Try our free tennis round robin generator for singles, doubles, mixed doubles, or teams tournaments.
Easily create draws, brackets, or fixtures for tennis; manage live standings, or export for printing and sharing!
Get Start with Our Tennis Tournament Maker
It takes less than a minute to generate schedule for your tennis tournament or league:
- Select format: singles, doubles, mixed doubles or teams
- Enter player or teams names
- Add available courts
- Choosing & configure scoring method
That’s it! Now you have a dynamic tennis tournament bracket that supports live score updates and automatically calculate standings.
You can either share the link with other players, or print the fixture or download it as PDF or CSV file:
How does Tennis Round Robin Tournament Work?
A tennis round robin tournament is a format where each player or doubles team meets every other opponent at least once. It is designed for fairness and guaranteed playtime and is common in clubs, schools, and league stages before finals.
Types of tennis round robin
- Single round robin: each opponent once. Example with 6 players: 15 total matches
- Double round robin: each opponent twice; often used in season-style leagues
- Doubles round robin: pairs vs pairs on the doubles court
- Mixed doubles round robin: male and female players paired on each team
- Switch (or rotating) doubles: partners rotate every round; points tracked per player
Scoring, Standings & Tiebreakers
In standard tennis competitions the score is made of best of 3 sets. Normally 1-3 points is awarded per win, 0 for loss and, optionally, 1 for a tie.
Common tiebreakers are: head-to-head result, set difference, game difference, total games won.
Number of Matches
The more players, the more courts and time you need. Plan your tennis tournament accordingly!
| Players | Rounds | Byes | Games | Courts Needed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 players | 3 | 1 | 2 per player, 3 total | 1 court |
| 4 players | 3 | — | 3 per player, 6 total | 1–2 courts |
| 5 players | 5 | 1 | 4 per player, 10 total | 1–2 courts |
| 6 players | 5 | — | 5 per player, 15 total | 1–3 courts |
| 7 players | 7 | 1 | 6 per player, 21 total | 1–3 courts |
| 8 players | 7 | — | 7 per player, 28 total | 1–4 courts |
| 9 players | 9 | 1 | 8 per player, 36 total | 1–4 courts |
| 10 players | 9 | — | 9 per player, 45 total | 1–5 courts |
| 11 players | 11 | 1 | 10 per player, 55 total | 1–5 courts |
| 12 players | 11 | — | 11 per player, 66 total | 1–6 courts |
| 13 players | 13 | 1 | 12 per player, 78 total | 1–6 courts |
| 14 players | 13 | — | 13 per player, 91 total | 1–7 courts |
| 15 players | 15 | 1 | 14 per player, 105 total | 1–7 courts |
| 16 players | 15 | — | 15 per player, 120 total | 1–8 courts |
| 17 players | 17 | 1 | 16 per player, 136 total | 1–8 courts |
| 18 players | 17 | — | 17 per player, 153 total | 1–9 courts |
| 19 players | 19 | 1 | 18 per player, 171 total | 1–9 courts |
| 20 players | 19 | — | 19 per player, 190 total | 1–10 courts |
Tournament Duration
These are the factors to account for:
- Number of players or teams
- Number of available courts
- Match format length and warm-up time
- Breaks between rounds and changeovers
Here’s an example for 8 people tournament. You can adjust the numbers to get more accurate estimation:
Round Robin vs Knockout Tournaments
Here’s a comparison table for 8 players tennis round robin showing the number of rounds, total games and games per player in different tournament formats:
| Format | Total games | Games per player | Rounds | Fairness | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round Robin | 28 | 7 | 7 | Everyone plays everyone | Best for leagues |
| Single Elimination | 7 | 1–3 | 3 | Harsh cutoff | Best for quick events |
| Double Elimination | 15 | 2–6 | ~6 | More forgiving | Popular in esports |
| Double Elimination with Consolation | ~10 | min 2 | ~5 (3+2) | Fairer, every team plays twice | Youth sports |
| Swiss System | 12 | 3 | 3 | Balanced, flexible | Chess, card games |
