5 players · 1 court · 15 rounds

5-Player pickleball round robin schedule.

Free, printable rotation for 5 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.

1 variation

1 court, 1 sit out

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

PDF Excel
Rounds
15
Courts
1
Sit out
1
First partner repeat
round 6
First opponent repeat
round 2
First cross-repeat
round 2
Settings
default
Round Court 1 Sit out
1
P2 & P3 vs P4 & P5
P1
2
P1 & P4 vs P3 & P5 O X
P2
3
P1 & P5 vs P2 & P4 O X
P3
4
P1 & P3 vs P2 & P5 O X
P4
5
P1 & P2 vs P3 & P4 O X
P5
6
P2 & P4 vs P3 & P5 nD
P1
7
P1 & P5 vs P3 & P4 nD
P2
8
P1 & P2 vs P4 & P5 nD
P3
9
P1 & P5 vs P2 & P3 nD
P4
10
P1 & P3 vs P2 & P4 nD
P5
11
P2 & P5 vs P3 & P4 nD
P1
12
P1 & P3 vs P4 & P5 nD
P2
13
P1 & P4 vs P2 & P5 nD
P3
14
P1 & P2 vs P3 & P5 nD
P4
15
P1 & P4 vs P2 & P3 nD
P5
// 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

5-player round-robin questions.

7 questions
Q.01 How many rounds for a 5-player round robin?
15 rounds — the perfect 5-player cycle. With 5 players and 1 court, two players sit out each round; this hand-found schedule visits all 15 unique game configurations exactly once.
Q.02 How many rounds before partners repeat?
First partner repeat: round 6. 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 2. 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 P5 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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