Anna Leigh Waters, the most dominant player in the game, leverages Pilla’s advanced optics to sharpen focus, speed, and precision on every point.
RIDGEFIELD, CT – Pilla Performance Eyewear, a world leader in high-performance lens technology, today announces its partnership with Anna Leigh Waters, the reigning World No. 1 in women’s singles, doubles, and mixed doubles professional pickleball. The collaboration brings Pilla’s elite, Olympic-proven optics to pickleball for the first time and marks Waters’ first in category eyewear partnership.
Pilla glasses give me the visual clarity that helps me play at my best,” says Anna Leigh Waters. “Every detail is sharper, every reaction is faster, and I finish matches with fresher eyes and more confidence. Reaction time is critical for me. A fraction of a second makes all the difference, so this partnership with Pilla is a total game-changer.
For more than 30 years, Pilla has led the evolution of visual performance in sport. The American-Italian brand was born in the elite world of shooting sports and built its reputation on frame innovation and lens color filtration. Pilla has a proprietary engineering relationship with ZEISS, the world’s oldest and most respected optics company, to create precision optics.
Athletes wearing Pilla eyewear have earned more than 150 Olympic and World Championship medals, including 95% of all Olympic shooting medals over the last five Olympic Games. That same precision vision now comes to pickleball, helping athletes gain a measurable edge in a sport defined by speed and reflex.
“Pilla lenses allow Anna Leigh to see with absolute clarity,” said Philip Pilla, founder of Pilla Performance Eyewear. “Our partnership with ZEISS ensures every lens is engineered with the same scientific rigor trusted by Olympic champions. The clarity and color accuracy elevate performance and allow athletes to read the game like never before.”
When I first tried Pilla glasses in a practice, I actually stopped mid-rally because I could see the holes in the ball and there was zero ball drag. The definition is next level.
Pilla manufactures more than 50 different lens technologies to manage light, enhance color, and fine-tune depth of field in any condition. Its proprietary coatings provide full protection against UV and reduce Infra-Red light. The coatings also reduce 99% of all reflected light, eliminate visual ball drag, and relax the eye while sharpening focus. The result is heightened visual awareness, improved motor reflex, and reduced fatigue, even during long tournament days or under harsh lighting. Through precise color filtration and proprietary lens substrates, Pilla lenses maintain clarity over time, ensuring the athlete’s eyes remain relaxed, alert, and ready. In sports where milliseconds matter, that clarity can be the difference between a point won and a point lost. Each lens is certified by ZEISS engineers to be optically perfect and is marked with a discreet “Z” inside the lens, proof of its authenticity and flawless optical precision.
