Round Robin Tournament Scheduling

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Title: Round Robin Pickleball Tournament
Post by: Harold Tiffany(Guest) on August 15, 2015, 06:10:42 PM

I'm organizing a pickleball tournament for 9-19-15.  Enrollment is limited to 24 players, 12 of each gender as this is intended to be a mixed doubles event only  Play will be limited to four courts, so four doubles matches will find 16 players on the court at a time while eight others will wait to rotate into action.  Ideally each participant will play WITH a different partner each match and AGAINST two different opponents each match.  Pairing new partners to play together each match has been easy, but identifying fresh opponents to face in each new match has been overwhelming.  I'm embarrassed to reveal how many hours I've put into this project already. The whole notion of constantly rotating partners is intended to help foster new friendships and promote camaraderie at the expense of intense competition.  We will still keep score, of course, but this one is for fun, so I want to deliver on my promise that sportsmanship and good times will rule the day. I would love a ready-made table, but any positive suggestions would be appreciated.

Title: Re: Round Robin Pickleball Tournament
Post by: Ian Wakeling on August 17, 2015, 04:04:01 AM

I think I would start with this schedule for 6 courts:

[(M01 F02):(M05 F07)] [(M07 F08):(M12 F10)] [(M08 F05):(M03 F06)] [(M06 F01):(M11 F12)] [(M04 F09):(M09 F04)] [(M02 F11):(M10 F03)]
[(M12 F12):(M03 F03)] [(M10 F08):(M09 F07)] [(M02 F04):(M07 F11)] [(M01 F06):(M11 F09)] [(M06 F10):(M05 F02)] [(M04 F05):(M08 F01)]
[(M10 F04):(M06 F08)] [(M11 F11):(M05 F05)] [(M04 F02):(M07 F12)] [(M09 F06):(M12 F01)] [(M01 F07):(M08 F03)] [(M02 F09):(M03 F10)]
[(M02 F07):(M09 F05)] [(M04 F06):(M03 F02)] [(M10 F01):(M01 F10)] [(M06 F09):(M12 F11)] [(M11 F08):(M07 F03)] [(M08 F12):(M05 F04)]
[(M12 F03):(M03 F12)] [(M02 F06):(M01 F04)] [(M06 F05):(M09 F08)] [(M04 F07):(M05 F10)] [(M08 F11):(M07 F01)] [(M10 F09):(M11 F02)]
[(M09 F01):(M07 F02)] [(M11 F05):(M05 F11)] [(M06 F03):(M08 F09)] [(M10 F07):(M03 F04)] [(M02 F10):(M12 F06)] [(M04 F12):(M01 F08)]
[(M10 F11):(M08 F06)] [(M06 F02):(M01 F03)] [(M02 F12):(M11 F07)] [(M07 F10):(M03 F05)] [(M04 F04):(M09 F09)] [(M05 F01):(M12 F08)]
[(M04 F10):(M06 F11)] [(M10 F12):(M07 F09)] [(M09 F03):(M05 F06)] [(M02 F08):(M08 F02)] [(M11 F01):(M03 F07)] [(M01 F05):(M12 F04)]
[(M01 F09):(M07 F05)] [(M06 F04):(M03 F01)] [(M04 F11):(M12 F07)] [(M02 F02):(M08 F08)] [(M10 F06):(M05 F12)] [(M09 F10):(M11 F03)]
[(M04 F08):(M11 F06)] [(M08 F07):(M12 F09)] [(M10 F10):(M01 F01)] [(M07 F04):(M05 F03)] [(M02 F05):(M06 F12)] [(M09 F02):(M03 F11)]
[(M08 F04):(M11 F10)] [(M04 F01):(M02 F03)] [(M05 F08):(M03 F09)] [(M01 F12):(M09 F11)] [(M10 F02):(M12 F05)] [(M06 F06):(M07 F07)]
[(M02 F01):(M05 F09)] [(M08 F10):(M09 F12)] [(M11 F04):(M12 F02)] [(M04 F03):(M10 F05)] [(M01 F11):(M03 F08)] [(M06 F07):(M07 F06)]

The ideal situation would be to play just the first 4 courts and all 12 rounds as this would give everyone the same number of games.