16 players · 4 courts · up to 18 rounds

16-Player pickleball round robin schedule & printable sheet.

Free printable round-robin sheet for 16 players — a rotation chart for 4 courts (everyone plays) or 3 courts (4 sit out). Up to 18 rounds — use as many as your session needs. 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.

Download PDF or Excel Try the live mixer for 16 All player counts
Repeat markers PPartner repeat OOpponent repeat XCross-repeat =Even stop — fair round to end on A clean cell = everything is fresh.
// 01 Schedules

Pick a variation.

2 variations

Print with real names (optional)

Excel — no typing needed here: the spreadsheet has its own Players tab. Open the file, type each name once there, and every round updates.

PDF — type your players' names below and a “PDF with names” button appears next to each schedule.

The regular PDF and Excel buttons always download the standard P1/P2 sheets in one click — no names needed.

4 courts, everyone plays

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

PDF Excel PDF with names
Rounds
18
Courts
4
Sit out
none
First partner repeat
round 16
First opponent repeat
round 6
First cross-repeat
round 6
Settings
default

Even stop points any round — with no sit-outs, everyone plays every round. Stop whenever the session ends.

Round Court 1 Court 2 Court 3 Court 4
1
P14 & P8 vs P2 & P5
P13 & P4 vs P16 & P6
P9 & P15 vs P11 & P3
P10 & P7 vs P1 & P12
2
P7 & P9 vs P14 & P4
P3 & P5 vs P6 & P10
P11 & P2 vs P16 & P12
P15 & P8 vs P13 & P1
3
P11 & P4 vs P1 & P5
P3 & P2 vs P13 & P7
P9 & P16 vs P10 & P8
P15 & P12 vs P14 & P6
4
P8 & P3 vs P12 & P4
P14 & P10 vs P11 & P13
P9 & P1 vs P6 & P2
P16 & P7 vs P5 & P15
5
P3 & P16 vs P14 & P1
P4 & P15 vs P2 & P10
P6 & P7 vs P8 & P11
P12 & P9 vs P13 & P5
6
P4 & P5 vs P15 & P13 X
P14 & P11 vs P8 & P1 O X
P6 & P3 vs P2 & P16 X
P12 & P7 vs P10 & P9 O X
7
P2 & P1 vs P5 & P10 O X
P8 & P9 vs P15 & P16 O X
P11 & P7 vs P13 & P3 O X
P12 & P14 vs P4 & P6 O X
8
P12 & P11 vs P2 & P15 O X
P9 & P13 vs P1 & P6 O X
P7 & P14 vs P16 & P4 O X
P10 & P3 vs P8 & P5 O X
9
P11 & P5 vs P4 & P9 O X
P13 & P10 vs P14 & P3 O X
P15 & P6 vs P7 & P8 O X
P2 & P12 vs P1 & P16 O X
10
P15 & P3 vs P2 & P14 O X
P1 & P11 vs P7 & P5 O X
P8 & P16 vs P12 & P13 O X
P9 & P6 vs P10 & P4 O X
11
P14 & P5 vs P12 & P6 O X
P8 & P2 vs P4 & P7 O X
P13 & P16 vs P11 & P10 O X
P3 & P9 vs P1 & P15 O X
12
P15 & P7 vs P5 & P16 O X
P4 & P8 vs P1 & P3 O X
P13 & P14 vs P2 & P9 O X
P6 & P11 vs P10 & P12 O X
13
P13 & P6 vs P7 & P2 O X
P14 & P15 vs P1 & P10 O X
P5 & P9 vs P12 & P8 O X
P4 & P3 vs P11 & P16 O X
14
P1 & P4 vs P10 & P15 O X
P11 & P9 vs P2 & P13 O X
P14 & P16 vs P6 & P8 O X
P7 & P3 vs P5 & P12 O X
15
P5 & P6 vs P15 & P11 O X
P1 & P7 vs P13 & P8 O X
P9 & P14 vs P10 & P16 O X
P12 & P3 vs P4 & P2 O X
16
P14 & P8 vs P3 & P11 P O
P7 & P10 vs P15 & P9 P O
P6 & P16 vs P1 & P12 P O
P2 & P5 vs P4 & P13 P O
17
P11 & P2 vs P6 & P10 P O
P16 & P12 vs P8 & P15 P O
P5 & P3 vs P9 & P7 P O
P14 & P4 vs P13 & P1 P O
18
P4 & P11 vs P9 & P16 P O
P12 & P15 vs P7 & P13 P O
P10 & P8 vs P6 & P14 P O
P1 & P5 vs P3 & P2 P O

3 courts, 4 sit out

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

PDF Excel PDF with names
Rounds
18
Courts
3
Sit out
4
First partner repeat
round 18
First opponent repeat
round 7
First cross-repeat
round 3
Settings
default

Even stop points R4 · 3 games each R8 · 6 games each R12 · 9 games each R16 · 12 games each Stop at a marked round and everyone has played the same number of games.

Round Court 1 Court 2 Court 3 Sit out
1
P14 & P9 vs P7 & P13
P2 & P12 vs P11 & P8
P16 & P1 vs P6 & P4
P3, P5, P10, P15
2
P11 & P6 vs P14 & P5
P16 & P2 vs P10 & P7
P1 & P9 vs P15 & P3
P4, P8, P12, P13
3
P9 & P12 vs P1 & P14 X
P13 & P3 vs P10 & P2 X
P5 & P4 vs P15 & P8
P6, P7, P11, P16
4=
P7 & P15 vs P8 & P13 X
P12 & P10 vs P6 & P5 X
P11 & P3 vs P16 & P4 X
P1, P2, P9, P14
5
P1 & P11 vs P8 & P7 X
P4 & P2 vs P6 & P14 X
P13 & P9 vs P16 & P12 X
P3, P5, P10, P15
6
P2 & P5 vs P9 & P16 X
P15 & P1 vs P10 & P14 X
P7 & P11 vs P3 & P6 X
P4, P8, P12, P13
7
P14 & P13 vs P5 & P3 X
P1 & P12 vs P2 & P15 O X
P10 & P9 vs P4 & P8 X
P6, P7, P11, P16
8=
P16 & P13 vs P6 & P8 O X
P7 & P3 vs P15 & P5 X
P12 & P11 vs P4 & P10 O X
P1, P2, P9, P14
9
P1 & P6 vs P9 & P8 O X
P11 & P4 vs P13 & P2 O X
P7 & P16 vs P12 & P14 O X
P3, P5, P10, P15
10
P14 & P3 vs P10 & P6 O X
P5 & P7 vs P2 & P1 O X
P11 & P16 vs P9 & P15 O X
P4, P8, P12, P13
11
P2 & P9 vs P10 & P15 O X
P14 & P4 vs P8 & P5 O X
P3 & P1 vs P13 & P12 O X
P6, P7, P11, P16
12=
P3 & P10 vs P16 & P8 O X
P4 & P15 vs P7 & P6 O X
P5 & P12 vs P11 & P13 O X
P1, P2, P9, P14
13
P1 & P8 vs P11 & P2 O X
P9 & P6 vs P12 & P7 O X
P14 & P16 vs P13 & P4 O X
P3, P5, P10, P15
14
P1 & P7 vs P10 & P16 O X
P11 & P5 vs P15 & P6 O X
P2 & P14 vs P9 & P3 O X
P4, P8, P12, P13
15
P2 & P3 vs P9 & P4 O X
P10 & P1 vs P5 & P13 O X
P8 & P14 vs P12 & P15 O X
P6, P7, P11, P16
16=
P3 & P16 vs P12 & P8 O X
P13 & P6 vs P15 & P11 O X
P5 & P10 vs P7 & P4 O X
P1, P2, P9, P14
17
P16 & P6 vs P1 & P13 O X
P9 & P7 vs P12 & P4 O X
P2 & P8 vs P11 & P14 O X
P3, P5, P10, P15
18
P3 & P15 vs P2 & P6 P O X
P7 & P10 vs P5 & P14 P O
P11 & P9 vs P1 & P16 P O X
P4, P8, P12, P13
// 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.

Open the live mixer →

// 03 FAQ

16-player round-robin questions.

9 questions
Q.01 How many rounds for a 16-player round robin?
Up to 18 rounds — 4 courts, no sitting out, so you can stop after any round. The rotation is generated at quality 40 (the user-facing mixer maximum), which delays partner repeats further than a hand-built schedule typically would. Most groups stop earlier — 18 rounds is roughly 3 hours at ~10 minutes a game, and any marked even-stop round is a clean exit.
Q.02 How do I give everyone the same number of games — like 8 games each?
Stop at an even-stop round — marked with = on each schedule — and every player has played the same number of games. On 4 courts (everyone plays), every round is an even stop — end after round 8 and everyone has played exactly 8 games. On 3 courts (4 sit out), the even stops are round 4 (3 games each), round 8 (6 games each), round 12 (9 games each), round 16 (12 games each).
Q.03 How many rounds before partners repeat?
First partner repeat: round 16. 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.04 How many rounds before opponents repeat?
First opponent repeat: round 6. Once every unique pair has faced each other once, an opponent repeat becomes unavoidable — the schedule delays it until that point.
Q.05 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.06 Can I print this schedule and use it on its own?
Yes. Download the PDF or Excel sheet — every round is laid out as a rotation chart with court assignments and (where applicable) sit-outs. Just assign your players to slots P1 through P16 or write names in.
Q.07 Can I print the schedule with my players' real names?
Yes — two ways. Type names into the "Print with real names" panel above the schedules and download the personalized PDF, or use the Excel file's Players tab, where typed names fill every round automatically. Leaving names blank gets you the standard P1/P2 sheet with a write-in name key.
Q.08 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.09 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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