Big Four (tennis)

The Big Four

Prize money	$ 348,681,644
Singles
Career record	3304–754 (81.4%) (overall); 3055–536 (85.1%) (without Big Four)
Career titles	270
Highest ranking	No. 1 (2 February 2004F, 18 August 2008N, 4 July 2011D, 7 November 2016M)
Current ranking	No. 1 (1 February 2017M)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	W (2004F, 2006F, 2007F, 2008D, 2009N, 2010F, 2011D, 2012D, 2013D, 2015D, 2016D, 2017F)
French Open	W (2005N, 2006N, 2007N, 2008N, 2009F, 2010N, 2011N, 2012N, 2013N, 2014N, 2016D)
Wimbledon	W (2003F, 2004F, 2005F, 2006F, 2007F, 2008N, 2009F, 2010N, 2011D, 2012F, 2013M, 2014D, 2015D, 2016M)
US Open	W (2004F, 2005F, 2006F, 2007F, 2008F, 2010N, 2011D, 2012M, 2013N, 2015D)
Other tournaments
Tour Finals	W (2003F, 2004F, 2006F, 2007F, 2008D, 2010F, 2011F, 2012D, 2013D, 2014D, 2015D, 2016M)
Olympic Games	W (2008N, 2012M, 2016M)
Doubles
Career record	367–287
Career titles	21
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	3R (2003F, 2004N, 2005N)
French Open	2R (2006M)
Wimbledon	QF (2000F)
US Open	SF (2004N)
Other doubles tournaments
Olympic Games	W (2008F, 2016N)
Mixed doubles
Career record	6–5
Career titles	0
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results
Australian Open	2R (2006D)
Wimbledon	2R (2006M)
Other mixed doubles tournaments
Olympic Games	F (2012M)
Team competitions
Davis Cup	W (2004N, 2008N, 2009N, 2010D, 2011N, 2014F, 2015M)
Hopman Cup	W (2001F)
Medal record Olympic Games – Tennis 2008 Beijing SinglesN 2008 Beijing DoublesF 2012 London SinglesM 2016 Rio de Janeiro SinglesM 2016 Rio de Janeiro DoublesN 2012 London SinglesF 2012 London Mixed DoublesM 2008 Beijing SinglesD
Last updated on: 2 March 2017.

In tennis, the term Big Four refers to the quartet of men's singles players comprising Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic, and Andy Murray. These players were considered dominant in terms of ranking and tournament victories, including Grand Slam tournaments and ATP Masters 1000 events, as well as the ATP World Tour Finals and Olympic Games, dominating the sport amongst them from 2003 onwards.

Federer was the first to come to prominence after winning Wimbledon in 2003 and established himself as the world No. 1 by the beginning of 2004. Nadal followed in 2005 after a French Open triumph including a win over Federer, and they occupied the top two places in the ATP rankings for 211 consecutive weeks from July 2005 to August 2009. Djokovic, from 2007, and later Murray, from 2009, increasingly challenged Federer's and Nadal's dominance with seasonal consistency: Djokovic captured three of the four major tournaments in 2011, and in 2012 the quartet won one Major tournament apiece. In 2011, Nadal declared that his and Federer's period of joint dominance had ended, owing to the ascent of other players, notably Djokovic and later Murray.

They have regularly occupied the top four places in the year-end rankings between 2008 and 2013 and they continue to own the top 2 spots since 2005 (no other player outside the Big Four has ranked World No.1 or No.2 for the past 12 years). All four having reached a career high No. 1. Federer was world No. 1 for a record 302 weeks, Djokovic was ranked No. 1 for 223 weeks (fifth all-time), Nadal was No. 1 for 141 weeks (7th all-time), and Murray, who is the current No. 1, 17 weeks. Federer leads among them with 5 year-end No.1, followed by Djokovic with 4, Nadal with 3 and Murray with 1. They have ranked year-end world top 4 for five times (2008–2012).

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