{"id":1287,"date":"2026-04-09T18:21:01","date_gmt":"2026-04-09T09:21:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pickle-times.com\/tournament\/app-japan-skechers-open-2026\/"},"modified":"2026-07-01T22:08:49","modified_gmt":"2026-07-01T13:08:49","slug":"app-japan-skechers-open-2026","status":"publish","type":"tournament","link":"https:\/\/pickle-times.com\/en\/tournament\/app-japan-skechers-open-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"APP JAPAN SKECHERS Open 2026\uff5cHeld in Mie Prefecture"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The APP JAPAN SKECHERS Open 2026<\/strong>is held February 26 - March 1, 2026, at the Nissho Highway Arena (Saorina) in Tsu City, Mie Prefecture. Hosted by JPA. Total prize money of 2 million yen. Pro, general, junior, wheelchair, and team divisions.<\/p>\n<h2>Tournament overview<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Dates: Thursday, February 26 - Sunday, March 1, 2026<\/li>\n<li>Venue: Nissho Highway Arena (Saorina), 19-1 Kitakawaji-cho, Tsu City, Mie Prefecture<\/li>\n<li>Courts: 6 pro courts (roll courts) + 17 general courts = 23 total<\/li>\n<li>Prize money: 2 million yen (singles win 150,000 yen; doubles\/mixed win 300,000 yen per pair)<\/li>\n<li>Entry fee: pro singles 12,000 yen, pro doubles 24,000 yen per pair, general singles 9,000 yen<\/li>\n<li>Ball: Franklin X-40 (pro), X-26 (general)<\/li>\n<li>Rating: DUPR required<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Division<\/h2>\n<p>Thu = singles, Fri = doubles, Sat = mixed, Sun = team competition (4 players: 2 men, 2 women). General is age-based (19+\/35+\/50+\/60+\/U14\/U18). A wheelchair division is available. Match format is one game to 15 (pro finals have a best-of-3 to 11 with deuce).<\/p>\n<h3>Related Articles<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"\/en\/tournament\/ppa-tokyo-open-2026\/\">PPA Tokyo Open 2026<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/en\/tournament\/pjf-championships-2025\/\">PJF Championships 2025<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Reference Links<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/games.japanpickleball.org\/tournament\/9549\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">JPA tournament page<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"pt-listing-note\">This information is introduced based on publicly available information. To request corrections or removal of listed content, see<a href=\"https:\/\/pickle-times.com\/en\/event-listing-policy\/\">here<\/a>\u3002<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"ssp_meta_description":"APP JAPAN SKECHERS\u30aa\u30fc\u30d7\u30f32026\u306e\u30b9\u30b1\u30b8\u30e5\u30fc\u30eb\u30fb\u7d50\u679c\u30fb\u898b\u3069\u3053\u308d\u3092\u89e3\u8aac\u3002\u30d4\u30c3\u30af\u30eb\u30dc\u30fc\u30eb\u5927\u4f1a\u30ac\u30a4\u30c9\u3002","swell_btn_cv_data":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[123,107,135,33],"tournament_level":[172],"tournament_area":[],"tournament_year":[188],"tournament_status":[193],"region":[351],"event_type":[],"class_list":["post-1287","tournament","type-tournament","status-publish","hentry","category-tournament-info","tag-year-2026","tag-app","tag-jpf","tag-tournament","tournament_level-domestic-official","tournament_year-188","tournament_status-finished","region-r-mie"],"acf":{"date_start":null,"date_end":null,"entry_deadline":null,"venue_name":"","is_official":false,"capacity":"","entry_url":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pickle-times.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tournament\/1287","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pickle-times.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tournament"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pickle-times.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/tournament"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pickle-times.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1287"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pickle-times.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1287"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pickle-times.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1287"},{"taxonomy":"tournament_level","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pickle-times.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tournament_level?post=1287"},{"taxonomy":"tournament_area","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pickle-times.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tournament_area?post=1287"},{"taxonomy":"tournament_year","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pickle-times.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tournament_year?post=1287"},{"taxonomy":"tournament_status","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pickle-times.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tournament_status?post=1287"},{"taxonomy":"region","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pickle-times.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/region?post=1287"},{"taxonomy":"event_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pickle-times.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event_type?post=1287"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}