Tournament Director reserves the right to amend the format of play based on participation or any other unforeseen event up to and including the day of the tournament.
Tournament team will make every effort to complete all matches. However, adjustments and/or cancellations may be necessary.
There is no provision to have a makeup day beyond the current tournament schedule.
Skill levels will be:
3.0 (Recreational)
3.5 (Intermediate)
4.0+ (Advanced)
Age levels will be 14+ and 50+.
Formats will be either Double Elimination or Round Robin based on participation and/or bracket size.
Double Elimination Brackets:
Winners Bracket:
Either
2 out of 3, game to 11, win by 2, or first to 15,
or
1 game to 15, win by 2, or first to 21.
Losers Bracket: 1 game to 15, win by 2, or first to 21.
Bronze Medal Matches: 1 game to 15, win by 2, or first to 21.
Gold Medal Matches:
Either
2 out of 3, game to 11, win by 2, or first to 15.
or
1 game to 15, win by 2, or first to 21.
If the losers bracket finalists wins the first match, then a tiebreaker game will be played, 1 game to 15, win by 2, or first to 21, to determine the winner.
Round Robin Brackets:
Formats for round robin brackets will be either:
Matches of 2 out of 3, game to 11, win by 2, or first to 15, or
Each match 1 game to 15, win by 2, or first to 21
Round Robin results will be determined following the USA Pickleball rule book:
12.C.3. Round Robin. All players or teams play each other. Games may use any of the approved tournament scoring options. (See Rule 12.B.) The winner is determined based on number of matches won. If two or more teams are tied:
12.C.3.a. First tie-breaker: head-to-head matches won.
12.C.3.b. Second tie-breaker: point differential of all games played. (e.g., Team A won Match 1 11-8, 11-4, so they would have a point differential of +10. Team A then wins the second match 11-9, 2-11, 11-6. For this round, they would have a point differential of -2. This would give them a total for the day of +8.)
12.C.3.c. Third tie-breaker: head-to-head point differential.
12.C.3.d. Fourth tie-breaker: point differential against next-highest team. (e.g., If the teams are tied for second, use point differentials against the first-place team.)
Combined Brackets:
If brackets are combined, they will be combined by skill level first, then age.
Medals will only be awarded to the top 3 finishers in a combined skill/age bracket, not to the individual skill/age bracket.
