Up-and-coming pros to play for UPA contract at Pickleball World Championships

Alex Lantz

Director of Content

Last Edited

Nov 05 2025

PPA Challenger Showdown schedule

Men's and women's singles: Thursday, Nov. 6 starting at 10 a.m. CT (Courts GS2 and GS3)

Mixed doubles: Friday, Nov. 7 starting at 10 a.m. CT (Court GS2)

Men's and women's doubles: Saturday, Nov. 8 starting at 10 a.m. CT (GS and GS2)

All matches can be viewed on PickleballTV. The finals of each event will be held the same day of the event.

How the players qualified

Singles: The top four players in the men’s and women's singles points standings.

Gender Doubles: The top eight players in men's and women's doubles.

Mixed Doubles: The top four men and the top four women.

Players could only choose one path, meaning if a player qualified across multiple divisions, they could only play in one of the Showdown draws, moving up the next-highest player in the rankings.

PPA Challenger Showdown format

Singles: The top seeded player will play the No. 4 seed; No. 2 and No. 3 will play each other. The two winning players will compete in the finals. Each match will be played in a best-of-three format.

Gender and mixed doubles: The top seeded player will choose his or her partner for the event. The top seeded team will play the bottom seeded team in the semifinals, while the other two teams compete in the other semifinal. The winning teams will compete in the finals. All doubles matches will be a best-of-five format.

What do the winners get?

The eight winning players (one each in men's and women's singles, two in men's doubles, two in women's doubles and two in mixed doubles) will be offered a PPA Tour contract in which they will be signed by the tour and receive professional status from the PPA Tour in 2026.