The PPA Challenger Series Mid-Season Rankings were released on Friday.

The Challenger Series aims to nurture emerging talent, encourage amateur player participation, and ultimately elevate pickleball to new heights.

It creates more opportunity for amateur play and an avenue for players across America to break into professional pickleball and earn their way onto the Carvana PPA Tour.

The top 4 finishers in each pro discipline will battle for a tour contract in November at the Jenius Bank Pickleball World Championships in Dallas.

Here are the rankings at the halfway point of the campaign:

NOTE: PPA Tour contracted pros are not eligible for these rankings.

The Wisconsin PPA Challenger begins later this week at Lake Hallie Pickleball at Gower Park in Eau Claire.

Learn more about how the Challenger Series works, how the points are distributed, and where events are being held at ppachallenger.com.