A 9 team round robin runs 9 rounds with 4 matches per round and 36 matches in total — every team plays every other team exactly once. Because 9 is an odd number, one team sits out each round, so each team gets exactly one bye.
Round 1: Team 1 — bye, Team 2 vs Team 9, Team 3 vs Team 8, Team 4 vs Team 7, Team 5 vs Team 6
Round 2: Team 1 vs Team 9, Team 8 — bye, Team 2 vs Team 7, Team 3 vs Team 6, Team 4 vs Team 5
Round 3: Team 1 vs Team 8, Team 9 vs Team 7, Team 6 — bye, Team 2 vs Team 5, Team 3 vs Team 4
Round 4: Team 1 vs Team 7, Team 8 vs Team 6, Team 9 vs Team 5, Team 4 — bye, Team 2 vs Team 3
Round 5: Team 1 vs Team 6, Team 7 vs Team 5, Team 8 vs Team 4, Team 9 vs Team 3, Team 2 — bye
Round 6: Team 1 vs Team 5, Team 6 vs Team 4, Team 7 vs Team 3, Team 8 vs Team 2, Team 9 — bye
Round 7: Team 1 vs Team 4, Team 5 vs Team 3, Team 6 vs Team 2, Team 7 — bye, Team 8 vs Team 9
Round 8: Team 1 vs Team 3, Team 4 vs Team 2, Team 5 — bye, Team 6 vs Team 9, Team 7 vs Team 8
Round 9: Team 1 vs Team 2, Team 3 — bye, Team 4 vs Team 9, Team 5 vs Team 8, Team 6 vs Team 7
The circle method pairs the 9 entrants across two rows, then holds one fixed and rotates the rest one position per round. After 9 rotations every pairing has happened once, which is why the total is 36 matches (9 × 8 ÷ 2).
At about 15 minutes per game to 11 points, 9 rounds take roughly 135 minutes, provided all 4 matches of a round run at once. With half the courts, double the estimate.
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