The Association of Pickleball Players (APP) invites pickleball players to kick off the 2024 season at the inaugural APP Midwest Open, featuring the best amateur pickleball tournament experience Jan. 3 to 7 at the Grand Park Sports Campus in Westfield.
Registration for amateurs of all ages and skill levels will be open until Dec. 23 at PickleballBrackets.com.
The event includes singles, doubles, and mixed doubles competitions through Championship Sunday on Jan. 7. For the first time, the APP will break out a new tournament format for its amateur pickleball players, ensuring all players have maximum time on court and minimum time between games. The Midwest Open will be in a round robin format – pool play – with playoffs, guaranteeing players more matches and a designated court for a longer period of time so friends and fans may watch.
The APP Midwest Open also coincides with the inaugural APP U.S. Collegiate Championships, featuring pickleball teams and players from top schools across the country – like Duke, Indiana, Ole Miss, UCLA, UConn and more – competing for $50,000 in total prize purse on the line. Full schedules for both tournaments are available on PickleballBrackets.com.
Community members as well as friends and family members of pickleball competitors are encouraged to join the APP for a must-catch week of pickleball action, which begins at 8 a.m. local time each day of the tournament. Tickets for the APP Midwest Open and U.S. Collegiate Championships are available via SITickets.com for $15 each. Kids aged 12 and under can enter for free with a parent or guardian.
Tickets will also be sold on site at the Grand Park Sports Campus, which will transform its 377,000 square-foot facility into a pickleball mecca featuring 28 pickleball courts and a Championship Court plus various player and spectator accommodations from locker rooms to a large bar and restaurant overlooking play. The 400-acre venue is home to the Pacers Athletic Center, serves as the training camp home for the NFL’s Indianapolis Colts and boasts 57 outdoor fields for various sports.
The APP is scheduled to return to the Midwest several times throughout 2024, including stops in Cincinnati and St. Louis before coming home to Chicago for both the APP U.S. Indoor Championships June 12 to 16 and the APP Tour Aug. 28 to Sept. 1.
The full 2024 schedule, recent news, and additional information about the APP are available at theapp.global.