How many rounds for a 25-player round robin?

18 rounds — 6 courts, 1 player 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 P25 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.

25-Player Pickleball Round Robin Schedule

Free, printable rotation for 25 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 25 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.

6 courts, 1 sit out

Each round, 1 player sits out, rotating fairly across the schedule.

Rounds: 18
Courts: 6
Sit out: 1
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	Court 6	Sit out
1	P19 & P11 vs P1 & P7	P23 & P8 vs P14 & P21	P18 & P2 vs P25 & P4	P10 & P15 vs P20 & P5	P24 & P17 vs P9 & P6	P16 & P13 vs P3 & P12	P22
2	P25 & P23 vs P6 & P11	P18 & P7 vs P24 & P14	P1 & P13 vs P5 & P22	P8 & P4 vs P16 & P19	P21 & P3 vs P15 & P9	P12 & P20 vs P2 & P17	P10
3	P4 & P3 vs P24 & P10	P14 & P6 vs P15 & P1	P8 & P11 vs P22 & P2	P25 & P13 vs P17 & P21	P18 & P5 vs P19 & P12	P16 & P9 vs P7 & P20	P23
4	P6 & P4 vs P5 & P7	P14 & P22 vs P20 & P3	P10 & P2 vs P13 & P9	P18 & P11 vs P21 & P16	P24 & P12 vs P25 & P8	P23 & P15 vs P19 & P17	P1
5	P11 & P20 vs P4 & P13	P21 & P2 vs P6 & P19	P18 & P3 vs P17 & P8	P16 & P1 vs P24 & P23	P14 & P9 vs P25 & P5	P7 & P12 vs P10 & P22	P15
6	P8 & P7 vs P17 & P5 2X	P4 & P15 vs P25 & P12 X X	P21 & P19 X vs P22 & P20 X	P13 & P24 vs P23 & P14 X 2X	P3 & P9 X vs P1 & P11 X	P6 & P2 X vs P10 & P16 X	P18
7	P1 & P14 X vs P2 & P12 X	P19 & P25 vs P13 & P3 X X	P15 & P5 X vs P11 & P22 X X	P17 & P10 vs P21 & P24 3X	P6 & P8 vs P9 & P4 3X	P7 & P23 vs P20 & P18 2X	P16
8	P6 & P18 vs P22 & P13 X	P21 & P1 vs P7 & P4 X X	P2 & P5 vs P23 & P3	P17 & P16 vs P19 & P14 2X	P24 & P20 vs P12 & P11 3X	P15 & P25 X vs P8 & P10 2X	P9
9	P19 & P3 X vs P12 & P6 3X	P14 & P8 X vs P11 & P10 2X	P2 & P15 vs P18 & P24 X X	P20 & P21 X vs P5 & P1 X 2X	P9 & P7 X vs P13 & P23 X 2X	P16 & P4 X vs P17 & P22 X	P25
10	P17 & P14 X vs P6 & P22 X O 3X	P25 & P18 X vs P1 & P20 X X	P2 & P8 X vs P7 & P21 X O 2X	P3 & P10 X vs P16 & P23 X O 2X	P24 & P9 X vs P5 & P19 X O	P12 & P4 X vs P11 & P15 X 2O 2X	P13
11	P1 & P10 vs P17 & P11 O 2X	P2 & P20 X vs P9 & P22 3O X	P14 & P15 X vs P19 & P7 X 2O X	P16 & P5 vs P25 & P21 X O 2X	P24 & P3 X vs P13 & P18 X 2O 2X	P12 & P8 X vs P23 & P6 X 3X	P4
12	P16 & P18 X vs P9 & P5 X 3X	P21 & P4 X vs P14 & P3 X 3X	P19 & P22 X vs P23 & P1 X 3O	P25 & P11 X vs P7 & P2 X 3O	P20 & P17 X vs P24 & P8 X 2O X	P13 & P10 X vs P15 & P12 X 3O	P6
13	P21 & P22 X vs P24 & P11 X 2O X	P20 & P23 X vs P7 & P6 X 3O	P8 & P16 X vs P14 & P13 X 2O X	P19 & P4 X vs P9 & P25 X 2O 2X	P10 & P5 X vs P18 & P1 X 2O X	P17 & P15 X vs P3 & P2 X 2O 2X	P12
14	P10 & P4 X vs P19 & P24 X 3O	P7 & P11 X vs P17 & P3 X 2O X	P20 & P16 X vs P6 & P15 X 3O	P21 & P9 X vs P12 & P18 X 2O	P23 & P5 X vs P25 & P2 X 2O 2X	P22 & P1 X vs P8 & P13 X 2O X	P14
15	P16 & P3 X vs P10 & P20 X 3O X	P19 & P1 X vs P18 & P8 X 4O	P14 & P12 X vs P2 & P9 X 3O X	P11 & P4 X vs P13 & P6 X 2O 2X	P25 & P7 X vs P24 & P22 X 3O	P15 & P21 X vs P23 & P17 X 3O X	P5
16	P17 & P4 X vs P22 & P23 X 3O	P15 & P13 X vs P5 & P14 X 4O	P9 & P19 X vs P3 & P7 X 4O	P2 & P24 X vs P8 & P1 X 4O	P12 & P10 X vs P6 & P20 X 4O	P21 & P18 X vs P25 & P16 X 4O	P11
17	P5 & P4 X vs P10 & P7 X 4O	P13 & P20 X vs P17 & P1 X 4O	P19 & P23 X vs P24 & P16 X 4O	P8 & P15 X vs P11 & P2 X 4O	P12 & P9 X vs P25 & P22 X 3O X	P6 & P3 X vs P18 & P14 X 3O X	P21
18	P10 & P18 X vs P2 & P14 X 4O	P22 & P3 X vs P25 & P6 X 4O	P24 & P1 X vs P15 & P16 X 2O 2X	P11 & P23 X vs P8 & P9 X 4O	P21 & P13 X vs P4 & P20 X 4O	P12 & P5 X vs P7 & P17 X 2O 2X	P19

5 courts, 5 sit out

Each round, 5 players sit out, rotating fairly across the schedule.

Rounds: 18
Courts: 5
Sit out: 5
First partner repeat: never
First opponent repeat: round 11
First cross-repeat: round 7
Settings used: default

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Round	Court 1	Court 2	Court 3	Court 4	Court 5	Sit out
1	P15 & P19 vs P21 & P6	P3 & P22 vs P4 & P1	P18 & P20 vs P7 & P24	P5 & P13 vs P8 & P11	P12 & P2 vs P23 & P10	P9, P14, P16, P17, P25
2	P21 & P9 vs P14 & P20	P10 & P11 vs P24 & P1	P19 & P25 vs P3 & P13	P5 & P17 vs P4 & P7	P16 & P8 vs P2 & P18	P6, P12, P15, P22, P23
3	P5 & P25 vs P15 & P10	P14 & P4 vs P24 & P6	P20 & P19 vs P16 & P12	P13 & P22 vs P23 & P17	P9 & P7 vs P11 & P2	P1, P3, P8, P18, P21
4	P15 & P14 vs P3 & P17	P4 & P21 vs P25 & P23	P16 & P5 vs P1 & P9	P22 & P18 vs P12 & P11	P6 & P8 vs P10 & P20	P2, P7, P13, P19, P24
5	P9 & P12 vs P6 & P25	P16 & P15 vs P24 & P13	P14 & P2 vs P22 & P19	P18 & P1 vs P17 & P21	P7 & P23 vs P3 & P8	P4, P5, P10, P11, P20
6	P24 & P21 vs P22 & P8	P19 & P18 vs P10 & P4	P2 & P6 vs P5 & P3	P7 & P12 vs P13 & P1	P23 & P11 vs P15 & P20	P9, P14, P16, P17, P25
7	P9 & P18 vs P13 & P19 X X	P21 & P2 vs P4 & P11 2X	P1 & P8 vs P25 & P14	P7 & P3 X vs P16 & P24 X X	P20 & P17 vs P10 & P5 X 2X	P6, P12, P15, P22, P23
8	P23 & P24 vs P19 & P5	P4 & P20 vs P14 & P13 2X	P10 & P16 vs P11 & P15 X 3X	P22 & P25 vs P6 & P7 X	P9 & P2 X vs P12 & P17 2X	P1, P3, P8, P18, P21
9	P16 & P25 vs P5 & P23 X 3X	P4 & P12 vs P15 & P8	P22 & P14 X vs P10 & P18 X X	P3 & P1 X vs P20 & P9 X X	P6 & P17 vs P21 & P11 X 2X	P2, P7, P13, P19, P24
10	P3 & P23 X vs P18 & P17 X 2X	P25 & P13 X vs P24 & P14 X 3X	P2 & P8 X vs P6 & P1 3X	P12 & P21 vs P7 & P16 X 2X	P15 & P22 vs P9 & P19 X 2X	P4, P5, P10, P11, P20
11	P22 & P2 X vs P8 & P13 X O 2X	P24 & P5 X vs P12 & P18 X O	P21 & P23 X vs P10 & P3 O X	P4 & P19 X vs P11 & P20 X 3X	P15 & P6 X vs P1 & P7 X 2X	P9, P14, P16, P17, P25
12	P20 & P16 X vs P25 & P17 2X	P4 & P24 X vs P1 & P10 X O 3X	P19 & P14 X vs P7 & P5 X X	P13 & P2 X vs P3 & P21 X O 2X	P9 & P11 X vs P8 & P18 X O 2X	P6, P12, P15, P22, P23
13	P13 & P16 X vs P6 & P10 X X	P15 & P5 X vs P22 & P9 X 2O X	P12 & P24 X vs P14 & P17 X O X	P25 & P20 X vs P2 & P19 X O X	P11 & P7 X vs P23 & P4 X O 3X	P1, P3, P8, P18, P21
14	P16 & P22 vs P3 & P4 X 2O X	P10 & P21 X vs P9 & P5 X O X	P12 & P1 X vs P18 & P11 X 2O 2X	P20 & P23 X vs P14 & P6 X 2O	P17 & P15 X vs P25 & P8 X O 2X	P2, P7, P13, P19, P24
15	P15 & P2 vs P18 & P21 X 2O X	P6 & P9 X vs P17 & P24 X O 2X	P3 & P16 X vs P8 & P14 X O 2X	P1 & P19 vs P13 & P23 X 2O X	P12 & P25 X vs P22 & P7 X 3O X	P4, P5, P10, P11, P20
16	P3 & P2 X vs P11 & P24 X 2O	P5 & P20 X vs P15 & P13 X 2O 2X	P19 & P10 X vs P8 & P7 X 2O	P1 & P21 X vs P12 & P22 X 3O X	P18 & P23 X vs P4 & P6 X 3O	P9, P14, P16, P17, P25
17	P7 & P20 X vs P5 & P18 X 3O X	P9 & P3 X vs P8 & P4 X 3O	P21 & P13 X vs P25 & P24 X 3O X	P19 & P11 X vs P16 & P17 X 3O	P14 & P10 X vs P1 & P2 X 3O X	P6, P12, P15, P22, P23
18	P25 & P11 vs P5 & P14 X 3O	P13 & P6 X vs P16 & P9 X 4O	P2 & P10 X vs P19 & P7 X 4O	P23 & P22 X vs P20 & P24 X 2O X	P4 & P17 X vs P15 & P12 X 3O X	P1, P3, P8, P18, P21

4 courts, 9 sit out

Each round, 9 players sit out, rotating fairly across the schedule.

Rounds: 18
Courts: 4
Sit out: 9
First partner repeat: never
First opponent repeat: round 13
First cross-repeat: round 7
Settings used: default

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Round	Court 1	Court 2	Court 3	Court 4	Sit out
1	P18 & P14 vs P19 & P1	P25 & P4 vs P9 & P21	P24 & P7 vs P20 & P6	P22 & P12 vs P23 & P11	P2, P3, P5, P8, P10, P13, P15, P16, P17
2	P22 & P15 vs P9 & P1	P11 & P14 vs P24 & P10	P19 & P3 vs P13 & P2	P8 & P5 vs P17 & P16	P4, P6, P7, P12, P18, P20, P21, P23, P25
3	P12 & P20 vs P18 & P16	P8 & P10 vs P23 & P25	P17 & P6 vs P13 & P4	P5 & P7 vs P3 & P21	P1, P2, P9, P11, P14, P15, P19, P22, P24
4	P14 & P15 vs P6 & P21	P4 & P22 vs P19 & P20	P18 & P11 vs P7 & P9	P1 & P23 vs P2 & P24	P3, P5, P8, P10, P12, P13, P16, P17, P25
5	P17 & P12 vs P10 & P2	P11 & P8 vs P3 & P1	P22 & P5 vs P25 & P13	P15 & P19 vs P24 & P16	P4, P6, P7, P9, P14, P18, P20, P21, P23
6	P8 & P4 vs P12 & P7	P6 & P18 vs P3 & P25	P20 & P9 vs P14 & P5	P23 & P16 vs P13 & P21	P1, P2, P10, P11, P15, P17, P19, P22, P24
7	P24 & P6 X vs P2 & P22 X	P19 & P4 X vs P1 & P10 X	P11 & P20 vs P21 & P15 X	P9 & P14 X vs P23 & P17	P3, P5, P7, P8, P12, P13, P16, P18, P25
8	P12 & P15 vs P25 & P5 X	P2 & P3 X vs P10 & P16 X	P18 & P19 X vs P8 & P17 X	P1 & P24 X vs P13 & P7 X	P4, P6, P9, P11, P14, P20, P21, P22, P23
9	P9 & P23 X vs P20 & P3 X	P22 & P21 vs P18 & P8 X	P14 & P25 vs P11 & P4 2X	P5 & P12 X vs P6 & P7 X 2X	P1, P2, P10, P13, P15, P16, P17, P19, P24
10	P9 & P17 X vs P21 & P24 X	P2 & P15 vs P4 & P14 X X	P20 & P10 vs P13 & P1 X X	P19 & P16 X vs P6 & P23 X	P3, P5, P7, P8, P11, P12, P18, P22, P25
11	P10 & P7 vs P16 & P22 X	P1 & P25 vs P17 & P3 2X	P8 & P12 X vs P13 & P15 X	P11 & P2 vs P18 & P5 X	P4, P6, P9, P14, P19, P20, P21, P23, P24
12	P8 & P6 vs P11 & P9 X X	P5 & P4 vs P24 & P23 X	P19 & P25 vs P7 & P20 X X	P14 & P21 X vs P3 & P22 2X	P1, P2, P10, P12, P13, P15, P16, P17, P18
13	P15 & P9 X vs P19 & P10 X X	P12 & P16 X vs P14 & P17 X 2X	P13 & P24 X vs P21 & P18 X 2X	P6 & P2 X vs P1 & P20 X O X	P3, P4, P5, P7, P8, P11, P22, P23, P25
14	P18 & P4 vs P5 & P16 X 3X	P23 & P13 X vs P11 & P25 X 3X	P3 & P8 X vs P2 & P12 X 2O	P17 & P15 vs P22 & P7 X X	P1, P6, P9, P10, P14, P19, P20, P21, P24
15	P22 & P1 X vs P5 & P9 X O 2X	P24 & P20 X vs P3 & P10 X 3X	P21 & P19 vs P11 & P6 X 2O X	P7 & P8 X vs P23 & P14 X O	P2, P4, P12, P13, P15, P16, P17, P18, P25
16	P9 & P24 X vs P16 & P25 O X	P15 & P6 X vs P2 & P17 X O 3X	P21 & P20 X vs P12 & P19 O 2X	P10 & P4 X vs P13 & P18 X O 2X	P1, P3, P5, P7, P8, P11, P14, P22, P23
17	P5 & P13 X vs P14 & P8 X O 2X	P2 & P16 X vs P22 & P11 X 3X	P18 & P15 vs P23 & P3 X O	P1 & P7 X vs P12 & P25 X 2O X	P4, P6, P9, P10, P17, P19, P20, P21, P24
18	P8 & P22 X vs P4 & P20 X O 2X	P6 & P9 X vs P23 & P7 X 2O 2X	P5 & P3 X vs P24 & P19 X 2O X	P10 & P17 X vs P21 & P11 X 2O	P1, P2, P12, P13, P14, P15, P16, P18, P25

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 25 players

25-Player Round Robin FAQ

How many rounds for a 25-player round robin?: 18 rounds — 6 courts, 1 player 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 P25 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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