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We first met Kimberly when she was identified #3 on our "Biggest Amateur Movers" list from July. Biggest movers are folks that have shown the largest change in their DUPR rating in a given amount of time.

This is an impressive accomplishment on it's own, but we were floored when she reached out to share her story of incredible resilience and perseverance.

Read Kimberly's Story In Her Words:

"I’m such a social media introvert and I rarely post anything but today is a pretty special day for me and I wanted to share it. Today I had my very last physical therapy session after going twice a week for the last 7 years.

In August of 2015 I had my first Open Hip Dislocation/Femoral Derotation surgery in which my hip sockets were reformed and my femurs were cut in half and rotated 20 degrees. We did one hip at a time, the second hip was 15 months later. The surgeries were very long and my spinal cord became pinched during the second hip surgery because of the way I was positioned. This complication greatly delayed my healing and it wasn’t until 18 months later that I had another surgery to decompress my spinal cord. I spent many, many months in a hospital bed in our home, and many years dependent on a wheelchair, walkers, and crutches to get around. I had to use those little motorized carts to shop once I could leave the house. With the change in the position of my femurs along with the spinal cord complication, I had to learn to walk all over again. I looked like Woody in Toy Story with my joints zig zagging in different directions. I couldn’t get my feet to line up with my knees and my knees to line up with my hips. My body had been rearranged and my brain couldn’t figure out how to walk again.

It’s been a very slow and very painful journey. Anyone who knows Dan and me, knows that we like to be active. Hiking, tennis, scuba diving, cycling, you name it…we just love to play. It was a tremendous loss for us to be confined to the house and not know if I would ever walk again, much less get to be active and play again. I was DETERMINED to get back to normal (active lifestyle) and it was so frustrating that my body wouldn’t work anymore. At one point, a couple of years ago, one of my PT’s gently suggested that I try different hobbies that I could do, instead of focusing on what I could no longer do. She suggested that I should just ‘go live my life’ with the limitations I had. Boy, that fired me up big time. I said OMG are you saying I need to take up something like cooking or sewing? I’m sure Dan would love if I was a better cook but seriously kill me now! Okay I’m wrapping it up I promise. A couple of years ago, I was still using a walker for anything outside the house and Jim and Sonya Phillips introduced us to Pickleball. Obviously, I was there just to watch. It looked so fun! Everything in me wanted to be out there playing, so I convinced Dan to let me come out on the court with him. I stayed in one spot and if the ball came right to me, I hit it! Oh my goodness! The spark of life that flooded my soul in that moment…I can’t even describe it. I was still so disabled at that point that if I even transferred my weight on my right hip it was screaming pain…but hey…I was out there and I was feeling alive. Pickleball motivated me to work even harder in PT. We would go out to play and I would just get the balls that came to me. Little by little I could move around the court more…Now…on this my last day of PT…I’m out playing Pickleball against people who have no idea what I’ve been through and I’m beating them   Dan and I have been traveling around competing and winning medals together. We feel 20 years younger.I want to thank God for carrying us through those long, painful years, and for healing my body bit by bit. He has been so very good to us. And Dan is my hero, my knight in shining armor. I wouldn’t have made it through this without him! We did it my love! Let’s see…7 surgeries, in 7 years! I’m estimating 88 trips to Stanford, 18 nights in the hospital, $2.89 million in medical bills, and last but not least 498 hours sitting in Bay Area traffic! "

Amazing work Kimberly! Truly an inspiration to us all.

Let's not forget who really drives the sport - the amateurs! You don't have to be a pro to make a splash.

This is one of our favorite, most impactful lists we’ve ever made. We love rewarding players for their improvement. DUPR sees you 👀

Congrats on all your hard work!

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The list is based on players who have:

• Claimed their accounts
• Had at least 30 match results, and at least 5 results in the last 30 days, measured from June 20 to July 19.

Julian Arnold had a great month in SoCal medaling in multiple events with partners Hayden Patriquin and Lauren Stratman. Anna Bright ended June with a gold medal in both women’s singles and doubles at the USA Pickleball Consumer Cellular Championships.

Both JW Johnson and Parris Todd stay in the top 5 for singles rankings, both having won gold medals at the PPA OC Cup earlier in June.

With a summer swing of tournaments in SoCal complete, the heat shows no sign of stopping. We look forward to watching some of the best players in the sport compete at the Beer City Open in Grand Rapids next week. The following weekend holds the second MLP event of season 2 in Newport Beach, CA August 5-7, the same weekend as our inaugural DUPR Waterfall tournament.

The registration deadline for The DUPR Waterfall tournament is July 24th, don't sleep on this one!

Learn More About DUPR Waterfall

DOUBLES

SINGLES

This August 5-7 MLP returns, this time at Newport Beach.

Every team in the league had the option to put one player on waiver and draft a replacement. They also had the opportunity to make trades before the shuffle draft occurred. More than half of the teams elected to do so.

Trades:

• Maggie Remensye (Florida Smash) traded for Michelle Esquivel (Team Clean)
• Maggie Brascia (Ranchers) traded for Jackie Kawamoto (Jackrabbits)
• Corrine Carr (Team Lions) was traded for Olivia McMillan (Mad Drops)

Drafted:

• Pablo Tellez - Team ATX Pickleballers (Altaf Merchant was waived)
• James Ignatowich - The Ranchers (Austin Gridley was waived)
• Wes Burrows - The Bus (Eden Lica was waived)
• Etta Wright - Team Lions (Bobbi Oshiro was waived)

With these new changes made, BLQK is still predicted to be on top at the end of Newport Beach with Florida Smash as runner ups again.

Last season, DUPR Team Power Ratings accurately predicted the top four team and the winning team. A player's Power Rating is the average of their singles and doubles DUPRs. A Team's Power Rating is the sum of all four players' Power Ratings (P4). If a player does not have a singles DUPR, they are assigned the gendered minimum singles rating of the field (5.04 for women and 5.82 for men).

Two women's teams have women's doubles lines with two players in the top 12 for DUPR Power Ratings.

• BLQK with Parris Todd (#3) and Irina Tereschenko (#5)
• Jackrabbits with Mary Brascia (#11) and Maggie Brascia (#12)  

Team ATX Pickleballers has two men in the top 12 for Power Ratings: Dylan Frazier (#4) and Pablo Tellez (#11)

Make sure to tune in August 5-7 to see these teams battle it out!

Full Rosters:

BLQK - 25.10

• Zane Navratil - 6.93 POWER RATING
• Rafa Hewett - 6.56 POWER RATING
• Parris Todd - 5.85 POWER RATING
• Irina Tereschenko - 5.77 POWER RATING

Florida Smash - 24.47 P4 RATING

• JW Johnson - 6.99 POWER RATING
• Travis Rettenmaier - 6.57 POWER RATING
• Michelle Esquivel - 5.65 POWER RATING
• Lee Whitwell - 5.42 POWER RATING

ATX Pickleballers - 24.47 P4 RATING

• Dylan Frazier - 6.80 POWER RATING
• Pablo Tellez - 6.62 POWER RATING
• Jade Kawamoto - 5.82 POWER RATING
• Sarah Ansboury - 5.24 POWER RATING

Ranchers - 24.24 P4 RATING

• James Ignatowich - 6.58 POWER RATING
• Darrian Young - 6.53 POWER RATING
• Anna Bright - 5.73 POWER RATING
• Jackie Kawamoto - 5.40 POWER RATING

The 5's - 24.09 P4 RATING

• Rob Nunnery - 6.72 POWER RATING
• Erik Lange - 6.15 POWER RATING
• Simone Jardim - 5.87 POWER RATING
• Lina Padegimaite - 5.35 POWER RATING

The Bus - 24.03 P4 RATING

• Kyle Yates - 6.71 POWER RATING
• Wes Burrows - 6.26 POWER RATING
• Lauren Stratman - 5.70 POWER RATING
• Milan Rane - 5.37 POWER RATING

Hard Eights - 23.83 P4 RATING

• John Cincola - 6.65 POWER RATING
• Andrei Daescu - 6.34 POWER RATING
• Jorja Johnson - 5.57 POWER RATING
• Susannah Barr - 5.29 POWER RATING

Team Clean - 23.79 P4 RATING

• Dekel Bar - 6.92 POWER RATING
• Joey Farias - 6.35 POWER RATING
• Maggie Remynse - 5.27 POWER RATING
• Regina Franco - 5.26 POWER RATING

Mad Drops - 23.75 P4 RATING

• Julian Arnold - 6.64 POWER RATING
• Adam Stone - 6.04 POWER RATING
• Vivienne David - 5.68 POWER RATING
• Corrine Carr - 5.39 POWER RATING

Lions - 23.70 P4 RATING

• Thomas Wilson - 6.75 POWER RATING
• Chuck Taylor - 6.45 POWER RATING
• Olivia McMillan - 5.30 POWER RATING
• Etta Wright - 5.20 POWER RATING

Chimeras - 23.65 P4 RATING

• Rob Cassidy - 6.29 POWER RATING
• Daniel De La Rosa - 6.09 POWER RATING
• Andrea Koop - 5.90 POWER RATING
• Megan Fudge - 5.37 POWER RATING

Jackrabbits - 23.56 P4 RATING

• AJ Koller - 6.69 POWER RATING
• Wes Gabrielsen - 5.88 POWER RATING
• Mary Brascia - 5.56 POWER RATING
• Maggie Brascia 5.43 POWER RATING

Qualify as an individual. Compete as a team.

Introducing the DUPR Team Draft Summer Series. A series of one-day, timed round-robins (two hours), that qualify players for an exciting end of the season draft and team format Championship tournament.

Format: Players are grouped by DUPR into the appropriate round robin bracket and play as many matches as possible within the two-hour window. The DUPR event software will establish a winner by calculating win/loss and percentage of points earned. At the end of the eight week season, the top 8 male and female players (16 total) from each bracket (80 total players) will be automatically drafted onto teams by DUPR into the end of season Team Playoffs.

Draw type: Round-Robin

Time/bracket: 2 hours

Number of brackets: 5 (One for each level: 3.0, 3.5, 4.0, 4.5, 5.0)

Genders: Open

Age groups: Open

Number of players allowed: TBD (Depends on number of courts available)

Frequency: Minimum of 8 Sessions (weeks) plus a Championship

Pricing: $40-60/week

Format: 2 male players, 2 female players per team, competing in a four-team playoff

Prize Money: 1st Place in each division receives $2,000/team ($500/person)

Play the DUPR Waterfall - August 5-7 in Newport Beach, CA

(Running concurrent to MLP 2022 Newport Beach)

$100k Amateur Prize Pool

4 Matches in 4 Hours - No waiting Around

Welcome to the Future of Pickleball

The Newport Beach DUPR Waterfall Presented by Takeya

DUPR, The Tennis and Pickleball Club of Newport Beach and Takeya USA are proud to announce the largest prize money amateur tournament in the history of pickleball ($100K). The DUPR Waterfall, August 5-7, features a new and innovative format that guarantees players four (4) competitive games all within a four-hour period, or tee-time. This revolutionary, amateur-only event will be like none other. You DO NOT want to miss it! Register now for your chance at winning a piece of the $100,000 prize pool!

Location:

Newport Beach Tennis and Pickleball Club

11 Clubhouse Drive, Newport Beach, CA 92660

August 4 - August 7, 2022$135 per event (7 max)

Registration closes July 24, 2022

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The Details

FORMAT:

Brackets are formed with 16 teams maximum and after each round, you continue playing against a team with the same sequence of wins-losses. For example, after round three, teams who won their first 2 and lost the 3rd play and teams that lost the first and won the next 2 play...your sequence matters even though all teams have 2 wins and 1 loss.

TEE-TIMES:

Similar to golf, play will occur within four hour designated time windows. There will be seven over the course of the weekend, so everyone can play in up to 7 brackets, with exactly 4 guaranteed games in each, whether you win or lose them all. You will find out what your assigned Tee-Times are on August 3, 2022.DUPR RATING:

You do not need to have a DUPR rating to register, but you will need to have at least a provisional DUPR rating to play in the tournament. To register, either claim your account if you have played in tournaments, or make one if you have not. Players can self-post one match to receive a provisional DUPR. Your rating as of August 2, 2022 will be used in the event.

MAXIMUM DUPR:

All players must have a DUPR of 5.25 or less because the DUPR Waterfall guarantees DUPR neutral play, the tournament director will have final approval on tournament admission. You will be notified of your tee-time (start time) 48 hours prior to the event start date.

BRACKETS BY DUPR:

You sign up to the events you want to play (gender doubles, mixed, open) with or without a partner, and DUPR will create brackets of 16 teams based on the Team Average DUPR.

‍PARTNER DIFFERENTIAL:

Within the DUPR Algorithm, matches where partners are rated with a difference greater than 1.50 are excluded, therefore, you may not sign up with a partner outside of that differential. So a 3.51 and a 5.00 may theoretically play against two players rated 4.25.

PARTNER SELECTION/DIFFERENT PARTNERS:

Sign up with your partner or without one and we will pair off remaining players for you. If you wish to sign up with two different people in the same day, email events@mydupr.com so we can manually add you with two different players.

‍UNIQUE OPEN GENDER EVENT:

On Sunday 8/7, you can play with a partner of any age, gender, or level. You and your mom could be playing against two senior men. The common denominator? Play will be competitive, level-based, and DUPR neutral across demographics.

PRIZE MONEY FOR FINALISTS:

Bracket winners get $1600, finalists $800. Because play is grouped by level, everyone will have a real chance at winning! Only top two in each bracket earn prize money.

PAYMENT:

Must be completed by July 24, 2022. Payment is taken through the mydupr.com registration page.

REFUNDS:

No refunds for any reason after the CANCELLATION DEADLINE (July 24th, 2022) unless the Registration & Weather Insurance Policy has been purchased prior to the CANCELLATION DEADLINE. If you withdraw before CANCELLATION DEADLINE, you will be issued a refund that amounts to 90% of your initial payment. If you are withdrawn from the tournament by the event administration, you will receive a 100% refund.

WITHDRAWALS: Refunds will be granted for withdrawals prior to July 24th. Simply select the bracket and click "Withdraw". If you signed up for 2 or 3 events and want to just play 1 or 2, withdraw and then re-register for fewer events. Email events@mydupr.com if you have refund issues.

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SCHEDULE: (Seniors play the same day)

Sign up for 1 event or 2 events Friday/Sunday and up to 3 on Saturday to maximize your play and your chance to win! You will receive your start time the Tuesday prior to the event after brackets are formed. Players could end up in either or any of the tee-times each day as brackets are formulated for maximum competitiveness by the Average Team DUPR.

- Friday, 8/5: Gender Doubles - 10am and 3pm

- Saturday, 8/6: Mixed Doubles - 8am, 12pm, 4pm

- Sunday, 8/7: Open Doubles - Play with ANYONE you want. NO RESTRICTIONS. You can play with a partner you played with earlier in the tournament, or someone new. 10am and 3pm

‍SENIORS: (age 50 and over) can play in both senior and non-senior events concurrently so long as they do not exceed the maximum number of events for each day (Friday 2, Saturday 3, Sunday 2).

FREE SWAG: FREE Takeya bottle to first 500 registrants.

AGE 8 & UP: As of December 31, 2022

BALL: Franklin X-40

CONTACT: events@mydupr.com for event specific questions or support@mydupr.com for profile, app or general DUPR issues.

Log In and Register

The Second Season of MLP begins Friday June 3-5, from Dreamland Dripping Springs for MLP  2022 Austin.

The MLP season features twelve teams of four players — two men and two women. In each matchup, four games will be played: women’s doubles, men’s doubles, and two mixed doubles. Should a match be tied after the doubles competitions, a DREAMBREAKER takes place — with all four players on a team rotating every four points.

Since the draft used DUPR to make team selections, the competition is sure to be fierce and the winning team will have to channel both doubles and singles skills to make it to the Finals on Sunday. Last year we discovered that the most accurate predictor of performance was a combined rating of both singles and doubles.

This year, the teams are split into three pools (A, B, and C). The strongest field by combined DUPR is Pool A (we call it the Death Pool), followed by Pool C and then B (which may give Florida Smash a cruise into the finals).

Two teams from each pool will make it into the semi-finals.

Noteworthy: BLQK is #1 in both Singles and Combined, edged out by ATX Pickleballer for the top Doubles Rank in the field.

Note: For players who don’t have a singles DUPR, we assigned the gendered average of the rest of the field. Women: 5.637, Men 6.756

All team graphics below show Doubles Team DUPRs

POOL A - AVG. COMBINED TEAM DUPR: 24.707

BLQK

25.019 COMBINED TEAM DUPR

Irina Tereschenko

Doubles: 5.649 — Singles: 5.847

Zane Navratil

Doubles: 6.812 — Singles: 7.085

Parris Todd

Doubles: 5.544 — Singles: 5.824

Rafa Hewett

Doubles: 6.458 — Singles: 6.818

ATX PICKLEBALLERS

24.784 COMBINED TEAM DUPR

Jade Kawamoto

Doubles: 5.877 — Singles: 5.828

Dylan Frazier

Doubles: 6.724 — Singles: 6.841

Sarah Ansboury

Doubles: 5.505 — Singles: 5.637

Altaf Merchant

Doubles: 6.399 — Singles: 6.756

CLEAN

24.645 COMBINED TEAM DUPR

Michelle Esquivel

Doubles: 5.605 — Singles: 5.780

Dekel Bar

Doubles: 6.865 — Singles: 7.052

Regina Franco

Doubles: 5.543 — Singles: 5.637

Joey Farias

Doubles: 6.319 — Singles: 6.488

JACKRABBITS

24.380 COMBINED TEAM DUPR

Jackie Kawamoto

Doubles: 5.834 — Singles: 5.637

AJ Koller

Doubles: 6.685 — Singles: 6.704

Mary Brascia

Doubles: 5.517 — Singles: 5.420

Hayden Patriquin

Doubles: 6.193 — Singles: 6.336

POOL B - AVG. COMBINED DUPR 24.383

FLORIDA SMASH

24.650 COMBINED TEAM DUPR

Maggie Remynse

Doubles: 5.575 — Singles: 5.637

JW Johnson

Doubles: 6.934 — Singles: 7.115

Lee Whitwell

Doubles: 5.543 — Singles: 5.359

Travis Rettenmaier

Doubles: 6.335 — Singles: 6.802

THE BUS

24.608 COMBINED TEAM DUPR

Lauren Stratman

Doubles: 5.732 — Singles: 5.779‍

Kyle Yates

Doubles: 6.618 — Singles: 6.888

Milan Rane

Doubles: 5.388 — Singles: 5.362

Eden Lica

Doubles: 6.588 — Singles: 6.860

CHIMERAS

24.278 COMBINED TEAM DUPR

Andrea Koop

Doubles: 5.899 — Singles: 5.943

Rob Cassidy

Doubles: 6.416 — Singles: 6.319

Megan Fudge

Doubles: 5.374 — Singles: 5.428

Daniel De la Rosa

Doubles: 6.420 — Singles: 6.756

MAD DROPS PICKLEBALL CLUB

23.999 COMBINED TEAM DUPR

Vivienne David

Doubles: 5.661 — Singles: 5.786

Ben Newell (Recently replaced Auvergne)

Doubles: 6.106 — Singles: 6.461

Olivia McMillan

Doubles: 5.238 — Singles: 5.367

Julian Arnold

Doubles: 6.482 — Singles: 6.896

POOL C - AVG COMBINED DUPR: 24.508

THE 5'S

24.649 COMBINED TEAM DUPR

Simone Jardim

Doubles: 5.869 — Singles: 6.073

Pablo Tellez

Doubles: 6.332 — Singles: 6.842

Lina Padegimaite

Doubles: 5.464 — Singles: 5.384

Erik Lange

Doubles: 6.578 — Singles: 6.756

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HARD EIGHTS

24.591 COMBINED TEAM DUPR

Jorja Johnson

Doubles: 5.674 — Singles: 5.527

Andrei Daescu

Doubles: 6.685 — Singles: 6.756

Susannah Barr

Doubles: 5.639 — Singles: 5.637

John Cincola

Doubles: 6.334 — Singles: 6.930

LIONS

24.445 COMBINED TEAM DUPR

Bobbi Oshiro

Doubles: 5.667 — Singles: 5.825

Thomas Wilson

Doubles: 6.695 — Singles: 6.855

Corrine Carr

Doubles: 5.538 — Singles: 5.323

Chuck Taylor

Doubles: 6.445 — Singles: 6.541

RANCHERS

24.348 COMBINED TEAM DUPR

Anna Bright

Doubles: 5.815 — Singles: 5.820

DJ Young

Doubles: 6.682 — Singles: 6.496

Maggie Brascia

Doubles: 5.337 — Singles: 5.429

Austin Gridley

Doubles: 6.360 — Singles: 6.756

There's just something about taking those first few steps on a University campus that makes you feel ready to make history. For collegiate Pickleball athletes, that time is now.

We're bringing you the world's first collegiate Pickleball National Championship.

Fun fact: The first ever intercollegiate Tennis championship was in 1883 - 23 years before the founding of the NCAA! Harvard's Joseph Clark took the singles title, forever imprinting his name upon the history of the sport. That same honor awaits the winners of this unprecedented event.

Who will be crowned our Inaugural DUPR College Champions? Don't miss your chance to MLPlay your way to victory. Scheduled for November 18-19, 2022 at Dreamland Dripping Springs.

Pals, Prizes and Pickleball. Is there a better way to kick off a weekend?

We’ve got $10,000+ in scholarship prize money on the line for the first ever DUPR Collegiate National Championship  

Schedule & Location:

• Dreamland Dripping Springs will host all play
• Rounds 1 & 2 Friday, November 18, 2022 at 9 AM
• Round 3, then, Semifinals & Finals Saturday, November 19, 2022
• Scholarship Deadline: October 4th
• Application Deadline: October 11th
• Acceptance List Announcement: October 18

MLPlay Format:

• Teams of 4 (two men, two women)
• Women's Doubles, Men's Doubles, then two Mixed matches
• Dreambreakers will break any ties
• Each team will be placed into four (4) pools for a round robin
• Winners of each of the four (4) pools will compete in the semifinals and finals
• Each pool will have an equal distribution of total Team DUPR

Eligibility:

• Participating universities must be on DUPR
• All players and alternates must have a reliable DUPR within four weeks prior to the tournament.
• It’s free to have a DUPR rating, to browse & message players, and to post scores.
• It usually takes between 5-10 matches to have a reliable DUPR rating.
• All players must be currently enrolled in their team's college/university.
• Prizes and Scholarships
• At least $10,000 in scholarship money
• 8 teams will be traveling all expenses paid to Dreamland
• Selected by committee

Divisions

• Championship Division will be comprised of the top 16 teams who compete for scholarship money
• Challenger Division will compete in a Round Robin format in teams of 2
• More details on Challenger Division TBA

The Saturday Semi-Finals and Finals will stream live on the DUPR & MLP Youtube channels.