The 2025 Maryland Open will be part of the PPA's Pickleball World Championship. All medalists in each event will qualify for the Pickleball World Championship to be held November 3rd-9th in Texas. Each medalist will receive a discount on their registration fee (Gold 100%, Silver 50%, and Bronze 25%).

WHERE: Outdoors at Owen Brown Tennis and Pickleball Facility (6 Pickleball Courts and 20 Temporary Courts).

REGISTRATION FEE: Your registration fee is $60. Each additional event will be $20. (PickleballBrackets.com charges an additional $5 fee for each event, max of $10). Open play (cash payout) events will have a higher event fee (see below). Register before September 10th and receive a tournament T-shirt. After that date, tournament shirts will be available for purchase.

October 10th: Singles - Mens and Womens

October 11th: Mens and Womens Doubles

October 12th: Mixed Doubles

* 2025 USA Pickleball Rules will apply. Paddles with a USA Pickleball stamp will be allowed.

* Team Age bracket will be determined by the age of the youngest partner. Age as of 12/31/2025.

* Team Skill level will be determined by the highest skill level of the player on the team.

* Players can play down in age and up in skill.

Amateur events are round-robin, with doubles events playing one game to 15 points, win by 2, and singles events playing one game to 11, win by 2. We will have skill levels of 3.0, 3.5, 4.0, 4.5, and Open. Age groups will generally be split between 34 and under, 35-49, 50+, and 60+. For information regarding Open events, see below.

Tournament directors reserve the right to combine events either based on skill or age to provide the best overall playing experience, given the circumstances.

Please note that if you are playing in a doubles event and your partner does not register within 10 days of when you register, you will automatically be moved to the waitlist. Your spot in the main event will NOT be saved. If (after you are both registered and paid for the event) there is room in the main event, you will be moved back to the main event. If the event has filled up in the meantime, you will remain on the waitlist until a spot opens up. The waitlist order of entry into the event is based on the date the second team member is registered.

Please note that after the main draws are seeded and finalized, no partner changes are allowed.

Players must be paid and have a registered and paid partner to be confirmed. Within one month of the event, players not paid and without registered and paid partners may be moved to a wait list if the division in which a spot is being held is filled with fully registered and paid teams.

After registration is closed, any registered player losing a partner must replace that partner with an already registered player. The replacement partner must be in the same skill/age group that you are scheduled to play. Players can play down in age and up in skill. Replacements need to be known and communicated to the registration contact 2 days before you are scheduled to play. Replacements can be found on the players needing partners list.

This is an outdoor event. There will not be any makeup days. We want to be responsive to players concern regarding adverse weather, and are implementing a new refund policy that will automatically qualify players to receive a partial refund if their event is cancelled due to weather. See Refund Policy for more information on refunds for withdrawals and for events cancelled due to weather.

Withdrawls: If you wish to withdraw from the tournament, you must do so by September 10th. You will receive your registration and event fees, minus a $30 processing fee, plus any fees charged by PickleballTournaments.com (up to $10).

In the event of weather: Players can receive up to 50% of their registration and event(s) fees. If you are signed up for multiple events and participate in at least one event, you will only receive a refund of the cancelled event(s) fee. (This does not include fees charged by PickleballTournaments.com, up to $10).

Doubles games in the winners bracket will be the best 2 of 3 games, each game to 11, win by 2. Consolation bracket games will be one game to 15, win by 2. The Gold/Silver and Bronze match will be best 2 of 3 games, each game to 11, win by 2. If it is the first loss for the loser of the Gold/Silver match, then one additional game to 15, win by 2 will be played to determine the winner.

Singles games in the winners bracket will be the best 2 of 3 games, each game to 11, win by 2. Consolation bracket games will be one game to 11, win by 2. The Gold/Silver and Bronze match will be best 2 of 3 games, each game to 11, win by 2. If it is the first loss for the loser of the Gold/Silver match, then one additional game to 15, win by 2 will be played to determine the winner.

All Open event fees ($100 per player) will be used as payouts for each event. (50% for Gold, 30% for Silver, and 20% for Bronze)

This is an outdoor event. There will not be any makeup days. See Refund Policy above for more information on refunds for events cancelled due to weather.