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The Kitchen along with our partners at Joola are proud to present THE KITCHEN OPEN.

THE KITCHEN OPEN is our largest amateur event to date. This amateur tournament will be held in November 16th-19th in Austin, TX. There will also be a Finals Party, where ONE TEAM WILL WIN $25,000, the LARGEST PRIZE IN AMATEUR PICKLEBALL HISTORY! 💥

There are divisions based on age (open age play and 40+), skill level (3.0, 3.5, 4.0, 4.5, and OPEN), as well as gender doubles and mixed. ALL TEAMS IN EACH DIVISION WILL PLAY 12 GAMES MINIMUM!

All SKILL DIVISIONS will compete for Joola paddles, and gear as well as gift credits to www.TheKitchenPickle.shop which will be awarded to all those who make the podium of their respective divisions.

THE OPEN DIVISION is open to amateur pickleball players, regardless of age or gender.

WHAT IS AN AMATEUR? Someone who, at the time of sign up, has not won an APP or PPA main draw match (back draw or consolation are ok) nor has played in a Major League Pickleball match.

UPDATE: As PPA and MLP are signing players to professional contracts (many of which have never won PPA or APP gender doubles main draw matches), those players are still eligible. If a player ends up on a Major League Pickleball roster before The Kitchen Open, that player would be ineligible.

This is going to be a party, so come prepared to play some pickleball and have a blast!

See you on the courts!

The Kitchen

Round Robin play for every division. Full divisions will consist of 14 teams in 2 pods of 7. The OPEN DIVISION will be pods of 8. The pods will play each team in their pod in two games to eleven, win by one.

So every team will either be 2-0, 1-1, or 0-2. (12 possible wins).

Tiebreaker:

1. Total points scored in Round Robin play.

2. Total points scored against in Round Robin play. (The fewest points allowed wins)

3. Head to head in games.

4. Head to head in points against. (The fewest points allowed wins)

In the OPEN DIVISION, the tournament will be played to the quarterfinals on Saturday, and then the quarterfinals through finals will take place on Sunday in downtown Austin!

The final day to receive a refund is October 15th, 2023.

Teams understand that there will be no refunds granted for any reason after the registration deadline. This includes, but is not limited to inclement weather, etc. In case of inclement weather, the Tournament Director reserves the right to reduce the number of scheduled games and/or the time of games and/or postpone or delay game times and/or cancel the event. Every effort will be made to complete games and the tournament. Entry fees are non-refundable after registration deadlines.

OPEN DIVISION, the prizes are winner-take-all for $25,000!!!!

In the event of rain or other weather issues, we will be sending out emails as soon as any decisions are made. Consider all events on and being played on time unless you receive an email from The Texas Open stating otherwise.