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Were the 2012 GS winners the luckiest in the Open Era?

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#1 ·
Djokovic - AO: Had to rely on a Nadal mini choke at 2-4 in the 5th.

Nadal - FO: Djoker had all the momentum and a break when the match was interrupted.

Federer - W: Indoor grass festival in semis and finals.

Murray - USO: The hurricane...in semis and finals



So, any other year with more lucky slam winners?
 
#58 ·
A player who's already been in 4 slam finals with multiple wins over his main rivals is not "lucky" finally to win a slam. You might as well say Lendl was lucky to win R.G. 1984. He needed something to go his way & he duly benefited from a McEnroe choke, but if anything he was unlucky to have to contest slam finals against Borg, Wilander, Connors, & McEnroe in the 1st place, just as Murray was unlucky to have Fed & Djoker in his first 5 finals. It's been said before but bears repeating: Fed had Flip, Rafa Puerta, Djoker Tsonga in their first finals.
 
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