FAQ

Nothing – all tournaments within the Championship Series are included in your membership.

4-person teams competing against each other in multi-round matches.

NO. We are not requiring a DUPR rating to play in these Championship Series tournaments below the Open level. You can self-select your Skill Level of play. Your local Programming Director will review and approve all registered players at each level and has the authority to make player/team adjustments accordingly.

- Beginner (2.5)

- Intermediate (3.0)

- Intermediate Plus (3.5)

- Advanced (4.0)

- Advanced Plus (4.5)

- Open (4.75+)

The entire event takes place the weekend of June 1st-June 2nd in Roswell, however each team will only compete on one of those days based on their Team’s skill level. Fort Wayne’s Team Event will take place June 22-23.

• Saturday, June 1

  • Beginner (2.5)

  • Intermediate Plus (3.5)

  • Advanced Plus (4.5)

• Sunday, June 2

  • Intermediate (3.0)

  • Advanced (4.0)

  • Open (4.75+)

The tournament will take approximately 4-5 hours to complete should your team make it all he way to the final match.

Any current member is eligible to play in the tournament. All players need to have active memberships at the date of the tournament.

• BEGINNER through ADVANCED+ Skill Levels:

• Men’s Teams (4 men on a team) vs other Men’s Teams

• Women’s Teams (4 Women on a team) versus other Women’s Teams

• OPEN Skill Level:

• Men and women play with and against each other in this Division. 4-person teams are developed regardless of gender.

• Registration opens on May 8th and closes at midnight on May 24th.

• BEGINNER through ADVANCED+ Skill Levels:

• Registration Options:

  • Register as a defined 4-person team you put together

  • All you need is a designated Captain to get started with a defined team registration. The Captain will register the team and through that process the other players will receive a Team Code via email that they will use to register for the event and get connected to that team. A Captain can register a team on their own and then add additional team members as they identify who they want to invite to join their team.

    OR

  • Register as an individual and get placed on a newly created 4-person team that your local Programming Manager puts together from the pool of individual registrations at your skill level

• OPEN Skill Level:

• Registration:

  • You CANNOT register your own predetermined 4-person team for this event at the Open level

  • Register as an Individual to be part of this event.

    Requirement to register individually for the Open Division:

    • DUPR doubles rating of 4.75 or higher, OR

      Programming Manager approval at your club granted prior to registration

• Team Creation:

  • 4-person teams will be created via a Draft process which will be facilitated by your local Programming Manager

  • Top DUPR rated players entering the event will serve as Captains for the Draft and will select 3 other teammates to join their team via the Draft process

• RALLY SCORING method used – games to 25

• Rally Scoring is a pickleball scoring method that allocates a point to the winning team of each rally (each individual point). So, your team can win a point when you are the serving team AND when you are the returning team. It is simple to learn and is used in most Team Style pickleball tournaments.

No. On days when these events are taking place, the club will be closed to all other play.

Only 1st place finishing teams will receive invites to participate in the APC National Championship.

We would encourage you to sign up using the Individual Registration link and be placed on a team of other payers at your gender/skill level.

• Step 1: remove your Individual Registration

• Log In to your Ace Pickleball Club account

• Click on the Events/Registration tab

• Find the event you want to cancel under the Upcoming Events/Registrations section

• Click the “Cancel Event” button for that event

• Step 2:

• Enter registration via the Team Registration Link

• Choose “Join Existing Team” from the Registration Options and enter the Team Code that your new team Captain has provided to you.

• Step 1: remove your Individual Registration

• Log In to your Ace Pickleball Club account

• Click on the Events/Registration tab

• Find the event you want to cancel under the Upcoming Events/Registrations section

• Click the “Cancel Event” button for that event

• Step 2:

• Enter registration via the Team Registration Link

• Choose “Register as a Team Captain” from the Registration Options and enter the emails of the new team members you are inviting to your team.

If possible, the Programming Manager from your club will pair one or two people from the Individual Registration to join your team.

1) You and your partner each choose a side to play for the game (i.e., I will play the right side and you will play the left side). You will serve and return from that designated side of the court for the entire game. You and your partner can switch sides on the occasion of a timeout or when switching sides of the court with your opponents.

2) The game is played to 25. Every rally is worth a point regardless of whether your team is serving or not.

3) Your team serves from the right side of the court or the left side of the court based solely on the number of points your team has at that time. If your team has an even number of points, the person on your team playing the right side of the court will serve. If your team has an odd number of points, the person on your team playing the left side of the court will serve.

4) Although you and your partner have a designated side to serve or return from, you are not "stuck" on that side of the court throughout the point. After the serve or the return, you and your partner can switch sides and play from either side of the court during the point. After that point concludes, you would go back to serve/return from your designated side of the court.

5) The first team to reach 25 (win by 1) wins the game.