2024 Aurora Summer Open will take place on July 6 & 7th, 2024 in Aurora, IL. The tournament will be sponsored by Paddle Palace. The tournament total prize money was increased by $550 from previous years and now totals $1840. It also for the first time offers a doubles event.
Venue
The venue will be setup with 12 tables and each court will be fully barriered. Courts are 17 ft x 38 ft.
The gym is lit with LED lights . Light strength has been measured on both sides of each table with a dedicated meter and it showed readings between 617 and 916 Lux with an average of 800 Lux.
The flooring is a sports linoleum flooring with a fairly good grip and not too hard on your feet. You are welcome to bring a towel for wetting your shoe soles if you like.
More information about the venue is on this page.
Format, Prizes and Trophies
The tournament will have a rating restricted events format. The total prize money purse will be $1840 which is over 40% more than in previous years. Number of spots in events will be either 32 or 16. See table below for list of events and prizes.
| No | Event Name | Day | Start Time | Entry Fee | Max Entries | 1st Place | 2nd Place | 3rd Place |
| 1 | Open Singles | Sat | 11:00 AM | $30 | 32 | $200 | $150 | $100 |
| 2 | U-2400 | Sat | 2:30 PM | $28 | 32 | $150 | $120 | $100 |
| 3 | U-2200 | Sun | 9:00 AM | $28 | 32 | $120 | $100 | $80 |
| 4 | U-2000 | Sat | 9:00 AM | $26 | 32 | $100 | $80 | $60 |
| 5 | U-1900 | Sun | 2:30 PM | $26 | 32 | $100 | $80 | $60 |
| 6 | U-1800 | Sun | 11:00 AM | $24 | 32 | Trophy | Trophy | Trophy |
| 7 | U-1700 | Sat | 11:00 AM | $24 | 16 | Trophy | Trophy | Trophy |
| 8 | U-1600 | Sat | 2:30 PM | $22 | 16 | Trophy | Trophy | Trophy |
| 9 | U-1400 | Sat | 9:00 AM | $22 | 16 | Trophy | Trophy | Trophy |
| 10 | U-1200 | Sun | 9:00 AM | $20 | 16 | Trophy | Trophy | Trophy |
| 11 | U-1000 | Sun | 11:00 AM | $20 | 16 | Trophy | Trophy | Trophy |
| 12 | Open Doubles | Sun | 2:30 PM | $20 | 32* | $100 | $80 | $60 |
Registration
Registration will be conducted using https://www.ttaurora.com website just as it was in 2023 Aurora Fall Open. It is designed to be used on the smart phone or desktop/laptop computer. The website only supports direct credit card payments. Unpaid registrations are removed by the website. No PayPal or other forms of payment are accepted. Here are the Instructions for ttaurora.com website if you have trouble using it.
We strongly recommend using this website to register rather than mailing in the blank entry form. If you prefer to mail in your registration the blank entry form can filled out and mailed to the address indicated on the form. However, those who send their registration by mail are urged to send it early because the available spots may be taken by those who register online while the mail is being delivered. The total number of spots in all events is 304 so consider registering early. To see who registered so far please check the tournament player list on ttaurora.com.
Tournament operations will be conducted exclusively using ttaurora website which means that directions to the venue, check in process, draws, player schedule of play, score entry and all other information will be done through this website. Here is a user’s guide explaining features which will be accessible via Home screen on the days of the tournament.
Equipment
We will be using white Premium Nittaku 3-star white plastic balls.
All 12 tables will be identical blue Donic Waldner Classic 25 tables which were bought in January 2022.
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