Decipher the Monica Seles grips (video included)

[acintya]

Which grips she was using on FH and BH? I need the grips on both sides for both hands. Thanks

I would be happy if someone could help me.

 

[Wander]

I found this thread from 2006 https://tt.tennis-warehouse.com/index.php?threads/monica-seles-stroke-mechanics.77923/

The user @Jack Romeo then said

monica's grips were as follows:
forehand: left hand - semi-western; right hand - eastern backhand
backhand: left hand - continental; right hand - semi-western

i noticed that in her prime years, seles did hit equally well off both sides. after coming back, she was more of a flat hitter from the backhand and had more topspin from the forehand. her backhand had become more of a slap-shot like stroke, similar to serena williams. she was able to generate better angles from the forehand and more power from the backhand. but she also had more unforced errors from the backhand. whereas before, she was equally adept at hitting both power and angles off both sides. she did keep both arms bent and close to the body and she always made a full shoulder/trunk turn. she could hit from both open and closed stances, step in or hit off the back foot. her unorthodox stroke mechanics enabled her to disguise her shots better than anyone else.

I think this seems more or less right. The backhand looks like a fairly normal left-handed 2hbh. The forehand is obviously a bit strange because of the arms being in the opposite order to a typical two-handed shot.

 

[acintya]

thanks

I found this thread from 2006 https://tt.tennis-warehouse.com/index.php?threads/monica-seles-stroke-mechanics.77923/

The user @Jack Romeo then said



I think this seems more or less right. The backhand looks like a fairly normal left-handed 2hbh. The forehand is obviously a bit strange because of the arms being in the opposite order to a typical two-handed shot.

thanks!!! yeah... the forehand is really strange.. I play it tooo.... sometimes its really odd.

 

[IowaGuy]

I found this thread from 2006 https://tt.tennis-warehouse.com/index.php?threads/monica-seles-stroke-mechanics.77923/

The user @Jack Romeo then said



I think this seems more or less right. The backhand looks like a fairly normal left-handed 2hbh. The forehand is obviously a bit strange because of the arms being in the opposite order to a typical two-handed shot.

Seles did have some amazing disguise.

If you watch some of her classic matches against Graf, many times after hitting multiple shots to Graf's BH, she will catch Graf off-guard with a winner to Graf's FH side. Graf sometimes acts as if she didn't see it coming...

 

[golden chicken]

It looks to me like SW forehand/continental backhand on both sides, just reversed hands for opposite sides.