6/7 tournament 1st session will be an 8am start consisting of Women's doubles open to 3.5-4.5 level players.
Each tournament session will have 1 team winning (total of 2 people). Each participant on the winning doubles team (2 people max) will win a cruise for one person. Winning prize per person is equal to $1,600. Each winning team will be added to a "Tournament of Champions" cruise will will take part in 2026 from LA to Cabo for a 4 day/3 night cruise. This will include plenty of time to play more pickleball and instruction. Example of a similar cruise can be found at https://www.pickleballintl.org/product/royal-caribbean-pickleball-cruise-a-luxurious-voyage-from-la-to-cabo/
Tournament format will be a round robin of a pod of 4 teams. Rally score to 15, no cap, win by 2 points and no freeze.
After the round robin, each team will be re-seeded and will move on to the single elimination bracket. There will be no back draw come around. Bracket play will be 2 out of 3, rally score to 15, no cap, win by 2 points and no freeze.
No referees will be provided, this will be a self referee tournament.
Play will be at The Mundelein Picklr at 1555 S. Lake St, Mundelein, IL. 60060 847-610-6248 (Please only call for directions, contact the tournament director for questions pertaining to the tournament.)