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8 players / 2 courts / no sit-outs

8 players stay active.
Two courts, seven rounds.

Fill both courts every round, rotate partners, and see the opponent repeats that remain in a compact seven-round session.

The short answer

8 players · 2 courts · 7 rounds

Eight players fill two doubles courts exactly, so nobody sits out. The scheduling challenge shifts from rest balance to partner and opponent variety.

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Sit-outs / round
0
Games spread
0
Sit-out spread
0
Partner repeats
0
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Set the session

Court board

Optional player aliasesLocal to this tab

Up to 8 lines. Aliases never affect scheduling order.

Fixed objective order

  1. Games
  2. Sit-outs
  3. Partners
  4. Opponents
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The next round starts here

No opaque shuffle.

Set player, court, and round counts. The schedule and its fairness ledger appear together.

  • Every player accounted for each round
  • Repeat partners and opponents made visible
  • Print, CSV, and clipboard ready

Reviewed fixed example

See the complete rotation before you make it yours.

This example uses seed 802. The ledger describes this selected schedule—not a promise that every seed produces the same repeat counts.

Good for

  • Eight-player groups with two courts
  • Sessions where everyone should play every round
  • Rotating-partner doubles without standings

Know the limits

  • Opponent repeats are still expected over seven rounds
  • This is not a fixed-team tournament bracket
  • Scores and standings are not tracked
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Fixed example schedule

Example rotation

seed 802

Balanced according to these settings · selected from a bounded heuristic search

Seed 802 · Fixed example

Round01

All players active

Court 1
Player 7Player 8
vs
Player 3Player 1
Court 2
Player 4Player 5
vs
Player 2Player 6
Round02

All players active

Court 1
Player 6Player 5
vs
Player 8Player 3
Court 2
Player 7Player 1
vs
Player 2Player 4
Round03

All players active

Court 1
Player 8Player 6
vs
Player 7Player 2
Court 2
Player 5Player 3
vs
Player 1Player 4
Round04

All players active

Court 1
Player 8Player 1
vs
Player 6Player 4
Court 2
Player 3Player 7
vs
Player 5Player 2
Round05

All players active

Court 1
Player 3Player 2
vs
Player 7Player 4
Court 2
Player 6Player 1
vs
Player 8Player 5
Round06

All players active

Court 1
Player 2Player 1
vs
Player 5Player 7
Court 2
Player 8Player 4
vs
Player 6Player 3
Round07

All players active

Court 1
Player 4Player 3
vs
Player 7Player 6
Court 2
Player 1Player 5
vs
Player 8Player 2

Court-side questions

Questions about this setup

Do any players sit out with 8 players on 2 courts?

No. Two doubles courts use all eight players every round.

Why do some opponents repeat?

Seven rounds create more opponent pairings than can remain completely unique, even when partner repeats are avoided.

Can I save the rotation as a PDF?

Use Print / Save as PDF and choose your browser's PDF destination.

Ready-made starting points

Start with a reviewed player-and-court setup, inspect its tradeoffs, then replace the labels with your own roster.

7 players1 court7 rounds · 3 sit out per round9 players2 courts9 rounds · 1 sit out per round12 players3 courts6 rounds · 0 sit out per round

Ready to configure a session.