🏓 We're Hitting Pause… for Now!
Sometimes even the best serves don’t land quite right—and that’s okay! While the Battle of the Paddle Pickleball Tournament won’t be happening this May, we’re already rallying behind the scenes for a future match-up that’s even bigger and better. 💥
A huge thank you to everyone who planned to join us at McCollum Park—we appreciate your support and energy! Refunds are being issued to all registered players via the original payment method.
Stay tuned for updates and future pickleball action—because we’re not done yet. 💪
Welcome to the Battle of the Paddles - the first annual edition! The Battle of the Paddles will be played at McCollum Park in Downers Grove, IL. McCollum Park is a 50-acre facility, featuring trails, mini-golf, horseshoes, volleyball, and a spray ground for families. Located only 20 miles from downtown Chicago, your options of off court activities are limited only by your imagination!
Competition Formats
The tournament will feature all manners of Team Pickleball - Doubles & Mixed Doubles. All divisions will be played as Round Robin, with the Top 4 teams from each Division advancing to the Single Elimination Playoffs. The matches will come fast and furious, so be ready for a day of fun competition and play.
Saturday, 5/17 = Men's Doubles. Women's Doubles. All matches will be games to 15, with the Gold Medal matches played 2/3 to 11.
Sunday, 5/18 = Mixed Doubles. All matches will be games to 15, with the Gold Medal match played 2/3 to 11.
Team Competition
An additional component of the event is the MiLP style team competition on Saturday. This component has a separate event site and entry fee, which can be found here: https://swishtournaments.com/product/battle-of-the-paddles/. We invite all local clubs and competitive facilities to gather your best players and represent for the pride of your club! Teams consist of 4 members - 2 women, 2 men - and are played as a round robin. Each round consists of 4 games to 21, rally scoring, 2 doubles, and 2 mixed. If the 2 teams are tied at the end of a round, then they go to a tie breaker - one game of singles, with all 4 players rotating every 4 rallies. The top 4 teams from each division advance to the playoffs. Limited to 6 teams per skill division, enter soon to get your spot!
US Senior Pickleball (USSP)
This tournament is also USSP certified. USSP events are Age/Skill format (5 year age brackets) for ages 50+. Membership is not required for Circuit Series and Regional events in 2025, but if you are a USSP member and have your USSP membership number in your Pickleballbrackets.com profile you will receive a $10 discount on the registration fee for each tournament.
Your USSP membership number must be linked in your pickleballbrackets.com profile to receive the discount at time of registration (instructions for how to add your membership to your profile are here).
To join USSP, go to www.usseniorpickleball.com. Membership cost is only $20 per year and multi-year discounts are available.
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.
