Run a round robin in DinkBoard
The five-minute version: one bracket, everyone plays everyone, courts and standings handled for you. This guide walks the whole path from a blank event to final standings.
Create the event
Start at New event. Give it a name, set how many courts you have, and set the match length and minimum rest in minutes. The scheduler uses all three: courts decide how many matches run at once, and rest protects a player who is in more than one bracket.
Add a round robin bracket
On the Brackets page, add a bracket and choose Round robin as the draw. Pick the discipline (doubles, mixed, or singles) and set the game rules: games to 11, win by 2 is the default, and you can play best of 1 or best of 3. The rules freeze into the draw when the bracket is created, so a later edit can not rewrite games already played.
Enter the sides
Type or paste entries, one side per line, or upload a spreadsheet. The importer reads name, partner, rating, email, and phone columns and copes with most header spellings, so a DUPR export or a club roster imports as it is. Duplicate names are skipped, not doubled.
Generate the draw and schedule
One click builds the full round robin with the circle method: every side plays every other side once. The scheduler assigns each match a court and a time slot, across every bracket in the event at once, so a player entered in two brackets is not booked on two courts in the same slot.
The schedule is deterministic. If you print it twice, you get the same sheet.
Run it and read the standings
Enter scores at the desk, or let players report their own results. Standings fold live from the games: wins first, then head-to-head for a two-way tie, then point differential, then points allowed. When the last game is in, finalize the event and the results page stays online for anyone with the link.
Frequently asked questions
How many matches is a round robin?
Sides times sides-minus-one, divided by two. Eight sides is 28 matches; ten sides is 45. The generator shows the match count and how many time slots it needs on your court count before you commit.
What happens with an odd number of sides?
One side sits each round with a bye. The rotation spreads the byes evenly.
Related guides
Round robin pickleball schedule: how to build one (with a free generator)
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Pickleball tiebreakers: the standard order, and why head-to-head isn't enough
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Tournament day-of: running brackets in DinkBoard
The draw is built and the schedule is printed. This is the guide for the day itself: what to do at the desk, what happens when a score is wrong, and how the day ends.
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