A Pickleball Christmas

Tennis star Luke Hollis heads home for Christmas and discovers his family's racquet club is about to be sold. Along with Caroline, the club's pickleball coach, Luke agrees to compete in a holiday tournament that could save the club.

December 20, 2025 | Lifetime

Director: Monika Mitchell

Writer: Blake Rutledge

Cast:

• James Lafferty as Luke Hollis
• Zibby Allen as Caroline

We meet pro tennis player Luke Hollis. He is an angry boy. But he wins a big tournament and then promptly quits. He's moving to Florida and his agent can't stop him!

We then meet Caroline. She works at a Racquet club. They've recently converted the courts to pickleball to capitalize on the trend. Will it be enough to save the club by Christmas? Because if not, it's over!!!!

Luke gets home for Christmas. His dad is the owner of said Racquet club. And Luke pitches him letting him take over the club - call it the Luke Hollis Champions Center. They tell him the bad news about probably losing the center.

He gets to the club the next day and is super mad to find out that his tennis court has been turned into a pickleball court!

But when he finds out that this Christmas day pickleball tournament might be the club's last chance to save it, he tries to figure out how to help. He finds a partner to help broadcast the tournament. The problem is the money they're going to spend isn't going to the club, rather to the winner of the tournament. That prize money is enough to save the club, so Luke decides he's going to compete.

So Caroline agrees to help him learn this sport and next thing you know, they're hooking up in the shed.

At the club holiday party, Caroline and Luke go together, and his parents make an announcement naming Luke the next club owner, if they're able to make it another week.

Somehow, Caroline gets the idea that Luke is going to get rid of pickleball. She leaves the party and then avoids him until the Christmas day tournament.

He realizes that something is up and just says lock it in. But she can't do it anymore. During the championship, she tries to throw the match! Luke tells her that she misunderstood! They put on matching shirts and go out there and WIN!!!

Cut to one year later, the club is thriving. Luke's sister comes to get Caroline saying that Luke's injured and needs her to come quick. It's a fake injury! And he proposes with the ring inside of a pickleball.

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