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ismaelsow t1_j6hw64e wrote

Looks like each big drop is tied with each major conflict Russia was involved in at its borders (Georgia in 2008, Ukraine/Crimea in 2014, and Ukraine/Donbas in 2021). Pretty steep. Interesting to note that recovery to previous levels only happened after the 2008 slump, never after.

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Glif13 OP t1_j6hvdyw wrote

Since the required share of votes depends on the number of contesters per seat I arbitrarily choose it to be 5 contester/seat.

Multi-member districts (for green and blue systems) are of a magnitude of 5 and 'Uneven" means they have a different number of voters in a ratio 1:2:3... 19:20 or 1:2:3:4 for multi-member districts.

Also, since the Two-round system and Alternative vote allow 2nd and even 2nd last preferred candidate to win the graph shows an average preference, rather than sheer share of vote.

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Dragon-Ash t1_j6hnf41 wrote

Hard agree on this. He was this close to being an all-time great, except he happened to live in an era of not one, not two, but three all-time greats. If any one of the Big Three aren't around, I think Murray has double-digit grand slams. He lost in 10 semi-final matches, 8 of which were to one of the Big Three (the other two: Wawrinka and Roddick. No freebies anywhere).

Murray winning Wimbledon was one of my favorite tennis moments of my life, and I'm not even British.

Agassi won 8 grand slams. He probably should have had at least 12 if he had taken tennis & fitness more seriously earlier in his career. How many AOs did he leave on the table by not even playing?

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CyborgBee t1_j6hf6oj wrote

To take Djokovic as an example, he has 22 slams and 17 losses to other big 3 players at slams. So I'm guessing maybe 35 slam wins for him if the others didn't exist, and he's nowhere near finished either. Could've been 40.

Murray has 20 losses to the big 3 at slams, almost all of which were in the semis or final, and 3 titles. He also destroyed his body trying to compete with the big 3 and would likely have had a longer career as a top player without them. He would've had a real shot at Sampras' record and being the GOAT if they all didn't exist.

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Dragon-Ash t1_j6h83ft wrote

Quite possible.

Or maybe he just gets bored and retires?

Always interesting to wonder to what extent the Big Three pushed each other to improve.

Bjorn Borg had the record for most grand slams in the Open era, at 11. His last Grand Slam was 1981. That record stood for 18 years, until Sampras won his 12th in 1999.

19 years after that, *three* players had passed Sampras.

Kinda feels like that record may stand for a while. The only current players with more than one Slam win: Murray and Wawrinka, and they are zero threat to win another Slam.

One of my favorite stats - after winning his first Slam at Wimbledon in 2003, Federer won 12 of the next 17 slams. He won 13 slams his first five years. Heck the seven slams he won over the last 13 years would be a good career in and of itself!

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