Lower than 18 months after asserting a partnership between UTR Sports activities, USA Pickleball, and the Affiliation of Pickleball Gamers (APP) Tour, it is a main shakeup within the rankings panorama.
Dynamic Common Pickleball Ranking (DUPR) is partnering with USA Pickleball because the official rankings system of all USA Pickleball owned occasions shifting ahead.
Based on a DUPR weblog put up, all match outcomes from USA Pickleball-owned occasions, together with its Golden Ticket tournaments the place medalists earn their technique to The USA Pickleball Nationwide Championships, will depend towards gamers’ DUPR rankings.
The 2 organizations are partnering to create a clearer, extra linked aggressive pathway and cut back fragmentation throughout the game.
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Based on Mike Nealy, CEO of USA Pickleball:
“This can be a pivotal second for pickleball. Our aim is to ship consistency, equity and readability for gamers at each degree, from Golden Ticket qualifiers to the USA Pickleball Nationwide Championships. Adopting DUPR provides us a dependable score language throughout the board. It strengthens aggressive integrity and reinforces the whole ecosystem of sanctioned play.”
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What this implies for the game
DUPR is the pickleball rankings system utilized by a overwhelming majority of the world’s newbie and leisure pickleball gamers. It is also the official score system of the preeminent professional excursions: Main League Pickleball and the PPA Tour.
USA Pickleball’s shift from their earlier rankings system, Common Tennis Ranking (UTR) Sports activities, to DUPR brings extra consistency in rankings than there ever have been earlier than.
Lower than 18 months after asserting a partnership between UTR Sports activities, USA Pickleball, and the Affiliation of Pickleball Gamers (APP) Tour, it is a main shakeup within the rankings panorama.
This transfer has me asking two questions.
Is USA Pickleball nonetheless partnering with the APP Tour to run its Golden Ticket tournaments?
The reply: Sure.
With this announcement, DUPR would be the official unique score system for all USA Pickleball-owned occasions (Golden Ticket and Nationals). We’re excited to proceed to companion with the APP to offer a full slate of Golden Ticket tournaments throughout the nation.
— Jennifer Rogers, Director of Communications and PR for USA Pickleball, in an electronic mail to The Dink
What does this imply for the rankings system of the APP Tour?
Once more, for the previous 18 months, UTR Sports activities has been the rankings system utilized by each USA Pickleball and the APP Tour.
With the announcement of the partnership of DUPR and USA Pickleball AND the truth that USA Pickleball confirmed its continued partnership with the APP Tour, that leads me to consider the APP Tour may even begin utilizing DUPR as its official rankings system.
And that seems to be the case: an APP spokesperson confirmed to The Dink that DUPR rankings might be out there to gamers competing in APP occasions in 2026.
On the time of publishing, the APP Tour had not responded to a request for touch upon this. This text might be up to date with any remark acquired from the APP Tour.
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