Best Big 3 performance by Slam

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I think I’d go with:
AO:
‘09 Nadal
‘07 Federer
‘13 Djoko

RG:
‘08 Nadal
‘09 Federer
‘21 Djoko

Wimb:
‘08 Nadal
‘17 Federer
‘15 Djoko

USO:
‘10 Nadal
‘06 Federer
‘11 Djoko
 
AO:
‘09 Nadal by far
‘07 Federer by far
‘11 Djokovic overall ‘13 and 16 later rounds close

RG:
‘08 Nadal of course
‘07 Federer (controversial), ‘09>~11 for 2nd place, though I suspect ‘06/07/09 Fed may have looked better with the ‘11 light Babolat balls/fast conditions
‘13 Djoko probably the best, ‘16 very close behind, think ‘15 QF may be his best overall match though.
‘21 is nowhere near the best

Wimb:
‘08 Nadal of course but ‘07 is extremely close, QF-F ‘10 are great but a poor first week puts it slightly behind
‘06 Federer~’05 Federer~’03 Federer take your pick. Those are my 3 favorites. ‘17 not even close
‘15 Djokovic is great, best natural grass game, best serve/return, but something about ‘11s dynamism makes me think he was better off the ground there

USO:
‘10 Nadal, the cheat code serve+ aggression + last of his top tier athleticism. ‘13 Nadal is a lot closer than you’d think tho… better slice, great tactics
‘04 Federer for one match in the final, ‘06erer for the tournament, ‘05 just slightly behind
‘11 Djoko it is. but given his not quite peak serve and saving MPs I think ‘12 pre final was actually his “best level”, serving 130mph. ‘15 SF was pretty baller as well
 
AO:
Nadal: 2009
Federer: 2007/2004/2005 all pretty close
Djokovic: 2011

RG:
Nadal: 2008
Federer: 2006/2007/2009 Played better before the final in 2006/2007 but really brought it in the final in 2009 (you can attribute that to the opponent, but come on, whipping out 4 aces in a tiebreak to go 2 up is just Clutcherer at his best)
Djokovic: 2013

WB:
Nadal: 2008
Federer: 2003
Djokovic: 2015

USO:
Nadal: 2010
Federer: 2006
Djokovic: 2011
 
AO
Sampras 97
Djokovic 19
Nadal 09 or 12
federer 07 or 09

RG
Sampras 96
Dkokovic 21 or 13
nadal 08 or 12
federer 07 or 11

Wimbledon
Sampras 99 or 97
Dkokovic 15
Nadal 07 or 18
Federer 07 or 12

US
Sampras 02 or 95
Djokovic 11 or 15
Nadal 10
federer 04 or 07

YEC
Sampras 96 or 97 or 99
djokovic 12 or 15
Nadal 10 or 13
federer 06 or 10
 
For the full slams

AO: fed 07, nadal 09, djoko 11
RG: fed 07, nadal 08, djoko 16
Wim: fed 06, nadal 08, djoko 15
USO: fed 06, nadal 10, djoko 11
 
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