Grand Slams which all top 4 in the rankings made semi-finals since 1980

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YearTournamentPlayers (rankings)
2019Roland GarrosDjokovic (1), Nadal (2), Federer (3), Thiem (4)
2012Australian OpenDjokovic (1), Nadal (2), Federer (3), Murray (4)
2011US OpenDjokovic (1), Nadal (2), Federer (3), Murray (4)
2011Roland GarrosNadal (1), Djokovic (2), Federer (3), Murray (4)
2006Roland GarrosFederer (1), Nadal (2), Nalbandian (3), Ljubicic (4)
2005Australian OpenFederer (1), Roddick (2), Hewitt (3), Safin (4)
1993WimbledonSampras (1), Edberg (2), Courier (3), Becker (4)
1992US OpenCourier (1), Edberg (2), Sampras (3), Chang (4)
1985US OpenMcEnroe (1), Lendl (2), Wilander (3), Connors (4)
1985Roland GarrosMcEnroe (1), Lendl (2), Connors (3), Wilander (4)
1984Roland GarrosMcEnroe (1), Lendl (2), Connors (3), Wilander (4)
1982US OpenMcEnroe (1), Connors (2), Lendl (3), Vilas (4)

This happened only 12 times in 80 Slams. 15% of the time. It's a rare occurance.
That drought from 1993 to 2005 just bizarre and kind of self explanatory though.
It's insane that the Big 4 made it in two consecutive Slams. If Tsonga didn't pulled a comeback from 0-2 in 2011 Wimbledon quarter-finals, it would be a full circle with 4 consecutive Slams, not just 2.
McEnroe, Lendl, Connors, Wilander playing in Roland Garros semi-finals in 2 consecutive years with same rankings/seeds is awesome. 1985 USO is also in there with Connors and Wilander swapping places.

Going by how many times a player was in such situation;
6 times - Federer
5 times - Nadal
4 times - McEnroe, Connors, Lendl, Djokovic
3 times - Wilander, Murray
2 times - Courier, Edberg, Sampras
1 time - Vilas, Chang, Becker, Roddick, Hewitt, Safin, Nalbandian, Ljubicic, Thiem

Not seeing Agassi in there was a bit of a surprise for me.
Was curious about it because I'm watching 2012 AO (the best tournament ever for me) semi-finals and final once again. Looked for it and wanted to share. Cheers.
 

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YearTournamentPlayers (rankings)
2019Roland GarrosDjokovic (1), Nadal (2), Federer (3), Thiem (4)
2012Australian OpenDjokovic (1), Nadal (2), Federer (3), Murray (4)
2011US OpenDjokovic (1), Nadal (2), Federer (3), Murray (4)
2011Roland GarrosNadal (1), Djokovic (2), Federer (3), Murray (4)
2006Roland GarrosFederer (1), Nadal (2), Nalbandian (3), Ljubicic (4)
2005Australian OpenFederer (1), Roddick (2), Hewitt (3), Safin (4)
1993WimbledonSampras (1), Edberg (2), Courier (3), Becker (4)
1992US OpenCourier (1), Edberg (2), Sampras (3), Chang (4)
1985US OpenMcEnroe (1), Lendl (2), Wilander (3), Connors (4)
1985Roland GarrosMcEnroe (1), Lendl (2), Connors (3), Wilander (4)
1984Roland GarrosMcEnroe (1), Lendl (2), Connors (3), Wilander (4)
1982US OpenMcEnroe (1), Connors (2), Lendl (3), Vilas (4)

This happened only 12 times in 80 Slams. 15% of the time. It's a rare occurance.
That drought from 1993 to 2005 just bizarre and kind of self explanatory though.
It's insane that the Big 4 made it in two consecutive Slams. If Tsonga didn't pulled a comeback from 0-2 in 2011 Wimbledon quarter-finals, it would be a full circle with 4 consecutive Slams, not just 2.
McEnroe, Lendl, Connors, Wilander playing in Roland Garros semi-finals in 2 consecutive years with same rankings/seeds is awesome. 1985 USO is also in there with Connors and Wilander swapping places.

Going by how many times a player was in such situation;
6 times - Federer
5 times - Nadal
4 times - McEnroe, Connors, Lendl, Djokovic
3 times - Wilander, Murray
2 times - Courier, Edberg, Sampras
1 time - Vilas, Chang, Becker, Roddick, Hewitt, Safin, Nalbandian, Ljubicic, Thiem

Not seeing Agassi in there was a bit of a surprise for me.
Was curious about it because I'm watching 2012 AO (the best tournament ever for me) semi-finals and final once again. Looked for it and wanted to share. Cheers.
there are also cases where the 4 top seeds, while not being ranked as the top 4 players... can make the SF ;)
... which would make agassi appear on the list:
wimbledon 1995: 1. agassi, 2. sampras, 3. becker, 4. ivanisevic
 
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