PickleRounds Event Formats – Interactive Infographic

🪜 Ladder

Maximize Partner Variety. Sharpen Your DUPR Rating.

👤 Individual Event · Split & Rotate Model

Court 3 — Top 🏆

Court 2 — Your Court

Court 1 — Bottom

🔄 Every pair of former partners is now on opposite sides — with a new partner — on a different court. The ladder runs itself.

Phase 1 of 4: The Match

🏆 Win → Move Up → Opposite Side

📉 Lose → Move Down → Opposite Side

⚔️ Every former partner becomes your opponent

📋 How It Works

Players are assigned to courts

After each round, the winning team splits — each winner moves UP one court

The losing team splits — each loser moves DOWN one court

On the new court, each player gets a new partner and plays against their former teammate

🔄 Round Robin

Partner With Everyone. Compete as an Individual.

👤 Individual Event · Full Rotation · Coin-Toss Tiebreaker

Match Completion Matrix

	A Alex	B Blake	C Casey	D Dana	E Ellis

Every player plays doubles with every other player

Individual Standings

🥇 Alex 12 pts

🥈 Casey 10 pts

🥉 Ellis TIE 10 pts

4 Blake 7 pts

5 Dana 5 pts

🪙 Coin-Toss Tiebreaker

When players are tied on points, the built-in coin toss feature resolves standings instantly — no complex tiebreaker math required.

📋 How It Works

Each player is matched into doubles games with every other participant

Wins accumulate as individual points

Standings update after every match

Ties? Trigger the built-in coin toss to settle the bracket

🏊 Pool

Every Team Faces Every Rival.

👥 Team Event · Round-Robin Format · Coin-Toss Tiebreaker

🟢 Team Alpha 🟠 Team Beta 🔵 Team Gamma 🟣 Team Delta

Pool Schedule

Alpha vs Beta Court 1

Alpha vs Gamma Court 2

Alpha vs Delta Court 1

Beta vs Gamma Court 2

Beta vs Delta Court 1

Gamma vs Delta Court 2

6 matches for 4 teams — every team plays every other team

Team Standings

Rank	Team	W	L	Pts
🥇	Alpha	3	0	9
🥈	Gamma	2	1	6
🥉	Beta TIE	1	2	3
🥉	Delta TIE	1	2	3

🪙 Coin-Toss Tiebreaker

Teams tied on standings? The coin toss settles it cleanly — keeping competition fair and fast.

📋 How It Works

Teams are placed in a pool

Each team plays every other team once (or more, based on settings)

Win/loss record builds team standings

Tiebreakers settled by coin toss

Top-seeded teams advance to Playoff

🏆 Playoff

Seeded. Bracket-Style. Championship Ready.

👥 Team Event · Single or Double Elimination · Import Pool Seeding

Winners Bracket 🏆

Quarterfinal

🥇 Alpha (1)

Theta (8) DROP↓

Quarterfinal

Delta (4)

Epsilon (5) DROP↓

Quarterfinal

🔵 Beta (2)

Eta (7) DROP↓

Quarterfinal

Gamma (3)

Zeta (6) DROP↓

Semifinal

Alpha

Delta DROP↓

Semifinal

Beta

Gamma DROP↓

WB Final

Alpha

Beta

🏆 Champion — Alpha

🥈 Runner-up — Beta

No further games for 1st & 2nd

Losers Bracket

WB R1 Losers

LB Round 1

Theta

Epsilon OUT

LB Round 1

Zeta

Eta OUT

DROP↓ from WB QF

LB Round 2

Delta

Theta OUT

WB QF loser enters here

DROP↓ from WB QF

LB Round 2

Gamma

Zeta OUT

WB QF loser enters here

LB Final · 3rd Place

Gamma

Delta

🥉 3rd Place — Gamma

4th Place — Delta

WB Final determines 1st & 2nd. LB Final determines 3rd & 4th. One loss keeps you alive.

📥

Import Pool

Tournament managers can instantly seed a Playoff event from the final standings of one or more Pool events — no manual entry, no seeding errors.

Pool Standings
1. Alpha · 2. Gamma · 3. Beta · 4. Delta

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Playoff Bracket
Seeds auto-assigned

📋 How It Works

Import standings from one or more Pool events to auto-seed the bracket

Choose Single or Double Elimination format

Bracket is generated automatically with proper seeding

Teams compete — one match at a time

Champion crowned when the bracket completes