About Competition Brackets

The tournament has three competition brackets, based on each player's DUPR rating:

• “A” Bracket - Intermediate to advanced players, who regularly play and are competitive with the average players on the Intermediate to Advanced courts (A/B/C) every day. If you have a DUPR rating, it will be in the range of 3.25 to 4.2.

• “B” Bracket - Beginner to intermediate players, who regularly play and are competitive with the average players on the Beginner to Intermediate courts (D/E/F) every day. If you have a DUPR rating, it will be 3.2 or below.

• “Open” Bracket - Players with a skill level consistently better than “A” bracket players. If you have a DUPR rating, it will be above 4.2.

• Visiting players will be asked to provide their DUPR rating at check-in in order to assign them to the proper bracket. Players with a DUPR doubles rating of 4.2 or above will be assigned to an “Open” bracket.

As with all skill-level tournaments, you are free to play with any partner you choose, but your team will be assigned to the bracket of the higher-skilled player. For example, if a solid “B” bracket player partners with an “Open” bracket player, the team will be assigned to the “Open” bracket.

If you have any question about what bracket you will be assigned at the tournament, please reach out to the Tournament Directors in order to avoid any tears or disappointment on competition day. Email us at info@covepickleballclub.com.

Just to beat this into the ground, if you:

• Don’t have a rating

• Don’t know your rating

• Don’t know if you do or don’t have a rating

• Do know that you do have a rating, but you don’t know what it is

• Have never played in a tournament at Cypress Cove

• Think you might be an “A,” but not sure

• Think you might be a “B,” but not sure

• Think you might be an “Open,” but not sure

• Have no idea what any of this means, and just need a friend to talk to

• Have ANY QUESTION AT ALL about what bracket you will be assigned for the competition

…PLEASE come and talk to us, email us or phone us at 972-333-3532 BEFORE the event!

All bracket assignments are at the discretion of the Tournament Directors.