Hey!
I'm running a mixed doubles round robin tennis tournament with 48 people (ideally). Half will be men, half will be women. The main point of the event is for every man to play a match with every woman, and vice versa. It is NOT required they play on the same team. As long as they play in a game with each person from the opposite sex, the requirement is met. It is NOT mandatory that every man plays a match with every other man, and vice versa. If a man plays with the same man more than once, this is definitely OK.
Ideally, we will have 12 courts running simultaneously with 12 rounds overall. We can offer more courts if needed but it must be done in 12 rounds or less. Is this possible to do?
Alternatively, we could break the large group into smaller subgroups and rotate people after they've met everyone in this smaller group. Example - run 4 subgroups of 12 people simultaneously. In each subgroup, the 6 men meet the 6 women over 3 rounds while using 3 courts. Once all 4 subgroups of 12 have completed their 3 rounds, we mix people into new 12 person subgroups that have people from the opposite sex they haven't played with yet. Again, they play 3 rounds on 3 courts and meet everyone from the opposite sex. This process is then repeated 2 more times until all 24 men have played all 24 women.
I haven't started selling tickets yet so I can dictate the number of people we invite. If there's a number that's close to 48 that works better, I'm definitely up for suggestions. If anyone can figure this out, it would be AMAZINGLY helpful!
Ryan
