Legendary tennis coach Brad Gilbert believes the top two seeds deserve a little more protection at Grand Slams as he suggested tournaments make a slight change in the draw guidelines.<\/p>\n
Current tennis regulations state that the top seed goes into the top half of the draw while the second seed headlines the bottom half, meaning they can\u2019t meet before the final of the event.<\/p>\n
The third and fourth seeds are then randomly drawn in either the top half of the bottom half, meaning they can only meet one of the top two seeds in the semi-finals.<\/p>\n
But it is a \u201cfree for all\u201d for seeds five to eight as they are randomly drawn in the quarter-final positions and the top seed could potentially meet the fifth seed in the last eight while the second seed could have an easier draw and face the eighth seed.<\/p>\n
However, former world No 4 Gilbert has advocated for a change in the draw from the round of 16 as he believes it should be predetermined that the top two seeds face the players who are seventh and eighth.<\/p>\n
The debate was started by tennis analyst Gill Gross as he discussed the current ATP Rankings<\/a> with Taylor Fritz and Alex de Minaur tied on points 4,135.<\/p>\n \u201cWhat happens when two players are tied? How is seeding determined?\u201d he started off.<\/p>\n \u201cThe first tiebreaker is most total combined points at Slams, Masters and ATP Finals.<\/p>\n \u201cFritz: 2,760 \u201cSo Fritz is your current No. 6.\u201d<\/p>\n The rest of the top 10 of the ATP Rankings sees Carlos Alcaraz (12,050) lead Jannik Sinner (11,500) and they are followed by Alexander Zverev (5,160), Novak Djokovic (4,830), Felix Auger-Aliassime (4,245), Fritz, De Minaur, Lorenzo Musetti (4,040), Ben Shelton (3,970) and Jack Draper (2,990).<\/p>\n ATP Features<\/p>\n Five players who went backwards in 2025 \u2013 the biggest flops of the ATP Tour season<\/a><\/p>\n Ranking the 10 best ATP Tour players of 2025 \u2013 ft. Alcaraz, Sinner, Djokovic, Zverev<\/a><\/p>\n Gilbert replied to Gross\u2019s post on X with the following: \u201cNo difference between 6-7 seed in slams or big @atptour tournaments \ufe0f as they go in groups of 4 from rd of 16 on, should be 1-2 vs 7-8 instead of 1-2 vs 5-8 in quarters, should never be 1 vs 5.\u201d<\/p>\n no difference between 6-7 seed in slams or big @atptour<\/a> tournaments \ufe0f as they go in groups of 4 from rd of 16 on, should be 1-2 vs7-8 instead of 1-2 vs 5-8 in quarters, should never be 1 vs 5<\/p>\n
\u201cDemon: 2,650<\/p>\n