4 courts, 19 rounds, and 1 repeated pairing across the whole rotation. Generated by the same code that runs a live session in the app, so this is the schedule you would actually play.
18
Players
4
Courts
19
Rounds in full
16–17
Partners each
The full rotation is 19 rounds, and almost nobody plays 19 of them. This is the number worth checking before you book rather than after: at 21 points a round runs about 8 minutes, and the first ten minutes of any slot go on arriving, warming up and picking a first pairing.
| Booking | Rounds it fits | Of the rotation |
|---|---|---|
| 60 min | 6 rounds | 32% |
| 90 min | 10 rounds | 53% |
| 120 min | 13 rounds | 68% |
Stopping early costs nothing structural. Partners are spread from the first round onward, so 10 rounds of it is a complete Americano with a real winner — just one where some pairings never came up.
Players are numbered 1 to 18. Hand out the numbers however you like — by arrival, by lot, or by putting your strongest players at opposite ends — because Americano scores individuals, so the numbering carries no seeding.
| Round | Court 1 | Court 2 | Court 3 | Court 4 | Sitting out |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 11 & 4 v 17 & 13 | 6 & 18 v 9 & 5 | 15 & 12 v 1 & 10 | 14 & 3 v 16 & 8 | 2, 7 |
| 2 | 10 & 11 v 15 & 3 | 14 & 13 v 7 & 17 | 1 & 18 v 12 & 9 | 5 & 4 v 2 & 8 | 6, 16 |
| 3 | 10 & 5 v 7 & 18 | 1 & 12 v 16 & 17 | 4 & 9 v 14 & 11 | 2 & 13 v 6 & 8 | 3, 15 |
| 4 | 18 & 10 v 16 & 2 | 6 & 1 v 12 & 13 | 8 & 14 v 3 & 4 | 7 & 9 v 15 & 17 | 5, 11 |
| 5 | 16 & 9 v 15 & 4 | 12 & 8 v 11 & 17 | 5 & 6 v 7 & 2 | 14 & 1 v 3 & 13 | 10, 18 |
| 6 | 16 & 4 v 3 & 5 | 6 & 9 v 18 & 2 | 7 & 14 v 15 & 13 | 11 & 12 v 10 & 17 | 1, 8 |
| 7 | 16 & 18 v 7 & 11 | 1 & 15 v 2 & 6 | 8 & 13 v 4 & 12 | 5 & 17 v 3 & 10 | 9, 14 |
| 8 | 1 & 3 v 16 & 11 | 9 & 2 v 15 & 10 | 14 & 17 v 6 & 7 | 18 & 13 v 8 & 5 | 4, 12 |
| 9 | 18 & 15 v 5 & 2 | 14 & 9 v 4 & 7 | 10 & 8 v 12 & 16 | 11 & 1 v 6 & 3 | 13, 17 |
| 10 | 13 & 10 v 11 & 3 | 17 & 9 v 18 & 4 | 8 & 7 v 14 & 5 | 12 & 6 v 1 & 2 | 15, 16 |
| 11 | 13 & 4 v 1 & 9 | 2 & 14 v 3 & 18 | 15 & 16 v 11 & 8 | 6 & 17 v 5 & 12 | 7, 10 |
| 12 | 9 & 18 v 2 & 11 | 7 & 5 v 4 & 14 | 15 & 6 v 3 & 17 | 10 & 16 v 13 & 1 | 8, 12 |
| 13 | 11 & 18 v 7 & 13 | 3 & 2 v 17 & 4 | 10 & 6 v 12 & 14 | 8 & 15 v 16 & 1 | 5, 9 |
| 14 | 17 & 18 v 9 & 11 | 7 & 15 v 16 & 13 | 10 & 12 v 4 & 6 | 5 & 1 v 8 & 3 | 2, 14 |
| 15 | 13 & 6 v 5 & 18 | 2 & 17 v 14 & 16 | 8 & 1 v 9 & 10 | 15 & 11 v 7 & 12 | 3, 4 |
| 16 | 15 & 14 v 4 & 8 | 17 & 1 v 7 & 10 | 16 & 6 v 12 & 2 | 3 & 9 v 5 & 11 | 13, 18 |
| 17 | 18 & 8 v 14 & 10 | 12 & 3 v 9 & 15 | 16 & 5 v 7 & 1 | 13 & 11 v 4 & 2 | 6, 17 |
| 18 | 10 & 4 v 16 & 7 | 5 & 15 v 17 & 8 | 13 & 9 v 6 & 14 | 18 & 12 v 2 & 3 | 1, 11 |
| 19 | 10 & 2 v 17 & 12 | 14 & 18 v 11 & 6 | 3 & 16 v 1 & 4 | 8 & 9 v 5 & 13 | 7, 15 |
With 16 seats on 4 courts, 2 players sit out every round. Two or three spare players cannot be rotated without some pair drawing each other twice — that is arithmetic, not a limitation of the generator, and this schedule holds it down to 1 repeat.
Playing with a number that doesn’t divide goes through the options in full, including the ones this schedule rules out.
The scoring is the part a group chat handles worst. How Americano scoring works covers the rules in full, and the court-time maths covers point targets other than 21.
Every roster from 4 to 24 players, each with its own rotation.