Ho Chi Minh City Open Adds Livornese and Van Reek to a USD 50,000 Event

APP Asia Tour has confirmed Richard Livornese and Roos Van Reek for the APP Asia Ho Chi Minh City Open 2026, which runs 10 to 13 Dec 2026 at VIAS Pickleball Academy in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.

The event carries more than USD 50,000 in prize money, with USD 35,000 for Pros, USD 5,250 for Senior Pros and USD 10,000 for Amateurs. Pro doubles champions take home USD 4,500 and Pro singles champions USD 2,500. Our earlier report has the schedule and the Golden Ticket for juniors.

Registration Date: Closes 2 Dec 2026 on SportsSync. The 15% early-bird price ended 28 Oct.
Tournament Date: 10 to 13 Dec 2026
Venue: VIAS Pickleball Academy, 40 Ngô Thị Bì, Tân Hưng, Ho Chi Minh City
Registration Limit: Each category has its own cap. Pro Men's Singles, Pro Men's Doubles and Pro Mixed Doubles take 64 each, Pro Women's Singles and Pro Women's Doubles 32 each
Entry Fee: Pro USD 98 per person, excluding 8% VAT and a 5% processing fee
Organiser: SEVA (Sports Era Vietnam Asia)

Categories

• Pro: Men's and Women's Singles, Men's, Women's and Mixed Doubles
• Senior Pro (50+): Men's Singles, Men's Doubles and Mixed Doubles
• Amateur: brackets set by DUPR rating, from below 3.5 up to below 5.0, in 19+ and 35+ age groups, plus a 50+ men's doubles bracket
• Junior: Boys' and Girls' singles and doubles, from U10 to U18

Two names in the field

Pro seeding uses combined APP US, APP Asia and GPA ranking points, then DUPR for players without points.

Livornese is listed at No. 2 in Men's Doubles and No. 5 in Mixed Doubles on the APP World Rankings. In September he and Jack Munro were crowned Men's Doubles Pro champions at D-Joy Pickleball Tour Leg 3, part of the Petrolimex Saigon Cup.

Van Reek arrives as the APP Penang Open Triple Crown Champion. In July she won three Pro titles there: women's singles, women's doubles with Vivian Glozman and mixed doubles with Jack Munro.

Pro prize money by placing

Senior Pro singles pay USD 600, USD 330 and USD 220 for 1st to 3rd, and Senior Pro doubles pay USD 1,050, USD 580 and USD 420.

This article is based on social media posts and historical data tracked by Pickle361.