Playing Tennis without Envy

Abstract

A group of friends organize their tennis games by submitting each their availability over the weekdays. They want to obtain an assignment such that: each game must be a double tennis match, i.e. requires four people, and nobody plays in a day he is unavailable. Can we construct assignments that will always produce efficient, fair, and envy-free outcomes? The answer is no, and extends to any sport that requires any group size.