The Growth of Nationals

2009 -2014 Buckeye, AZ
The first USAPA Nationals had just under 400 participants from 26 states and several Canadian provinces. Eight dedicated pickleball courts were used with an additional 12 courts set up on adjacent tennis courts using taped lines and hand-built, free-standing nets.
2015 -17 Casa Grande AZ
Palm Creek and Robson Ranch co-hosted this event in 2015, this is the first time champion courts were available.
2016 - Palm Creek, AZ
With 32 courts this was the first time players were capped at 860.
2017 - Palm Creek, AZ
To accommodate more players in 2017, an additional twelve courts were added from the nearby Robson Ranch complex for a total of 44 courts. Despite the additional courts, registration had to be quickly capped as registrations surged past 1,300 players within the first hour. 2017 also marked the first time the National Championships aired to a national audience as 2 hours of the event were aired on the CBS Sports Network.
2018 - Indian Wells Tennis Garden, CA
This venue featured 45 courts and the world’s largest pickleball championship court.  The event also set a new player registration record with over 2,200 registered players who competed in a total of 4,300 matches. This tournament also provided the highest cash purse ($75,000) in the history of the sport!  As for broadcast coverage, over 17 hours of the event were live-streamed to a nation-wide audience on ESPN3 and a special, 1-hour highlight program aired nationally on ESPNEWS.
2019 - Indian Wells Tennis Garden, CA
This tournament just ended and many details are sure to follow in the USAPA newsletter and the Pickleball Magazine
The venue grew to 50 courts and 2,333 registered players and a cash purse of $80,000 making this the largest pickleball ever!
Matches were easy to view on Facebook if you missed some of these events check out: https://usapickleballnationalchampionships.com/live/
A super special moment for the first time a Junior won a Gold medal in a Pro Division! Womens Pro Doubles  - Junior  Anna Leigh Waters ( 12 years old) playing with Leigh Waters won the Gold!
2020 - Registration information available on usapa.org