Pickleball D-Joy Tour 2026 Opens in Ho Chi Minh City with Petrolimex Cup

The Pickleball D-Joy Tour 2026 opened its first leg last week at the Pickleball D-Joy South Saigon complex in Tan My Ward, Ho Chi Minh City, with Petrolimex stepping in as title sponsor for an event that ran March 19 through 22 at 61 Nguyen Luong Bang Street.

The Petrolimex Cup served as the circuit's opening statement, drawing local Vietnamese players alongside an emerging cohort of international entrants to a venue that D-Joy claims is the largest pickleball complex in Asia: 52 courts packed into the Tan My Ward facility, built to meet what organizers describe as "the stringent standards for hosting professional-level tournaments." That single complex anchors a broader D-Joy network of 76 courts across three sites, including 11 courts at Saigon Riverfront Park and 13 at Tan Van - Kim Quy Island in Dong Nai province.

The infrastructure backing this tournament didn't happen overnight. D-Joy has positioned itself as the pioneering force in Vietnam's pickleball development, and the addition of the D-Joy Sports Academy, which has now been put into operation, reflects an ambition that extends well beyond running weekend events. The organization describes each leg of the tour not just as a competition but as "a connecting point, opening up opportunities for cooperation and development" across the sports community.

That internationalization push has a formal structure behind it. D-Joy became the sole Vietnamese co-founder of the Global Pickleball Alliance, a body built in collaboration with organizations from the USA, Australia, India, the UK, Canada, and Europe, with the explicit goal of standardizing world competition and ranking. For a sport that has grown explosively in Southeast Asia, Vietnam's seat at that founding table carries real weight.

Vietnamese pickleball is facing what D-Joy and its partners have called a "golden opportunity" to become a new bright spot on the international sports map, given what they describe as the sport's immense potential for explosive growth in the region. Petrolimex's involvement as title sponsor for Leg 1 signals that corporate Vietnam is starting to take that potential seriously.

The D-Joy Tour's 2026 circuit continues with additional legs to follow, each designed to build on the foundation laid this week in Ho Chi Minh City. For information on future events, the organizers can be reached at hotline 0702 0077 66.