12 players · 3 courts · 18 rounds

12-Player pickleball round robin schedule.

Free, printable rotation for 12 players. Every round shows who plays, who sits, and which pairings repeat — so you can see exactly how fair the schedule is before you ever start a game. We only flag repeats. A clean cell means everything is fresh.

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Repeat markers PPartner repeat OOpponent repeat XCross-repeat A clean cell = everything is fresh.
// 01 Schedules

Pick a variation.

2 variations

3 courts, everyone plays

No sit-outs — every player is on a court every round.

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Rounds
18
Courts
3
Sit out
none
First partner repeat
round 12
First opponent repeat
round 5
First cross-repeat
round 2
Settings
default
Round Court 1 Court 2 Court 3
1
P1 & P4 vs P7 & P3
P10 & P12 vs P5 & P2
P9 & P8 vs P6 & P11
2
P5 & P1 vs P8 & P2 X
P10 & P7 vs P9 & P3 X
P6 & P12 vs P4 & P11 X
3
P12 & P1 vs P9 & P10 X
P7 & P2 vs P6 & P8 X
P11 & P5 vs P4 & P3 X
4
P10 & P2 vs P7 & P11 X
P4 & P12 vs P1 & P8 X
P9 & P6 vs P5 & P3 X
5
P12 & P8 vs P10 & P3 O X
P7 & P1 vs P5 & P6 O X
P9 & P4 vs P2 & P11 O X
6
P10 & P1 vs P6 & P4 O X
P2 & P9 vs P3 & P8 O X
P11 & P12 vs P5 & P7 O X
7
P12 & P3 vs P6 & P7 O X
P2 & P1 vs P11 & P10 O X
P9 & P5 vs P8 & P4 O X
8
P10 & P8 vs P5 & P12 O X
P4 & P2 vs P7 & P9 O X
P6 & P1 vs P3 & P11 O X
9
P5 & P10 vs P4 & P7 O X
P8 & P11 vs P12 & P2 O X
P6 & P3 vs P9 & P1 O X
10
P12 & P9 vs P11 & P1 O X
P7 & P8 vs P5 & P4 O X
P10 & P6 vs P2 & P3 O X
11
P2 & P6 vs P11 & P9 O X
P1 & P3 vs P8 & P5 O X
P4 & P10 vs P7 & P12 O X
12
P11 & P6 vs P12 & P10 P O
P8 & P9 vs P3 & P7 P O
P4 & P1 vs P2 & P5 P O
13
P7 & P10 vs P5 & P1 P O
P8 & P2 vs P6 & P12 P O
P4 & P11 vs P9 & P3 P O
14
P8 & P6 vs P9 & P10 P O
P1 & P12 vs P4 & P3 P O
P2 & P7 vs P11 & P5 P O
15
P6 & P9 vs P12 & P4 P O
P7 & P11 vs P1 & P8 P O
P3 & P5 vs P2 & P10 P O
16
P6 & P5 vs P11 & P2 P O
P3 & P10 vs P9 & P4 P O
P7 & P1 vs P8 & P12 P O
17
P2 & P9 vs P10 & P1 P O
P7 & P5 vs P6 & P4 P O
P11 & P12 vs P3 & P8 P O
18
P8 & P4 vs P11 & P10 P O
P6 & P7 vs P2 & P1 P O
P9 & P5 vs P3 & P12 P O

2 courts, 4 sit out

Each round, 4 players sit out, rotating fairly across the schedule.

PDF Excel
Rounds
18
Courts
2
Sit out
4
First partner repeat
round 16
First opponent repeat
round 6
First cross-repeat
round 4
Settings
default
Round Court 1 Court 2 Sit out
1
P10 & P5 vs P6 & P7
P9 & P8 vs P12 & P11
P1, P2, P3, P4
2
P12 & P3 vs P1 & P10
P4 & P9 vs P7 & P2
P5, P6, P8, P11
3
P5 & P4 vs P8 & P3
P2 & P1 vs P11 & P6
P7, P9, P10, P12
4
P11 & P8 vs P10 & P7 X
P6 & P5 vs P12 & P9 X
P1, P2, P3, P4
5
P10 & P4 vs P9 & P1 X
P12 & P2 vs P3 & P7 X
P5, P6, P8, P11
6
P11 & P3 vs P6 & P4 O X
P5 & P2 vs P8 & P1 O X
P7, P9, P10, P12
7
P6 & P9 vs P8 & P7 O X
P10 & P11 vs P12 & P5 O X
P1, P2, P3, P4
8
P12 & P10 vs P2 & P4 X
P9 & P7 vs P3 & P1 X
P5, P6, P8, P11
9
P4 & P1 vs P8 & P6 O X
P11 & P5 vs P3 & P2 O X
P7, P9, P10, P12
10
P11 & P9 vs P10 & P8 O X
P6 & P12 vs P7 & P5 O X
P1, P2, P3, P4
11
P2 & P9 vs P10 & P3 O X
P1 & P12 vs P7 & P4 O X
P5, P6, P8, P11
12
P4 & P3 vs P8 & P5 O X
P1 & P11 vs P6 & P2 O X
P7, P9, P10, P12
13
P11 & P7 vs P6 & P10 O X
P9 & P5 vs P8 & P12 O X
P1, P2, P3, P4
14
P1 & P7 vs P3 & P9 O X
P10 & P2 vs P12 & P4 O X
P5, P6, P8, P11
15
P6 & P1 vs P3 & P5 O X
P11 & P4 vs P2 & P8 O X
P7, P9, P10, P12
16
P8 & P9 vs P5 & P10 P O
P12 & P7 vs P6 & P11 P O X
P1, P2, P3, P4
17
P4 & P9 vs P3 & P12 P O
P7 & P10 vs P2 & P1 P O
P5, P6, P8, P11
18
P8 & P4 vs P3 & P6 O X
P5 & P1 vs P2 & P11 O X
P7, P9, P10, P12
// 02 Real-world friction

Static schedules break the moment something changes.

A printed sheet works until it doesn't — someone shows up late, a player has to leave early, two friends want to play partners every round, or the rating gap on one court is too wide. PickleMixer handles all of it without rewriting the schedule.

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// 03 FAQ

12-player round-robin questions.

7 questions
Q.01 How many rounds for a 12-player round robin?
18 rounds — 3 courts, no sitting out. The rotation is generated at quality 40 (the user-facing mixer maximum), which delays partner repeats further than a hand-built schedule typically would.
Q.02 How many rounds before partners repeat?
First partner repeat: round 12. The schedule is generated at quality 40 (the user-facing mixer maximum) so partner repeats land as late in the rotation as the search can manage.
Q.03 How many rounds before opponents repeat?
First opponent repeat: round 5. Once every unique pair has faced each other once, an opponent repeat becomes unavoidable — the schedule delays it until that point.
Q.04 What if someone shows up late or leaves early?
Static schedules break the moment that happens. The live mixer adjusts on the next round — if a player no-shows you can drop them from the lineup and the next mix accounts for it; if someone leaves early the same applies in reverse.
Q.05 Can I print this schedule and use it on its own?
Yes. Download the PDF or Excel — every round is laid out with court assignments and (where applicable) sit-outs. Just assign your players to slots P1 through P12 or write names in.
Q.06 What do the P / O / X badges mean?
We only flag repeats. P (orange) = partner repeat — the same two players are partners again. O (yellow) = opponent repeat — the same two players are facing each other again. X (pale yellow) = cross-repeat — an ex-partner is now an opponent, or an ex-opponent is now a partner. A clean cell with no badges means everything on that court is fresh — no repeat partners, no repeat opponents.
Q.07 Why use the live mixer instead of the printed schedule?
Because real sessions never go to plan. The mixer handles drop-ins, no-shows, swaps, fixed partners, rating balance, mixed-doubles constraints, and sit-out fairness — none of which a printed sheet can adjust to mid-session. Use the download to plan; use the mixer to run the night.

Print it. Or live-mix it.

The PDF and Excel files are free. The live mixer is also free — and it adapts when the night doesn't.

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