Tournament Director reserves the right to amend the format of play based on participation or any other unforeseen event up to and including the day of the tournament.
Tournament team will make every effort to complete all matches. However, adjustments and/or cancellations may be necessary.
There is no provision to have a makeup day beyond the current tournament schedule.
Skill levels:
3.0 (Recreational)
3.5 (Intermediate)
4.0+ (Advanced Plus)
Age levels: 18+ 50+
Formats will be either Double Elimination or Round Robin based on participation and/or bracket size.
Double Elimination Brackets:
Winners bracket – 2 out of 3, game to 11, win by 2, or first to 15.
Losers bracket – 1 game to 15, win by 2, or first to 21.
Bronze medal matches – 1 game to 15, win by 2, or first to 21.
Gold medal matches – 2 out of 3, game to 11, win by 2, or first to 15.
If the losers bracket finalists win the 2 out of 3 match, then a tiebreaker game will be played, 1 game to 15, win by 2, or first to 21, to determine the winner.
Referees will be provided only in medal matches (bronze and gold).
Round Robin Brackets:
Formats for round robin brackets will be either:
Matches of 2 out of 3, game to 11, win by 2, or first to 15, or
Each match 1 game to 15, win by 2, or first to 21
Round Robin results will be determined following the USA Pickleball Rule book:
12.C.3. Round Robin. All players or teams play each other. Games may use any of the approved tournament scoring options. (See Rule 12.B.) The winner is determined based on number of matches won.
If two or more teams are tied:
12.C.3.a. First tie-breaker: head-to-head matches won.
12.C.3.b. Second tie-breaker: point differential of all games played. (e.g., Team A won Match 1 11-8, 11-4, so they would have a point differential of +10. Team A then wins the second match 11-9, 2-11, 11-6. For this round, they would have a point differential of -2. This would give them a total for the day of +8.)
12.C.3.c. Third tie-breaker: head-to-head point differential.
12.C.3.d. Fourth tie-breaker: point differential against next-highest team. (e.g., If the teams are tied for second, use point differentials against the first-place team.)
Referees will not be provided in any round robin matches.
If a round robin bracket is split into 2 groups:
Each group of teams will play each other in 1 game to 15, win by 2, or first to 21.
The top 2 finishers in each group will move on to a playoff. Each first place finisher of a group will play the second place finisher in the other group, 1 game to 15, win by 2, or first to 21. The winners of the playoff games will play each other in a 1 game gold match, 1 game to 15, win by 2, or first to 21. The losers of the playoff games will play each other for the bronze medal, 1 game to 15, win by 2, or first to 21.
Combined Brackets:
If brackets are combined, they will be combined by skill level first, then age.
Medals will only be awarded to the top 3 finishers in a combined skill/age bracket, not to each individual skill/age bracket.
