PKL.club today announced a strategic partnership with DUPR, integrating DUPR Ratings into its connected pickleball platform to bring trusted player ratings together with flexible challenges, community competitions, and scalable leaderboards.

Under the partnership, DUPR will serve as the official pickleball rating system of PKL.club. The integration will encourage players to connect their DUPR profile with their PKL.club Prime ID, bringing their recognized rating into eligible PKL.club experiences.

DUPR provides players with a consistent measure of their skill level, while PKL.club creates more opportunities to compete, connect, and put the DUPR rating to use.

“Pickleball players compete in more ways and more places than ever before,” said Steve Durgin, Co-Founder of PKL.club. “By integrating DUPR with PKL.club, we’re connecting a rating players already know and trust with even more opportunities to play. It’s an important step toward making every match count.”

For clubs, organizers, and community leaders, the integration will support flexible competitive experiences powered by the premier global pickleball rating system. For players, it creates a stronger connection between where they play, how they compete, and the progress they make. 

“DUPR is all about giving players a meaningful way to track their progress, no matter where they play,” said Tito Machado, CEO of DUPR. "PKL.club is creating more opportunities for players within the sport, and we're excited to bring DUPR ratings into that experience."

PKL.club is building a connected platform and ecosystem for pickleball, bringing players, clubs, organisers and businesses together through one digital identity. 

Through PKL.club  Prime ID, players can connect more of their pickleball journey in one place. The DUPR integration adds a recognized rating to that identity, helping players carry their progress across courts, clubs, and competitions.

Put your rating into play. 

Create your PKL.club Prime ID at PKL.club and get started.

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About PKL.club 

PKL.club is building the connected platform for pickleball. Through one Prime ID, players can connect with competitions, communities, businesses and experiences across the sport. From flexible leaderboards and player discovery to messaging, travel and the PKL Marketplace, PKL.club is designed to connect every side of pickleball. 

One identity. Every side of pickleball. 

About DUPR 

DUPR (Dynamic Universal Pickleball Rating) 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 USA Pickleball (USAP), Global Pickleball Federation (GPF), United Pickleball Association (UPA), Professional Pickleball Association (PPA), Major League Pickleball (MLP), Pickleball.com, Life Time, The Picklr, National Team Pickleball League, National Pickleball League. It also owns and operates Minor League Pickleball and Collegiate Pickleball, two of the biggest amateur leagues in the sport. Players and operators can visit www.dupr.com to sign up and learn more.

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Media contacts 

PKL.club 

Jillian Durgin 

jillian@pkl.club 

DUPR 

Dia Lusk 

dia@mydupr.com 

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