l_gonzalez
Professional
This is just for a bit of fun, in no way am I suggesting that this SHOULD be done or anything like that, it's just a simple 'what-if?'
I was bored and had a bit of time so here is what i did:
Generate a random list of numbers from 1-128
Take the top 128 players from the ATP entry rankings for the week of 19th January 2009 (they all get direct entry, i'm assuming no qualifiers for the sake of simplicity)
Assign the randomly generated numbers to the list of players and then Sort them in numerical order, lowest to highest.
So for example Nadal got the random number 55 and Federer got the random number 103
Remember, there are no seeds so in the list it goes 1 vs 2, 2 vs 3, .... 56 vs 57, etc.... according to the random number assigned to each player
Here is the 'draw' for my random Grand Slam as it came out, the number before each players name is their world ranking, i gave different colours to the 4 quarters of the draw just to make it a bit easier to see:
74 Navarro-Pastor, Ivan ESP
vs
85 Vliegen, Kristof BEL
25 Alves, Thiago BRA
vs
88 Fognini, Fabio ITA
66 Calleri, Agustin ARG
vs
111 Soeda, Go JPN
5 Davydenko, Nikolay RUS
vs
31 Schuettler, Rainer GER
51 Granollers, Marcel ESP
vs
63 Petzschner, Philipp GER
92 Karanusic, Roko CRO
vs
29 Mathieu, Paul-Henri FRA
122 Greul, Simon GER
vs
106 Sela, Dudi ISR
60 Santoro, Fabrice FRA
vs
37 Kiefer, Nicolas GER
30 Tursunov, Dmitry RUS
vs
71 Vassallo-Arguello, Martin ARG
7 Tsonga, Jo-Wilfried FRA
vs
77 Canas, Guillermo ARG
96 Kendrick, Robert USA
vs
107 Gil, Frederico POR
123 Kollerer, Daniel AUT
vs
114 Roitman, Sergio ARG
124 Haase, Robin NED
vs
91 Gimeno, Daniel ESP
105 Istomin, Denis UZB
vs
10 Blake, James USA
80 Gremelmayr, Denis GER
vs
46 Tipsarevic, Janko SRB
42 Montanes, Albert ESP
vs
9 Roddick, Andy USA
45 Acasuso, Jose ARG
vs
52 Gulbis, Ernests LAT
69 Reynolds, Bobby USA
vs
97 Baghdatis, Marcos CYP
59 Nishikori, Kei JPN
vs
72 Devilder, Nicolas FRA
101 Daniel, Marcos BRA
vs
120 Vanek, Jiri CZE
104 Horna, Luis PER
vs
118 Korolev, Evgueni RUS
100 Dabul, Brian ARG
vs
25 Gasquet, Richard FRA
99 Martin, Alberto ESP
vs
61 Lu, Yen-Hsun TPE
13 Monfils, Gael FRA
vs
110 Phau, Bjorn GER
57 Darcis, Steve BEL
vs
14 Gonzalez, Fernando CHI
48 Benneteau, Julien FRA
vs
86 Lapentti, Nicolas ECU
44 Hanescu, Victor ROU
vs
109 Mayer, Leonardo ARG
1 Nadal, Rafael ESP
vs
67 Hernandez, Oscar ESP
28 Lopez, Feliciano ESP
vs
53 Troicki, Viktor SRB
18 Almagro, Nicolas ESP
vs
75 Rochus, Christophe BEL
117 Ventura, Santiago ESP
vs
127 Delic, Amer USA
64 Gabashvili, Teimuraz RUS
vs
32 Melzer, Jurgen AUT
79 Haas, Tommy GER
vs
58 Serra, Florent FRA
103 Beck, Andreas GER
vs
81 Zverev, Michael GER
94 Mahut, Nicolas FRA
vs
17 Soderling, Robin SWE
21 Berdych, Tomas CZE
vs
108 Anderson, Kevin RSA
78 Hernych, Jan CZE
vs
62 Garcia-Lopez, Guillermo ESP
20 Cilic, Marin CRO
vs
126 Gonzalez, Maximo ARG
39 Bolelli, Simone ITA
vs
47 Ginepri, Robby USA
27 Safin, Marat RUS
vs
50 Gicquel, Marc FRA
102 Minar, Ivo CZE
vs
113 Lee, Hyung-Taik KOR
36 Ancic, Mario CRO
vs
6 Del Potro, Juan Martin ARG
83 Stakhovsky, Sergey UKR
vs
49 Monaco, Juan ARG
82 Spadea, Vincent USA
vs
4 Murray, Andy GBR
40 Youzhny, Mikhail RUS
vs
16 Wawrinka, Stanislas SUI
70 Hewitt, Lleyton AUS
vs
15 Verdasco, Fernando ESP
11 Nalbandian, David ARG
vs
41 Moya, Carlos ESP
22 Robredo, Tommy ESP
vs
19 Andreev, Igor RUS
55 Ljubicic, Ivan CRO
vs
76 Junqueira, Diego ARG
24 Fish, Mardy USA
vs
3 Djokovic, Novak SRB
119 Rochus, Olivier BEL
vs
121 Volandri, Filippo ITA
2 Federer, Roger SUI
vs
12 Ferrer, David ESP
56 Llodra, Michael FRA
vs
84 Massu, Nicolas CHI
93 Goloubev, Andrei KAZ
vs
26 Karlovic, Ivo CRO
98 Andujar, Pablo ESP
vs
8 Simon, Gilles FRA
112 Kim, Kevin USA
vs
68 Chardy, Jeremy FRA
34 Kohlschreiber, Philipp GER
vs
90 Bellucci, Thomaz BRA
89 Clement, Arnaud FRA
vs
87 Muller, Gilles LUX
35 Seppi, Andreas ITA
vs
43 Kunitsyn, Igor RUS
73 Starace, Potito ITA
vs
38 Nieminen, Jarkko FIN
116 Ramirez-Hidalgo, Ruben ESP
vs
23 Stepanek, Radek CZE
33 Querrey, Samuel USA
vs
54 Schwank, Eduardo ARG
65 Ferrero, Juan Carlos ESP
vs
95 Capdeville, Paul CHI
115 Odesnik, Wayne USA
vs
128 Crivoi, Victor ROU
Feel free to do with it whatever you want... discuss it or ignore it, I just thought it might produce some crazy match-ups in the first couple of rounds.
Would the players that have made it through to the quarters of the Aussie Open still make it there with this draw?
I was bored and had a bit of time so here is what i did:
Generate a random list of numbers from 1-128
Take the top 128 players from the ATP entry rankings for the week of 19th January 2009 (they all get direct entry, i'm assuming no qualifiers for the sake of simplicity)
Assign the randomly generated numbers to the list of players and then Sort them in numerical order, lowest to highest.
So for example Nadal got the random number 55 and Federer got the random number 103
Remember, there are no seeds so in the list it goes 1 vs 2, 2 vs 3, .... 56 vs 57, etc.... according to the random number assigned to each player
Here is the 'draw' for my random Grand Slam as it came out, the number before each players name is their world ranking, i gave different colours to the 4 quarters of the draw just to make it a bit easier to see:
74 Navarro-Pastor, Ivan ESP
vs
85 Vliegen, Kristof BEL
25 Alves, Thiago BRA
vs
88 Fognini, Fabio ITA
66 Calleri, Agustin ARG
vs
111 Soeda, Go JPN
5 Davydenko, Nikolay RUS
vs
31 Schuettler, Rainer GER
51 Granollers, Marcel ESP
vs
63 Petzschner, Philipp GER
92 Karanusic, Roko CRO
vs
29 Mathieu, Paul-Henri FRA
122 Greul, Simon GER
vs
106 Sela, Dudi ISR
60 Santoro, Fabrice FRA
vs
37 Kiefer, Nicolas GER
30 Tursunov, Dmitry RUS
vs
71 Vassallo-Arguello, Martin ARG
7 Tsonga, Jo-Wilfried FRA
vs
77 Canas, Guillermo ARG
96 Kendrick, Robert USA
vs
107 Gil, Frederico POR
123 Kollerer, Daniel AUT
vs
114 Roitman, Sergio ARG
124 Haase, Robin NED
vs
91 Gimeno, Daniel ESP
105 Istomin, Denis UZB
vs
10 Blake, James USA
80 Gremelmayr, Denis GER
vs
46 Tipsarevic, Janko SRB
42 Montanes, Albert ESP
vs
9 Roddick, Andy USA
45 Acasuso, Jose ARG
vs
52 Gulbis, Ernests LAT
69 Reynolds, Bobby USA
vs
97 Baghdatis, Marcos CYP
59 Nishikori, Kei JPN
vs
72 Devilder, Nicolas FRA
101 Daniel, Marcos BRA
vs
120 Vanek, Jiri CZE
104 Horna, Luis PER
vs
118 Korolev, Evgueni RUS
100 Dabul, Brian ARG
vs
25 Gasquet, Richard FRA
99 Martin, Alberto ESP
vs
61 Lu, Yen-Hsun TPE
13 Monfils, Gael FRA
vs
110 Phau, Bjorn GER
57 Darcis, Steve BEL
vs
14 Gonzalez, Fernando CHI
48 Benneteau, Julien FRA
vs
86 Lapentti, Nicolas ECU
44 Hanescu, Victor ROU
vs
109 Mayer, Leonardo ARG
1 Nadal, Rafael ESP
vs
67 Hernandez, Oscar ESP
28 Lopez, Feliciano ESP
vs
53 Troicki, Viktor SRB
18 Almagro, Nicolas ESP
vs
75 Rochus, Christophe BEL
117 Ventura, Santiago ESP
vs
127 Delic, Amer USA
64 Gabashvili, Teimuraz RUS
vs
32 Melzer, Jurgen AUT
79 Haas, Tommy GER
vs
58 Serra, Florent FRA
103 Beck, Andreas GER
vs
81 Zverev, Michael GER
94 Mahut, Nicolas FRA
vs
17 Soderling, Robin SWE
21 Berdych, Tomas CZE
vs
108 Anderson, Kevin RSA
78 Hernych, Jan CZE
vs
62 Garcia-Lopez, Guillermo ESP
20 Cilic, Marin CRO
vs
126 Gonzalez, Maximo ARG
39 Bolelli, Simone ITA
vs
47 Ginepri, Robby USA
27 Safin, Marat RUS
vs
50 Gicquel, Marc FRA
102 Minar, Ivo CZE
vs
113 Lee, Hyung-Taik KOR
36 Ancic, Mario CRO
vs
6 Del Potro, Juan Martin ARG
83 Stakhovsky, Sergey UKR
vs
49 Monaco, Juan ARG
82 Spadea, Vincent USA
vs
4 Murray, Andy GBR
40 Youzhny, Mikhail RUS
vs
16 Wawrinka, Stanislas SUI
70 Hewitt, Lleyton AUS
vs
15 Verdasco, Fernando ESP
11 Nalbandian, David ARG
vs
41 Moya, Carlos ESP
22 Robredo, Tommy ESP
vs
19 Andreev, Igor RUS
55 Ljubicic, Ivan CRO
vs
76 Junqueira, Diego ARG
24 Fish, Mardy USA
vs
3 Djokovic, Novak SRB
119 Rochus, Olivier BEL
vs
121 Volandri, Filippo ITA
2 Federer, Roger SUI
vs
12 Ferrer, David ESP
56 Llodra, Michael FRA
vs
84 Massu, Nicolas CHI
93 Goloubev, Andrei KAZ
vs
26 Karlovic, Ivo CRO
98 Andujar, Pablo ESP
vs
8 Simon, Gilles FRA
112 Kim, Kevin USA
vs
68 Chardy, Jeremy FRA
34 Kohlschreiber, Philipp GER
vs
90 Bellucci, Thomaz BRA
89 Clement, Arnaud FRA
vs
87 Muller, Gilles LUX
35 Seppi, Andreas ITA
vs
43 Kunitsyn, Igor RUS
73 Starace, Potito ITA
vs
38 Nieminen, Jarkko FIN
116 Ramirez-Hidalgo, Ruben ESP
vs
23 Stepanek, Radek CZE
33 Querrey, Samuel USA
vs
54 Schwank, Eduardo ARG
65 Ferrero, Juan Carlos ESP
vs
95 Capdeville, Paul CHI
115 Odesnik, Wayne USA
vs
128 Crivoi, Victor ROU
Feel free to do with it whatever you want... discuss it or ignore it, I just thought it might produce some crazy match-ups in the first couple of rounds.
Would the players that have made it through to the quarters of the Aussie Open still make it there with this draw?
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