Which of the Big 3 will win their Pet Grand Slam Under these Hypothetical Circumstances?

[Holmes]

Voted "only Nadal".
Rafa has proved numerous times that he is basically unbeatable in hypothetical matches, he is much much better and greater hypothetical player than Fed and Novak. We all just need to deal with it.

Federer is the greatest hypothetical player. For example, he wins all hypothetical Wimbledon finals against Novak while losing the real ones.

 

[Holmes]

Federer vs Becker at Wimbledon is the top of my I'd like to see that wall chart. Closest I got was Top Spin 4 but the stats made it rubbish.

I'd have to go with Nadal here.

Dream Match Tennis Pro. Graphics suck but all the pros are modeled off of real ones. Fed is " R. Ford" and Becker is "B. Baron". Play insane mode on exhibition in grass and your dream comes true. Seriously, the way that timing, spin, shot selection, and mental strength all factor into the game is amazing.

 

[Holmes]

there's no way Federer loses to Ivanisevic, and the match will be short even if it's competitive. Roddick and Becker could make things interesting, but there's also a non-negligible chance Federer peaks and masterclasses them. Someone like Krajicek or Stich in place of Murray, not to mention Mac or older players, makes it significantly tougher. As it stands right now, Becker is the only one that stands a chance of really taking Fed by surprise if he's not on his game (Roddick can as well ala 2004 but likely will struggle to close the door), so if Federer peaks for that match, the first 4 rounds just aren't that hard.

Federer cleanly beat Djokovic in 2012, so yeah I think peak to peak I'm going with fairly clean.

Might be underestimating how challenging a 140+ lefty slice serve finding the Fed's backhand consistently followed up with a volley to feast on the chip return will be for the Maestro. It would certainly not be like Roddick tripping his way forward while Fed is in perfect position to lollingly pass him.

Novak peaked on grass in 2015, not 2012.

 

[ADuck]

Nadal vs Borg is the tough one peak for peak. Technically Borg has the most dominant French Open win, but I think Rafa is just faster, stronger and slightly better overall so he should win at least 6/10 times.

 

[Ombelibable]

There can only be one:

#InAnEpicKit

 

[Ombelibable]

Nadal at the FO vs peak Borg? After going through Kuerten, Bruguera, Lendl, Wilander? Clay on top of that being the most taxing surface. Even for him I see a lot of difficulties coming here.

With 2 days rest in between rounds as OP has granted, I think he can pull it off, since its his 2008 version playing

 

[Ombelibable]

Djokovic will easily win the Australian Open.

Nadal will lose in the 2nd round to Muster. Nadal's strategy of moonballing to a righty's backhand will fail because Muster is a lefty with an amazing forehand on clay. Nadal's spin will go directly to the strike zone of Muster's forehand. Plus, Muster has the stamina and fitness to go toe to toe against Nadal.

Federer will lose in the semifinal against Djokovic in 4 sets.

Have you watched tennis before?

 

[jl809]

Only Nadal. Even without the nightmare draw, Fed would get beaten by Sampras and Djoker might be fine against all those guys individually but wouldn’t handle all of them in a row

 

[RaulRamirez]

All three will win without dropping a set.
Fans of the other players will yell "weak draw", vulturing, and mugs".

 

[fedfan24]

fed and nadal win

djokovic probably does too but Wawrinka could upset him

 

[BorgTheGOAT]

fed and nadal win

djokovic probably does too but Wawrinka could upset him

Fed going through Sampras alone is a 50/50 thing. With the draw listed, I don’t see it very probable tbh. Same with Nadal and Borg.

 

[fedfan24]

Fed going through Sampras alone is a 50/50 thing. With the draw listed, I don’t see it very probable tbh. Same with Nadal and Borg.

modern grass ill take fed. reverse that for 90s grass pete would be favourite

 

[Winners or Errors]

Depends. Do the guys the Big 3 have to face have similar gauntlet draws to get to them, or do they have draws in which none of them face a seeded player before their Big 3 opponent?

 

[DSH]

Only "Phenomenadal" can pull this off.

 

[BorgTheGOAT]

Only Nadal. Even without the nightmare draw, Fed would get beaten by Sampras and Djoker might be fine against all those guys individually but wouldn’t handle all of them in a row

Even with Nadal I am sceptical. He never faced anyone at peak Borg level and while he might be favourite in an one-off match (even this is arguable), going through such a nightmare draw could well wear him out enough that he won’t have enough left in the tank.

 

[crimson87]

RF has the most chances specially on the new grass. The other 2 draws are gauntlets. And I would include Vilas on the french open draw.

 

[Razer]

Even with Nadal I am sceptical. He never faced anyone at peak Borg level and while he might be favourite in an one-off match (even this is arguable), going through such a nightmare draw could well wear him out enough that he won’t have enough left in the tank.

What is a peak Borg level? Could you please explain?

Facts that we do know in the matchup

01. Nadal moves much quicker than Borg
02. Nadal has more endurance than Borg did, longer matches Nadal played in his era.
03. Nadal has more muscles, so he is stronger too, his shots will have more power and spin on it.
04. Nadal is 6'1 while Borg was like 5'11 at best, so when Nadal's forehand creates RPMs that take the ball above Borg's forehand and upto 7 feet in the air hen retrieving will be very tough.
05. Nadal is arguably better at points construction and strategies too as he is a natural clay courter from Spain.

Borg is heavily outmatched. What are his strengths to trouble Nadal? He has none.

 

[BorgTheGOAT]

What is a peak Borg level? Could you please explain?

Facts that we do know in the matchup

01. Nadal moves much quicker than Borg
02. Nadal has more endurance than Borg did, longer matches Nadal played in his era.
03. Nadal has more muscles, so he is stronger too, his shots will have more power and spin on it.
04. Nadal is 6'1 while Borg was like 5'11 at best, so when Nadal's forehand creates RPMs that take the ball above Borg's forehand and upto 7 feet in the air hen retrieving will be very tough.
05. Nadal is arguably better at points construction and strategies too as he is a natural clay courter from Spain.

Borg is heavily outmatched. What are his strengths to trouble Nadal? He has none.

Sigh again this discussion… if you thing so low about Borg, why did you put him as the final opponent in what is supposed to be Nadal’s killer draw? Anywho:
01 - How do you know that for sure? Because of this ridiculous race with Pele and Gretzky you always post? Borg was really quick on the court, whether Nadal is even quicker is arguable, “way quicker” stretches it for sure.
02- Even more arguable, Borg’s stamina was off the charts.
03- more muscles = stronger = harder strokes in tennis is kindergarten logic, otherwise Arnold would have harder strokes than both. Nadal has more muscles than next to every other tennis player, nevertheless does not have the hardest serve.
04- maybe. If this is enough to beat him, who knows.
05- you say it yourself “arguably”.

Nothing you list here is such a clear cut as you make it sound. Borg has a better serve than Nadal for a start (adjusted per era) and is at least equal in passing shots and returns. Both are beast from the baseline and in grinding out their opponents.