Rotating partner
Rotating partner, 10 players
10 players · 2 courts · plays in stages
How it runs
Rotating-partner round robin: you get a new partner every round and score for yourself, not your pair. It runs in four stages. Stage 1: two pools of 5, five rounds each, so you partner every player in your pool once (games to 11, win by 2). Re-pool: the top 2 from each pool plus the best 3rd-place player across both pools (the "Lucky Dog", picked by wins, then point differential, then points scored) form a new top pool of 5; everyone else forms the second pool. Stage 2: five more rounds in the re-formed pools (games to 11). Play-In: the top pool's 3rd and 4th seeds face the second pool's 1st and 2nd seeds in one game to 15; the 3rd seed picks a partner and the other two pair up. Final: the top pool's 1st and 2nd seeds (who earn a bye) play the Play-In winner in one game to 15, win by 2. Standings are ranked by wins, then head-to-head wins among the tied players, then point differential, then point differential in games between the tied players, then point differential against the players just above, then points scored.
Shown with games to 11.
10 players has an exact schedule: everyone plays, no alternates.
Free to organize, 0% on entry fees. You will sign in first if you aren't already.
Sample schedule
Players are numbered here. On the night, the app fills in your roster.
Stage 1: two pools of 5
Players 1 to 5 play in Pool A on court 1; players 6 to 10 in Pool B on court 2. Everyone in a pool partners everyone else in it once.
Round 1
- Court 1: Player 1 + Player 2 vs Player 4 + Player 3
- Court 2: Player 6 + Player 7 vs Player 9 + Player 8
Sitting out: Player 5, Player 10
Show all 10 rounds
Round 2
- Court 1: Player 1 + Player 5 vs Player 2 + Player 3
- Court 2: Player 6 + Player 10 vs Player 7 + Player 8
Sitting out: Player 4, Player 9
Round 3
- Court 1: Player 2 + Player 5 vs Player 1 + Player 4
- Court 2: Player 7 + Player 10 vs Player 6 + Player 9
Sitting out: Player 3, Player 8
Round 4
- Court 1: Player 4 + Player 5 vs Player 3 + Player 1
- Court 2: Player 9 + Player 10 vs Player 8 + Player 6
Sitting out: Player 2, Player 7
Round 5
- Court 1: Player 4 + Player 2 vs Player 3 + Player 5
- Court 2: Player 9 + Player 7 vs Player 8 + Player 10
Sitting out: Player 1, Player 6
Stage 2: re-pooled
After Stage 1, the top 2 from each pool and the Lucky Dog (the better of the two 3rd places) form the new Pool A on court 1. Everyone else plays in Pool B on court 2. Compared by wins, then point differential, then points scored.
Pool A, court 1
- A1: 1st in Pool A
- A2: 2nd in Pool A
- A3: 1st in Pool B
- A4: 2nd in Pool B
- A5: Lucky Dog (better 3rd place)
Pool B, court 2
Everyone not in Pool A, Pool A's players first, each pool in Stage 1 finishing order.
Round 1
- Court 1: A1 + A2 vs A4 + A3
- Court 2: B1 + B2 vs B4 + B3
Sitting out: A5, B5
Round 2
- Court 1: A1 + A5 vs A2 + A3
- Court 2: B1 + B5 vs B2 + B3
Sitting out: A4, B4
Round 3
- Court 1: A2 + A5 vs A1 + A4
- Court 2: B2 + B5 vs B1 + B4
Sitting out: A3, B3
Round 4
- Court 1: A4 + A5 vs A3 + A1
- Court 2: B4 + B5 vs B3 + B1
Sitting out: A2, B2
Round 5
- Court 1: A4 + A2 vs A3 + A5
- Court 2: B4 + B2 vs B3 + B5
Sitting out: A1, B1
Play-In and Final
After Stage 2, 1st and 2nd in Pool A get a bye to the Final. 3rd and 4th in Pool A, 1st and 2nd in Pool B play the Play-In. Everyone else is done for the night.
3rd in Pool A picks a Play-In partner from the other three; the last two pair up.
- Play-In: 3rd in Pool A + pick vs The other two
- Final: 1st + 2nd in Pool A (bye) vs Play-In winner
The Play-In and the Final are single games to 15, win by 2.