Beer City Open

2024 Grand Rapids BEER CITY OPEN Pickleball Championships

Presented by AHC Hospitality

July 9 – 14, 2024

Belknap Park, Grand Rapids MI

Tournament Website – https://www.beercityopen.com

Registration is scheduled to open on Wednesday, April 10th at 10am and will be a Lottery System for 2024. Registration will be open from Wed, April 10th at 10am to Sat, April 13th at 11:55pm. Lottery results will be announced on or before Monday, April 22nd.

Pros with questions should contact Andrea (Remynse) Koop
MLP Mid-Season Tournament is schedule to be played at Belknap Park in conjunction with the 2024 BEER CITY OPEN.

All Amateur Singles matches will be one game to 15, including the medal matches.
Amateur Double Elimination Matches will be best 2 of 3 games to 11 in the main draw and one game to 15 for all Opportunity Bracket Matches, including the Bronze Medal Matches.
Round Robin may be used for small brackets if necessary. RR matches may be one game to 15 or another format as determined by the TD.
Senior Pro Events will play a Double Elimination without a come around. USAP calls this format a Single Elimination with Consolation (US Open Format)

Ball – Dura Fast 40 Neon

You will need to have a partner when registering during the lottery.

Please see the BEER CITY OPEN Website for additional information. www.beercityopen.com

****PLEASE NOTE THAT YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO PLAY IN MORE THAN ONE AMATEUR SINGLES, DOUBLES AND MIXED DOUBLES EVENT, EVEN IF THEY ARE ON DIFFERENT DAYS. IF IT’S DISCOVERED THAT YOU ARE REGISTERED FOR MORE THAN ONE YOU WILL HAVE TO CHOOSE WHICH ONE YOU WANT TO PLAY!!!****

If you play in a Sr Pro event, you will not be able to play in the same amateur event. If there is space available the TD reserve the right to allow it based upon a players rating and past results.

Schedule, subject to change before Registration Opens

THERE IS NO INDOOR BACKUP FACILITY AVAILABLE FOR TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY OR THURSDAY’S EVENTS THIS YEAR!

Tuesday, July 9, 2024 – Sr Men’s Doubles Day
Sr. Pro Men’s Doubles
Men’s Doubles 50+, 60+, 3.5 – 5.0 skill levels.
MD – 70+ 3.5 and under & 4.0 and above
You are not able to play in this event and any under 50 MD Events

Wednesday, July 10, 2024. – Sr Mixed Doubles Day
Sr. Pro Mixed Doubles
Mixed Doubles 50+, 60+, 3.5 – 5.0 skill levels.
MXD – 70+ 3.5 and under & 4.0 and above
You are not able to play in this event and any under 50 MXD Events

Thursday, July 11, 2024. – All Women’s Doubles Day
Sr. Pro Women’s Doubles
Women’s Doubles, 19+, 35+, 50+, 60+, 3.5 – 5.0 skill levels.
WD – 70+ 3.5 and under & 4.0 and above

Friday, July 12, 2024. – All Singles Day
All Men’s Singles, 19+, 35+, 50+, 60+, 3.5 – 5.0 skill levels.
All Women’s Singles, 19+, 35+, 50+, 60+, 3.5 – 5.0 skill levels.

Saturday, July 13, 2024 – Under 50 Mixed Doubles Day
Mixed Doubles, 19+ & 35+, 3.5 – 5.0 skill levels
You may not play in the Amateur MXD 50+ and this event.

Sunday, July 14, 2024 – Under 50 Men’s Doubles Day
Men’s Doubles, 19+ & 35+, 3.5 – 5.0 skill levels
You may not play in the Amateur MD 50+ and this event.

(You may not play in more than 1 event on the same day)

While we prefer to play all matches outdoors at Belknap Park, we do have an indoor backup facility for Friday, Saturday and Sunday in the Grand Rapids Racquet and Fitness Club. We have lights and will do everything possible to play all matches at Belknap.

The GRRF has the same surface and we will continue to use the same ball if we go indoors.
Belknap Park has 18 courts and the GRRF has up to 20 if we need them, however there may be times that we cannot use all of the courts at GRRF.

INDOOR BACK UP FACILITY – For Friday, Saturday & Sunday’s matches ONLY

GRAND RAPIDS RACQUET & FITNESS, 4940 PLAINFIELD AVE NE GR, MI 49525

Leaving Belknap Park – Turn left on Coldbrook, at blinking red light, turn right on Plainfield Ave and go 6.4 miles to 4940 Plainfield, should take about 20 min.

We will not be able to make changes based on changes to ratings after registration date!

There will be a $10 service fee on any refunds to cover administration costs and PayPal fees.

Pickleballbrackets.com charges a Service Fee of $5 per event for Amateurs with a max of $10. This is a PBB fee and is not refundable by the BEER CITY OPEN. Normally the Pro Service Fee is $25/event, but we assume it will be $5 since the Pro Payout is less than $10,000.

All details are subject to change until Registration Opens.