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Last Topic: 9:22:04am, 02/13/2024
Last Post: 2:31:48am, 11/30/2022
charmander6000 posted...
It's a bit of an issue. I think they should go the same route that the ATP/WTA Tours go in tennis for at least the Pot 1 teams. In that pot, the top 4 are randomized into separate quarters, teams ranked 5-8 are randomized so that they would face the top 4 in the quarterfinals (barring any upsets) and then the other 8 teams are randomly selected to lead the other groups.
Tennis fan speaking here. Not to agree or disagree with your suggestion at all, but merely to offer clarity, I believe that the Grand Slam draw is based as follows:
1-2: Obviously, on opposite sides.
3-4: Randomly on either side of 1 and 2. This provides some random chance in potential semifinal matchups.
5-8: Randomly drawn against 1-4, once again, to provide some chance in quarterfinal matchups.
9-12: Guaranteed to be seeded against 5-8, but that draw is random. This guarantees some chance in the bracket, but ensures the higher ranked half among 9-16 are seeded to play the lower ranked half among 1-8. (1-4 may only be drawn to play 13-16 by the round of 16, and 5-8 may only be drawn to play against 9-12).
13-16: Guaranteed to be seeded against 1-4, but the draw is random. This guarantees chance in the bracket, but ensures the lower ranked half among 9-16 are seeded to play the higher ranked half among 1-8 (see above).
Seeds 17-32: are spanided in half on the same principle as seen above. Someone seeded 17-24 will only be drawn against players seeded 9-16, and someone seeded 25-32 will only be drawn against someone seeded 1-8.
I hope thats all making sense? Questions welcome if I have been unclear.
Foe the record, seeding is based on ranking at the time the draw/bracket is made.
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