9-Player Pickleball Rotation Across 2 Courts
Two courts fit eight doubles players at a time. In a group of nine, one player rests each round, and nine rounds give everyone a turn on the bench.
Choose Custom, enter nine nicknames, then set two courts and nine rounds. Every player appears on exactly one court or the rest bench in each round. The planner prioritizes participation before partner variety.
Good for: A growing open play group with two available courts. The organizer can print both courts together so players know where to go next.
The example opens read-only and does not replace your saved session.
This generated plan at a glance
- Players / courts / rounds
- 9 / 2 / 9
- Games per player
- 8
- Rest rounds per player
- 1
- Repeated partnerships
- 0
36 different partnerships occur in this example. Repeated partnerships count a pair each time it plays together after its first game. Each such repeat is also counted for both people in the player totals.
Complete rotation
These fictional nicknames illustrate the actual planner output. Each court has four different players, and nobody appears twice in a round. The rest bench completes the roster.
Round 1
| Court | Team A | Team B |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jamie + Taylor | Avery + Sam |
| 2 | Riley + Casey | Jordan + Alex |
Rest: Morgan
Round 2
| Court | Team A | Team B |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Avery + Riley | Sam + Casey |
| 2 | Morgan + Taylor | Jamie + Jordan |
Rest: Alex
Round 3
| Court | Team A | Team B |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Avery + Alex | Morgan + Jordan |
| 2 | Taylor + Sam | Jamie + Casey |
Rest: Riley
Round 4
| Court | Team A | Team B |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Taylor + Alex | Morgan + Avery |
| 2 | Casey + Jordan | Jamie + Riley |
Rest: Sam
Round 5
| Court | Team A | Team B |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Avery + Jamie | Riley + Alex |
| 2 | Casey + Morgan | Sam + Jordan |
Rest: Taylor
Round 6
| Court | Team A | Team B |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jamie + Alex | Jordan + Riley |
| 2 | Morgan + Sam | Casey + Taylor |
Rest: Avery
Round 7
| Court | Team A | Team B |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Casey + Avery | Jordan + Taylor |
| 2 | Riley + Sam | Alex + Morgan |
Rest: Jamie
Round 8
| Court | Team A | Team B |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alex + Casey | Jamie + Sam |
| 2 | Avery + Taylor | Morgan + Riley |
Rest: Jordan
Round 9
| Court | Team A | Team B |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Morgan + Jamie | Riley + Taylor |
| 2 | Alex + Sam | Jordan + Avery |
Rest: Casey
Verified player totals
| Player | Games | Rests | Repeats |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alex | 8 | 1 | 0 |
| Sam | 8 | 1 | 0 |
| Jordan | 8 | 1 | 0 |
| Taylor | 8 | 1 | 0 |
| Casey | 8 | 1 | 0 |
| Morgan | 8 | 1 | 0 |
| Riley | 8 | 1 | 0 |
| Jamie | 8 | 1 | 0 |
| Avery | 8 | 1 | 0 |
How to use this with your group
Replace the fictional names with your group’s nicknames in the planner and use the player, court and round counts above. Agree whether each round is a game or a time slot. Print or export before play, or share a snapshot. Optional final scores are separate from scheduling.
The games and rests are balanced here, but partner repeats can still happen. More courts let more people play at once; they do not guarantee a perfect round-robin. Read about fairness and limitations.
If someone arrives late or leaves, mark only the rounds you actually played, then update availability. Completed matches and scores stay put while future rounds are rebuilt.