USSP thanks our tournament partner, Pickleball Is Great for providing operational support for the 2024 USSP National Championship presented by Humana powered by Pickleball Is Great.

A special thank you to Humana for being the title sponsor for the USSP Championship Series of tournaments for 2024.

USSP National Championship is an Age/Skill tournament for ages 50+. Events will be held for Men’s and Women’s singles and doubles as well as Mixed Doubles. After registration closes, events will be split into 5-year age/skill groups for medaling purposes. Age groups/skill levels may be combined for bracketing. ALL EVENT BRACKET DETAILS ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE BASED ON REGISTRATION. PLEASE REVIEW ONCE EVENTS HAVE BEEN VERIFIED.

Registration is $75, plus $15 for each doubles event. Singles events are $20 each.

USSP/SSIPA members will receive a $10 discount IF the player has their USSP Membership number in the player profile in pickleballbrackets.com

Registration opens on July 1st, 2024 and closes on November 15, 2024.

This tournament is US Senior Pickleball approved.

To join USSP, go to USSeniorPickleball.com, only $20 per year. Multi-year payment discounts available.

The tournament will limit registration to 750 players, or when the tournament director deems the day’s events are full.

Brackets/Events will be round robin with pool play for events with large numbers of teams, single elimination brackets to follow. Players are guaranteed 4 matches per event. More play for your money

USSP has a points system to award prizes to the top finishers each year (USSP members only). In the past, prizes with a retail value of $20,000 were awarded to the top 10-point winners in each age group for both men and women on an annual cycle.

No cash will be awarded.

FORMATS:

MASTERS DIVISION (50+55+60+)

50 + - 64 / 3 teams will play a double round robin and not lead into playoffs. Medals awarded based on results. Games are 2 of 3 to 11 win by 2.

50+ - 64 / 4, 5 & 6 team brackets will play a straight round robin. 1 game to 15 win by 2. The top 4 teams will move forward. 1 vs 4 and 2 vs 3. Games to 15 win by 2 The winners will play for gold/silver and losers play for bronze. The gold/silver will be best 2 of 3 to 11 win by 2 and the bronze match will be 1 game to 15 win by 2.

50+ - 64 / 7, 8 & 9 team brackets will play a straight round robin, 1 game to 15 win by 2. The top 4 teams will move forward. 1 vs 2 for gold/silver – will be best 2 of 3 to 11 win by 2, and 3 vs 4 for bronze with 1 game to 15 win by 2.

50+ - 64 / 10+ teams will play pool play. 1 game to 15 win by 2. The top 2 teams from each pool will move forward. 1 vs 2 and 2 vs 1 will play 1 game to 15 win by 2. The winners will play for gold/silver – will be best 2 of 3 to 11 win by 2 and the losers will play for bronze 1 game to 15 win by 2.

LEGENDS DIVISION (65+70+75+80+)

65+ - 80+ / 3 teams will play a double round robin and not lead into playoffs. Medals awarded based on results. Games are 2 of 3 to 11 win by 2.

65+ - 80+ / 4 and 5 team brackets will play a straight round robin. Best 2 of 3 to 11 win by 2. Medals awarded based on results.

65+ - 80+ / 6 and 7 team brackets will play a straight round robin. 1 game to 15 win by 2. The top 4 teams will move forward. 1 vs 2 for gold/silver – games will be 2 of 3 to 11 win by 2 and 3 vs 4 for bronze with 1 game to 15 win by 2.

65+ - 80+ / 8+ team brackets will play pool play. Top 2 teams from each pool will move forward. 1 vs 2 and 2 vs 1 with 1 game to 15 win by 2. Winners will play for gold/silver – games 2 of 3 to 11 win by 2 and bronze will play 1 game to 15 win by 2.

Refunds will be available up to 2 weeks before the tournament registration closing. All refunds will be charged a $15 processing fee. Emergency refunds will be issued based on documentation and tournament director approval.