MichaelNadal
Bionic Poster
Another post got me thinking, but now that the era is pretty much over, just guau at how they have had tennis locked down like Ft Knox.
From Wiki:
They regularly held the top four places in the year-end rankings between 2008 and 2013, and they have held the top two spots continuously since 2005, as well as the top ranking since February 2004, meaning that no player outside the Big Four has ranked world No. 1 in the last 14 years or even No. 2 in more than 12 and a half years. All four have reached a career high No. 1. Federer, who regained the number 1 ranking on February 19th 2018, has been world No. 1 for a record 304 weeks, Djokovic for 223 weeks (fifth since the inception of the ATP Rankings in 1973), Nadal, for 167 weeks (7th since 1973), and Murray for 41 weeks. Federer leads among them with 5 year-end No. 1, followed by Nadal and Djokovic with 4 and Murray with 1. They were ranked year-end world top 4 consecutively from 2008 to 2012 which is the longest span of dominance for any quartet of players in tennis history.
Since this time the term "Big Four", while used previously, became popular with the media and in tennis literature.[5][6][7] The Big Four have been a critical part of what has, since 2006, often been labelled a new "Golden Era" in tennis;[8][9][10][11] that term is also applied to the mid-1970s to 1980s,[12][13][14] and the 1920s to the 1930s.[15]
Amongst them, they have won 47 of the last 52 men's major singles titles, from the 2005 French Open through to the 2018 Australian Open. They have also won 12 of the last 15 ATP Finals(previously Tennis Masters Cup and World Tour Finals), with Federer winning six and Djokovic winning five, with a record 4 consecutive from 2012 to 2015, and Murray winning one. Of the four, Federer leads with a record 20 Grand Slam tournament titles followed by Nadal (16), Djokovic (12) and Murray (3). Federer, Nadal, and Djokovic have completed a Career Grand Slam by winning each of the four Majors at least once, with Nadal also winning a gold medal at 2008 Summer Olympics for a Career Golden Slam. Murray has won neither the French nor Australian Open, despite reaching the final five times in Melbourne and once in Paris, but has also won two Olympic gold medals (one each at the 2012 and 2016 Summer Olympics), becoming the first tennis player in history to win two singles gold medals, and the most successful male Olympic tennis player in the modern era with two gold medals and a silver medal.[16] In the three Olympic Games between 2008 and 2016, the four won 5 gold medals (Murray 2, Nadal 2, Federer 1), 2 silver medals (Murray and Federer) and a bronze medal (Djokovic).
Australian Open W (2004F, 2006F, 2007F, 2008D, 2009N, 2010F, 2011D, 2012D, 2013D, 2015D, 2016D, 2017F, 2018F)
French Open W (2005N, 2006N, 2007N, 2008N, 2009F, 2010N, 2011N, 2012N, 2013N, 2014N, 2016D, 2017N)
Wimbledon W (2003F, 2004F, 2005F, 2006F, 2007F, 2008N, 2009F, 2010N, 2011D, 2012F, 2013M, 2014D, 2015D, 2016M, 2017F)
US Open W (2004F, 2005F, 2006F, 2007F, 2008F, 2010N, 2011D, 2012M, 2013N, 2015D, 2017N
From Wiki:
They regularly held the top four places in the year-end rankings between 2008 and 2013, and they have held the top two spots continuously since 2005, as well as the top ranking since February 2004, meaning that no player outside the Big Four has ranked world No. 1 in the last 14 years or even No. 2 in more than 12 and a half years. All four have reached a career high No. 1. Federer, who regained the number 1 ranking on February 19th 2018, has been world No. 1 for a record 304 weeks, Djokovic for 223 weeks (fifth since the inception of the ATP Rankings in 1973), Nadal, for 167 weeks (7th since 1973), and Murray for 41 weeks. Federer leads among them with 5 year-end No. 1, followed by Nadal and Djokovic with 4 and Murray with 1. They were ranked year-end world top 4 consecutively from 2008 to 2012 which is the longest span of dominance for any quartet of players in tennis history.
Since this time the term "Big Four", while used previously, became popular with the media and in tennis literature.[5][6][7] The Big Four have been a critical part of what has, since 2006, often been labelled a new "Golden Era" in tennis;[8][9][10][11] that term is also applied to the mid-1970s to 1980s,[12][13][14] and the 1920s to the 1930s.[15]
Amongst them, they have won 47 of the last 52 men's major singles titles, from the 2005 French Open through to the 2018 Australian Open. They have also won 12 of the last 15 ATP Finals(previously Tennis Masters Cup and World Tour Finals), with Federer winning six and Djokovic winning five, with a record 4 consecutive from 2012 to 2015, and Murray winning one. Of the four, Federer leads with a record 20 Grand Slam tournament titles followed by Nadal (16), Djokovic (12) and Murray (3). Federer, Nadal, and Djokovic have completed a Career Grand Slam by winning each of the four Majors at least once, with Nadal also winning a gold medal at 2008 Summer Olympics for a Career Golden Slam. Murray has won neither the French nor Australian Open, despite reaching the final five times in Melbourne and once in Paris, but has also won two Olympic gold medals (one each at the 2012 and 2016 Summer Olympics), becoming the first tennis player in history to win two singles gold medals, and the most successful male Olympic tennis player in the modern era with two gold medals and a silver medal.[16] In the three Olympic Games between 2008 and 2016, the four won 5 gold medals (Murray 2, Nadal 2, Federer 1), 2 silver medals (Murray and Federer) and a bronze medal (Djokovic).
Australian Open W (2004F, 2006F, 2007F, 2008D, 2009N, 2010F, 2011D, 2012D, 2013D, 2015D, 2016D, 2017F, 2018F)
French Open W (2005N, 2006N, 2007N, 2008N, 2009F, 2010N, 2011N, 2012N, 2013N, 2014N, 2016D, 2017N)
Wimbledon W (2003F, 2004F, 2005F, 2006F, 2007F, 2008N, 2009F, 2010N, 2011D, 2012F, 2013M, 2014D, 2015D, 2016M, 2017F)
US Open W (2004F, 2005F, 2006F, 2007F, 2008F, 2010N, 2011D, 2012M, 2013N, 2015D, 2017N
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