Paragon Open

Venue

Schedule

Events

Prizes

The following prize money will be awarded to gold, silver, bronze medalists for Open level doubles events that have 8 or more teams registered. If there are less than 8 teams registered in an event, the prize money will be adjusted accordingly. Gold: $500/team Silver: $250/team Bronze: $125/team

About This Tournament

A PARAGON PICKLEBALL EVENT This is a USA Pickleball MMP Sanctioned Event. USA Pickleball Membership valid through November 19th, 2023 is required for participation in this tournament per sanctioning rules. UTPR Ratings are used by pickleballbrackets.com for tournament seeding. Please contact usapickleball.org for concerns or changes to skill rating as we do not have access to player profiles. Players may only register for one event per day. Registration and event fees are required for all players. REGISTRATION \u0026 EVENT FEES Registration Fees: Early Bird Registration ($45): August 30th-September 10th, 2023 Normal Registration ($59): September 11th-November 10th, 2023 After Normal Registration Closes ($75): November 11th-November 19th Event Fees: Open Events ($55/player) Non-Open Events ($25/player) AMATEUR \u0026 OPEN LEVEL EVENTS The events offered are for singles and doubles from the 3.0 to 5.0 \u0026 Open levels. Open level doubles events are intended for players with at least a 4.0+ UTPR Rating, however lower ratings may enter upon tournament director approval. DAILY EVENT SCHEDULE Friday, November 17th, 2023: (Men's Singles \u0026 Women's Singles) (Men's Doubles \u0026 Women's Doubles - Ages 60 \u0026 Above) Saturday, November 18th, 2023: (Men's Doubles Open \u0026 Women's Doubles Open) (Men's Doubles - Ages 12-49 \u0026 50-59) (Women's Doubles - Ages 12-49 \u0026 50-59) Sunday, November 19th, 2023: (Mixed Doubles Open) (Mixed Doubles - Ages 12-49, 50-59, \u0026 60 \u0026 Above) PRIZE MONEY \u0026 GIFT PRIZES Prize money will be awarded to gold, silver, and bronze medalists for Open level doubles events (i.e. Men's, Women's, and Mixed Open level doubles). Gift prizes will be awarded to all gold medalists outside of those events. TOURNAMENT FORMAT This is a round robin tournament for both singles and doubles. Final round robin format is based off number of registered teams for doubles, which is the same for number of players for singles. The tournament director has the right to change tournament format based on need. ROUND ROBIN FORMATS (1-2) registered teams - combined with another event (3) registered teams - double round robin or combined (4-7) registered teams - single round robin (8-16) registered teams - round robin pool play with qualifiers advancing to play-off bracket (16+) registered teams - round robin pool play with qualifiers advancing to play-off bracket MATCH FORMAT Matches will be best 2 out 3 games to 11 points win by 2 points, or 1 game to 15 points win by 2 points. The tournament director has the right to change match format based on need. REFEREES E-mail paragonpickleball@gmail.com to referee open and amateur events. VOLUNTEERS E-mail paragonpickleball@gmail.com to volunteer for this exciting event. SPECTATORS All friends and family are wel