The Celebrity Pickleball Showdown returns to the Jenius Bank Pickleball World Championships, headlined by Dallas Mavericks legend and NBA Hall of Famer Dirk Nowitzki.

The marquee event will take place on Championship Court at Brookhaven Country Club at 7pm CT on Wednesday, November 5, and will benefit the Dirk Nowitzki Foundation through donations and an on-site raffle. Fans around the country can also catch the action live on Tennis Channel.

Inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2023, Nowitzki played 21 seasons with the NBA’s Dallas Mavericks and won an NBA title in 2011. Nowitzki is the only player in NBA history to play for a single franchise for 21 years. A 14-time All-Star, the power forward was named NBA MVP in 2007.

“I have participated in the last few Pickleball Showdowns, and it is always so much fun,” said Nowitzki. “The event gets better every year as the national audience for pickleball continues to grow. We are also extremely grateful for the support the PPA is showing our Foundation this year through the raffle proceeds and encourage everyone to come out and purchase tickets to win some really great items.”

The Dirk Nowitzki Foundation is dedicated to putting children first and assisting them through programs focusing on their well-being, health and education. It awards grants annually and funds projects to nonprofit organizations which run true to the overall mission of the organization. The Foundation lifts up children who are affected by illness, poverty, abuse and neglect through proper channels of guidance and directs them on a path to success.

More participants will be announced in the near future.

Thousands of amateur and professional players are expected to compete at the Jenius Bank Pickleball World Championships on 80-plus courts, and tens of thousands more fans and attendees are expected to take in the pickleball action and enjoy the festivities on Pickleball Boulevard at Brookhaven Country Club.

Individual tickets for the Jenius Bank Pickleball World Championships, along with week-long passes, and tickets for pickleball clinics and special events on-site at Brookhaven are available now. Click here for purchase information.