APA The Chicago Winter Classic

About this event

The Chicago Winter Classic

an Amateur Pickleball Association event

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The Amateur Pickleball Association is the largest amateur player tour in the country with nearly 150 tournaments planned for 2025. This event is open to all players from 2.5 - 5.0 with events broken down by skill level first and then age division dependent on the total number of teams/players registered within each skill level of play.

Formatting includes round-robin play with brackets to follow with the majority of players competing in 7-9 games during this event.

Schedule - formatting will typically have Doubles (8am+) on Saturday, Mixed Doubles (8am+) on Sunday, Singles in the afternoon on either day.

Format - there is a 6 game guarantee in place; single game round-robin matches played to 11, win by 2, for doubles followed by brackets (best 2 of 3 sets for medal matches); singles matches will include rally scoring to 21, win by 2.

Divisions - to simplify registration, all registrations will be sorted by skill level during the registration process before being sorted by age when and where possible. T he merging of divisions is at the sole discretion of the event director with a focus on skill level first and then divisions by age.

Event details

APA The Chicago Winter Classic is a tournament hosted by Sure Shot Pickleball in Naperville, Illinois. It is listed as Tournament. The venue is at 2244 Corporate Lane, Naperville, Illinois 60563. The next session starts on Saturday, December 12, 2026 at 8:00 AM and ends at 6:00 PM, local time at the club. Sessions continue until December 13, 2026. Registration is free. 1 of 1 spot is open. Players can register online as guests, without a Sure Shot Pickleball account. Sure Shot Pickleball has 12 courts for pickleball.

Location

Sure Shot Pickleball