Best volleys among clay players.

[kiki]

Originally Posted by TennisNiche

Ok, slightly off topic here as Henman is NOT a clay player, but does anyone remember Timmay's run to the Semi Finals of Roland Garros back in 2004?

Found a highlights vid of his QF vs Chela - some seriously sexy tennis from Henman here, in fact the first rally of the video shows Tim finishing the poiint at the net with a beautiful crisp volley and continues much in the same fashion.

Enjoy =)

http://tennisniche.wordpress.com/201...quarter-final/

Henman was probably the last true volleyer on the tour.On the other hand, he had that clean, solid, sharp volley ( and pretty unconsistent mind) which remains me a lot of Brian Gottfried.

[BTURNER]

chris said after playing Martina in the RG final in 75, that she could not believe anyone could volley on clay as well as Martina did. This was after she had played court, Evonne and BJK on clay a couple of times each. Martina grew up playing on clay. Is that enough to make her a 'clay courter'?

[jean pierre]

Originally Posted by kiki

Henman was probably the last true volleyer on the tour.On the other hand, he had that clean, solid, sharp volley ( and pretty unconsistent mind) which remains me a lot of Brian Gottfried.

Yes. I think Gottfried was better. Final at the French, semi-final at Wimbledon, won 25 tournaments.

[kiki]

Originally Posted by jean pierre

Yes. I think Gottfried was better. Final at the French, semi-final at Wimbledon, won 25 tournaments.

Yes, Gottfried had one of the best FH volleys that I can recall of.He was very smooth, indeed.