Winter is coming to the Star City and so is Pickleball Paradise! Winter in Paradise represents the inaugural tournament to be held at the brand new Performance Pickleball ROA following its official opening on January 1, 2025! The Performance Pickleball team, which now includes RVA & ROA, is thrilled and excited to welcome and host everyone for this tournament at what will be our second location in two years' time! Come spend Winter in Paradise with us!

As a promotion for the Grand Opening of our brand-new 10-court Roanoke location, we are offering all tournament registrants and players credit towards the cost of one month's membership at PPBROA!

Sign up for the Winter in Paradise tournament and apply the registration cost (not including event and/or service fees) as a credit to your monthly membership dues! Simply let us know that you've signed up for membership at PPBROA when registering for the tournament or by contacting us at info@ppbroa.com and we will apply the credit to your membership account!

We've partnered with Atlantic Union Bank to bring you the Atlantic Union Bank Performance Series, a series of major tournaments run by Performance Pickleball at both indoor and outdoor venues throughout the year.

Participate, play and place on the podium in each of the Atlantic Union Bank Performance Series tournaments and earn Atlantic Union Bank Challenge standings points! We will award money/cash prizes to the Top 3 Men's & Women's points standings finishers at the end of the year at the Atlantic Union Bank Open. Are you up to the Challenge? Stay tuned for more details!

The tournament will be held at the all-new Performance Pickleball ROA premier indoor pickleball facility in Roanoke, VA. There will be Skill & Age Divisions in Men's and Women's Singles, Men's and Women's Doubles, and Mixed Doubles.

19+, 30+, 40+, 50+, 60+

3.0, 3.5, 4.0, 4.5, 5.0 (35+ & 50+ only), Open

The tournament will also feature Open Divisions within each of the Men's, Women's and Mixed events with Prize Money awarded to the Top 3 teams/players in each Open Division event. Medal matches in the Open Divisions will be livestreamed and broadcasted each day on the Performance Pickleball YouTube page.

Matches will take place on 10 state-of-the-art dedicated indoor pickleball courts at Performance Pickleball ROA. Medals will be awarded to the Top 3 teams/players in each bracket.

2/7/25 Friday - Men's & Women's Singles + Players Party & Welcome!

2/8/25 Saturday - Men's & Women's Doubles

2/9/25 Sunday - Mixed Doubles

Early Registration ends Tuesday 12/31/24

Cancellation Deadline for a Full Refund is Sunday 1/26/25

Late Registration begins Monday 1/27/25

All Registration closes on Friday 1/31/25

Registration is $45 during the Early Registration period which ends on Tuesday 12/31/24. Registration will be $55 starting on Wednesday 1/1/25. Late Registration is $65 and begins on Monday 1/27/25.

The registration fee is per player and includes a free tournament t-shirt and other tournament sponsor giveaways. Please be sure to indicate your shirt size during the registration process. Late or last-minute registrants may not be guaranteed a t-shirt and/or desired shirt size, so be sure to sign up early!

Event fees are $15 per event for all Skill & Age events and $30 per event for all Open Division events. There will also be a PB/PT non-refundable service fee of $5 per event or a maximum of $10 when registering for 2 or more events.

For doubles events, priority will be given to teams that have both partners registered. Teams with only one partner registered and teams with no designated partner will be waitlisted. To secure your spot in a doubles bracket, please make sure that both you and your partner are registered.

This is a non-sanctioned tournament, but we will be following USAP 2025 rules.

All Skill & Age brackets will be Round Robin with a Single Elimination bracket round and/or Medal matches to be played immediately following the completion of Round Robin play.

Round Robin matches will be either best 2/3 games to 11 win by 2 or 1 game to 15 win by 2 or 1 game to 11 win by 2 depending on the size of the bracket and/or pools. Gold Medal matches will be best 2/3 games to 11 win by 2. Bronze Medal matches will be best 2/3 games to 11 win by 2 or 1 game to 15 win by 2.

Open Division brackets will be Double Elimination. Double Elimination bracket matches will be best 2/3 games to 11 win by 2 in the Winners' Bracket and 1 game to 15 win by 2 in the Consolation Bracket. Teams/players in the Consolation Bracket will have a chance to advance back into the medal rounds. Gold Medal matches will be best 2/3 games to 11 win by 2 with a Tiebreaker match, if necessary, being 1 game to 15 win by 2. Bronze Medal matches will be 1 game to 15 win by 2.

The rating used for this tournament will be DUPR and all match scores and results will be automatically entered into DUPR. Please be sure to connect your DUPR account to your Pickleball Brackets account to ensure reporting accuracy.

Please click on the following links to claim or create a DUPR account and for instructions on how to connect your DUPR account to your Pickleball.com account (which is also your Pickleball Tournaments account):

Skill & Age groups may be combined at the discretion of the Tournament Director to create brackets as needed based on the number of registered teams/players. The Tournament Director also reserves the right to adjust the bracket and match formats as necessary.

The Cancellation Deadline is Sunday 1/26/25. Full refunds less the Pickleball Brackets non-refundable service fees will be given through this date. After this date, there will be no refunds for cancellations or withdrawals. For any extenuating circumstances or situations, please contact the Tournament Director for approval.

Prize Money Pool up to $6,000! Prize Money will be awarded to the Top 3 teams/players in each of the Open Division events. Payout amounts and distribution will be based upon final bracket sizes.

The tournament will be held indoors at the all-new Performance Pickleball ROA pickleball facility and will go on rain, snow or shine! We will keep everyone posted in case of inclement or severe weather.