Round Robin Tournament Scheduling

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Thanks to all the contributors and moderators of this forum!

I have found several balanced solutions in this forum and the one I chose doesn't work too well starting in round 11 (1 team in round 11 repeats from round 9, etc.).

We have 7 players that play for 2 hours on 1 court and my goals are to find a schedule for 13 rounds of play that mixes up partners and opponents "fairly" with the following goals:
1. Players pair with each other at least once, but 2 times max.
2. Players oppose each other at least twice
3. No player sits out more than 1 round
4. No player plays more than 2 games in a row
5. All players have as close to the same number of games in rounds 10-13
6. A "team" of players do not repeat playing together within at least 3 rounds

I'd appreciate any help! Thanks!

Chip
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Requests / Re: Request: 24 players 4v4; 10 games
« Last post by saintsriracha on February 08, 2026, 03:00:14 PM »
Ian,
Hello. I have continued playing these tournaments following the player distribution/allocation that you helped me with, and it has been a very positive experience.
Thanks again!
P
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Requests / Re: 20 teams into pools of 5 - rotating every week
« Last post by Ian Wakeling on February 07, 2026, 12:57:23 AM »
What you are asking for is not mathematically possible.  If you make a schedule, there will be some pairs of teams who never meet, and other pairs who meet twice.  In general this does not work if the pool size is greater than the number of pools.
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Requests / 20 teams into pools of 5 - rotating every week
« Last post by kitch3 on February 05, 2026, 11:11:03 AM »
I have 20 teams that I want into pools of 5

I want every team to be in a pool with every other team at least one time

5 week season
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Requests / Whist tournament where you can only play a portion of rounds
« Last post by nanchoman on January 28, 2026, 04:39:03 PM »
Is there some sort of documentation out there for a whist tournament that stops after a certain number of rounds? I have a group that does the individual-pairs style play and the issue is that the games take long enough that there isn't enough time to run all the rounds. Is there a framework of some sort for making a schedule where you prioritize the social square aspect of group generation for a 2v2 format so that after each round you are playing with/against new people? obviously it can't be perfect, but would love to find a middle ground between the two that works for rectangular numbers (Most like 12-13 people in 3 groups of 4).
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Requests / Re: Mixed Round Robin - 24 players (12 ladies, 12 men)
« Last post by Ian Wakeling on January 23, 2026, 03:57:57 AM »
Hi Ron,
I have made the schedule below which I think will work for you.  Each row contains the 6 games played in 1 round.

(m04 f09 v m08 f08) (m05 f05 v m10 f06) (m06 f07 v m03 f10) (m01 f03 v m11 f04) (m09 f12 v m07 f01) (m12 f02 v m02 f11)
(m12 f12 v m06 f10) (m02 f09 v m01 f06) (m11 f02 v m10 f07) (m03 f03 v m09 f08) (m07 f04 v m04 f05) (m08 f01 v m05 f11)
(m11 f05 v m09 f11) (m06 f09 v m10 f03) (m03 f02 v m07 f06) (m02 f12 v m08 f04) (m01 f10 v m04 f01) (m05 f07 v m12 f08)
(m08 f12 v m11 f06) (m02 f10 v m07 f08) (m10 f01 v m12 f03) (m04 f07 v m09 f09) (m01 f05 v m06 f02) (m05 f04 v m03 f11)
(m12 f05 v m03 f09) (m10 f04 v m08 f10) (m11 f08 v m06 f01) (m07 f11 v m01 f07) (m09 f03 v m02 f06) (m05 f12 v m04 f02)
(m05 f09 v m11 f10) (m12 f04 v m09 f02) (m08 f03 v m07 f05) (m06 f11 v m04 f06) (m10 f08 v m01 f12) (m02 f01 v m03 f07)

A players 6 partners are all different, and a players 12 opponents are all different, however there is some overlap, so most players have one player who they meet twice (once as partner and once as opponent). Hope that helps.
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Requests / Mixed Round Robin - 24 players (12 ladies, 12 men)
« Last post by Richard A. DeVenezia on January 19, 2026, 11:48:15 AM »
Posted on behalf of Ron Chiarelli

Looking for a mixed round-robin tennis draws for 24 players (12 ladies, 12 men),
where men play with a different lady every round, and play against a different male
and a different female as much as possible.  We have 6 courts available and would
like to play a maximum of 6 rounds, same day.

No need to be concerned about scoring or anything other variables.


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Thank you so much Ian.
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The schedule below gives you 16 rounds with all partners different - however not all pairs of players oppose each other.



(m05 f06 v m18 f05) (m14 f08 v m12 f03) (m11 f10 v m06 f17) (m01 f01 v m13 f18) (m07 f14 v m20 f15) (m04 f16 v m02 f04) (m03 f13 v m08 f12) (m10 f11 v m19 f09) (m15 f19 v m17 f07) (m16 f02 v m09 f20)
(m11 f13 v m10 f02) (m06 f06 v m05 f03) (m09 f08 v m03 f05) (m02 f20 v m14 f01) (m12 f11 v m18 f17) (m19 f04 v m01 f12) (m04 f19 v m15 f18) (m16 f10 v m08 f15) (m17 f09 v m20 f16) (m07 f07 v m13 f14)
(m11 f02 v m08 f04) (m10 f08 v m17 f06) (m18 f15 v m12 f09) (m01 f14 v m16 f01) (m19 f18 v m09 f17) (m03 f11 v m15 f13) (m02 f10 v m20 f05) (m13 f07 v m14 f16) (m04 f12 v m05 f20) (m06 f03 v m07 f19)
(m07 f02 v m03 f12) (m12 f20 v m20 f14) (m05 f15 v m11 f04) (m18 f18 v m01 f13) (m19 f11 v m02 f06) (m14 f19 v m08 f01) (m16 f03 v m10 f07) (m15 f08 v m06 f10) (m04 f09 v m09 f16) (m13 f17 v m17 f05)
(m14 f07 v m05 f11) (m18 f16 v m16 f19) (m06 f12 v m10 f18) (m02 f17 v m09 f14) (m15 f10 v m13 f09) (m20 f04 v m08 f03) (m07 f13 v m17 f02) (m19 f05 v m12 f01) (m01 f20 v m03 f08) (m11 f15 v m04 f06)
(m03 f03 v m13 f15) (m20 f01 v m15 f07) (m18 f02 v m10 f05) (m16 f12 v m04 f04) (m11 f18 v m14 f11) (m19 f19 v m07 f09) (m01 f08 v m02 f14) (m05 f10 v m09 f13) (m17 f17 v m08 f06) (m06 f20 v m12 f16)
(m05 f09 v m16 f18) (m02 f15 v m15 f02) (m08 f07 v m19 f12) (m20 f06 v m13 f16) (m03 f04 v m10 f17) (m04 f10 v m12 f14) (m01 f03 v m09 f05) (m07 f08 v m11 f11) (m18 f19 v m14 f20) (m06 f01 v m17 f13)
(m17 f15 v m08 f11) (m15 f20 v m10 f16) (m16 f07 v m06 f08) (m09 f02 v m05 f01) (m02 f03 v m03 f09) (m13 f05 v m04 f18) (m19 f06 v m20 f19) (m11 f12 v m18 f14) (m12 f13 v m07 f17) (m01 f04 v m14 f10)
(m01 f02 v m16 f16) (m04 f20 v m08 f17) (m07 f10 v m14 f18) (m02 f07 v m12 f06) (m10 f14 v m09 f19) (m11 f09 v m13 f03) (m20 f12 v m17 f08) (m18 f13 v m15 f04) (m06 f11 v m03 f01) (m19 f15 v m05 f05)
(m01 f09 v m12 f02) (m11 f20 v m19 f07) (m10 f06 v m04 f14) (m07 f04 v m15 f01) (m09 f12 v m14 f15) (m05 f18 v m17 f03) (m08 f05 v m06 f16) (m18 f11 v m20 f10) (m16 f08 v m13 f13) (m02 f19 v m03 f17)
(m17 f16 v m03 f10) (m09 f04 v m06 f07) (m18 f20 v m07 f15) (m13 f11 v m05 f12) (m20 f03 v m19 f01) (m15 f05 v m11 f14) (m16 f06 v m14 f17) (m08 f08 v m10 f09) (m01 f19 v m04 f13) (m12 f18 v m02 f02)
(m14 f13 v m19 f16) (m12 f04 v m03 f06) (m10 f15 v m01 f11) (m04 f03 v m18 f01) (m06 f19 v m13 f02) (m15 f14 v m08 f18) (m11 f07 v m17 f10) (m02 f05 v m16 f20) (m05 f17 v m20 f08) (m09 f09 v m07 f12)
(m16 f05 v m07 f11) (m01 f16 v m12 f12) (m13 f19 v m09 f15) (m14 f02 v m20 f17) (m04 f07 v m10 f13) (m03 f18 v m11 f06) (m17 f20 v m15 f03) (m18 f10 v m02 f01) (m19 f14 v m06 f04) (m08 f09 v m05 f08)
(m05 f14 v m03 f16) (m06 f05 v m14 f09) (m04 f02 v m17 f11) (m18 f04 v m13 f08) (m01 f07 v m07 f06) (m11 f19 v m02 f13) (m19 f03 v m08 f10) (m12 f15 v m10 f01) (m16 f17 v m15 f12) (m20 f20 v m09 f18)
(m19 f08 v m04 f15) (m20 f18 v m03 f19) (m05 f07 v m01 f17) (m16 f09 v m11 f01) (m18 f12 v m06 f02) (m08 f13 v m12 f05) (m09 f06 v m15 f11) (m17 f14 v m14 f04) (m10 f20 v m13 f10) (m07 f03 v m02 f16)
(m15 f17 v m19 f02) (m08 f20 v m01 f06) (m06 f15 v m20 f13) (m10 f04 v m07 f05) (m09 f01 v m11 f16) (m05 f19 v m12 f10) (m18 f09 v m03 f07) (m16 f14 v m17 f18) (m04 f08 v m14 f03) (m13 f12 v m02 f11)


If you are logged in to the forum you will also be able to download the same schedule as an Excel file
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Requests / Where is Administration devenezia.com ??
« Last post by Shinergytub on December 12, 2025, 02:56:25 AM »
Can I contact admin??
It is about advertisement on your website.
Thank.