2026 Marbella on a Mission Tennis Tournament

Play With A Purpose

Join us for the Marbella on a Mission Doubles Tennis Tournament benefiting the American Cancer Society. Players of all skill levels are invited to compete, have fun, and make a difference in the fight against cancer. Every registration and donation helps fund lifesaving research, patient support programs, and hope for families impacted by cancer. We encourage all tournament participants to reserve Sunday, October 18th from 8 AM-4:30 PM so they can enjoy the full tournament, complimentary banquet, and experiences provided by our generous sponsors.  You won't want to miss a minute of it!

Tournament Divisions

Our tournament will feature 6 divisions with 5 teams each.  

Divisions:

• Women's 6.0 Combo (partners' ratings add up to 6.0 or less, commonly two 3.0 players)

• Women's 6.5 Combo (partners' ratings add up to 6.5 or less, commonly one 3.0 player, one 3.5 player)

• Women's 7.5 Combo (partners' ratings add up to 7.5 or less, commonly one 3.5 player, one 4.0 player)

• Women's 8.5 Combo (partners' ratings add up to 8.5 or less, commonly one 4.0 player, one 4.5 player)

• Mixed 7.5 Combo (partners' ratings add up to 7.5 or less, commonly one 3.5 player, one 4.0 player)

• Men's 9.0 Combo (partners' rating add up to 9.0 or less, commonly two 4.5 players)

Tournament Format

We will follow a Round Robin format and use Fast 4 Scoring Rules.  You will play all the teams in your division with one winner being recognized for each division. With 5 teams in each division, each team will play 4- Fast 4 Matches so a division winner can be declared.  To add to the fun, we have overall teams consisting of one team from each division. Once divisions play out, we will also determine an overall team winner. Division and Overall Team winners will be recognized at the tournament banquet immediately following the tournament and take home prizes from our event sponsors.

• First to 4 games wins the set.
• No-ad scoring
• Tiebreak at 3-3
• (Tiebreak is to 5 points, win by 2)
• Each team plays everyone in their division (4 Fast 4 Scoring matches total)
• Standings (1. Match Wins/2. Head-to-Head/3. Game Differential/4. Games won) If there's a tie, final two teams play one last Fast 4 Match

Tournament Banquet

New this year, we're hosting our first Tournament Banquet immediately following the tournament (3- 4:30PM).  All tournament participants will receive a banquet meal, courtesy of our generous sponsors and as a "thank you" for your fundraising efforts for the American Cancer Society.  Guests and Sponsors are welcome to join the tournament banquet with a meal ticket purchase.

Tournament Participant Fundraising Commitment

As a participant in Marbella On a Mission's Doubles Tournament, we know cancer has touched your life or the life of someone you love.  This tournament is about the game of tennis, but even more so about the game of life.

We're challenging each participant to fundraise $500 for ACS using your own personal fundraising page.  (That's $1,000 for each tournament team.)  The Marbella On a Mission committee and ACS partners are here to help make this easy and have fundraising tips and suggestions so we can reach our fundraising goals.  If each participant raises $500, that's $30,000 that goes directly to our nation's largest private, not-for-profit funder of cancer research in the United States.  

How Does My Fundraising Help the American Cancer Society?

• ACS is currently investing more than $517 million in 870 research grants at 224 institutions across the country.
• The Patient Support Pillar touches more than 111.4 million lives each year.

Hope Lodge

• $750 can provide one week of free lodging for a patient and caregiver.

• $1,500 can cover the entire stay for the average guest.

• $3,800 can support a 6-week stay during radiation.

• $8,000 can provide 90 nights of comfort for a bone marrow transplant recipient.

• $10,000 can give four people a 4-week stay during their hardest fight.

Road To Recovery

• $250 can provide 5 rides to treatment.

• $500 can help fund 10 rides-10 chances to fight, to hope, to heal.

• $1,000 can give 20 rides-nearly a month of daily treatment.

• $15,000 can help support a transportation grant providing 1,600+ free rides.

Research

• $500 can give a high school trainee a research kit.

• $2,500 per day can support the analysis behind Cancer Facts & Figures, the trusted national resource.