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paradox-cat t1_j6gu0hx wrote

Remove stats of Australian Open, French Open and Wimbledon from Djokovic, Nadal and Federer and you get 12, 8, 12 grand slams each. Kinda shows that Federer and Djokovic are well adapted on surfaces that aren’t their forte.

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NHRADeuce t1_j6gqj0y wrote

It's crazy that all 3 of these guys played at the same time. Had they not had to play each other, they would likely have had many more. They're not even generational talents. They are all-time greats, and they had to play each other.

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Rorshacked t1_j6fqi32 wrote

It would be small. Murray and Wawrinka are the only multi slam winners who aren’t in the big 3…and they both only have 3 slams apiece lol.

Other single slam winners include alcaraz, thiem, cilic, and medvedev. So there would be a few people stuck at one too. Just seems irrelevant compared to big 3

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Rorshacked t1_j6fqao7 wrote

Yeah! Nobody has defended a title there since Federer in 2008. That’s cuz it’s at the end of the season and the best players (Novak, roger and Rafa) are consistently playing later into tournaments thus they come in a little more fatigued/beat up/injured than the competition who loses a few rounds earlier.

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Dragon-Ash t1_j6fpem5 wrote

Nice chart, but my god the color scheme is atrocious.

If any one of the Big Three wasn't around, how many grand slams would the other two have? How many grand slams would Andy Murray have?

The Big Three have all been in 30-33 grand slam finals and won 20-22; it's amazing how similar that is. Agassi was in 15 grand slams, won 8. Sampras was in 18 but won 14, which is crazy. Lendl was in 19 finals and only won 8, wow. Andy Murray has been in 11 finals (!!) but only won 3 because...yeah.

I had forgotten how many finals Murray's been in.

All three of them have extended periods of no titles - Djokovic has -two-!

I would imagine that players need that time to recuperate, it must be damn near impossible to stay at such a high level consistently for many years at a time.

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