Best shot of the 10 best players of all time.

J011yroger · Feb 8, 2019

Inspired by the serve or forehand thread.

Who do you consider the top 10 of all time and what is their best shot?

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IowaGuy · Feb 8, 2019

Fed - serve
Nadal - FH
Djok - BH
Sampras - serve
Borg - FH
Agassi - FH
Lendl - FH
McEnroe - serve
Becker - serve
Edberg - volley

travlerajm · Feb 8, 2019

Federer - forehand inside out.
Sampras - backhand first volley.
Nadal - Loopy forehand on clay.
Djokovic - backhand return.
Lendl - Forehand pass.
McEnroe - stab forehand volley.
Edberg - second serve.
Wilander - forehand moonball.
Agassi - crosscourt backhand.
Becker - backhand overhead.

Znak · Feb 8, 2019

Topspin Shot · Feb 8, 2019

Federer - IO forehand
Laver - topspin backhand
Nadal - CC forehand
Tilden - first serve
Djokovic - backhand return
Budge - flat backhand
Sampras - second serve
Rosewall - slice backhand
Borg - forehand pass
McEnroe - forehand volley

ChaelAZ · Feb 9, 2019

Hard to pick one for me on most things...

Nadal (maybe Theim) FH
Aggasi, Nishikori, or Fognini 2HBH
Fed or Stan for 1HBH
Sampras, Isner, Karlovic Serve
Nadal, Djo, Swchartman, Nishikori ROS

J011yroger · Feb 9, 2019

ChaelAZ said:
Hard to pick one for me on most things...

Nadal (maybe Theim) FH
Aggasi, Nishikori, or Fognini 2HBH
Fed or Stan for 1HBH
Sampras, Isner, Karlovic Serve
Nadal, Djo, Swchartman, Nishikori ROS

I think you misunderstood the question...

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heninfan99 · Feb 9, 2019

Wawrinka - Backhand
Nalbandian - Backhand
Rios - Jumping Backhand
Gasquet - Backhand
Tomic - Forehand slice drop shot
Magnus Larsson - Serve
Miloslav Mecir - Backhand
Lendl - Forehand
Sampras - Serve
Safin - Everything

ChaelAZ · Feb 9, 2019

J011yroger said:
I think you misunderstood the question...

J

No. I just suck at single favorites.

atp2015 · Feb 9, 2019

Federer. Forehand
Djokovic - Forhand
Nadal - Forehand
Sampras - Serve
Laver - forehand
Borg - Forehand
Lendl - Forehand
Agassi - Forehand
S Williams - serve
Graf - forehand

8 fh, 2 serve!

There is myth that claims Djokovic has a better bh than fh, while bh is great fh is even better.

atp2015 · Feb 9, 2019

ChaelAZ said:
No. I just suck at single favorites.

Too bad carreno Busta is missing, what did he do?
Swchartman Nishikori are top 10 player of all time?

MisterP · Feb 9, 2019

11 posts and no mention of Graf’s light saber slice backhand. Interesting.

Social justice warriors inbound. Take cover.

atp2015 · Feb 10, 2019

heninfan99 said:
Wawrinka - Backhand
Nalbandian - Backhand
Rios - Jumping Backhand
Gasquet - Backhand
Tomic - Forehand slice drop shot
Magnus Larsson - Serve
Miloslav Mecir - Backhand
Lendl - Forehand
Sampras - Serve
Safin - Everything

Gasquet is a top 10 all time player?
Who Rios? Did he win a lot of futures?

travlerajm · Feb 10, 2019

3loudboys · Feb 10, 2019

Federer - forehand
Djokovic - backhand
Nadal - forehand
Sampras - serve/overheads
Agassi - backhand
Borg - forehand
Lendl - forehand
McEnroe- volley/half volley
Laver - any shot on the run
Safin - backhand

Also honourable mentions to players who had fantastic shots but didn’t quite make my top 10:

Nalbandian - backhand
Roddick - serve
Henman - volley
Murray - lobs - could have had backhand as well
Raonic - serve
Dolgopolov - slice
Gonzo - forehand - insane pace
Edberg - volley
Becker - serve
Gregory Diamond - TH forehand...

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FiReFTW · Feb 10, 2019

I hope you guys who write Federer and Forehand are refering to Fed from 2003-2009, because his forehand is probably not even his 2nd biggest weapon in later years lol

heninfan99 · Feb 10, 2019

atp2015 said:
Gasquet is a top 10 all time player?
Who Rios? Did he win a lot of futures?

My list is the highest level I have seen played albeit some in short stretches of time with all due respect to the autonomous machines that are and have been at the top for the a long while now. Also, I feel earlier eras than these deserve their own list.

J011yroger · Feb 10, 2019

heninfan99 said:
My list is the highest level I have seen played albeit some in short stretches of time with all due respect to the autonomous machines that are and have been at the top for the a long while now. Also, I feel earlier eras than these deserve their own list.

What were Gasquet and Tomic's highest level matches?

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heninfan99 · Feb 10, 2019

J011yroger said:
What were Gasquet and Tomic's highest level matches?

J

The first three that come to mind are when Gasquet defeated Federer in Monte Carlo when he was just a kid, his five set victory over Wawrinka in the Wimby quarters(11-9 in the 5th) and a fantastic match against Tommy Haas in Davis Cup(2006). There are many more.

Tomic - those times he didn't tank

MisterP · Feb 10, 2019

Niculescu - trolling bashers with 40 mph FH slice
Hsieh - two handed slice droppers from behind the baseline

Fintft · Feb 10, 2019

Federer - forehand
Djokovic - backhand
Nadal - forehand
Nastase- drop shot
Sampras - serve
Agassi - backhand
Borg - forehand
McEnroe- volley
Laver - any shot on the run
Safin - backhand

ChaelAZ · Feb 10, 2019

J011yroger said:
I think you misunderstood the question...

Ahhh, now I see. Yeah, misread that. Oh well..

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