Pickleball Tournaments in St Louis

Quick Answer: St. Louis tournament pickleball peaks in June, when Major League Pickleball plays Chaifetz Arena, home turf of the St. Louis Shock. Around it, the Missouri Pickleball Club’s Summer Sizzle anchors the amateur calendar in Fenton, the World Pickleball Tour and the Amateur Pickleball Association bracket at Arch Pickleball in Bridgeton, and Chicken N Pickle hosts development events.

Tournament pickleball in St. Louis has something few metros can claim: a pro team playing home games downtown.

What is the marquee event?

MLP St. Louis. Major League Pickleball’s 2026 season brought its team competition to Chaifetz Arena in early June, with the hometown St. Louis Shock among the franchises on court. A pro team league playing an arena named for the home side gives St. Louis a rooting interest most pickleball markets lack, and how MLP works explains the team format.

The APP’s development arm has also played the metro, staging an APP Next event at Chicken N Pickle in St. Charles in 2025.

What can an amateur enter?

A solid year-round rotation, as of the 2026 season:

• The Summer Sizzle at Missouri Pickleball Club in Fenton each July, the region’s biggest amateur weekend, recently posted at 80 dollars registration plus 10 per additional event
• The World Pickleball Tour St. Louis Open at Arch Pickleball in Bridgeton each spring, round robin with six guaranteed matches, at 70 dollars plus 30 per event
• The St. Louis Amateur Open, an Amateur Pickleball Association stop at Arch each January, with early entry from 60 dollars and a six-game guarantee

Sanctioning varies by year and event, so read each listing rather than assuming, and most report results to DUPR.

Where do tournaments happen?

Missouri Pickleball Club in Fenton is the flagship: 18 individually fenced courts plus 5 championship courts and a dink court, built for bracket weekends. Arch Pickleball and Badminton in Bridgeton carries the indoor circuit. Chicken N Pickle in St. Charles hosts the development and social tier, and Chaifetz Arena takes the pro show.

How do you enter?

The Sizzle has registered through CourtReserve in recent editions, while the WPT and NP-series events run through pickleballtournaments.com and pickleballbrackets.com, and the APA stop through its own site. That spread means checking three platforms, which is unusual; most metros consolidate. Fees stack registration plus per-event as everywhere, mostly 60 to 90 dollars total as of August 2026. The general walkthrough is in how to sign up for a pickleball tournament.

How should a local player use this calendar?

As a build toward July. The January Amateur Open at Arch is the low-stakes opener, indoor and cheap, where bracket nerves get spent early against a field feeling exactly the same way. Spring’s WPT stop adds the six-match guarantee format, which is the fastest competitive education per entry dollar. By the time the Summer Sizzle arrives, a player who worked that sequence has two tournaments of rhythm and a settled rating.

The MLP week belongs on the calendar even for non-competitors. Watching team pickleball at arena scale recalibrates what the shots you practice actually look like executed properly, and St. Louis is one of the few metros where that lesson costs a short drive rather than a flight. Between the pro franchise, the 23-court amateur flagship and three entry platforms’ worth of brackets, the metro’s problem is choosing, which is the right problem to have. Budget one pro ticket and two amateur entries a year and St. Louis gives you a complete pickleball season for under two hundred dollars.

FAQ

Does St. Louis have professional pickleball?

Yes. Major League Pickleball played Chaifetz Arena in June 2026, and the St. Louis Shock give the metro its own pro franchise.

What is the biggest amateur tournament in St. Louis?

The Summer Sizzle at Missouri Pickleball Club in Fenton each July, with recent entry at 80 dollars plus per-event fees.

Where are St. Louis tournaments held?

Missouri Pickleball Club’s 23-court Fenton complex, Arch Pickleball in Bridgeton, Chicken N Pickle in St. Charles, and Chaifetz Arena for MLP.

How much do St. Louis tournaments cost?

As of August 2026, mostly 60 to 90 dollars for registration plus one or two events, varying by organizer.

Do St. Louis events require a USA Pickleball membership?

Usually not; sanctioning varies by event and year. Each listing states its requirements, and most run on DUPR.

When is tournament season in St. Louis?

Year round, with indoor winter brackets at Arch, the January Amateur Open, spring WPT, and the July Sizzle as the peak.

A metro with its own MLP franchise and a 23-court amateur flagship covers both ends of the sport. The tournaments and events in our directory list what is next.

Written by the Pickler Junction Team.