Rotating partner
Rotating partner, 18 players
18 players · 4 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. Stage 1: two pools of 9 running in parallel, nine rounds each (you sit out one round), so you partner every player in your pool once (games to 11, win by 2). Play-Ins: in each pool the 3rd to 6th seeds play one game to 15 for the last bracket spots; the 3rd seed picks a partner and the other two pair up. Top 8: the eight advancers are seeded and captains pick partners to form four teams. Semis (top vs 4th, 2nd vs 3rd), then the Final. Each is a single 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.
18 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.
Pool play: two pools of 9
Players 1 to 9 play in Pool A on courts 1 and 2; players 10 to 18 in Pool B on courts 3 and 4. Everyone in a pool partners everyone else in it once.
Round 1
- Court 1: Player 2 + Player 3 vs Player 4 + Player 7
- Court 2: Player 5 + Player 9 vs Player 6 + Player 8
- Court 3: Player 11 + Player 12 vs Player 13 + Player 16
- Court 4: Player 14 + Player 18 vs Player 15 + Player 17
Sitting out: Player 1, Player 10
Show all 9 rounds
Round 2
- Court 1: Player 3 + Player 1 vs Player 5 + Player 8
- Court 2: Player 6 + Player 7 vs Player 4 + Player 9
- Court 3: Player 12 + Player 10 vs Player 14 + Player 17
- Court 4: Player 15 + Player 16 vs Player 13 + Player 18
Sitting out: Player 2, Player 11
Round 3
- Court 1: Player 1 + Player 2 vs Player 6 + Player 9
- Court 2: Player 4 + Player 8 vs Player 5 + Player 7
- Court 3: Player 10 + Player 11 vs Player 15 + Player 18
- Court 4: Player 13 + Player 17 vs Player 14 + Player 16
Sitting out: Player 3, Player 12
Round 4
- Court 1: Player 5 + Player 6 vs Player 7 + Player 1
- Court 2: Player 8 + Player 3 vs Player 9 + Player 2
- Court 3: Player 14 + Player 15 vs Player 16 + Player 10
- Court 4: Player 17 + Player 12 vs Player 18 + Player 11
Sitting out: Player 4, Player 13
Round 5
- Court 1: Player 6 + Player 4 vs Player 8 + Player 2
- Court 2: Player 9 + Player 1 vs Player 7 + Player 3
- Court 3: Player 15 + Player 13 vs Player 17 + Player 11
- Court 4: Player 18 + Player 10 vs Player 16 + Player 12
Sitting out: Player 5, Player 14
Round 6
- Court 1: Player 4 + Player 5 vs Player 9 + Player 3
- Court 2: Player 7 + Player 2 vs Player 8 + Player 1
- Court 3: Player 13 + Player 14 vs Player 18 + Player 12
- Court 4: Player 16 + Player 11 vs Player 17 + Player 10
Sitting out: Player 6, Player 15
Round 7
- Court 1: Player 8 + Player 9 vs Player 1 + Player 4
- Court 2: Player 2 + Player 6 vs Player 3 + Player 5
- Court 3: Player 17 + Player 18 vs Player 10 + Player 13
- Court 4: Player 11 + Player 15 vs Player 12 + Player 14
Sitting out: Player 7, Player 16
Round 8
- Court 1: Player 9 + Player 7 vs Player 2 + Player 5
- Court 2: Player 3 + Player 4 vs Player 1 + Player 6
- Court 3: Player 18 + Player 16 vs Player 11 + Player 14
- Court 4: Player 12 + Player 13 vs Player 10 + Player 15
Sitting out: Player 8, Player 17
Round 9
- Court 1: Player 7 + Player 8 vs Player 3 + Player 6
- Court 2: Player 1 + Player 5 vs Player 2 + Player 4
- Court 3: Player 16 + Player 17 vs Player 12 + Player 15
- Court 4: Player 10 + Player 14 vs Player 11 + Player 13
Sitting out: Player 9, Player 18
Play-Ins, Top 8, Semifinals and Final
1st and 2nd in each pool go straight to the Top 8. In each pool, 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th play a Play-In for that pool's last two spots. Everyone else is done for the night.
In each Play-In, the 3rd place picks a partner from the other three; the last two pair up. In the Top 8, seeds 1, 2 and 3 each pick a partner in seed order from the players left; the last two pair up.
Top 8 seeds: 1 = 1st in Pool A; 2 = 1st in Pool B; 3 = 2nd in Pool A; 4 = 2nd in Pool B; 5 = Pool A Play-In winner who finished higher in the pool; 6 = Pool A Play-In winner who finished lower in the pool; 7 = Pool B Play-In winner who finished higher in the pool; 8 = Pool B Play-In winner who finished lower in the pool.
- Play-In, Pool A: 3rd in Pool A + pick vs The other two
- Play-In, Pool B: 3rd in Pool B + pick vs The other two
- Semifinal 1: Team 1 (Seed 1 + pick) vs Team 4 (forced pair)
- Semifinal 2: Team 2 (Seed 2 + pick) vs Team 3 (Seed 3 + pick)
- Final: Winner SF1 vs Winner SF2
Play-Ins, semifinals and the Final are single games to 15, win by 2.