Pickleball's Most Important and Sought After
Tournament Selects Leading Pickleball Rating System To Enhance
Competition, Evaluate and Seed Players
BOCA
RATON, Fla. and NAPLES,
Fla., June 27, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Pickleball's
most important tournament, The Minto US Open Pickleball
Championships powered by Margaritaville, today announced it is
selecting DUPR (Dynamic Universal Pickleball Rating), as the Open's
official and exclusive ratings partner.
DUPR is pickleball's most accurate global rating system. It
evaluates players based on match results to provide a real-time,
reliable assessment of their skill level. The US Open will use DUPR
to provide transparency and help seed players, effective
immediately in preparation for the 2025 tournament.
"There is only one US Open in Pickleball, and we're proud to be
a part of it," said Tito Machado,
DUPR CEO. "We are also excited to integrate with Pickleball Den to
provide ratings for clubs, tournaments, and leagues who choose to
create DUPR-enabled events within the seamless pickleball
platform."
"We are pleased to partner with DUPR and adopt it as the
official and exclusive ratings partner for the Minto US Open
Pickleball Championships. This reflects our efforts to continue
offering a fair, open and transparent competition for players at
the most prestigious tournament in the sport and The Biggest
Pickleball Party in the World®," said Ben
Weinberger, Pickle4 President.
To further support players and tournament and club organizers,
DUPR will seamlessly integrate into Pickleball Den
(www.pickleballden.com), the US Open's official tournament
management software. Later this summer, clubs, tournaments and
leagues can enable DUPR for their events directly from the
platform. This integration will streamline player ratings and
profiles, allowing for easy and transparent creation of level-based
competitions. Scores from DUPR-enabled events will automatically
update player ratings, helping players understand their skill
level, track progress, and find more playing opportunities.
Players registering for the 2025 Open will be required to have a
DUPR account. Players who do not currently have a rating can go to
www.dupr.com or download the app to create a free profile and begin
logging their match results to establish their rating.
About DUPR
DUPR (Dynamic Universal Pickleball Rating)
presented by Delaware Life, is the premier global pickleball rating
system and technology platform, trusted by the world's leading
clubs, tournaments, leagues, and players. DUPR's dynamic rating
system unifies pickleball across age, gender, and location by
analyzing match results to accurately evaluate all players across a
2.000 - 8.000 scale.
DUPR is the official pickleball rating of leagues, tournaments
and clubs around the world, including United Pickleball Association
(UPA), PPA, Major League Pickleball (MLP), Pickleball.com, Life
Time, The Picklr, National Team Pickleball League, National
Pickleball League. Players and operators can visit www.dupr.com to
sign up and learn more.
About the Minto US Open Pickleball Championships Powered by
Margaritaville
The Minto US Open Pickleball Championships
Powered by Margaritaville, owned by Spirit Promotions and founded
in 2016, is the most important event in pickleball and welcomed
over 3,200 athletes including 460 professionals from all 50 states
and 31 countries who competed in more than 5,000 matches attracting
approximately 50,000 spectators to Naples, FL in 2024. The 2025 US Open will be
held April 26 - May 3, 2025 at East
Naples Community Park in Naples,
Florida. Pickle4 is the parent company of Spirit Promotions.
For more information, visit www.usopenpickleball.com.
About Pickleball Den
Pickleball Den, official
tournament software of the Minto US Open Pickleball Championships,
is the technology powering the sport and provides a seamless
pickleball tournament, club and league software experience while
empowering directors, coaches and athletes. The software is trusted
monthly delivering hundreds of tournaments, thousands of club
events and millions of hours of on-time games. Club managers,
tournament directors and league organizers can learn more at
www.pickleballden.com.
Media Contacts
DUPR, erica@mydupr.com
Pickle4, press@pickle4.com
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