How are tennis draws determined and why aren't the 32 seeds evenly spaced out over the brackets?

Question

For instance, if all the seeds win their matches, you can see a (5) vs. (7) instead of a (2) vs. (7) etc.

Answer 1

The seed placement system is determined by a formula based on where the number 3 seed goes. Let's say that the #3 seed goes into the bottom half of the draw like in this years US Open. Then the four seed goes to the top half along with the 5th seed which is placed in the same quadrant as the #1 seed to meet in the Quarterfinals. As a result then the #6th seed is placed in the same quadrant as the #2 seed to meet in the Quarterfinals. it is done this way so the #2 seed does not have an unfair draw by having to always face higher seeds than the #1 seed. Because if they didn't do it this way, then the #2 seed would have both the #3 and #5 seeds on his half of the draw while the #1 seed would have the #4 and #6...this was determined as unfair by the players union committee. So both 4th and 5th seeds are on opposite sides of the draw from the 3rd and 6th seeds. If you think about it, it does make sense from a players standpoint.

Answer 2

Seeds are determined by their rankings and put in their place then the others no matter what their rankings are drawn out of a hat so to speak and placed next to their place drawn out. They only place the top 16 seeds. In a perfect draw all the seeds would win but other factors effect their play. Such as injuries, mental lapses etc.

Answer 3

Good Question, I don´t know. But at least it is sure that the top 4 are planned to play the semifinals, 1-4 and 2-3.

Answer 4

Oh! Great Idea =) Serbia vs Paraguay - On hard court - Most definitely Serbia 2-0, Djokovic and Jankovic would be just way too much for Delgado and de Los Rios, Serbia has more than enough experience and talent to shut out Paraguay. Italia vs Latvia - On clay - I'm going to go with an upset here (even though neither are seeded I would still think of it as an upset) and say that Latvia would win. I would imagine that on clay Gulbis would win (based off of his great results on clay this year) and Schiavone would win for Italy but in doubles I think Latvia would pull it off so Latvia 2-1 Switzerland vs Taipei - On grass Switzerland 2-0, Roger is obviously going to win his match, and he'll inspire the other one (with the annoyingly long name) to win. Uzbekistan vs Germany - On hard - Germany definitely, both of their players would beat Uzbekistan's best any day (lol although I haven't looked at H2H). Germany 2-0 Spain vs Colombia - on grass: Nadal and Sanchez both have games which make them successful on grass (lol having a former Wimbledon champ on the team sure helps) so I say Spain over Columbia 2-0 Kazakhstan vs Ukraine - On clay - Kazakhstan 2-1, Korolev and Shvedova are both really good, but I don't think Korolev does well on clay so he would lose his singles match and then he would make it up for playing well in the doubles. Austria vs Sweden - On hard - Sweden here cause Soderling is more than talented enough to get his win over Melzer, and even if Arvidsson can't beat Bammer, I have enough faith that Soderling and Arvidsson could pull together for the doubles and win 2-1 Slovenia vs France - carpet - Haha Franche 2-0, no description needed... USA vs Netherlands - On hard - USA 2-0, lol Serena and Andy could clean up almost any other group of players. Israel vs Poland - On clay - Hmmmm I'll say Poland in a gripping encounter that sees Poland barely squeeze by in a super tight doubles match. Poland 2-1 Argentina vs Slovakia - On hard - Well Del Potro is really injured so I'm not sure if we are counting that right now or if we are pretending he is healthy for this. Either way I'm going to pick Slovakia for the upset since I think that Dulko and Del Potro would lose in doubles. If we are putting into fact that Del Potro is injured then Slovakia 2-0, if not then Slovakia 2-1 India vs Czech Republic - On hard - The Czech Republic would dominate them big time even if I was being optimistic although Devvarman could trouble Berdych a bit. Czech Republic 2-0 Australia vs South Africa - On hard - Another domination match supposing that Stosur is somewhere near an acceptable form rather than the other form we know she is capable of where she pretty much can't play tennis. Australia 2-0 Croatia vs Romania - On clay - Hanescu is pretty decent on clay, and Dulgheru is really good on clay, so I'm going to say that Romania will scrap this one out with a 2-0 win. Belgium vs Great Britain - On hard - I think that Murray would demolish Rochus and Clijsters would take down Baltacha, but Murray has never been very good at doubles no matter his partner, so I think Belgium would win 2-1 Japan vs Russia - grass - Russia with an extremely quick 2-0 victory...

Answer 5

http://www.usopen.org/en_US/scores/draws/index.html

Answer 6

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