Tennis seedings

[ahbrady]

I'm not a tennis aficionado by any means, but I've watched a little here and there over the years. I'm sure there is a simple explanation to this, but I've never heard why the seedings are different in tennis than in other sports. Right now the 14 seed and 9 seed are playing in the semifinals in the women's French Open. In other sports those two seeds couldn't meet in the semis. I realize that there are many unseeded people in tennis tournaments, but that wouldn't seem to make the seeds line up differently. So does anybody why it's this way?

[digamma]

They seed the top four into separate quadrants and draw the next four into those quadrants. And then draw the next four. Etc. It is not a standard true seeded bracket. I don't know why they do it this way.

[ahbrady]

Thanks for the info. That still seems weird to me, but at least I know how they are seeded.

[henry296]

I think it is done to create variety. The Top seeds don't change much so it makes sure that every week you don't see the same matches.

[Alf]

exactly like henry said