How many rounds for a 23-player round robin?

18 rounds — 5 courts, 3 players sit out each round in a fair rotation. The schedule keeps partners and opponents fresh until repeats become mathematically unavoidable.

How many rounds before partners repeat?

First partner repeat: never (within the schedule). 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.

How many rounds before opponents repeat?

First opponent repeat: round 10. Once every unique pair has faced each other once, an opponent repeat becomes unavoidable — the schedule delays it until that point.

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.

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 P23 or write names in.

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.

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, locked 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.

23-Player Pickleball Round Robin Schedule

Free, printable rotation for 23 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.

Below is the pre-built rotation for 23 players, with a free PDF and Excel download for each variation. We only flag repeats: P partner repeat, O opponent repeat, X cross-repeat. A clean cell means everything is fresh.

5 courts, 3 sit out

Each round, 3 players sit out, rotating fairly across the schedule.

Rounds: 18
Courts: 5
Sit out: 3
First partner repeat: never
First opponent repeat: round 10
First cross-repeat: round 6
Settings used: default

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Round	Court 1	Court 2	Court 3	Court 4	Court 5	Sit out
1	P11 & P18 vs P23 & P10	P4 & P7 vs P15 & P21	P9 & P2 vs P8 & P17	P6 & P3 vs P20 & P14	P16 & P19 vs P5 & P12	P1, P13, P22
2	P19 & P1 vs P11 & P20	P5 & P22 vs P21 & P9	P4 & P13 vs P3 & P17	P15 & P23 vs P12 & P2	P7 & P14 vs P8 & P16	P6, P10, P18
3	P22 & P1 vs P4 & P10	P3 & P16 vs P21 & P2	P13 & P15 vs P9 & P6	P12 & P17 vs P14 & P18	P7 & P23 vs P5 & P20	P8, P11, P19
4	P6 & P17 vs P21 & P23	P2 & P13 vs P18 & P22	P12 & P7 vs P3 & P1	P5 & P8 vs P11 & P4	P10 & P15 vs P14 & P19	P9, P16, P20
5	P3 & P23 vs P8 & P22	P10 & P20 vs P21 & P13	P6 & P2 vs P5 & P1	P19 & P7 vs P9 & P18	P17 & P16 vs P15 & P11	P4, P12, P14
6	P1 & P9 vs P14 & P3 X X	P5 & P7 X vs P10 & P13 X	P8 & P2 X vs P20 & P12 X	P22 & P6 vs P19 & P11 X	P23 & P18 X vs P16 & P4	P15, P17, P21
7	P22 & P11 X vs P12 & P14 X	P16 & P5 X vs P17 & P1 2X	P10 & P6 vs P2 & P4 2X	P13 & P8 vs P21 & P19 X	P9 & P15 X vs P18 & P20 X	P3, P7, P23
8	P16 & P14 X vs P4 & P19 3X	P22 & P15 vs P1 & P8 2X	P12 & P23 X vs P10 & P21 X 2X	P17 & P18 X vs P20 & P3 X 2X	P6 & P11 X vs P9 & P7 X X	P2, P5, P13
9	P23 & P4 X vs P13 & P9 X X	P8 & P3 X vs P6 & P16 3X	P5 & P21 X vs P15 & P18 X X	P19 & P12 X vs P7 & P17 3X	P14 & P11 X vs P2 & P20 X 2X	P1, P10, P22
10	P4 & P14 X vs P7 & P1 X 2O 2X	P21 & P16 X vs P9 & P20 X O X	P2 & P3 X vs P23 & P19 O X	P5 & P13 X vs P11 & P12 X O X	P17 & P15 X vs P22 & P10 X 2X	P6, P8, P18
11	P10 & P17 X vs P6 & P8 X 3X	P7 & P18 X vs P2 & P22 X O X	P4 & P12 vs P20 & P21 X 2O X	P15 & P5 X vs P13 & P3 X O X	P9 & P23 X vs P14 & P1 X O X	P11, P16, P19
12	P16 & P7 X vs P8 & P23 X 3O X	P21 & P4 X vs P19 & P15 X 2O 2X	P11 & P10 X vs P18 & P3 X O X	P13 & P17 X vs P2 & P1 X O 2X	P6 & P5 X vs P22 & P14 X O 2X	P9, P12, P20
13	P13 & P22 X vs P23 & P16 X 2O	P12 & P18 X vs P1 & P6 X O	P7 & P15 X vs P19 & P17 X 3O X	P8 & P20 X vs P5 & P3 X 2O 2X	P10 & P2 X vs P9 & P11 X 2O X	P4, P14, P21
14	P11 & P5 X vs P21 & P22 X 3O	P13 & P16 X vs P6 & P14 X 2O X	P18 & P2 X vs P7 & P8 X 3O	P1 & P10 X vs P20 & P19 X 2O 2X	P3 & P12 X vs P4 & P9 X 2O X	P15, P17, P23
15	P16 & P20 X vs P10 & P12 X 3O	P8 & P9 X vs P1 & P13 X 2O 2X	P21 & P14 vs P17 & P22 X 4O	P5 & P18 X vs P19 & P6 X 4O	P11 & P23 X vs P4 & P15 X O 3X	P2, P3, P7
16	P18 & P19 X vs P14 & P23 X 2O 2X	P9 & P3 X vs P11 & P17 X 4O	P1 & P21 vs P2 & P16 X 3O X	P12 & P6 X vs P15 & P8 X 4O	P4 & P22 X vs P20 & P7 X 3O	P5, P10, P13
17	P19 & P3 X vs P13 & P23 X 4O	P9 & P14 X vs P21 & P8 X 3O X	P11 & P16 X vs P6 & P20 X 4O	P5 & P4 X vs P17 & P2 X 3O X	P15 & P12 X vs P10 & P7 X 4O	P1, P18, P22
18	P17 & P21 X vs P18 & P1 X 3O X	P22 & P23 X vs P12 & P9 X 4O	P7 & P2 X vs P16 & P10 X 4O	P14 & P5 X vs P3 & P15 X 4O	P19 & P13 X vs P4 & P20 X 4O	P6, P8, P11

4 courts, 7 sit out

Each round, 7 players sit out, rotating fairly across the schedule.

Rounds: 18
Courts: 4
Sit out: 7
First partner repeat: never
First opponent repeat: round 11
First cross-repeat: round 6
Settings used: default

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Round	Court 1	Court 2	Court 3	Court 4	Sit out
1	P16 & P20 vs P15 & P10	P19 & P6 vs P23 & P14	P9 & P7 vs P12 & P1	P13 & P22 vs P4 & P2	P3, P5, P8, P11, P17, P18, P21
2	P9 & P5 vs P11 & P17	P7 & P21 vs P16 & P8	P1 & P13 vs P10 & P3	P23 & P18 vs P12 & P22	P2, P4, P6, P14, P15, P19, P20
3	P8 & P20 vs P5 & P4	P10 & P19 vs P17 & P21	P18 & P15 vs P2 & P14	P7 & P6 vs P11 & P3	P1, P9, P12, P13, P16, P22, P23
4	P19 & P4 vs P16 & P18	P17 & P13 vs P14 & P12	P2 & P1 vs P20 & P23	P15 & P9 vs P6 & P22	P3, P5, P7, P8, P10, P11, P21
5	P5 & P16 vs P12 & P3	P19 & P13 vs P15 & P7	P10 & P9 vs P8 & P23	P22 & P1 vs P11 & P21	P2, P4, P6, P14, P17, P18, P20
6	P7 & P10 vs P4 & P18 X	P3 & P17 vs P20 & P21 X	P2 & P8 vs P6 & P11 X	P5 & P14 vs P1 & P9 X X	P12, P13, P15, P16, P19, P22, P23
7	P13 & P11 vs P18 & P20	P14 & P4 vs P5 & P23 3X	P6 & P15 X vs P17 & P12 X	P19 & P16 X vs P22 & P2 X	P1, P3, P7, P8, P9, P10, P21
8	P16 & P10 X vs P9 & P14 X X	P19 & P22 X vs P12 & P8 X	P7 & P13 X vs P21 & P23 X	P1 & P3 X vs P2 & P15 X X	P4, P5, P6, P11, P17, P18, P20
9	P17 & P4 vs P11 & P1 X X	P23 & P3 vs P8 & P18 2X	P10 & P21 X vs P6 & P5	P22 & P9 X vs P20 & P7 X	P2, P12, P13, P14, P15, P16, P19
10	P8 & P13 vs P16 & P17 2X	P14 & P21 vs P2 & P12 2X	P5 & P20 X vs P18 & P6 2X	P15 & P19 X vs P4 & P11 X X	P1, P3, P7, P9, P10, P22, P23
11	P10 & P2 vs P12 & P15 X O 2X	P9 & P3 vs P19 & P23 X O X	P7 & P22 X vs P14 & P6 X 2X	P1 & P5 X vs P13 & P16 X 2X	P4, P8, P11, P17, P18, P20, P21
12	P3 & P2 X vs P4 & P9 2X	P23 & P7 X vs P17 & P20 X 2X	P18 & P12 X vs P1 & P8 3X	P11 & P10 vs P22 & P21 X 2O X	P5, P6, P13, P14, P15, P16, P19
13	P17 & P19 X vs P5 & P3 X 2O X	P4 & P15 X vs P21 & P9 2X	P8 & P6 X vs P13 & P18 X O 2X	P11 & P20 X vs P14 & P16 X X	P1, P2, P7, P10, P12, P22, P23
14	P15 & P22 X vs P18 & P5 X O X	P6 & P23 X vs P16 & P2 X 2O	P7 & P19 X vs P10 & P1 X O 2X	P14 & P11 X vs P12 & P13 X 2O X	P3, P4, P8, P9, P17, P20, P21
15	P9 & P23 X vs P21 & P13 X O 2X	P1 & P17 X vs P22 & P8 X O 2X	P6 & P2 X vs P7 & P4 X 2O	P3 & P20 X vs P12 & P10 X O 2X	P5, P11, P14, P15, P16, P18, P19
16	P5 & P19 X vs P2 & P20 X 2O	P12 & P11 X vs P3 & P4 X 2O X	P16 & P9 X vs P18 & P17 O 2X	P14 & P8 vs P15 & P21 X 2O X	P1, P6, P7, P10, P13, P22, P23
17	P23 & P11 vs P10 & P5 X 2O 2X	P16 & P7 X vs P15 & P13 X 3O X	P3 & P19 X vs P14 & P22 X 2O	P6 & P21 X vs P18 & P1 X 2O	P2, P4, P8, P9, P12, P17, P20
18	P23 & P17 X vs P4 & P6 X 3O X	P1 & P19 X vs P9 & P20 X 4O	P10 & P22 X vs P2 & P13 X 2O 2X	P12 & P5 X vs P7 & P8 X 3O	P3, P11, P14, P15, P16, P18, P21

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.

Drop-ins & no-shows — add or remove a player and the next round adjusts on the fly
Fair sit-outs — tracks who has sat out the most and rotates them in next
Player swaps, court freeze, pin player to court — fine-tune any round before you commit it
Linked partners — couples or training pairs stay together while opponents rotate

Try the live mixer for 23 players

23-Player Round Robin FAQ

How many rounds for a 23-player round robin?: 18 rounds — 5 courts, 3 players sit out each round in a fair rotation. The schedule keeps partners and opponents fresh until repeats become mathematically unavoidable.
How many rounds before partners repeat?: First partner repeat: never (within the schedule). 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.
How many rounds before opponents repeat?: First opponent repeat: round 10. Once every unique pair has faced each other once, an opponent repeat becomes unavoidable — the schedule delays it until that point.
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.
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 P23 or write names in.
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.
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, locked 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.

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