Soufflé Slam rotating mixed doubles mini pickleball tournament, July 5, 2026. Prize for all four winners: Uncle Tetsu cheesecake.
Soufflé Slam mobile homepage for the July 5, 2026 rotating mixed doubles mini pickleball tournament at Zero Zero, Richmond.

How it works

Qualify on your own. Team up for the cheesecake run.

Everyone plays rotating mixed doubles during qualifying. Your team score becomes your individual score, then players are ranked separately and placed into Tier A or Tier B playoffs.

16 players 8 men + 8 women 5 qualifying games each 2 sit-out rounds each No fixed partner

1. Qualifying rounds

  • Everyone plays 5 qualifying games.
  • Everyone sits out 2 qualifying rounds.
  • There is no fixed partner during qualifying.
  • Games are 8 minutes long, plus 2 minutes to switch courts and record scores.
  • A game ends when time runs out or when one team reaches 15 points.

2. How scoring works

Individual points are based on your team’s score in each game. Your points follow you, even as partners change.

Example: If a game ends 13–8, both players on the 13-point team each receive 13 points, and both players on the 8-point team each receive 8 points.

3. Playoff setup

After qualifying, men and women are ranked separately by total individual points.

Tier A

Top 4 men + top 4 women

  • Team 1: M1 + W4
  • Team 2: M2 + W3
  • Team 3: M3 + W2
  • Team 4: M4 + W1

Tier B

Remaining 4 men + remaining 4 women

  • Team 1: M5 + W8
  • Team 2: M6 + W7
  • Team 3: M7 + W6
  • Team 4: M8 + W5
Add each playoff team’s qualifying points together to determine seeds. In both tiers, Seed 1 plays Seed 4 and Seed 2 plays Seed 3. Winners advance to the final, and losing teams play for 3rd place.

4. Tiebreakers and reminder

  1. Total individual points
  2. Point differential
  3. Number of wins
  4. Head-to-head result, if applicable
  5. Organizer decision / coin flip if still tied
Important: Record scores immediately after every game. Your individual score matters, even if your team loses.

Players

Find your personal schedule.

Tap or click your name below to jump to your rounds, partners, opponents, rest rounds, and court assignments.

Men

Albert George Henry Jasper Jason Michael Ming Tommy

Women

Ally Fiona Lydia Meghan Sophia Tiffany Vic Wendy

Personal schedules

Each player has 5 qualifying games and 2 rest rounds.

Personal schedule

Albert

Back to players

5 games · 2 rest rounds · Courts 7, 10, 11

Q1
Rest round

Sitting out this round.

Q2
Court 11

Partner: Sophia

Opponents: Henry + Ally

Q3
Court 11

Partner: Fiona

Opponents: George + Sophia

Q4
Court 7

Partner: Meghan

Opponents: Jasper + Ally

Q5
Court 10

Partner: Tiffany

Opponents: Michael + Fiona

Q6
Court 7

Partner: Vic

Opponents: George + Fiona

Q7
Rest round

Sitting out this round.

Personal schedule

George

Back to players

5 games · 2 rest rounds · Courts 7, 10, 11

Q1
Court 11

Partner: Tiffany

Opponents: Ming + Fiona

Q2
Rest round

Sitting out this round.

Q3
Court 11

Partner: Sophia

Opponents: Albert + Fiona

Q4
Court 10

Partner: Vic

Opponents: Henry + Sophia

Q5
Rest round

Sitting out this round.

Q6
Court 7

Partner: Fiona

Opponents: Albert + Vic

Q7
Court 7

Partner: Wendy

Opponents: Henry + Tiffany

Personal schedule

Henry

Back to players

5 games · 2 rest rounds · Courts 7, 10, 11

Q1
Court 10

Partner: Wendy

Opponents: Michael + Meghan

Q2
Court 11

Partner: Ally

Opponents: Albert + Sophia

Q3
Rest round

Sitting out this round.

Q4
Court 10

Partner: Sophia

Opponents: George + Vic

Q5
Court 7

Partner: Lydia

Opponents: Ming + Meghan

Q6
Rest round

Sitting out this round.

Q7
Court 7

Partner: Tiffany

Opponents: George + Wendy

Personal schedule

Jasper

Back to players

5 games · 2 rest rounds · Courts 7, 10, 11

Q1
Court 7

Partner: Sophia

Opponents: Jason + Vic

Q2
Court 10

Partner: Lydia

Opponents: Tommy + Fiona

Q3
Rest round

Sitting out this round.

Q4
Court 7

Partner: Ally

Opponents: Albert + Meghan

Q5
Court 11

Partner: Wendy

Opponents: Tommy + Ally

Q6
Court 11

Partner: Meghan

Opponents: Jason + Lydia

Q7
Rest round

Sitting out this round.

Personal schedule

Jason

Back to players

5 games · 2 rest rounds · Courts 7, 10, 11

Q1
Court 7

Partner: Vic

Opponents: Jasper + Sophia

Q2
Court 7

Partner: Meghan

Opponents: Ming + Wendy

Q3
Court 10

Partner: Tiffany

Opponents: Ming + Vic

Q4
Court 11

Partner: Wendy

Opponents: Michael + Tiffany

Q5
Rest round

Sitting out this round.

Q6
Court 11

Partner: Lydia

Opponents: Jasper + Meghan

Q7
Rest round

Sitting out this round.

Personal schedule

Michael

Back to players

5 games · 2 rest rounds · Courts 7, 10, 11

Q1
Court 10

Partner: Meghan

Opponents: Henry + Wendy

Q2
Rest round

Sitting out this round.

Q3
Court 7

Partner: Ally

Opponents: Tommy + Lydia

Q4
Court 11

Partner: Tiffany

Opponents: Jason + Wendy

Q5
Court 10

Partner: Fiona

Opponents: Albert + Tiffany

Q6
Rest round

Sitting out this round.

Q7
Court 11

Partner: Lydia

Opponents: Tommy + Vic

Personal schedule

Ming

Back to players

5 games · 2 rest rounds · Courts 7, 10, 11

Q1
Court 11

Partner: Fiona

Opponents: George + Tiffany

Q2
Court 7

Partner: Wendy

Opponents: Jason + Meghan

Q3
Court 10

Partner: Vic

Opponents: Jason + Tiffany

Q4
Rest round

Sitting out this round.

Q5
Court 7

Partner: Meghan

Opponents: Henry + Lydia

Q6
Court 10

Partner: Ally

Opponents: Tommy + Sophia

Q7
Rest round

Sitting out this round.

Personal schedule

Tommy

Back to players

5 games · 2 rest rounds · Courts 7, 10, 11

Q1
Rest round

Sitting out this round.

Q2
Court 10

Partner: Fiona

Opponents: Jasper + Lydia

Q3
Court 7

Partner: Lydia

Opponents: Michael + Ally

Q4
Rest round

Sitting out this round.

Q5
Court 11

Partner: Ally

Opponents: Jasper + Wendy

Q6
Court 10

Partner: Sophia

Opponents: Ming + Ally

Q7
Court 11

Partner: Vic

Opponents: Michael + Lydia

Personal schedule

Ally

Back to players

5 games · 2 rest rounds · Courts 7, 10, 11

Q1
Rest round

Sitting out this round.

Q2
Court 11

Partner: Henry

Opponents: Albert + Sophia

Q3
Court 7

Partner: Michael

Opponents: Tommy + Lydia

Q4
Court 7

Partner: Jasper

Opponents: Albert + Meghan

Q5
Court 11

Partner: Tommy

Opponents: Jasper + Wendy

Q6
Court 10

Partner: Ming

Opponents: Tommy + Sophia

Q7
Rest round

Sitting out this round.

Personal schedule

Fiona

Back to players

5 games · 2 rest rounds · Courts 7, 10, 11

Q1
Court 11

Partner: Ming

Opponents: George + Tiffany

Q2
Court 10

Partner: Tommy

Opponents: Jasper + Lydia

Q3
Court 11

Partner: Albert

Opponents: George + Sophia

Q4
Rest round

Sitting out this round.

Q5
Court 10

Partner: Michael

Opponents: Albert + Tiffany

Q6
Court 7

Partner: George

Opponents: Albert + Vic

Q7
Rest round

Sitting out this round.

Personal schedule

Lydia

Back to players

5 games · 2 rest rounds · Courts 7, 10, 11

Q1
Rest round

Sitting out this round.

Q2
Court 10

Partner: Jasper

Opponents: Tommy + Fiona

Q3
Court 7

Partner: Tommy

Opponents: Michael + Ally

Q4
Rest round

Sitting out this round.

Q5
Court 7

Partner: Henry

Opponents: Ming + Meghan

Q6
Court 11

Partner: Jason

Opponents: Jasper + Meghan

Q7
Court 11

Partner: Michael

Opponents: Tommy + Vic

Personal schedule

Meghan

Back to players

5 games · 2 rest rounds · Courts 7, 10, 11

Q1
Court 10

Partner: Michael

Opponents: Henry + Wendy

Q2
Court 7

Partner: Jason

Opponents: Ming + Wendy

Q3
Rest round

Sitting out this round.

Q4
Court 7

Partner: Albert

Opponents: Jasper + Ally

Q5
Court 7

Partner: Ming

Opponents: Henry + Lydia

Q6
Court 11

Partner: Jasper

Opponents: Jason + Lydia

Q7
Rest round

Sitting out this round.

Personal schedule

Sophia

Back to players

5 games · 2 rest rounds · Courts 7, 10, 11

Q1
Court 7

Partner: Jasper

Opponents: Jason + Vic

Q2
Court 11

Partner: Albert

Opponents: Henry + Ally

Q3
Court 11

Partner: George

Opponents: Albert + Fiona

Q4
Court 10

Partner: Henry

Opponents: George + Vic

Q5
Rest round

Sitting out this round.

Q6
Court 10

Partner: Tommy

Opponents: Ming + Ally

Q7
Rest round

Sitting out this round.

Personal schedule

Tiffany

Back to players

5 games · 2 rest rounds · Courts 7, 10, 11

Q1
Court 11

Partner: George

Opponents: Ming + Fiona

Q2
Rest round

Sitting out this round.

Q3
Court 10

Partner: Jason

Opponents: Ming + Vic

Q4
Court 11

Partner: Michael

Opponents: Jason + Wendy

Q5
Court 10

Partner: Albert

Opponents: Michael + Fiona

Q6
Rest round

Sitting out this round.

Q7
Court 7

Partner: Henry

Opponents: George + Wendy

Personal schedule

Vic

Back to players

5 games · 2 rest rounds · Courts 7, 10, 11

Q1
Court 7

Partner: Jason

Opponents: Jasper + Sophia

Q2
Rest round

Sitting out this round.

Q3
Court 10

Partner: Ming

Opponents: Jason + Tiffany

Q4
Court 10

Partner: George

Opponents: Henry + Sophia

Q5
Rest round

Sitting out this round.

Q6
Court 7

Partner: Albert

Opponents: George + Fiona

Q7
Court 11

Partner: Tommy

Opponents: Michael + Lydia

Personal schedule

Wendy

Back to players

5 games · 2 rest rounds · Courts 7, 10, 11

Q1
Court 10

Partner: Henry

Opponents: Michael + Meghan

Q2
Court 7

Partner: Ming

Opponents: Jason + Meghan

Q3
Rest round

Sitting out this round.

Q4
Court 11

Partner: Jason

Opponents: Michael + Tiffany

Q5
Court 11

Partner: Jasper

Opponents: Tommy + Ally

Q6
Rest round

Sitting out this round.

Q7
Court 7

Partner: George

Opponents: Henry + Tiffany

Schedule

Full event schedule

Courts are 7, 10, and 11. Qualifying games are 8 minutes, with 2 minutes to switch courts and record scores.

10:00–10:10 Warmup

Court 7

Open warmup

Court 10

Open warmup

Court 11

Open warmup

Status: Everyone warming up

10:10–10:20 Q1

Court 7

Jasper + SophiavsJason + Vic

Court 10

Henry + WendyvsMichael + Meghan

Court 11

Ming + FionavsGeorge + Tiffany

Sitting out: Tommy, Albert, Lydia, Ally

10:20–10:30 Q2

Court 7

Ming + WendyvsJason + Meghan

Court 10

Tommy + FionavsJasper + Lydia

Court 11

Henry + AllyvsAlbert + Sophia

Sitting out: George, Michael, Vic, Tiffany

10:30–10:40 Q3

Court 7

Tommy + LydiavsMichael + Ally

Court 10

Jason + TiffanyvsMing + Vic

Court 11

George + SophiavsAlbert + Fiona

Sitting out: Henry, Jasper, Wendy, Meghan

10:40–10:50 Q4

Court 7

Jasper + AllyvsAlbert + Meghan

Court 10

George + VicvsHenry + Sophia

Court 11

Jason + WendyvsMichael + Tiffany

Sitting out: Tommy, Ming, Lydia, Fiona

10:50–11:00 Q5

Court 7

Henry + LydiavsMing + Meghan

Court 10

Michael + FionavsAlbert + Tiffany

Court 11

Tommy + AllyvsJasper + Wendy

Sitting out: George, Jason, Vic, Sophia

11:00–11:10 Q6

Court 7

George + FionavsAlbert + Vic

Court 10

Tommy + SophiavsMing + Ally

Court 11

Jason + LydiavsJasper + Meghan

Sitting out: Henry, Michael, Wendy, Tiffany

11:10–11:20 Q7

Court 7

Henry + TiffanyvsGeorge + Wendy

Court 10

Open court / buffer

Court 11

Michael + LydiavsTommy + Vic

Sitting out: Ming, Jasper, Jason, Albert, Fiona, Sophia, Meghan, Ally

11:20–11:30 Score tally

Court 7

Calculate rankings

Court 10

Calculate rankings

Court 11

Calculate rankings

Status: Everyone waits for playoff rankings

11:30–11:40 Playoff semis

Court 7

Tier A Semi 2A Seed 2vsA Seed 3

Court 10

Tier B Semi 1B Seed 1vsB Seed 4

Court 11

Tier A Semi 1A Seed 1vsA Seed 4

Waiting: B Seed 2 and B Seed 3

11:40–11:50 Playoffs

Court 7

Tier A 3rd PlaceLoser A Semi 1vsLoser A Semi 2

Court 10

Tier B Semi 2B Seed 2vsB Seed 3

Court 11

Tier A FinalWinner A Semi 1vsWinner A Semi 2

Waiting: Tier B Semi 1 teams

11:50–12:00 Playoffs

Court 7

Tier B 3rd PlaceLoser B Semi 1vsLoser B Semi 2

Court 10

Open court / photos / casual rally

Court 11

Tier B FinalWinner B Semi 1vsWinner B Semi 2

Status: Tier A finished

Prize

Prize for all 4 winners

The two Tier A champions and two Tier B champions each win an Uncle Tetsu cheesecake.

That means all 4 winning players go home with dessert bragging rights.

Uncle Tetsu cheesecake prize
Uncle Tetsu cheesecake for each winning player.

FAQ

Quick answers

A simple guide to the location, format, scoring, playoffs, and prizes. Tap any question to expand it.


Basics

Where is the event?

The event is at Zero Zero in Richmond.

We are using Courts 7, 10, and 11. Check the schedule section for the exact court assignments each round.

Do I need a fixed partner?

No. Partners rotate during qualifying, so you do not need to sign up with a partner.

The goal is for everyone to play with different teammates across fresh mixed-doubles matchups.

How many people are playing?

The event is built for 16 players total: 8 men and 8 women.

Which courts are we using?

Courts 7, 10, and 11.

When should I arrive?

The official warmup is 10:00–10:10. Try to arrive a little early so you have time to check in, get organized, and be ready to start on time.

Qualifying & scoring

How many games does each person play?

Everyone plays 5 qualifying games and sits out 2 qualifying rounds.

After qualifying, everyone enters either Tier A or Tier B playoffs. Each player then plays 2 playoff games: a semifinal, followed by either a final or a 3rd place game.

Simple version: 5 qualifying games + 2 playoff games = 7 total official games per player.
How long is each qualifying game?

Each qualifying round is 10 minutes total: 8 minutes of play, plus 2 minutes to switch courts and record scores.

When does a game end?

A game ends when time runs out or when one team reaches 15 points, whichever comes first.

For example, if time runs out at 13–8, the game ends 13–8. You do not keep playing to 15.

How does individual scoring work?

Your team score becomes your individual score for that game. Your points follow you, not your partner.

Example: If a game ends 13–8, both players on the 13-point team each receive 13 individual points. Both players on the 8-point team each receive 8 individual points.

This means every point matters, even in a loss.

What do I need to remember after each game?

Record scores immediately after every game. Your individual score matters, even if your team loses.

Playoffs & rankings

How are playoff tiers decided?

After qualifying, men and women are ranked separately by total individual points.

  • M1 is the highest-ranked male, M2 is second, and so on.
  • W1 is the highest-ranked female, W2 is second, and so on.

The top 4 men and top 4 women enter Tier A. The remaining 4 men and remaining 4 women enter Tier B.

Example: If the top four men after qualifying are M1, M2, M3, and M4, and the top four women are W1, W2, W3, and W4, those eight players form the Tier A playoff pool.
How are playoff teams created?

Teams are created by pairing higher-ranked players with lower-ranked players within the same tier. This keeps playoff teams more balanced.

Tier A teams

  • Team 1: M1 + W4
  • Team 2: M2 + W3
  • Team 3: M3 + W2
  • Team 4: M4 + W1

Tier B teams

  • Team 1: M5 + W8
  • Team 2: M6 + W7
  • Team 3: M7 + W6
  • Team 4: M8 + W5
How are playoff seeds decided?

After playoff teams are created, each team’s qualifying points are added together. The team with the highest combined score becomes Seed 1, then Seed 2, Seed 3, and Seed 4.

Example Tier A seeding:
Team Players Total Seed
Team 1 M1 65 + W4 49 114 Seed 4
Team 2 M2 61 + W3 54 115 Seed 3
Team 3 M3 58 + W2 58 116 Seed 2
Team 4 M4 55 + W1 64 119 Seed 1

In this example, Team 4 becomes Seed 1 because 119 is the highest combined qualifying score.

What are the playoff matchups?

In both Tier A and Tier B, the semifinals are:

  • Seed 1 vs Seed 4
  • Seed 2 vs Seed 3

The semifinal winners play in the final. The semifinal losing teams play in the 3rd place game.

What happens if players are tied after qualifying?

Ties are broken in this order:

  1. Total individual points
  2. Point differential
  3. Number of wins
  4. Head-to-head result, if applicable
  5. Organizer decision / coin flip if still tied

Prize

What is the prize?

Each winning player from the Tier A and Tier B championship teams receives an Uncle Tetsu cheesecake.

How many winners are there?

There are 4 winning players total: 2 players from the Tier A championship team and 2 players from the Tier B championship team.