Suryaveersingh bhullar

Indian Pickleball Association: The Indian Open 2026 will now be a PWR 1000 event sanctioned by the Indian Pickleball Association, marking a significant partnership between IPA and Global Sports. The tournament is scheduled from April 1 to 5, 2026, at Crosscourts in Hyderabad, featuring over 1,500 participants competing across 56 categories for a USD 50,000 prize pool.

This is the fourth edition of the Indian Open, which has attracted over 4,000 pickleball players from 19 countries across all categories in previous editions. Securing IPA sanctioning legitimises the previously unstructured Indian Pickleball scene. The collaboration between Global Sports and the Indian Pickleball Association integrates the country's largest private tournament series into the official national governance framework.