Luck of the Draw: Big 4 as #1 Seed

[Technology Ruined Tennis]

I am in the small minority that thinks the 1 seed should decide which half the 3 and 4 seeds are dawn at slams. This would add layers of strategy/drama for the top seed.

For fun I went back and looked at how every slam draw went when the Big 4 held the top seed. (I didn't realize that Novak is about to break Fed's #1 seed record.)



What would have changed? Aside from the obvious Fed v Djokovic changes.



Key: Tourney__ 2 seed _____ 3 seed / 4 seed The bolded name was drawn into the 1 seed's half.


Federer

1 - 04 RG __ Roddick ______ Coria / (Ferrero)
2 - 04 W ___ Roddick ______ (Coria) / Nalbandian
3 - 04 US __ Roddick _______ (Moya) / Hewitt
4 - 05 AO __ Roddick _______ Hewitt / (Safin)
5 - 05 RG __ Roddick _______ Safin / (Nadal)
6 - 05 W ___ Roddick _______ (Hewitt) / Nadal
7 - 05 US __ Nadal _________ (Hewitt) / Roddick
8 - 06 AO __ Roddick _______ (Hewitt) / Nalbandian
9 - 06 RG __ Nadal _________ (Nalbandian) / Ljubicic
10 - 06 W __ Nadal _________ Roddick / (Nalbandian)
11 - 06 US __ Nadal _________ Ljubicic / (Nalbandian)
12 - 07 AO __ Nadal _________ Davydenko / (Ljubicic)
13 - 07 RG __ Nadal _________ Roddick / (Davydenko)
14 - 07 W ___ Nadal _________ (Roddick) / Djokovic
15 - 07 US __ Nadal _________ Djokovic / (Davydenko)
16 - 08 AO __ Nadal _________ (Djokovic) / Davydenko
17 - 08 RG __ Nadal _________ Djokovic / (Davydenko)
18 - 08 W ___ Nadal _________ (Djokovic) / Davydenko
19 - 09 US __ Murray ________ Nadal / (Djokovic)
20 - 10 AO __ Nadal _________ (Djokovic) / del Potro
21 - 10 RG __ Nadal _________ Djokovic / (Murray)
22 - 10 W ___ Nadal _________ (Djokovic) / Murray
23 - 12 US __ Djokovic _______ (Murray) / Ferrer
24 - 18 W ___ Nadal _________ (Cilic) / Zverev

13 / 11 seed split


Djokovic

1 - 11 US ___ Nadal ________ (Federer) / Murray
2 - 12 AO ___ Nadal ________ Federer / (Murray)
3 - 12 RG ___ Nadal ________ (Federer) / Murray
4 - 12 W ____ Nadal ________ (Federer) / Murray
5 - 13 AO ___ Federer ______ Murray / (Ferrer)
6 - 13 RG ___ Federer ______ (Nadal) / Ferrer
7 - 13 W ____ Murray _______ Federer / (Ferrer)
8 - 13 US ___ Nadal ________ (Murray) / Ferrer
9 - 14 W ____ Nadal ________ (Murray) / Federer
10 - 14 US __ Federer ______ (Wawrinka) / Ferrer
11 - 15 AO __ Federer ______ Nadal / (Wawrinka)
12 - 15 RG __ Federer ______ (Murray) / Berdych
13 - 15 W ___ Federer ______ Murray / (Wawrinka)
14 - 15 US __ Federer ______ Murray / (Nishikori)
15 - 16 AO __ Murray _______ (Federer) / Wawrinka
16 - 16 RG __ Murray _______ Wawrinka / (Nadal)
17 - 16 W ___ Murray _______ (Federer) / Wawrinka
18 - 16 US __ Murray _______ Wawrinka / (Nadal)
19 - 19 AO __ Nadal ________ Federer / (Zverev)
20 - 19 RG __ Nadal ________ Federer / (Thiem)
21 - 19 W ___ Federer ______ Nadal / (Anderson)
22 - 19 US __ Nadal ________ (Federer) / Thiem

11 / 11 seed split


Nadal

1 - 08 US ___ Federer _______ Djokovic / (Ferrer)
2 - 09 AO ___ Federer _______ Djokovic / (Murray)
3 - 09 RG ___ Federer _______ (Murray) / Djokovic
4 - 09 W ____ Federer _______ (Murray) / Djokovic
5 - 10 US ___ Federer _______ Djokovic / (Murray)
6 - 11 AO ___ Federer _______ Djokovic / (Soderling)
7 - 11 RG ___ Djokovic _______ Federer / (Murray)
8 - 11 W ____ Djokovic _______ Federer / (Murray)
9 - 14 AO ___ Djokovic _______ Ferrer / (Murray)
10 - 14 RG __ Djokovic _______ (Wawrinka) / Federer
11 - 17 US __ Murray ________ (Federer) / Zverev
12 - 18 AO __ Federer _______ (Dimitrov) / Zverev
13 - 18 RG __ Zverev ________ (Cilic) / Dimitrov
14 - 18 US __ Federer _______ (del Potro) / Zverev
15 - 20 AO __ Djokovic _______ Federer / (Medvedev)

7 / 8 seed split



Murray

1 - 17 AO ___ Djokovic _______ Raonic / (Wawrinka)
2 - 17 RG ___ Djokovic _______ (Wawrinka) / Nadal
3 - 17 W ____ Djokovic _______ Federer / (Nadal)

1 / 2 seed split


Fed's 07 RG stands out, Roddick was not great on clay, but perhaps Arrogant-erer would have picked Davydenko anyway.

RG 13 is another no-brainer.

Nadal missing Djokovic all 6 times is interesting.

Murray would probably only change 17 AO.