A QUALIFYING TOURNAMENT FOR THE PPA AMATEUR STATE CHAMPIONSHIP IN DALLAS AND THE STATE GAMES OF AMERICA IN STATE COLLEGE, PENNSYLVANIA

Women's Doubles, Men's Singles and Men's Skinny Singles will be held on Friday, June 27th

Mixed Doubles will be held on Saturday, June 28th

Men's Doubles, Women's Singles and Women's Skinny Singles will be held on Sunday, June 29th.

The answer will be revealed soon enough, courtesy of the PPA Amateur State Championship Series, a set of tournaments conducted across all 50 states in the country. All medalists from each of these tournaments will automatically secure invitations to the year-end PPA World Championship in Dallas, TX. Registration fees will be waived for Gold medalists and discounted for Silver and Bronze medalists.

This tournament is also a qualifying event for the 2026 State Games of America pickleball tournament which will be held in State College, Pennsylvania from July 28th through August 2nd, 2026 The top three finishers in each event will qualify. Players who qualify in one event are eligible to play in all three events at the State Games of America. Note: Skinny Singles is not a State Games of America qualifying event.

Registration is open to players age 10 and above.

Skill levels are 3.0 and under, 3.5, 4.0, 4.5 and 5.0+

The DUPR rating will be used for bracket placement. For players without a DUPR rating, their self rating will be used.

Please seek the advice of an experienced fellow player when self rating.

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For a guaranteed spot in the tournament in doubles or mixed doubles, the second partner must register within FIVE days of the first partner's registration. Teams that are incomplete after FIVE days will be moved to the waiting list. Once the second partner registers, the team will be entered into the event IF THERE IS STILL ROOM IN THE EVENT AND THE TOURNAMENT AND REGISTRATION IS STILL OPEN. PLAYERS WITHOUT PARTNERS AFTER REGISTRATION CLOSES WILL BE MOVED TO THE WAITING LIST. Daily and Team limits on events may be set as registration progresses. Register early for a guaranteed spot.

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Each day will begin at 8:00 AM. Specific start times for events will be emailed and texted to players approximately one week prior to the tournament.

The tournament format is round robin for all events. Events with a large number of teams may be split into round robin pools followed by a playoff for the top teams in each pool.

Registration is online through this website. Paddles must be USA Pickleball or UPA approved.

The registration fee is $65 for one event, $15 for each additional doubles or mixed doubles event and $25 for each additional singles or skinny singles event.

There is a maximum capacity of 405 players for the tournament. Registration will automatically close when that number is reached.

No refunds for withdrawals from an event or for failure to secure a partner.

Refunds minus a $10 processing fee plus the PickleballBrackets.com software use fee, for withdrawals from the tournament up until registration is closed either due to reaching tournament capacity or the registration deadline date of June 13th, whichever comes first.

No refunds for withdrawals from the tournament after registration closes.

All refunds will be issued after the conclusion of the tournament.