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Jan 28th, 2013, 04:03 AM
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Interesting Fact: All #1 seeds won at the Australian Open
#1 Novak Djokovic - Men's Singles Champion
#1 Victoria Azarenka - Women's Singles Champion
#1 Bryan Brothers - Men's Doubles Champion
#1 Errani/Vinci - Women's Doubles Champion
All the talk about the trashy ranking system, well it got everything right this time  , when was the last time this happened at a slam? |
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Jan 28th, 2013, 04:08 AM
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Re: Interesting Fact: All #1 seeds won at the Australian Open
Oh wow. Didn't notice that. You'd probably have to go a ways back...
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Jan 28th, 2013, 04:19 AM
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Re: Interesting Fact: All #1 seeds won at the Australian Open
On top of those 4 - The boys - Nick Kyrgios wasn't the number 1 seed, but he's now the number 1 in juniors after winning
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Jan 28th, 2013, 04:22 AM
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Re: Interesting Fact: All #1 seeds won at the Australian Open
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Originally Posted by Tennisation
#1 Novak Djokovic - Men's Singles Champion
#1 Victoria Azarenka - Women's Singles Champion
#1 Bryan Brothers - Men's Doubles Champion
#1 Errani/Vinci - Women's Doubles Champion
All the talk about the trashy ranking system, well it got everything right this time , when was the last time this happened at a slam? |
Not all, mixed doubles one didn't win 
But 
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Jan 28th, 2013, 04:34 AM
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Re: Interesting Fact: All #1 seeds won at the Australian Open
[quote=Julian.;23776425]Not all, mixed doubles one didn't win :
Well the #1 seed pulled out of the Mixed so it wasn't possible!
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Jan 28th, 2013, 04:37 AM
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Re: Interesting Fact: All #1 seeds won at the Australian Open
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Jan 28th, 2013, 04:38 AM
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Re: Interesting Fact: All #1 seeds won at the Australian Open
There's a similar thread on MTF, apparently it's only happened 4 times before, all at Wimbledon. So that's pretty special
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Jan 28th, 2013, 05:04 AM
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Re: Interesting Fact: All #1 seeds won at the Australian Open
Same with my post in MTF
Here is a list of winners that are no.1 seed, only Open Era
1979 Wimbledon
MS - Bjorn Borg
WS - Martina Navratilova
MD - Peter Fleming / John McEnroe
WD - Billie Jean King / Martina Navratilova
1984 Wimbledon
MS - John McEnroe
WS - Martina Navratilova
MD - Peter Fleming / John McEnroe
WD - Martina Navratilova / Pam Shriver
XD - Turnbull / Lloyd
1993 Wimbledon
MS - Pete Sampras
WS - Steffi Graf
MD - Todd Woodbridge / Mark Woodforde
WD - Gigi Fernández / Natasha Zvereva
1997 Wimbledon
MS - Pete Sampras
WS - Martina Hingis
MD - Todd Woodbridge / Mark Woodforde
WD - Gigi Fernández / Natasha Zvereva
There is actually one that was very close and the most recent
2010 Australian Open
WD - 2nd seed Williams def 1st seed Black/Huber
WS - Serena Williams
MS - Roger Federer
MD - Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan
XD - Cara Black / Leander Paes
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Jan 28th, 2013, 05:09 AM
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Re: Interesting Fact: All #1 seeds won at the Australian Open
So the last time this happened was in 1997? Wow that's a long ass time ago  |
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Jan 28th, 2013, 05:20 AM
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Re: Interesting Fact: All #1 seeds won at the Australian Open
That's far from true
The Mixed Doubles, The Girls Singles, The Boys Singles and The Boys Doubles were all not won by the Top Seeds 
I have no idea about Wheelchair but with Vergeer not playing I doubt the Top Seeds won in the Womens  |
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Jan 28th, 2013, 06:40 AM
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Re: Interesting Fact: All #1 seeds won at the Australian Open
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Originally Posted by chingching
That's far from true
The Mixed Doubles, The Girls Singles, The Boys Singles and The Boys Doubles were all not won by the Top Seeds
I have no idea about Wheelchair but with Vergeer not playing I doubt the Top Seeds won in the Womens |
When there are more players in Wheelchair and when the juniors tour is considered a professional tour then you will become relevant.
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Interesting Fact: All #1 seeds won at the Australian Open
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