tour Pro Pickleball Player from United States (sponsors) Picklebalm Partners with World #2 Women's Singles Player Kate Fahey as Brand Ambassador Kate Fahey - No. 8 Ranked Women's Pickleball Player - Carvana PPA Tour Major League Pickleball teams make keeper selections ahead of 2026 free-agency draft Get ready for MLP St. Louis
Off-court recovery
Picklebalm brand ambassador (recovery balm, not on-court equipment)
Pending: Grip build, overgrip, apparel . Checked Sep 16, 2026 to Sep 22, 2026
Grip build
Pending
No public source describes Kate Fahey's grip build-up, wrap count, or handle modification. EP 114 discusses paddle weighting but not her grip.
Checked Sep 22, 2026
Overgrip
Pending
No public source names the overgrip brand, model, or number of wraps Kate Fahey uses; EP 114 does not discuss it.
Checked Sep 22, 2026
Apparel
Pending
No current match apparel is confirmed. A February 2026 Picklebalm press release lists Mizuno among her brand partnerships, but no Mizuno page naming her was found and no source states that the relationship covers on-court apparel or names a garment. pickleball.com's sponsor tab shows only JOOLA. JOOLA, her paddle sponsor, quotes her competing in its own R4LLy footwear as of May 8, 2026, so the Mizuno listing and the JOOLA footwear evidence are not reconciled by any public source. The Mizuno partnership itself is recorded under Sponsors.
Picklebalm Partners with World #2 Women's Singles Player Kate Fahey as Brand Ambassador Picklebalm Expands Athlete Roster With Kate Fahey
Checked Sep 16, 2026
Previous-era setup
Earlier setups, with dates
These setups are sourced but belong to an earlier paddle or sponsor, so they are not carried over to the current setup above.
JOOLA Scorpeus setup
Described in her March 3, 2026 interview as how she used to weight the Scorpeus; no dates given
From the same Pickleball Effect interview (EP 114, 21:11 to 21:23), where Fahey described how she used to weight the JOOLA Scorpeus contrasting it with the Agassi. She gave no dates and did not name the tape material for that paddle. Auto-caption wording.
Weight added
About 1 g at each of four spots: each side at the bottom and each side at the top
Tape placement
Each side at the bottom and each side at the top
Tournament record
Best recorded results, past 3 years
Official results with the event, division, partner or team, date and source kept together.
- GoldPPA Tour · Open Pro
Mojo Energy Pouches Virginia Beach Open
Mixed Doubles · with Eric Oncins
Official history lists gold in Mixed Doubles with Eric Oncins; Finals date 2026-10-18.
- GoldPPA Tour · Open Pro
Mojo Energy Pouches Virginia Beach Open
Women's Singles
Official history lists gold in Women's Singles; Finals date 2026-10-18.
- GoldPPA Tour · Open Pro
PPA Finals
Women's Singles
Official history lists gold in Women's Singles; Finals date 2026-05-10.
- GoldPPA Tour · Open Pro
Fasenra Sacramento Open presented by Zimmer Biomet
Women's Singles
Official history lists gold in Women's Singles; Finals date 2026-04-19.
- GoldPPA Tour · Open Pro, wooden-paddle event
Pickleball Central Sacramento Vintage Open
Women's Singles
PPA Tour tournament history, Pickleball Central Sacramento Vintage Open Vintage tournament was interesting change of pace for players, fansOfficial history lists gold in Women's Singles; Finals date 2025-09-28. Official pickleball.com report: the event "featured pros using wood paddles" and "No other PPA tournaments for 2025 will use wood paddles."
- GoldPPA Tour · Open Pro
Veolia North Carolina Open
Women's Singles
Official history lists gold in Women's Singles; Finals date 2025-04-06.
- GoldPPA Tour · Open Pro
Veolia Milwaukee Open
Women's Singles
Official history lists gold in Women's Singles; Finals date 2024-11-17.
- GoldPPA Tour · Open Pro
Rate Championships
Women's Singles
Official history lists gold in Women's Singles; Finals date 2024-10-13.
- GoldPPA Tour · Open Pro
Picklr Utah Open
Women's Singles
Official history lists gold in Women's Singles; Finals date 2024-08-25.
- SilverPPA Tour · Open Pro
Veolia Chicago Cup
Women's Singles
Official history lists silver in Women's Singles; Finals date 2026-10-11.
Window: Nov 9, 2023 to Nov 9, 2026. Selected verified results, ordered by finish and then date. This record may not cover every tournament appearance. Tournament results do not establish which paddle was used.
Change history
What changed, and when?
Each sponsor or gear change, with its date and source.
Jan 6, 2025
Paddle · sponsor switch
ProXR (model pending)
JOOLA (model pending) ProXR (model pending)
Reported by newsletter and trade coverage; no brand press release announcing the move was located. Neither source names the ProXR model, so both ends of this row are recorded at brand level.
Sep 10, 2025
Paddle · sponsor switch
JOOLA
ProXR (model pending) JOOLA
Earliest evidence date, not a confirmed switch date. The move happened between January 15, 2025, the last cited report of her with a ProXR paddle, and September 10, 2025, the date of the earliest JOOLA source listing her again. No announcement of the return was found, and the September 10 source shows her at a brand event rather than stating a sponsorship.
Apr 9, 2026
Paddle · spec change
JOOLA Agassi Pro V 14mm
JOOLA Agassi Pro 14mm JOOLA Agassi Pro V 14mm
April 9, 2026, is the date of JOOLA's Team Agassi announcement, which places her on the Agassi shape. No dated source states when she moved to the Pro V specifically: the pages that name her together with the Pro V are the undated joola.com/collections/agassi collection, the dual-signature product page, and her PPA profile. The earlier Agassi Pro 14mm attribution comes from a December 2025 medal tally, and ProXR's product page still names her, which is why searches can still surface a ProXR answer.
Questions fans ask
Kate Fahey setup FAQs
What paddle does Kate Fahey use?
Her PPA Tour profile and Team JOOLA roster page list the JOOLA Agassi Pro V 14mm, checked September 22, 2026. JOOLA says she debuted its blue-and-gold dual-signature colorway in PPA competition in early September; ProXR's page still names her from her superseded 2025 sponsorship.
Kate Fahey - No. 8 Ranked Women's Pickleball Player - Carvana PPA Tour Team JOOLA - Pickleball - JOOLA USA JOOLA Agassi Pro V Pickleball Paddle - Brooke Buckner and Kate Fahey Dual-Signature JOOLA first-ever dual-signature paddle celebrates two top-five pros: Kate Fahey and Brooke Buckner PROTOHYPE 2 (VI) - ProXR Pickleball
How much does Kate Fahey's paddle weigh?
Pending. JOOLA lists an average weight of 7.9 oz for the retail Agassi Pro V 14mm, but that is a stock specification rather than a measurement of her paddle, and no public source gives her finished playing weight.
Where does Kate Fahey put lead tape?
In a March 2026 interview, Fahey placed 1 g per half-inch tungsten high on the doubles paddle near the upper shoulder, with no weight at the bottom; the video shows one side, and the diagram assumes the other matches. She described about 3 g across the top as a singles experiment. On her earlier Scorpeus, she said she used about 1 g on each side at the bottom and 1 g on each side at the top.
What shoes does Kate Fahey wear?
The JOOLA R4LLy. JOOLA's own May 2026 update on the R4LLy core collection quotes her on competing in the shoe and says she captured gold on tour this season while wearing it, and an April 2026 JOOLA post quotes her on the women's green colorway. This is a brand-published claim rather than a match-footage confirmation, and no September 2026 footage was reviewed to re-confirm it. A February 2026 press release separately lists Mizuno among her brand partnerships without saying that it covers footwear, and no public source reconciles the two.
What grip and overgrip does Kate Fahey use?
Pending. JOOLA lists a 5.5 in grip length for the Agassi Pro V, and its product copy assigns a 4.125 in grip circumference to the 14mm, though a later JOOLA post says the Agassi 14mm and 16mm each use a 4.25-inch grip. Those are retail figures either way. No public source describes her grip build-up, wrap count, or overgrip.