Hong Kong Gets to Host Asian Pickleball’s Biggest Night Yet With Hong Kong Slam 2026
The PPA Tour Asia has been building towards something all year, and it’s finally settled on where that something happens. Hong Kong will host the Tour’s first-ever Slam—officially, the Hang Seng Bank Hong Kong Slam—this October, and by every measure that matters, it’s shaping up to be the biggest professional pickleball event the region has seen.
The Hang Seng Bank Hong Kong Slam runs from 19 to 25 October 2026 at Kai Tak Arena, part of the newly built Kai Tak Sports Park, with F-Sports Promotions organising and Hang Seng Bank putting its name on the marquee. The Hong Kong, China Tennis Association is lending its support too, which says something about how far pickleball’s institutional backing has come in a fairly short space of time.
What actually makes this the standout stop, though, is the money on the table. Players are chasing a prize purse of up to USD $1.1 million—somewhere around HK$8.58 million—the largest ever offered at a professional pickleball event in Asia, alongside 1,500 ranking points. There’s also a trophy unique to this stop alone: the roaring dragon head, the season’s crowning piece of hardware, reserved entirely for whoever finishes the year on top in Hong Kong.
The Last Stop on a Long Road
Ten stops, seven markets, and now a finale—that’s the shape of the 2026 PPA Tour Asia season, and Hong Kong gets to put the full stop on it. It’s not just a scheduling milestone either. For a city that’s spent years positioning itself as a major events hub, landing the Tour’s first Slam is as much a statement about Hong Kong’s sporting ambitions as it is about pickleball’s growth in Asia.
Registration for both Professional and Amateur divisions opens on 10 August at 3:15pm Hong Kong time, with amateur places going on a first-come, first-served basis across singles, doubles, and mixed doubles categories spanning a range of ages and skill levels. That’s very much by design. The Tour has built its identity around a simple idea—”Play Where The Pros Play”—letting weekend players share a court, and a stage, with athletes who do this for a living. Hang Seng Bank credit cardholders, for what it’s worth, get first dibs on tickets once booking details land.
Kimberly Koh, Managing Director of UPA Asia, called the Hong Kong Slam a defining moment for pickleball regionally, pointing to the record prize money and the amateur-pro crossover as proof of what the Tour set out to build in the first place. F-Sports chief executive Feng Huanhuan struck a similar note, framing the event as both a showcase for fans and a chance to cement Hong Kong’s reputation as one of Asia’s premier events destinations, while thanking Hang Seng Bank for backing the tournament so firmly.
Underneath all of it sits a structure built for scale: Slams, Cups, and Opens, each feeding into the same global PPA Rankings that every player on the Tour is ultimately chasing. Hong Kong doesn’t just close out that ladder for 2026. It sits right at the top of it.
