🌋 THE COURT IS LAVA! Get ready to celebrate with Eric!

Eruption Open is a Genderless Doubles Pickleball Tournament thrown in honor of Eric "Eruption" Tai's birthday.

Set at Tela Park Pickleball Center in Las Piñas, Metro Manila, the event brings together five (5) skill-based categories in a day of exciting pool play and high-stakes bracket action. Whether you're chasing a title or just playing for fun, this is one celebration you won't want to miss!

Full Guidelines: https://bit.ly/eruptionopenguidelines

🙌 REGISTRATION

• Entry Fee: PHP 3,200 per team.
• Team Registration: Players must register and pay as a team. Both players on a team must create a Sports Sync account before registering. Registration is non-refundable.
• DUPR Requirement: Both players must have a DUPR account connected to their Sports Sync account.
• Entry Limit: Players are not allowed to have more than one (1) team entry.
• Registration Deadline: August 15, 2026.

🎚️ CATEGORIES & ELIGIBILITY

Beginners Doubles - 2.49 & Below

Self-rating of 2.49 or less; less than 6 months of pickleball playing experience; zero participation in any pickleball tournament or competition, for any of the 2 players.

Novice Doubles - 2.99 & Below

Self-rating of 2.99 or less; less than 1 year of pickleball playing experience; zero participation in any INTERMEDIATE level tournament or competition, for any of the 2 players.

Low Intermediate Doubles - 3.49 & Below

Self-rating of 3.49 or less; zero participation in any ADVANCED level tournament or competition, for any of the 2 players.

High Intermediate Doubles - 3.99 & Below

Self-rating of 3.99 or less, for any of the 2 players.

Advanced Doubles - 4.49 & Below

Self-rating of 4.49 or less, for any of the 2 players.

For more info on skill level, kindly check USAP's page: https://usapickleball.org/skill-level/

• Team Rating: Within a team, the player with the higher rating (self-rating or DUPR, as applicable) determines the team's category.
• DUPR Priority: If any of a team's players has a DUPR reliability rating of 60% or higher, that player's DUPR rating will be the basis for the team's category, taking precedence over self-rating.
• No Duplicate Accounts: Players must NOT have duplicate DUPR accounts. Players with duplicate accounts must request DUPR to merge their accounts prior to registering for the tournament.
• DUPR Required: All match results will be uploaded to DUPR. Players are required to have a DUPR account and connect it to their Sports Sync account prior to the tournament.
• Disqualification: Players or teams found and confirmed to have failed to meet the set conditions for their chosen category may be disqualified without refund.
• Protests: Teams may file a protest if they believe a player does not meet the set conditions for their category. Proof or evidence must be submitted through Sports Sync. This can be done by clicking the player in question and provide details no later than August 23, 2026. The organizing committee will no longer entertain any protest beyond this date.

🪜 TOURNAMENT FORMAT

Each category will play under a Pool Play → Bracket Advancement format:

• Pools: Teams are assigned into pools of four (4) to five (5) teams per pool.
• Pool Play: Single round robin within each pool.
• Advancement: Top teams from each pool advance to a Play-In, Quarterfinal, or Semifinal round, depending on the total number of teams and pools per category.

The exact bracket structure for each category will be finalized once registration closes on August 15, 2026.

🏓 GAME RULES

• Scoring: Side-out scoring, race to 11 points, win by 1.
• Change of Ends: Teams switch sides at 6 points.
• Timeouts: No timeouts.
• Medical Timeout: One (1) five-minute medical timeout per match, if needed.
• Time Cap: 15 minutes. At the time cap, the leading team is declared the winner. If teams are tied at time cap, a golden point is played — whoever wins the next rally, regardless of whether serving or receiving, scores the point and is declared the winner.
• Warm-Up: One (1) minute per match prior to first serve.
• Default Time: Three (3) minutes. A team that fails to report to their assigned court within this window forfeits the game.
• Default Score: A defaulted game is recorded as 11–0 in favor of the present team.

🔝 POOL SEEDING & TIEBREAKERS

Where teams finish pool play with identical records, seeding for bracket advancement is determined using the following criteria, applied in order:

1. 1st Tiebreaker — Head-to-Head Result: The outcome of the direct match between the tied teams.
2. 2nd Tiebreaker — Point Differential: Overall cumulative point differential (points scored minus points allowed) across all pool play games.
3. 3rd Tiebreaker — Head-to-Head Point Differential: The point differential specifically from the head-to-head match between the tied teams.