The Opendoor Pickleball World Championships run Nov 2 to 8 at Brookhaven Country Club, with pro qualifying on Monday and the main draw Round of 64 starting today, Tuesday. It is a PPA Major worth 3,000 points, with a purse reported at about $1.6M. Broadcast coverage on PickleballTV starts Tuesday with the Round of 64.
Anna Leigh Waters arrives unbeaten in singles and women's doubles in 2026, with a singles win streak put at 888 days, per PPA Tour storylines. She and Anna Bright are also chasing a record 18th straight tournament together, per the PPA stats desk preview.
In men's doubles, top seeds Ben Johns and Gabe Tardio sit opposite defending champions Hayden Patriquin and Federico Staksrud, who beat them 11-6, 11-8 in Hong Kong. No. 4 seeds JW Johnson and Tama Shimabukuro are in the mix too. In men's singles, No. 55 seed Nico Acevedo is flagged as good enough to win it, which tells you how deep this draw runs.
Off court, the festival side runs all week: Pickleball Boulevard with vendors, pop up courts, a food court and a stage, grounds passes from $25, Play with the Pro sessions for 3.0 to 3.5 players, King of the Court, clinics, a parent and child tourney, a kids intro class, Special Olympics matches, police versus fire, and a wooden paddle tourney. Live music runs through the week, with Clayton Mullen on Friday, Nov 6, and an ABBA tribute on Saturday, Nov 7. The MUNICIPAL Celebrity Showdown runs Thursday, Nov 5, at 7pm CT. Full draws and schedule are at The Kitchen and the complete guide on pickleball.com.
One caution carried from Monday research: some pages surfacing this week carry 2025 Worlds figures, including a 55k spectator count and a 529 day streak. Those describe the 2025 event, not 2026. The verified 2026 figures used here are the 888 day singles streak, the $1.6M purse, 3,000 points, qualifying Nov 2, and main draw Nov 3. No Tuesday match time or court for any individual player was published as of Nov 2, so none is printed here.
Why it matters: Three watches, no homework required. A streak that long, a rematch brewing at the top of men's doubles, and a draw where a 55 seed is a live threat. That is a week worth following.