Association of Pickleball Athletes (APA)
The United Open
Picklershub
Coming this New Year 2026 the Toronto United and APA Canadian Circuit will be partnering to be bringing you The United Open hosted at Picklershub, Mississauga!
Ricky Liorti: "We are so excited to be hosting the first Toronto United tournament partnered with the APA Canadian Circuit here in the GTA. This tournament we are looking to bring the top amateurs and pros from across the country to bring you an EPIC player experience. This will be a tournament you will not want to miss."
We are so excited to welcome you to ONE of GTA'S top pickleball facility, Picklershub. This facility has 9 spacious beautiful courts, lounge, bar, change rooms, mezzanine, and a VIBE like none other!
This will be a skill/age tournament with 19+, 35+, 50+, 60+, and 70+ age categories played at 3.0, 3.5, 4.0, 4.5, 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 January 15th we will be offering SPLIT AGE events Men's/Women's/Mixed. The levels offered are 3.5-/4.0-/4.5+/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.
We will be using DUPR rating going forward for the 2026 year. No more self rating, no CTPR, no pickleballbrackets rating, no WorldRating, only DUPR now. You're allowed to play up in a level, but not down. Rating goes from .99 and below. For example you are considered a 3.5 level player if you have a rating between 3.50 - 3.99.
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 for registration going forward. Please make sure you play in the RIGHT skill level, we will be monitoring this. 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 @ apacircuit@outlook.com.
Tournament will be ran on 5 days:
Wednesday Jan 14 2026 - Men's/Women's Singles 3.0 3.5 4.0 4.5 - AGE 19+/35+/50+/60+
Thursday Jan 15 2026 - Men's/Mix/Women's Doubles Split Age - 3.5-/4.0-/4.5+/PRO - AGE 50+/49-
Friday Jan 16 2026 - Men's/Women's 3.0, 3.5, 4.0, 4.5, - AGE 50+/60+/70+ - Men's/Women's Singles PRO
Saturday Jan 17 2026 - Mixed Doubles 3.0, 3.5, 4.0, 4.5, PRO - AGE 19+/35+/50+/60+/70+
Sunday Jan 18 2026 - Men's/Women's 3.0, 3.5, 4.0, 4.5, PRO - AGE 19+/35+
This event will follow USAPA rules with all medal matches refereed. We will try to ref other games when possible. UPA paddles are approved.
The 3.0, 3.5, 4.0, 4.5 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 5 teams.
IMPORTANT!
Starting time for each day will be 8AM. Your event can start as late as 7PM. Events can go as late as 11pm Depending on how many participants we have registered, the time can change for each day. Full schedule will be available Sunday Night Jan 11th 2025.
