8-Player RR then Championship + Consolation Playoffs
8 players play a round robin, then everyone keeps playing. Top 4 compete for the championship. Bottom 4 compete for the consolation. Nobody is done after pool play.
The Round Robin
8 players play a complete rotating partner round robin — 7 rounds on 2 courts, 14 total games. You partner with every other player exactly once and oppose everyone exactly twice. Nobody sits out. Each player plays 7 games.
Seeding
After the round robin, players are ranked by win percentage, with point differential as the tiebreaker. Seeds 1 through 8 are locked in.
The Playoffs
Championship (seeds 1-4): the top 4 form two doubles teams — #1 + #2 vs #3 + #4 — and play a single championship game for the title.
Consolation (seeds 5-8): the bottom 4 form two doubles teams — #5 + #6 vs #7 + #8 — and play a single consolation game for 5th place.
Both are single elimination — one game per bracket, winner takes it.
Final Results
Every player finishes with a ranking from 1st to 8th:
- 1st & 2nd: the 2 players on the winning championship team
- 3rd & 4th: the 2 players on the losing championship team
- 5th & 6th: the 2 players on the winning consolation team
- 7th & 8th: the 2 players on the losing consolation team
Why This Format
A round robin with a top-4 playoff leaves half the field watching after pool play. Dual playoffs keep everyone playing. The bottom 4 still get a meaningful championship game of their own, and the stakes of finishing 5th vs 8th are real.
The round robin still drives everything. Finish high and you earn a shot at the championship. Finish low and you're in the consolation — but you're not done, and a good game in the consolation bracket can turn an off day in pool play into a trophy to take home.
