Random Doubles Tennis Generator, Single Court

Doubles Randomization Tool for Tennis on a Single Court, Version 8.16 

 

ABOUT

Playing doubles tennis on a single court with more than four players? This tool helps with randomizing partners and making fair playing time for each player. Just add the names of the players and hit START PLAY and follow the auto-generated chart.

But there's a twist! This tool allows entering scores after each round and automatically calculates the games won on an individual basis regardless of playing partner.

In short, this tool allows you to turn "doubles tennis" into a "singles tennis" mindset. The winner is the player with the highest winning percentage.

USAGE

Easy to use but not meant for multi-court environments. Meant for casual doubles tennis on a single court with four to nine players.

• Gather your players to the tennis court and add their names to the Player Pool.
• If necessary, untick the box beside a player's name in the Player Pool to remove them from the session, or to reorder the list.
• Be sure to click Start Play. Then check the auto-generated Game Schedule and call out the next four players and start playing!

After each round, enter the score into the small boxes and press Enter to move to the next round. Keep playing till you drop (or it rains)!

Stop whenever you wish and check the results in the Results section at the top. Who has the best winning percentage?

DETAILS

• Works with four to nine players.
• The Results section shows the players in numbered order. The first four players always play in Round 1 and then the rotation begins. Untick and reorder the players if necessary, but after Start Play is clicked no further ordering changes can be made to the Game Schedule (except substitutions - see below)
• The Game Schedule implements a pseudo-randomization chart that guarantees equal playing time for each player. The same names in the same ticked order will always produce the same schedule.
• If the same players often gather then the Save List and Load Saved List buttons will be handy.
• If things go awry just click Start Again and start all over. No worries, mate.
• Enter the scores according to your preferred set length (up to 9-9). The authors usually play four game sets with scores such as 2-2, 3-1, 4-0, etc., but the app keeps tabs on Wins/Games/Percentage for each player correctly regardless of set length.
• Initially the Game Schedule shows 10 rounds, enough for about two hours of play. After Round 10 is complete a further set of 10 rounds becomes available.
• To fix scoring errors, just click in the score entry blocks even for past rounds and make changes.
• Click a name in the Results section at any time to make name/spelling changes.
• What happens when a player gets hurt, tired, or goes home early or arrives late? Substitutions can be made by clicking on a name in the Next Round section. The app will continue to calculate Wins/Games/Percentage correctly regardless of substitutions even if some players end up with more games played than others.
• Although taking screenshots is a great way to save your results, clicking Print Results will download a PDF with all data including Game Schedule and scores.

This tool is free to use, so have fun and get out there and improve your doubles play!

 

Brought to you by a couple of gentleman tennis players who enjoy both playing tennis and coding. One lives in New Zealand, the other in Japan. Enjoy.