2026 PA Open, a Pickleball is Life Tournament

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86 players registered

Apr 11, 2026 - Apr 12, 2026

When

Registration opens

Nov 12, 2025

8:00 AM EST

Registration ends

Apr 09, 2026

5:00 PM EST

Registration Cost

$ 65.00

Where

Get Directions

Hatboro Dill Dinkers

330 S Warminster Rd

Hatboro, PA, 19040

Tournament Description

<big>🏓 Get Ready for the 2026 PA Open!</big>

Presented by Pickleball is Life, LLC, this premier tournament is happening April 10-12, 2026 at the amazing 18 indoor court Dill Dinkers in Hatboro, PA! Whether you're a rising junior, weekend warrior, or elite-level baller, there’s a bracket for you. Join us for three action-packed days of fierce competition, community vibes, and non-stop pickleball fun!

<big>🏆 Prizes & Payouts</big>

<ul>

<li>🥇🥈🥉place winners in all brackets receive prizes.</li>

<li>So far this year we have over $12,000 worth of prizes, gifts and supplies from our sponsors including Selkirk, Gearbox, & Onix paddles, Nice Aces, Vulcan, Diadem & Selkirk bags, Onix eyewear, PB5Star sneakers and other great prizes. </li>

<li>The Open Divisions are awarded prize money. See below for details.</li>

</ul>

🎽 Registration is $65 and Includes:

<ul>

<li>A Pickleball is Life tournament shirt (choose from short sleeve, racerback, muscle tee, long sleeve*, or quarter zip*).</li>

<li>A chance to win a free one-year membership to Dill Dinkers. Simply register and play in any event to get a chance to win a free one-year membership to Dill Dinkers!</li>

<li>A $50 Engage gift card.</li>

<li>Some pickleballs to take home.</li>

<li>Medals & great prizes (including paddles, bags, water bottles, eyewear) for all 1st, 2nd and 3rd place winners.</li>

<li>Access to our Hospitality Table with snacks, fruit and electrolyte packets.</li>

</ul>

🏅 Event Fees:

<ul>

<li>Junior Events: just $5 per event.</li>

<li>Amateur Events (Age divisions: 9–49, 50–59, 60+; Skill Levels 2.5 – 4.5): $20 per event.</li>

<li>Open & Senior Open Events (Skill 4.5+): $60 per event, $40 goes directly into the prize pool!</li>

</ul>

PickleballTournaments.com also charges a $5 service fee per event with a $10 maximum service fee.

🗓 Tournament Schedule

🎾 Saturday, April 11

<li>Adult Men’s & Women’s Doubles</li>

<li>Adult Men’s & Women’s Singles</li>

<li>Split-Age Coed Doubles (1 player under 50, 1 player 50+)</li>

<li>Junior Singles & Junior Mixed Doubles</li>

🎾 Sunday, April 12

<li>Adult Mixed Doubles</li>

<li>Junior Doubles</li>

🔥 Don’t miss this chance to compete and connect with new players!

Interested in being part of the action? <a href="https://pickleballbrackets.com/a5_U/pbt/rerv.aspx?s=2&eid=1224c87a-b363-4220-8b9f-19b2074f0553" target="_blank" style="color: #0000EE;">Volunteer Here</a> and help make this event even more amazing! There are skill/age brackets for Singles, Gender Doubles and Mixed Doubles events for Juniors (8-12, 13-16), Amateurs (9-49, 50-59, 60+), Open (All Ages) and Senior Open (50+).

<big>Enhancing Your Tournament Experience:</big>

With years of experience playing in pickleball tournaments and running them, we’re dedicated to providing the best possible experience for every player. Here’s what you can expect from our tournament:

<ul>

<li>Round Robin Play: All brackets are run as Round Robin, followed by a single-elimination playoff for the top teams, ensuring every player gets 4 to 8 games (see full details below).</li>

<li>Fair Play: We carefully monitor all brackets to prevent sandbagging by reviewing players' DUPR and tournament histories (see details below).</li>

<li>Amazing Prizes: Winners will take home medals and exciting prizes from our sponsors, including paddles, pickleball bags, water bottles, gift certificates for pickleball gear and restaurants, and more!</li>

<li>Tournament Shirts: Players can choose from a variety of tournament shirt styles, including short sleeve, racerback, muscle shirt, long sleeve, or quarter-zip.</li>

<li>Live Streaming: We know you love to watch your matches! We live stream and record most courts on the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@PickleballisLife" target="_blank" style="color: #0000EE;">Pickleball is Life YouTube channel</a> and <a href="https://www.facebook.com/nickspblife" target="_blank" style="color: #0000EE;">Facebook Page</a>. Many of the matches will be available to watch after the tournament.</li>

<li>Player Hospitality: Enjoy complimentary snacks, fruit, and water in our well-stocked hospitality tent, available to all players.</li>

<li>Referees for Key Matches: Referees will be present for Pro and Senior Pro matches, as well as most amateur medal matches, ensuring a professional and fair competition.</li>

<li>Convenient Payment Options: We accept Venmo, Zelle, PayPal, and credit card payments for easy registration.</li>

<li>Results Tracking: Tournament results will be immediately submitted to DUPR. Please join the <a href="https://dashboard.dupr.com/dashboard/browse/clubs/7723730438" target="_blank" style="color: #0000EE;">Pickleball is Life DUPR Club</a>. If a retirement occurs after play has begun, matches will be submitted to DUPR as completed results. The winning side will receive the full winning score (11 or 15), and the opponent will retain their points at the time of retirement. In multi-game matches, remaining unplayed games will be recorded as 11–0.</li>

</ul>

We work hard to ensure every aspect of the tournament is smooth, enjoyable, and memorable for all participants!

<big>Pickleball is Life Facebook Page</big>

Follow the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/nickspblife" target="_blank" style="color: #0000EE;">Pickleball is Life Facebook Page</a> to get regular updates on the tournament. All tournament videos and pictures will be published here!

Additional Information

<big>💰 HOW TO SAVE MONEY</big>

<ul>

<li>Sign Up Early: Prices increase on Feb 1 and again on Mar 15.</li>

<li>Volunteer: Sign up to <a href="https://pickleballbrackets.com/a5_U/pbt/rerv.aspx?s=2&eid=df785076-0f68-4637-a002-b8cad746f12c" target="_blank" style="color: #0000EE;">Volunteer Here</a> and receive a 25% refund for each time slot. Volunteer for 3 slots = 75% back!</li>

<li>Ambassador Program: Get 4 friends to register with a 5% discount code and receive a 20% discount. Email pickleballismylife@gmail.com to receive a discount code to share with friends and family.</li>

<li>Social Media: Post that you registered for the tournament with a link to our registration page and encourage your friends to do the same and receive a 5% discount.</li>

NOTE: See discount limitations and more details below.

</ul>

<big>Sandbagging Policy - </big>Our goal is to make sure you are competing against players at the same skill level and age. All brackets will be checked for sandbaggers by checking the player's DUPR and tournament play history. If a player's DUPR rating with a high reliability rating is above a bracket's skill level and/or if the player has competed and won gold at that skill level in a large tournament, they will be required to compete at the next skill level. We have created a number of age levels and as long as we can get four teams/players in a specific skill level/age level we will allow that bracket to go forward and not combine brackets.

<big>Event Formats - </big>Our goal is to give players the most games possible. Brackets with 4 to 14 teams will be round robin with playoffs, giving teams that don't make the playoffs 4 to 6 games and teams that make the playoffs 6 to 8 games. Brackets with 15 or more teams will be play either round robin or double elimination.

Bracket Size - Bracket Formats: (for singles its players instead of teams)

4 teams - Double round robin, teams get 6 games to 11 win by 2. All 4 teams go to playoffs and get more games.

5 teams - Single round robin, teams get 4 games to 15 win by 2. Top 4 teams go to playoffs and get more games.

6 teams - Single round robin, teams get 5 games to 15 win by 2. Top 4 teams go to playoffs and get more games.

7 teams - Single round robin, teams get 6 games to 11 win by 2. Top 4 teams go to playoffs and get more games.

8 teams - Two pools of 4 teams, double round robin, teams get 6 games to 11 win by 2. Top 2 teams from each pool go to playoffs and get more games.

9 teams - Two pools of 4 and 5 teams, single round robin, teams get 3 or 4 games to 15 win by 2. Top 3 teams from each pool go to playoffs and get more games.

10 teams - Two pools of 5 teams. Teams get 4 games to 15 win by 2. Top 2 teams from each pool go to playoffs and get more games.

11 teams - Two pools of 5 and 6 teams. Teams get 4 or 5 games to 15 win by 2. Top 2 teams from each pool go to playoffs and get more games.

12 teams - Two pools of 6 teams. Teams get 5 games to 15 win by 2. Top 2 teams from each pool go to playoffs and get more games.

Round robins have a single elimination playoff round, format decided by the tournament director.

13 teams - Two pools of 6 and 7 teams. Teams get 5 or 6 games to 15 win by 2. Top 3 teams from each pool go to playoffs and get more games.

14 teams - Two pools of 7 teams. Teams get 6 games to 15 win by 2. Top 3 teams from each pool go to playoffs and get more games.

Round robins have a single elimination playoff round, format decided by the tournament director.

15 and higher teams will play either round robin or double elimination with the consolation draw able to win gold.

For brackets with 3 or less teams, the tournament director will need to combine brackets by age and/or skill level to make the bracket viable.

Discount Limitations & Program Details: You can only receive a discount from one of our discount programs. The discount only applies to the registration fees and the amateur event fees. For Open events the discount only applies to the $20 component, not the $40 prize money component of the Open Event fee. Discount does not apply to the pickleballbrackets software fee, tournament insurance, extra tournament shirt or extra fee for long sleeve or quarter zip or any Pickleball is Life gear for sale. Ambassador Program Details - we create a custom discount code for you (you can select the code, or we will create one) that you give out to your friends. This typically saves them about $5 on the registration since registration for 1 event is around $100. The software only allows discount codes to be a specific amount, so it is actually a $5 discount code. If they register for multiple events, we will refund them more money manually to honor the 5%. If you get at least 4 friends to register with that code, we will give you a $20 discount code to use, if you register for more than one event, we will refund you more money manually to honor the 20%. Please email us when you have 4 friends registered and we will refund you the money. Sorry it's a little confusing, we wish pickleballbrackets would create the ability to offer discount codes by percentage. The 5% discount code will be limited to 8 registrations. Only one person gets the 20% discount. Volunteer Discount Details - after the tournament and you have completed one or multiple 4-hour volunteer slots we will refund your 25% of your registration and event fees as described above for each volunteer slot you perform up to a maximum of 3 volunteer slots. Social Media Discount Details - you must post to Facebook or Instagram a statement that you are registered for the PA Open tournament on Apr 10-12 with link to this registration page at least one week before the start of the tournament. You must send us an email with a link to your post.

Refund Policy

Refunds are available for registration and event fees minus the refund fees described below if canceled before the cancellation deadline of 3/10/26. Refund requests made after that date and before the start of the tournament will be granted minus a $25 processing fee to cover the purchase of shirts, medals, balls, etc. and minus the 3rd party service fees described below. There are no refunds after the tournament starts. Brackets may be combined by age and/or skill at the discretion of the tournament director and no refunds are available when this occurs, however the tournament director may offer a partial refund if there is no way to combine brackets minus the refund fees described below. REFUND FEES: ALL refunds will minus any PayPal/Venmo/CC processing fees and the PickleballBrackets Software Fee. The PickleballBrackets Software Fee is non-refundable as stated at checkout. Refunds will be issued as quickly as possible, but could occur after the conclusion of the tournament. This is an indoor event so most weather events will not affect the tournament, however there is no refund for an unforeseen circumstance (flood, power outage, etc.) and the tournament coordinators will do all they can to play matches. If brackets are in mid play when an unforeseen circumstance occurs the situation will be evaluated on a case by case basis to determine if the bracket may be finished or if winners may be determined. There are no alternate dates.

Prize Money

The Open and Senior Open (50+) brackets will use the additional $40 per player to fund the prize money. Payouts will be 60% going to Gold, 25% going to Silver and 15% going to Bronze. Total prize money depends on the number of players registering for each Open bracket. Assuming these number of Pro players/teams the payout would be:

20 Singles Players - Total $800, 1st $480, 2nd $200, 3rd $120 (per player)

20 Doubles Teams - Total $1600, 1st $960, 2nd $400, 3rd $240 (per team)

Venue Details

Hatboro Dill Dinkers

330 S Warminster Rd
Hatboro, Pennsylvania, 19040
United States

Parking Information

Parking Fee: No Fee

2026 PA Open, a Pickleball is Life Tournament

2026 PA Open, a Pickleball is Life Tournament

2026 PA Open, a Pickleball is Life Tournament

2026 PA Open, a Pickleball is Life Tournament

2026 PA Open, a Pickleball is Life Tournament

2026 PA Open, a Pickleball is Life Tournament

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