Association of Pickleball Athletes – Canadian Circuit (APA)
Greater Toronto Area Open (GTA)
It all started here… and now it’s BACK!
With the OFFICIAL rebrand to the APA Canadian Circuit, the GTA Open makes its long-awaited return this Spring 2026 at One Health Clubs, Mississauga. Let’s run it back.
REGISTRATION OPENS TO OHC MEMBERS FIRST! Public registration OPENS Saturday February 7th 2026 8:00AM.
We are excited to welcome you to One Health Clubs, the leading indoor pickleball facility in the GTA completed with 7 dedicated courts and professional Douglas nets. This will be an ELECTRIFYING event and pickleball party of the year!
CHAMPIONSHIP RINGS ARE BACK! All medalist will receive a BRAND NEW 2026 APA RING!
This will be a skill/age tournament with 19+ & 50+ age categories played at 3.0, 3.5, 4.0, 4.5/5.0, OPEN/PRO skill levels. You can play up to 5 events. Tournament directors reserve the rights to combine brackets & change format based on registration numbers. The registration fee will be $70, $15 Per Event/$70 Per OPEN Event. Your spot is not guaranteed in your event until both partners are registered and paid in full. You and your partner both have 5 days to register before being put onto the wait-list. Maximum 8 teams per division except the OPEN/PRO TBD. Spots will fill up quickly, so sign up TODAY!
Thursday April 2nd we will be offering SPLIT AGE events Men's/Women's/Mixed. The levels offered are 3.5-/4.0+/PRO. In these events if you are OVER/UNDER Age of 50, you will EITHER have to play with someone Age 50 & OVER, or Age 49 & UNDER. You will be allowed to play in 2 events on this day, one gender doubles and one mix doubles.
Singles is COMING! Wednesday April 1st. We have age/levels for all participants. PRO singles will be played on Friday April 3rd.
All participants of the APA Ontario Circuit MUST have a DUPR account to participate. We will be submitting scores to DUPR. Please create an account on DUPR, if you don't already have one - https://dashboard.dupr.com/signup
Tournament director reserves the right to move teams playing up too far if he feels they won't be competitive. We will be using the DUPR/PickleballBrackets Self rating system. Please note that the PRO events are for OPEN level athletes. For ambitious players with a lower rating, please email the APA Tournament Director for approval to participate. Email @ staffapa@outlook.com.
4.5 / 5.0 will be a combined event, with the WINNERS receiving a CASH payout 💰
PRO Division is back, and with the TOP 3 medalist receiving a CASH payout 💰
Tournament will be ran on 5 days:
Wednesday April 1 2026 - Men's/Women's Singles 3.0 3.5 4.0 4.5 - AGE 19+/50+
Thursday April 2 2026 - Men's/Mix/Women's Doubles Split Age - 3.5-/4.0+/PRO - AGE 50+/49-
Friday April 3 2026 - Men's/Women's 3.0, 3.5, 4.0, 4.5 - AGE 50+
Saturday April 4 2026 - Mixed Doubles 3.0, 3.5, 4.0, 4.5/5.0 PRO - AGE 19+/50+
Sunday April 5 2026 - Men's/Women's 3.0, 3.5, 4.0, 4.5/5.0 PRO - AGE 19+
This event will follow USAPA rules with all medal matches refereed. We will try to ref other games when possible.
Tournament Format:
The 3.0, 3.5, 4.0, 4.5 5.0 categories will be pool round robins and the top teams in each pool will advance to a playoff round to determine medal winners. Each team will be guaranteed a minimum of 3 games. (Games played to 15, Bronze medal match played to 15, Gold medal round best 2 out of 3 to 11) Games can be up to 11 with a guaranteed minimum of 5 games. All games will be win by 2. PRO/OPEN Division will be a double elimination format with a minimum of 6 teams.
