Carvana PPA Tour Reveals 2026-27 Global Schedule Including Dallas, San Clemente

The Carvana PPA Tour on Feb. 24 released a full 2026-27 season schedule that begins Aug. 31, 2026 with the Veolia Pickleball National Championships in a "soon-to-be announced, pickleball-obsessed location," includes 20 main-tour tournaments worth 1000+ ranking points, and promises more than 25 international events across Asia, Australia, Canada and Italy.

Marquee events return to familiar venues: the Pickleball World Championships will be hosted in Dallas, Texas, and the PPA Finals will return to San Clemente, California. The PPA has previously scheduled the Finals at Life Time Rancho San Clemente for May 4-10, 2026, and the new season is set to begin as soon as the 2026 PPA Finals conclude.

The release singles out new U.S. tour stops in Chicago and Malibu while listing Chicago, Las Vegas and Dallas among prominent locations for the 20 1000+ point events. Connor Pardoe, Founder and CEO of the Carvana PPA Tour, framed the calendar as a milestone: "The Carvana PPA Tour has seen incredible growth since our founding in 2019, and this streamlined season is further evidence of the arrival of pickleball on the professional sports stage. The 2026-2027 season will provide unbelievable excitement as we continue to build on the legacy and prestige of mainstay tournaments such as the Pickleball World Championships and the PPA Finals, while adding incredible new U.S. tour stops in Chicago and Malibu, plus running our most robust international schedule yet with more than 25 international events across PPA Asia, Australia, Canada and Italy. There is opportunity for every pro and aspiring pro to compete and earn their way onto the biggest stage of pro pickleball." An alternate published iteration of Pardoe's statement used the word "broadened" in place of "streamlined."

International expansion is a headline feature of the schedule. The tour will introduce PPA Canada and PPA Italy, which are slated to host PPA 125 and 250 events in Vancouver, Ottawa, Toronto, Portorož (Slovenia) and Brescia, with additional dates to be announced. The PPA Asia season will offer "the most ranking points up for grabs for pros in its history," and PPA Australia will stage a record-setting Australian Pickleball Open with a $500,000 prize pool.

Rankings and pathway play get a unified treatment under the schedule: points earned at any tournament under the PPA umbrella will count toward a unified global ranking, and the calendar includes an auxiliary circuit of lower-tier events. In addition to flagship tour stops, the season will feature 20 PPA Challenger Series events to give aspiring pros chances to earn ranking points and experience en route to main-draw competition.

The announcement follows a year of growth for the tour, which cited a record-breaking TV broadcast during the PPA Tour Masters in January and record-setting attendance at the Carvana Mesa Cup. Roster news running alongside the schedule includes Sofia Sewing joining the PPA Tour in January 2027. With the season structured to begin immediately after the 2026 Finals and a mix of 1000+ point events, 125/250 regional stops and 20 Challenger events, the Carvana PPA Tour is positioning 2026-27 as its most global and layered competitive season to date.