Overview
- Dallas Flash beat Brooklyn Pickleball Team 3-2 in Chicago to win their second straight Major League Pickleball event, closing the final match with a 21-10 win in Dedicated Doubles.
- The Chicago title caps a dramatic turnaround for Dallas, which finished last at MLP Austin earlier in the season before winning San Diego and Chicago.
- Dallas and the Texas Ranchers have already clinched playoff berths while several other teams still need results in Orlando to qualify for the 12-team field.
- Three teams — Utah Black Diamonds, Florida Smash and Bay Area Breakers — are already eliminated and the Carolina Hogs and Phoenix Flames remain only mathematically alive with very long odds.
- MLP’s playoff format awards byes to the top four seeds, lets higher seeds pick first-round opponents from lower seeds, and stages Round One in Dallas followed by rounds in Newport Beach and New York City which makes final seeding important for matchups, travel and rest.