Pickleball Round Robin Generator

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Pickleball Round Robin Generator

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8 sample players · 7 rounds · 14 games · ends 10:45 am (1 h 45 min)

Round 1
TimeCourtPairPair
9:00 amCourt 1Erne Ernie & Banger BenBackhand Bea & Drop Shot Dot
9:00 amCourt 2Kitchen Kate & Lob LarryDinking Dee & Third Shot Theo
Round 2
TimeCourtPairPair
9:15 amCourt 1Lob Larry & Dinking DeeBanger Ben & Drop Shot Dot
9:15 amCourt 2Erne Ernie & Backhand BeaThird Shot Theo & Kitchen Kate
Round 3
TimeCourtPairPair
9:30 amCourt 1Dinking Dee & Banger BenBackhand Bea & Kitchen Kate
9:30 amCourt 2Erne Ernie & Third Shot TheoDrop Shot Dot & Lob Larry
Round 4
TimeCourtPairPair
9:45 amCourt 1Banger Ben & Backhand BeaThird Shot Theo & Lob Larry
9:45 amCourt 2Erne Ernie & Drop Shot DotKitchen Kate & Dinking Dee
Round 5
TimeCourtPairPair
10:00 amCourt 1Backhand Bea & Third Shot TheoDrop Shot Dot & Dinking Dee
10:00 amCourt 2Erne Ernie & Kitchen KateLob Larry & Banger Ben
Round 6
TimeCourtPairPair
10:15 amCourt 1Third Shot Theo & Drop Shot DotKitchen Kate & Banger Ben
10:15 amCourt 2Erne Ernie & Lob LarryDinking Dee & Backhand Bea
Round 7
TimeCourtPairPair
10:30 amCourt 1Drop Shot Dot & Kitchen KateLob Larry & Backhand Bea
10:30 amCourt 2Erne Ernie & Dinking DeeBanger Ben & Third Shot Theo

Nobody has the same partner twice. Each player gets 7 different partners and faces any one opponent at most twice. Courts: 1 to 5 games each on court 1, 2 to 6 on court 2.

Pickleball Round Robin Generator: score sheet

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All 21 charts

Nobody sits out (4, 8, 12, 16, 20 or 24 players) 6

  • 4 players 1 court, 3 rounds, 3 games, 3 games each. Nobody sits out. Every player partners each of the other 3 exactly once and faces each of them exactly twice.
  • 8 players 2 courts, 7 rounds, 14 games, 7 games each. Nobody sits out. Every player partners each of the other 7 exactly once and faces each of them exactly twice.
  • 12 players 3 courts, 11 rounds, 33 games, 11 games each. Nobody sits out. Every player partners each of the other 11 exactly once and faces each of them exactly twice.
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Nobody sits out (4, 8, 12, 16, 20 or 24 players), continued

  • 16 players 4 courts, 15 rounds, 60 games, 15 games each. Nobody sits out. Every player partners each of the other 15 exactly once and faces each of them exactly twice.
  • 20 players 5 courts, 19 rounds, 95 games, 19 games each. Nobody sits out. Every player partners each of the other 19 exactly once and faces each of them exactly twice.
  • 24 players 6 courts, 23 rounds, 138 games, 23 games each. Nobody sits out. Every player partners each of the other 23 exactly once and faces each of them exactly twice.

One player sits out each round (5, 9, 13, 17 or 21 players) 5

  • 5 players 1 court, 5 rounds, 5 games, 4 games each. One player rests each round and everyone rests exactly once. Every player partners each of the other 4 exactly once and faces each of them exactly twice.
  • 9 players 2 courts, 9 rounds, 18 games, 8 games each. One player rests each round and everyone rests exactly once. Every player partners each of the other 8 exactly once and faces each of them exactly twice.
  • 13 players 3 courts, 13 rounds, 39 games, 12 games each. One player rests each round and everyone rests exactly once. Every player partners each of the other 12 exactly once and faces each of them exactly twice.
  • 17 players 4 courts, 17 rounds, 68 games, 16 games each. One player rests each round and everyone rests exactly once. Every player partners each of the other 16 exactly once and faces each of them exactly twice.
  • 21 players 5 courts, 21 rounds, 105 games, 20 games each. One player rests each round and everyone rests exactly once. Every player partners each of the other 20 exactly once and faces each of them exactly twice.

Two players sit out each round (6, 10, 14, 18 or 22 players) 5

  • 6 players 1 court, 6 rounds, 6 games, 4 games each. Two players rest each round, everyone rests exactly twice, and nobody rests two rounds in a row. No partnership repeats: each player partners 4 of the other 5 once and misses one. Every player faces each of the others once or twice.
  • 10 players 2 courts, 10 rounds, 20 games, 8 games each. Two players rest each round, everyone rests exactly twice, and nobody rests two rounds in a row. No partnership repeats: each player partners 8 of the other 9 once and misses one. Every player faces each of the others once or twice.
  • 14 players 3 courts, 14 rounds, 42 games, 12 games each. Two players rest each round, everyone rests exactly twice, and nobody rests two rounds in a row. No partnership repeats: each player partners 12 of the other 13 once and misses one. Every player faces each of the others once or twice.
  • 18 players 4 courts, 18 rounds, 72 games, 16 games each. Two players rest each round, everyone rests exactly twice, and nobody rests two rounds in a row. No partnership repeats: each player partners 16 of the other 17 once and misses one. Every player faces each of the others once or twice.
  • 22 players 5 courts, 22 rounds, 110 games, 20 games each. Two players rest each round, everyone rests exactly twice, and nobody rests two rounds in a row. No partnership repeats: each player partners 20 of the other 21 once and misses one. Every player faces each of the others once or twice.

Three players sit out each round (7, 11, 15, 19 or 23 players) 5

  • 7 players 1 court, 7 rounds, 7 games, 4 games each. Three players rest each round, everyone rests exactly three times, and nobody rests two rounds in a row. No partnership repeats: each player partners 4 of the other 6 once and misses two. Any two players who never face each other do play one game as partners, and nobody faces the same opponent more than twice.
  • 11 players 2 courts, 11 rounds, 22 games, 8 games each. Three players rest each round, everyone rests exactly three times, and nobody rests two rounds in a row. No partnership repeats: each player partners 8 of the other 10 once and misses two. Every player faces each of the others once or twice.
  • 15 players 3 courts, 15 rounds, 45 games, 12 games each. Three players rest each round, everyone rests exactly three times, and nobody rests two rounds in a row. No partnership repeats: each player partners 12 of the other 14 once and misses two. Every player faces each of the others once or twice.
  • 19 players 4 courts, 19 rounds, 76 games, 16 games each. Three players rest each round, everyone rests exactly three times, and nobody rests two rounds in a row. No partnership repeats: each player partners 16 of the other 18 once and misses two. Every player faces each of the others once or twice.
  • 23 players 5 courts, 23 rounds, 115 games, 20 games each. Three players rest each round, everyone rests exactly three times, and nobody rests two rounds in a row. No partnership repeats: each player partners 20 of the other 22 once and misses two. Every player faces each of the others once or twice.

How this list was compiled: Twenty-one rotating-partner doubles charts, one for every player count from 4 to 24, worked out for this site and then checked a second way on 2026-09-18. The check confirms, for every chart, that no two players are partners more than once, that every player plays the same number of games and rests the same number of rounds, that nobody rests two rounds in a row, and that no pair faces each other more than twice. The charts for 4, 5, 8, 9, 12, 13, 16, 17, 20, 21 and 24 players are whist tournament designs: every pair partners exactly once and meets as opponents exactly twice. In each chart a game is written as four seat numbers: the first two are partners against the last two. Seat numbers are dealt to players at random by the tool. Scoring wording (games normally to 11, win by 2; tournament games may be to 15 or 21; points scored only by the serving team, with rally scoring described as an alternative) was checked against the USA Pickleball rules summary at https://usapickleball.org/rules/summary/ on 2026-09-18, which refers to the 2026 Official Rulebook. Tennis wording (no-ad scoring, eight-game pro sets, short sets to four games) was checked against https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tennis_scoring_system on the same date. Licence: own work

Sample players used in the example

A 1

  • Ace Asha

B 3

  • Backhand Bea
  • Banger Ben
  • Baseline Bo

D 3

  • Dinking Dee
  • Drive Dev
  • Drop Shot Dot

E 1

  • Erne Ernie

K 1

  • Kitchen Kate

L 2

  • Lefty Lou
  • Lob Larry

N 1

  • Net Cord Ned
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P 2

  • Paddle Pat
  • Poach Paulo

R 2

  • Rally Ray
  • Reset Rita

S 5

  • Sideout Sid
  • Slice Simone
  • Smash Sam
  • Spin Suki
  • Stacker Stan

T 2

  • Third Shot Theo
  • Topspin Tia

V 1

  • Volley Val

How this list was compiled: Twenty-four made-up court nicknames written for this site so that the example chart opens filled in. None is the name of a real player. A chart for N players uses the first N names, dealt to seat numbers 1 to N in this order, and visitors replace them with their own. Licence: own work

How it works

At social and club play, a pickleball round robin often means rotating partners: a new partner and new opponents every round, and the most points wins. This pickleball round robin generator builds that chart for 4 to 24 players on your courts, shares the rests evenly and prints a score sheet. Press Tennis for the same rotation scored in games.

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Pickleball round robin for 8 players: 7 rounds on 2 courts

The example chart is for 8 players: two courts, seven rounds, 14 games, an hour and 45 minutes at 15 minutes a game. Each player partners every other player exactly once and faces each exactly twice. Stop after any round and nobody has repeated a partner.

5, 6, 7 or 9 players: who rests

With 5 or 9 players, one sits out each round and everyone rests once, so nine players need nine rounds on two courts. With 6 or 10 two rest, with 7 or 11 three. A 7 player doubles round robin is seven games on one court, four each, and nobody rests twice running. All 21 charts are listed below with courts, rounds, games and rests.

  • Score players, not pairs: after every game both partners write their side's points beside their own name on the score sheet.
  • In the 8, 12, 16, 20 and 24 player charts the highest seat never changes court. To give that seat to the host, switch the random draw off and type the host's name last.
  • Short of courts? Set the number you have and each round is played in shifts. Do it before you print, so the sheets match.

Questions and answers

How do you score round robin pickleball when partners change?

Each player keeps an individual total, and the most points after the last round wins. The USA Pickleball rules summary says games are normally played to 11, win by 2, and tournament games may be to 15 or 21. For timed rounds, record the score at the buzzer.

Does it work for a round robin tennis tournament?

Yes. Press Tennis: the rotation stays the same and players record games won instead of points. To keep a tennis round robin on the clock, use no-advantage scoring or short sets to four games. Fixed partners is a different draw: enter each pair as one team on the 8 team round robin.

Is this pickleball round robin generator free?

Yes, with no sign-up. Names stay in your browser and travel inside the share link, so when someone drops out you make the chart again and send the new link. To print the chart, or save it as a PDF, open your browser's print window. Live standings at one web address need league software.

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