How Round Robin (Set Partners) works
Standard Round Robin (Set Partners) is a round robin where teams register as fixed pairs and keep the same partner for the whole event. Every team plays the other teams in its pool, standings rank teams rather than individuals, and you can finish with a playoff bracket from the KNOCKOUT tab.
How it works
Players enter as a pair, not individually. That pairing is permanent for the event: the schedule never reassigns partners. Each round, your team plays another team, and your record accumulates as a team.
You choose how many times teams meet:
Play each opponent once (single round robin)
Play each opponent twice (double round robin)
Set a fixed number of rounds (custom rounds)
How it differs from Rotating Partners
Set Partners | Rotating Partners | |
|---|---|---|
Registration | Players enter as a pair | Players enter as individuals |
Partners | Same partner all event | New partner every round |
Groups contain | Teams | Individual players |
Standings rank | Teams | Individual players |
Cross-pool play | Optional | Not available |
Playoff bracket | KNOCKOUT tab | None |
If your players sign up alone and you want them mixing, use Rotating Partners instead.
Key rules
Singles or doubles. In a doubles division teams are pairs; in a singles division each player is their own team.
Unpaired players sit out. Teams are built from each player's partner. In a doubles division, a player with no partner is left out of the schedule rather than paired with someone, so set partners on the Players tab before you generate.
Pools hold teams. Splitting into pools gives each team a smaller field to play through. By default teams only play inside their own pool.
Cross-pool play is optional. Tick Allow cross-pool play when you generate and teams play across the whole division instead of only inside their pool. With Play each opponent once or twice, every team meets every other team. With a fixed number of rounds, only that many rounds are played, so some teams may not meet. Pools still organize the event and the seeding.
Byes come from odd team counts. If a pool has an odd number of teams, one team sits each round. Restricting rounds to your court count adds byes as well. A bye is not a loss.
Standings rank teams. Wins, losses and point stats belong to the pair, and final placements are per team.
Add a playoff bracket
When pool play is done, open the KNOCKOUT tab, tap the admin menu and choose Generate Bracket. Pick who qualifies:
Finals + Third Place Only: one final for the top two and a match for 3rd and 4th.
Pick Number of Teams Per Group: the same number of top teams from each pool.
Pick Total Number of Teams: a set number of teams from across all pools.
Pick All Teams: everyone goes into the bracket.
If you picked a total number of teams or all teams and you have more than one pool, you then choose Seed by Pool (recommended) or Seed Overall. Once the bracket exists, use Edit Seeds in the admin menu to reorder seeds until the first bracket match starts. A Finals + Third Place Only bracket has no seed order to edit.
If you want a double elimination or Compass playoff instead, create the event as Round Robin to Double Elimination or Round Robin to Compass.