Simone Jardim

Simone Jardim (born November 7, 1979) is a Brazilian-American professional pickleball player. Jardim was ranked the number one woman player in the world from 2016 to 2020. She won the women's singles division of the Minto U.S. Open Pickleball Championships four consecutive years and is a two-time triple crown winner of the U.S. Open Pickleball Championships, winning in singles, women's doubles and mixed doubles in 2017 and 2018. For a time, Jardim held the record for the most women's Pro Pickleball Association titles with 32. Jardim is also a former All-American collegiate tennis player and was the head tennis coach at Michigan State University from 2009 to 2016. She is considered by many to be the original, greatest of all time, female player, in the sport of pickleball. In 2024, she was inducted into the Pickleball Hall of Fame.

Early life Jardim was born and raised in Santa Maria, Brazil. She moved to the United States at 18 years of age to play tennis for Auburn University. After two years, she transferred to Fresno State University where she was a two-time All-American in women's doubles tennis. In 2008, Jardim became the assistant coach for the College of William & Mary tennis team and was named interim head coach at the end of the season. In 2016, Jardim resigned as head coach in order to relocate with her family to Florida. In 2017 and 2018, she won the U.S. Open triple crown with titles in singles, doubles and mixed doubles. In 2023, Jardim again won the doubles title at the U.S. Open and was named Player of the Year for Female Pro Doubles by the Association of Pickleball Players.

Jardim is co-founder and co-director of Peak Performance Pickleball Academy in Bonita Springs, Florida. In 2021, she had sponsor endorsements from several sports and health companies including JOOLA, Jigsaw Health and Nike. Many in the sport consider her to be the original, greatest of all time, female player.

Personal life Jardim lives in Naples, Florida. She is married to Chad Edwards with whom she has two children.