PPA Tour Asia opens Macau and Tokyo registrations for 2026 season

PPA Tour Asia’s move to open registration for Macau and Tokyo is more than a calendar update. It is a sign that the circuit is settling into a real season, with the Macao Open and Sansan Tokyo Open positioned as key stops in a 10-event schedule that stretches across seven Asian markets and ends with the Hong Kong Slam in October.

The Macao Open is set for May 28-31 at Hall E, Cotai Expo at the Venetian Macao in Taipa, with US$70,000 in prize money and 500 ranking points on the line. Pro registration closes April 30, while amateur registration runs through May 8. Tokyo follows quickly after, with the Sansan Tokyo Open scheduled for July 1-4 at Arena Tachikawa Tachihi and registration closing June 1.

That sequencing matters. The official 2026 calendar places Macau after the Panas Kuala Lumpur Open and before the Beijing Open, then slots Tokyo after Beijing and before Singapore. For a regional tour still building its identity, that kind of geographic and competitive rhythm is the point: players can map a run of events across the spring and summer instead of treating each stop as an isolated showcase.

Macau also reinforces the tour’s destination strategy. The event is being framed as elite pickleball in the Pearl River Delta, a market that gives PPA Tour Asia access to one of the region’s most recognizable international hubs. Tokyo carries a different kind of weight. The tour describes it as its first-ever tournament in Japan’s capital, and the event is being built with local pull through Sansan, TBS and Mitsui Fudosan. That mix of broadcaster, sponsor and development partner suggests a circuit trying to become embedded in major Asian cities, not simply pass through them.

The Tokyo stop also broadens the pathway for players. Tournament listings show amateur competitors can register in both pro and amateur categories, with divisions including U18, 19+, 35+ and 50+. Combined with the 500-point scale in both Macau and Tokyo, the events give Asia-based players a clear shot at ranking movement, visibility and a schedule that now looks closer to a professional tour than a one-off exhibition series.