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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.

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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.

An open letter to the global Pickleball community on ratings by Steve Kuhn, DUPR & Major League Pickleball founder

I first fell in love with Pickleball 7 years ago.  My nephew told me there was a “new” sport that combined aspects of tennis and table tennis (2 previous romances) and that I should try it.  I googled “Pickleball Austin Texas” and on that fateful Wednesday night I found myself in the Bethany Church gym.

The infatuation was immediate.  I fell hard.  I soon had a 5 night a week habit and learned a lot about world religions (the Jewish Community Center became a favorite, for example.)

I am known for my enthusiasm.  I told everyone I knew that Pickleball was the next big thing.  I argued that one day Pickleball would be the most played sport in America.  One person who heard this proclamation was Andy Roddick (I served on his charity board) and I remember quite distinctly his response;  “Steve, you are an idiot!”  It was said with love.

As my addiction grew, I sought wise counsel.  Pam and Toby Boyd, two USA Pickleball Ambassadors, took me under their wing.  Later Walter and Christina Dorman beat me into submission until I learned how to play a bit better.  The spirit of joy and sharing that permeates this sport is unlike any other and I'm thankful to the countless thousands who have helped build this sport for the last 57 years.  We were fortunate enough to host the Pickleball Hall of Fame ceremony at Dreamland earlier this year and I had a chance to thank some of those legends in person.

I wanted to share this amazing sport with everyone I knew.  I wanted to play my part in helping more people find something that makes them happier and healthier.  I joined USA Pickleball and helped form Greater Austin Pickleball (Mind the GAP!).  I organized play for kids groups throughout Austin.  And I talked my friend Andy and his friend Andre (Agassi) into trying this sport.

But all that wasn’t enough!  I wanted to do more to help Pickleball reach a goal of 40 million players by 2030.  

I decided to recruit a group of amazing owners to start Major League Pickleball (MLP).  I opened a venue named Dreamland with 16 courts and some of the world’s top players living and training to be their best.  

But most importantly, I founded DUPR (Dreamland Universal Pickleball Rating) to help players more accurately track their progress and to find players at their level, when play is its most competitive and most fun.  

At the time of DUPR’s founding, less than 1% of Pickleball players had any rating.  I knew from my experience in tennis and golf that an accurate skill measurement system was something that led to people wanting to increase their rating or lower their handicap.  They would want to play more and would want to get more lessons.  There is nothing like the ladder on the wall of a club to motivate players!  DUPR provides that.

In designing DUPR, the following qualities were deemed pivotal for the community:

• Inclusive: means it is easy for anyone to use DUPR.  We have created a downloadable mobile app and website that allows anyone who wants to do so to turn casual play into something a little more meaningful.  As we say “DUPR or it didn’t happen!”  
• Inexpensive: It is free to download DUPR and have a rating.  We wanted to make it for the widest adoption possible, and nothing beats free.  
• Widely used: Number of players, match results, clubs, countries, etc. It will be hard for any other system to catch up to DUPR’s already beloved global adoption by clubs, international federations and players across the world.  
• Ends geographic disparities in ratings:  Because we have enough players who travel to play in tournaments all over the map, we have the necessary “connectivity” to greatly reduce any such disparities and we have published lists of the top Male and Female players in each USA Pickleball region to allow others to check our work.
• Responsive and Dynamic: As we have seen numerous times, players can emerge quickly in this sport and enter even the highest levels. DUPR rates more recent matches as more relevant and that allows our lists of top players to rapidly reflect new stars.
• And last but certainly not least, Accurate and Reliable.  This will always be a work in progress.  There is no perfect rating system.  We have to have the humility to hear complaints and differing views on ratings.  Hopefully, our response to a complaint that your rating (or someone else’s) is inaccurate would be to explore that possibility and see if we can learn something.

DUPR will not lose sight of its goal to bring more people to this amazing sport.  We are in discussions with USA Pickleball and others on all the ways we can work together to meet this goal–40 million players before 2030. “40 by 30!”  Let’s go!

Steve Kuhn

Founder of DUPR and Pickleball fanatic

Streaming live at 7pm CST on March 29th, 2022

From the DUPR, MLP & APP Youtube & Facebook Channels

DUPR's Battle of the Sexes

DUPR's Battle of the Sexes

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Why Battle of the Sexes?

• DUPR is a universal scale that is genderless and ageless.
• This means it can power unique events like the Battle of the Sexes where the selected men and women have very similar DUPR ratings.
• DUPR is built for the Pickleball Community:  
• A forward thinking, inclusive community deserves a rating to match. With DUPR, all players regardless of their age, gender, location, or skill are rated on the same scale between 2.000-8.000.

Why?

A magical thing called, "Connectivity." The algorithm learns by experiencing match ups and pairings that it doesn't see on a "normal" basis. It is events like Battle of the Sexes that help the algorithm grow even smarter.

Meet the Teams

Representing the ladies, we've got a powerhouse collective including Lee Whitwell, Corrine Carr, Vivienne David, and Anna Bright.

As for the men, the crew is no less impressive, with Altaf Merchant, Rick Witsken, Matt Manasse, and Ryan Sherry.

The Fine Print

Rally Scoring in Games to 21 (Side out scoring when one team gets to 20)

Dreambreakers (Ties between the two teams after 4 games go to a singles tiebreaker like MLP) $10 per point won  

$100 per game won  

$1,000 per player on winning team

Check out this event and more amazing upcoming events, live streamed for your pleasure — as part of the Dream Team Series every Tuesday night.

DUPR

Innovate the Game. Unify the Sport.

Get ready for a new Tuesday night series of Pro Pickleball events featuring innovative formats (rally scoring? Yes, please!), MLP-style lineups, and prize money based on points and games won.

March 22 sees "The Challengers" of Anna Leigh Waters, Leigh Waters, Collin Johns, and Adam Stone taking on "The Dream Team" from Dreamland in Dripping Springs, TX of Dekel Bar, DJ Young, Irina Tereschenko, and Lee Whitwell.

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March 29 features DUPR's inaugural Battle of the Sexes with Altaf Merchant, Matt Manasse, Ryan Sherry and Rick Witsken taking on Corrine Carr, Vivienne David, Lee Whitwell and Anna Bright.

Who are you rooting for?

DUPR: Innovate the Game. Unify the Sport.

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Rally Scoring in Games to 21 (Side out scoring when one team gets to 20)Dreambreakers (Ties between the two teams after 4 games go to a singles tiebreaker like MLP)$10 per point won $100 per game won $1,000 per player on winning team

Check out this event and more amazing upcoming events, live streamed for your pleasure — as part of the Dream Team Series every Tuesday night starting Mar 22 at Dreamland Dripping Springs.

Hey Pickleballers!

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Tournament season is in full swing, and we'll be bringing you weekly winner predictions for every Pro tournament across the globe.

This weekend is a packed one, with two tournaments occurring simultaneously - the PPA Ororo Minnesota Indoor Open and the APP Punta Gorda Open.

A few notable details...

...at least two players are traveling to Minnesota for singles and then back to Florida for singles on Sunday. (Only one made our top 6 picks). Now that's dedication, Ryan Sherry and Frank Anthony Davis.

...Dekel Bar (APP) and Ben Johns (PPA) both opted out of singles this week.

...Alix Truong made our Top 100-18 & Under List. Good luck to all our rising stars.

Who are you rooting for?