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Seeing as the Big Four Era is coming to an end, I thought I'd create a thread to discuss it. To start things off, I created a chart (surprise, surprise).
Basically this chart shows the percentage of big title points won by the Big Four - both individually and collectively. I then created one for the "Classic Big Four" (Connors, Borg, McEnroe, Lendl) to compare their relative dominance.
Caveat: the above chart assumes that Novak won't win the World Tour Finals, otherwise I'll have to adjust it.
Unlike some of my charts, this should be fairly easy to interpret. Again, the numbers are percentages of big title points won - counting only wins. For example, in 1978, Connors won 26% of big title points, Borg 32%, McEnroe 24%, and everyone else split the remaining 18%.
The "classic Big Four" was very dominant, winning more than 50% of big title points for 10 of 13 years from 1974-86. But the recent Big Four was just ridiculous, winning more than half 17 years in a row and 18 years total, including two seasons in which they won 100%.
The charts also show how different players dominated at different times and in different combinations. You can see, for instance, as Borg stumbled in 1981 and then retired, Lendl showed up on the "big title scene."
Stay tuned for more about the Big Four Era.
Basically this chart shows the percentage of big title points won by the Big Four - both individually and collectively. I then created one for the "Classic Big Four" (Connors, Borg, McEnroe, Lendl) to compare their relative dominance.
Caveat: the above chart assumes that Novak won't win the World Tour Finals, otherwise I'll have to adjust it.
Unlike some of my charts, this should be fairly easy to interpret. Again, the numbers are percentages of big title points won - counting only wins. For example, in 1978, Connors won 26% of big title points, Borg 32%, McEnroe 24%, and everyone else split the remaining 18%.
The "classic Big Four" was very dominant, winning more than 50% of big title points for 10 of 13 years from 1974-86. But the recent Big Four was just ridiculous, winning more than half 17 years in a row and 18 years total, including two seasons in which they won 100%.
The charts also show how different players dominated at different times and in different combinations. You can see, for instance, as Borg stumbled in 1981 and then retired, Lendl showed up on the "big title scene."
Stay tuned for more about the Big Four Era.