Anna Leigh Waters and Ben Johns enter the Veolia Arizona Open mixed doubles as the clear top seeds and frontrunners to reach the final, riding strong recent form that includes a dominant title in Southern California and multiple match-point saves in their semifinal win over Tyra Black and Christian Alshon. Several top pairings are absent, including Anna Bright with Hayden Patriquin and the Johnson siblings, opening paths for challengers such as Catherine Parenteau with Federico Staksrud or Rachel Rohrabacher with Christian Alshon. New partnerships and lower seeds like Etta Tuionetoa with Will Howells add uncertainty in a 1,000-point PPA Tour event played in hot Arizona conditions, where recent results and draw positioning heavily shape trader consensus on semifinal and final berths.