Event Days & Times
Saturday - Gender Doubles, Junior Singles
Sunday - TWO OPTIONS - You can ONLY pick one
1. Normal Mixed Doubles or Junior Gender Doubles - REGISTER ON PICKLEBALLBRACKETS.COM
2. The Dink Minor League Pickleball Team Event - REGISTRATION INFO BELOW
We will not have the exact bracket start times until after registration closes.
DUPR ratings will be used to determine bracket placements.
We reserve the right to move players/teams into their appropriate skill bracket based on their DUPR rating at the time of the tournament (regardless of rating at the time of registration).
Scores will be uploaded to DUPR.
Tournament Fee Breakdown
Registration Fee - $70 (Beginning November 10, 2025 the registration fee will be $80) - Juniors receive a $20 discount at checkout (Total registration fee is $50 or $60 for late registration)
Event Fee - $30 (Junior event fee - $10)
PB Brackets Service Fee (we have no control over this - it goest DIRECTLY to PickleballBrackets.com) - $5-10
*Registration for Sunday's The Dink MiLP Team Event is separate from Saturday's Gender Doubles/Juniors Singles or Sunday's Mixed Doubles/Junior Gender Doubles. A player cannot play in The Dink MiLP and another event on Sunday.
The Dink MiLP Price: $70.00 per player (must register and pay as a team) - this is completely separate from the Bradenton Classic tournament fee.
The Dink MLPlay™ FORMAT
The Dink Minor League Pickleball is team competition where teams of 4 players (2 women and 2 men) compete against each other using the MLPlay™ format: team matches are composed of four 21-point games (rally scoring), one women’s doubles, a men’s doubles, and the final two games consisting of mixed doubles. If both teams are tied at 2-2 after the 4 games are played, they’ll go to a Dreambreaker™! In a Dreambreaker™ one person from each team plays singles against the other team’s player, switching players every four rallies until someone gets to 21 and wins by two points.
Registration will be available soon!
DUPR ratings will be used to determine bracket placements (bracket options will be combined team DUPR of 12, 14, 16, 18, or 20).
Bracket Formats
Brackets with 4 or more teams could take 4-6 hours to complete, please plan accordingly
3 teams/players (only if necessary, we will try to combine any 3 team/player divisions with the closest age division possible)
- Double-RR, games 1 to 15
- Top 2 teams advanced to Gold Medal match, 2/3 to 11 win by 2
- 3rd place team automatically receives Bronze medal
4 team bracket
- Single-RR, games 1 to 15
- Semi-final (all 4 teams) - 1 to 15
- Bronze - 1 to 15
- Gold - 2/3 to 11
5-7 team bracket
- Single-RR, games 1 to 15
- Semi-final (top 4 teams) - 1 to 15
- Bronze - 1 to 15
- Gold - 2/3 to 11
8-9 team team bracket
- Single-RR, games 1 to 11
- Semi-final (top 4 teams) - 1 to 15
- Bronze - 1 to 15
- Gold - 2/3 to 11
10-12 team bracket
- 2 pools, Single-RR, games 1 to 15
- Semi-final (top 2 teams from each pool) - 1 to 15
- Bronze - 1 to 15
- Gold - 2/3 to 11
Format is subject to change at anytime.
If a bracket is unable to finish due to weather and enough matches have been played to determine placements, we will use approved USAP rules to determine placements.
USAP rules will be followed. Only USAP approved paddles permitted.
