Anna Bright and Kate Fahey of the St. Louis Shock.
Anna Bright and Kate Fahey of the St. Louis Shock. Major League Pickleball

Major League Pickleball announces 2024 MLP Playoffs structure and format

Major League Pickleball announced on Monday the structure and format for the 2024 MLP Playoffs, which will be held next month in Texas and Florida.

The Premier and Challenger Level Quarterfinals will be contested at Brookhaven Country Club in the Dallas suburb of Farmers Branch, TX from Nov. 1-3, leading into the Lapiplasty UPA World Championships powered by Invited. 

The Premier and Challenger Level Semifinals and Finals will be played at USTA National Campus in Orlando, FL from Nov. 22-24.

Tickets for the Farmers Branch and Orlando events are available now.


The four Challenger Level teams to advance to the Semifinals will earn promotions to the Premier Level in 2025.

The top six teams at each level (determined by the regular season standings points) will earn playoff berths. The No. 1 and No. 2 seeds will earn byes directly into their respective Semifinals.

Each playoff matchup will be a best-of-three matches series, where the first team to win two matches will advance.

All information that follows applies to both the Premier and Challenger Levels.

In the Quarterfinals, seeds No. 3-6 will be in action and the highest seeded team (No. 3) will select either the No. 5 or No. 6 seed as their opponent, with the remaining team facing off against the No. 4 seed.

The higher seeded team in each matchup will also receive first choice on all four coin toss decisions (Serve/receive; End; React in mixed; Gender doubles order) and respond to the lineup for the DreamBreaker for the first two playoff matches. If a series goes to a third match, the regular season coin toss process will be conducted.

In the Semifinals, the highest seeded team (No. 1) will choose their opponent (cannot be the No. 2 seed) and the higher seeded teams in all Semifinals and Finals matchups will receive first choice on all coin flip decisions.

Match grids for the 2024 MLP Playoffs will be shared following the conclusion of Edward Jones MLP Miami, and live event coverage will be provided by ESPN2, Tennis Channel, Pickleballtv and MLP YouTube.