How many rounds for a 26-player round robin?

18 rounds — 6 courts, 2 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 11. 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 P26 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.

26-Player Pickleball Round Robin Schedule

Free, printable rotation for 26 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 26 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, 2 sit out

Each round, 2 players sit out, rotating fairly across the schedule.

Rounds: 18
Courts: 6
Sit out: 2
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	Court 5	Court 6	Sit out
1	P4 & P16 vs P12 & P24	P26 & P3 vs P22 & P15	P17 & P5 vs P2 & P23	P7 & P1 vs P20 & P19	P11 & P6 vs P18 & P8	P21 & P25 vs P14 & P10	P9, P13
2	P3 & P19 vs P16 & P2	P22 & P20 vs P17 & P24	P6 & P13 vs P25 & P9	P23 & P10 vs P8 & P1	P5 & P26 vs P14 & P11	P7 & P18 vs P21 & P4	P12, P15
3	P9 & P7 vs P12 & P23	P25 & P16 vs P11 & P17	P21 & P13 vs P2 & P22	P6 & P14 vs P24 & P1	P18 & P10 vs P3 & P20	P5 & P8 vs P15 & P19	P4, P26
4	P6 & P23 vs P21 & P19	P10 & P2 vs P12 & P26	P18 & P25 vs P24 & P15	P8 & P3 vs P13 & P17	P7 & P22 vs P16 & P5	P9 & P4 vs P1 & P11	P14, P20
5	P1 & P26 vs P17 & P21	P20 & P4 vs P2 & P8	P22 & P19 vs P14 & P9	P10 & P6 vs P15 & P7	P24 & P11 vs P23 & P13	P25 & P3 vs P5 & P12	P16, P18
6	P19 & P6 X vs P10 & P4 X	P5 & P23 X vs P26 & P16 2X	P8 & P12 vs P14 & P1 X X	P2 & P17 X vs P15 & P9	P21 & P7 X vs P24 & P3	P20 & P18 X vs P25 & P13 X X	P11, P22
7	P25 & P24 X vs P19 & P26	P22 & P21 X vs P15 & P12 X	P16 & P14 vs P10 & P13 X	P17 & P23 X vs P4 & P18 X	P7 & P11 vs P2 & P1 2X	P3 & P5 X vs P20 & P9 X	P6, P8
8	P11 & P19 vs P20 & P21 2X	P14 & P24 X vs P9 & P17 X 2X	P7 & P8 vs P22 & P26 X X	P1 & P4 X vs P13 & P5	P18 & P15 X vs P16 & P12 X X	P25 & P6 X vs P23 & P3 2X	P2, P10
9	P11 & P22 vs P10 & P19 X 2X	P9 & P24 X vs P15 & P8 X 2X	P12 & P3 X vs P23 & P26 X 4X	P7 & P5 X vs P18 & P13 X 2X	P2 & P4 X vs P25 & P14 X	P16 & P20 vs P6 & P21 X X	P1, P17
10	P8 & P26 X vs P18 & P16 X 2X	P25 & P2 X vs P22 & P1 2X	P15 & P3 X vs P14 & P4 X	P5 & P11 X vs P6 & P24 X 2X	P19 & P17 vs P13 & P12 X	P20 & P10 X vs P9 & P23 X 2X	P7, P21
11	P23 & P18 X vs P14 & P22 X	P21 & P10 X vs P17 & P8 X O X	P26 & P15 X vs P1 & P19 X 3X	P13 & P7 X vs P3 & P6 X 3O X	P4 & P12 X vs P20 & P11 X O X	P9 & P2 X vs P24 & P16 X O X	P5, P25
12	P13 & P4 X vs P21 & P9 O 3X	P22 & P6 vs P12 & P17 X 2O	P3 & P16 X vs P1 & P25 X O X	P23 & P8 X vs P5 & P2 X O 3X	P18 & P11 X vs P10 & P15 X 2O X	P26 & P14 X vs P20 & P7 X O	P19, P24
13	P11 & P4 X vs P16 & P22 X O 2X	P2 & P24 X vs P1 & P10 X O 2X	P14 & P19 X vs P6 & P20 X 3O X	P13 & P8 X vs P12 & P25 X O 2X	P5 & P9 X vs P18 & P21 X O X	P7 & P26 X vs P15 & P17 X 2O X	P3, P23
14	P12 & P2 X vs P5 & P21 X 3O X	P24 & P10 X vs P4 & P3 X 2O 2X	P6 & P15 X vs P1 & P23 X 3O	P25 & P22 X vs P26 & P20 X 3O X	P18 & P17 X vs P19 & P16 X 2O X	P8 & P11 X vs P14 & P7 X O 3X	P9, P13
15	P25 & P23 X vs P16 & P9 X 3O X	P20 & P5 X vs P7 & P10 X 3O	P14 & P21 X vs P24 & P26 X 4O	P11 & P2 X vs P3 & P17 X 2O X	P18 & P22 X vs P6 & P1 X O 2X	P19 & P13 X vs P8 & P4 X 4O	P12, P15
16	P22 & P8 X vs P24 & P23 X 4O	P11 & P10 X vs P14 & P5 X 4O	P21 & P15 X vs P25 & P20 X 2O X	P13 & P2 X vs P6 & P18 X 2O	P9 & P19 X vs P7 & P12 X 3O X	P1 & P3 X vs P16 & P17 X 4O	P4, P26
17	P22 & P24 X vs P3 & P13 X 4O	P23 & P7 X vs P2 & P21 X 4O	P10 & P16 X vs P19 & P12 X 4O	P8 & P6 X vs P4 & P15 X 4O	P26 & P18 X vs P11 & P9 X 3O	P17 & P1 X vs P25 & P5 X 3O X	P14, P20
18	P15 & P14 X vs P3 & P2 X 4O	P9 & P22 X vs P5 & P6 X 4O	P7 & P4 X vs P10 & P25 X 3O	P8 & P20 X vs P26 & P17 X 4O	P21 & P12 X vs P1 & P13 X 4O	P24 & P19 X vs P11 & P23 X 4O	P16, P18

5 courts, 6 sit out

Each round, 6 players sit out, rotating fairly across the schedule.

Rounds: 18
Courts: 5
Sit out: 6
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	Court 5	Sit out
1	P9 & P7 vs P26 & P21	P22 & P25 vs P5 & P20	P15 & P3 vs P23 & P24	P4 & P18 vs P13 & P2	P16 & P17 vs P8 & P6	P1, P10, P11, P12, P14, P19
2	P2 & P11 vs P14 & P23	P21 & P1 vs P17 & P12	P26 & P22 vs P6 & P19	P7 & P20 vs P13 & P3	P9 & P16 vs P10 & P24	P4, P5, P8, P15, P18, P25
3	P19 & P25 vs P1 & P11	P5 & P18 vs P12 & P26	P10 & P2 vs P8 & P15	P16 & P13 vs P23 & P22	P17 & P4 vs P14 & P24	P3, P6, P7, P9, P20, P21
4	P19 & P21 vs P8 & P5	P22 & P9 vs P15 & P11	P6 & P4 vs P3 & P1	P25 & P17 vs P7 & P18	P14 & P10 vs P12 & P20	P2, P13, P16, P23, P24, P26
5	P16 & P1 vs P15 & P7	P23 & P10 vs P4 & P21	P6 & P24 vs P20 & P18	P8 & P13 vs P25 & P26	P2 & P9 vs P3 & P5	P11, P12, P14, P17, P19, P22
6	P9 & P18 vs P19 & P23	P24 & P12 vs P7 & P22	P17 & P20 vs P2 & P26	P15 & P13 vs P6 & P14	P16 & P11 vs P3 & P21	P1, P4, P5, P8, P10, P25
7	P23 & P21 X vs P14 & P26 2X	P2 & P12 vs P16 & P25	P4 & P11 vs P5 & P17 X	P24 & P13 vs P19 & P10 X	P8 & P1 vs P22 & P20 X	P3, P6, P7, P9, P15, P18
8	P15 & P25 vs P17 & P19 2X	P1 & P14 vs P5 & P9 X	P7 & P6 vs P4 & P10 X X	P12 & P13 vs P3 & P11 X X	P18 & P23 X vs P22 & P8 X X	P2, P16, P20, P21, P24, P26
9	P8 & P25 X vs P9 & P24 X	P5 & P1 X vs P3 & P10 2X	P15 & P4 vs P11 & P20 2X	P7 & P21 X vs P6 & P18 X 2X	P26 & P19 X vs P2 & P16 X X	P12, P13, P14, P17, P22, P23
10	P3 & P26 vs P15 & P14 X 2X	P17 & P6 X vs P23 & P12 X	P20 & P9 vs P16 & P18 3X	P21 & P13 vs P1 & P24 2X	P22 & P2 vs P7 & P10 X 2X	P4, P5, P8, P11, P19, P25
11	P17 & P15 X vs P13 & P5 2X	P16 & P26 X vs P4 & P25 2X	P23 & P11 X vs P20 & P24 X 2X	P6 & P12 X vs P8 & P2 X 2X	P14 & P21 X vs P22 & P19 X X	P1, P3, P7, P9, P10, P18
12	P7 & P1 X vs P11 & P8 2X	P5 & P19 X vs P23 & P20 X 2X	P26 & P17 X vs P10 & P22 X X	P4 & P13 X vs P9 & P12 X	P18 & P25 X vs P14 & P3 X	P2, P6, P15, P16, P21, P24
13	P7 & P24 X vs P6 & P1 X 2O 2X	P18 & P8 X vs P15 & P5 X 3X	P19 & P9 X vs P12 & P3 X O X	P14 & P11 X vs P10 & P16 X 2X	P2 & P4 X vs P25 & P21 O 2X	P13, P17, P20, P22, P23, P26
14	P20 & P13 X vs P16 & P21 X O 2X	P25 & P7 X vs P15 & P22 X O 3X	P11 & P24 X vs P2 & P6 X O X	P3 & P9 X vs P17 & P10 X O X	P26 & P18 X vs P1 & P23 2O	P4, P5, P8, P12, P14, P19
15	P5 & P2 X vs P13 & P22 X O 3X	P15 & P16 X vs P21 & P6 X 3O	P26 & P20 X vs P17 & P24 X 2O X	P14 & P19 X vs P7 & P8 X O	P10 & P12 X vs P23 & P4 X 2O 2X	P1, P3, P9, P11, P18, P25
16	P26 & P24 X vs P5 & P12 X O 2X	P1 & P25 X vs P15 & P23 X 2O X	P9 & P4 X vs P22 & P18 X O 2X	P8 & P19 X vs P17 & P3 X 2O X	P14 & P20 X vs P11 & P13 X 4O	P2, P6, P7, P10, P16, P21
17	P3 & P8 X vs P11 & P21 X 2O 2X	P9 & P13 X vs P26 & P7 X 3O X	P1 & P4 X vs P19 & P2 X 2O	P25 & P6 vs P5 & P10 X 2O	P18 & P12 X vs P14 & P16 X 3O X	P15, P17, P20, P22, P23, P24
18	P22 & P12 X vs P1 & P15 X 3O	P21 & P18 X vs P25 & P10 X 2O X	P6 & P23 X vs P17 & P11 X 4O	P16 & P24 X vs P7 & P3 X 4O	P2 & P20 X vs P14 & P9 X 2O 2X	P4, P5, P8, P13, P19, P26

4 courts, 10 sit out

Each round, 10 players sit out, rotating fairly across the schedule.

Rounds: 18
Courts: 4
Sit out: 10
First partner repeat: never
First opponent repeat: round 14
First cross-repeat: round 7
Settings used: default

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Round	Court 1	Court 2	Court 3	Court 4	Sit out
1	P24 & P26 vs P22 & P10	P20 & P7 vs P21 & P6	P1 & P19 vs P5 & P4	P15 & P9 vs P14 & P16	P2, P3, P8, P11, P12, P13, P17, P18, P23, P25
2	P12 & P1 vs P8 & P11	P14 & P17 vs P18 & P23	P16 & P3 vs P25 & P13	P15 & P24 vs P4 & P2	P5, P6, P7, P9, P10, P19, P20, P21, P22, P26
3	P7 & P26 vs P18 & P2	P20 & P9 vs P19 & P22	P6 & P12 vs P3 & P5	P8 & P10 vs P21 & P13	P1, P4, P11, P14, P15, P16, P17, P23, P24, P25
4	P24 & P14 vs P11 & P7	P15 & P22 vs P17 & P25	P10 & P16 vs P20 & P1	P23 & P9 vs P21 & P4	P2, P3, P5, P6, P8, P12, P13, P18, P19, P26
5	P19 & P17 vs P11 & P3	P18 & P13 vs P6 & P1	P12 & P26 vs P14 & P25	P2 & P8 vs P23 & P5	P4, P7, P9, P10, P15, P16, P20, P21, P22, P24
6	P16 & P5 vs P21 & P22	P13 & P9 vs P12 & P24	P19 & P10 vs P15 & P7	P3 & P4 vs P18 & P20	P1, P2, P6, P8, P11, P14, P17, P23, P25, P26
7	P10 & P14 vs P6 & P8 X	P1 & P7 vs P17 & P22 X	P11 & P26 vs P23 & P15	P20 & P21 X vs P25 & P2	P3, P4, P5, P9, P12, P13, P16, P18, P19, P24
8	P26 & P23 X vs P12 & P13 X X	P24 & P18 vs P19 & P25	P9 & P4 X vs P3 & P17 X X	P5 & P6 X vs P16 & P11 X	P1, P2, P7, P8, P10, P14, P15, P20, P21, P22
9	P2 & P22 vs P14 & P4 X	P7 & P24 X vs P1 & P16 X X	P15 & P20 vs P9 & P8 2X	P21 & P10 X vs P12 & P18	P3, P5, P6, P11, P13, P17, P19, P23, P25, P26
10	P6 & P13 X vs P17 & P2	P25 & P5 vs P23 & P10 X	P11 & P19 X vs P8 & P26 2X	P20 & P3 X vs P14 & P15 X X	P1, P4, P7, P9, P12, P16, P18, P21, P22, P24
11	P4 & P1 X vs P25 & P6 X	P17 & P24 vs P21 & P12 X X	P3 & P18 X vs P16 & P22 X X	P9 & P7 vs P13 & P5 X	P2, P8, P10, P11, P14, P15, P19, P20, P23, P26
12	P12 & P10 X vs P19 & P2 X	P20 & P16 X vs P11 & P23 X X	P15 & P8 X vs P22 & P18 X X	P24 & P1 X vs P26 & P14 X 2X	P3, P4, P5, P6, P7, P9, P13, P17, P21, P25
13	P25 & P26 X vs P9 & P17 X X	P4 & P13 vs P5 & P11 X 2X	P19 & P6 vs P21 & P23 X X	P8 & P3 vs P7 & P2 X X	P1, P10, P12, P14, P15, P16, P18, P20, P22, P24
14	P1 & P18 X vs P5 & P20 O 2X	P16 & P6 X vs P25 & P12 X O 2X	P22 & P14 X vs P13 & P10 X 2X	P21 & P24 X vs P15 & P4 X O 2X	P2, P3, P7, P8, P9, P11, P17, P19, P23, P26
15	P1 & P22 X vs P2 & P11 O X	P23 & P8 X vs P9 & P3 X 3X	P26 & P15 X vs P16 & P7 X O 2X	P24 & P19 X vs P17 & P20 O 2X	P4, P5, P6, P10, P12, P13, P14, P18, P21, P25
16	P25 & P4 X vs P13 & P14 X 4X	P12 & P23 X vs P18 & P7 X 2X	P19 & P21 X vs P6 & P11 X 2O X	P5 & P10 X vs P17 & P26 X O	P1, P2, P3, P8, P9, P15, P16, P20, P22, P24
17	P16 & P9 X vs P2 & P10 X X	P8 & P5 X vs P25 & P20 X O 2X	P24 & P13 X vs P15 & P18 X O 2X	P22 & P3 X vs P21 & P1 O X	P4, P6, P7, P11, P12, P14, P17, P19, P23, P26
18	P26 & P4 vs P8 & P7 X O X	P6 & P23 X vs P9 & P22 X O	P2 & P3 X vs P17 & P11 X O 3X	P1 & P14 X vs P19 & P12 X O 2X	P5, P10, P13, P15, P16, P18, P20, P21, P24, 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 26 players

26-Player Round Robin FAQ

How many rounds for a 26-player round robin?: 18 rounds — 6 courts, 2 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 11. 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 P26 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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