Close up and clear pictures of ATP serve grips.

BetaServe

Professional
Close enough?
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Guest
@J011yroger what you can do, and I did that a lot, if you by any chance have the tennistv app, they often zoom in at players at the warmup serve and you can take screen shots (or video) with an ipad and enlarge.

My conclusion by looking at a lot of players is that grips have variations from EBH (mostly 2nd kick serve) to EFH (flat serve) but most use some kind if continental. They all grip low at the racquet. Heel of the hand mostly outside the racquet like Fed, Djokovic have one of the highest grip on the racquet.

Cheers, Toby
 

Dragy

Legend
Pretty much E BH, but he's probably serving the 2nd serve kicker.

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Few years ago he served all his serves with plenty of spin using that grip, no “flat” heaters. Didn’t focus on what he’s been using recently though...
 

dennis

Semi-Pro
On a related note, does anyone have a timestamp or link to a video of a pro serve viewed from directly above the server? They show that camera angle very occasionally during pro matches but I can't find one on YouTube. It's the best view to get a sense of the RHS
 

Bud

Bionic Poster
It will be tough to find any pro using anything other than a continental grip for serving.

Some will rotate the grip very slightly toward eastern for kick serves as it places the racquet face in better position to put topspin on the ball.
 

18x20 ftw

Semi-Pro
Knuckle on bevel two, heel pad on bevel 1. Made this switch several years ago based on John Yandell’s advice and once I got used to it has made all the difference.
 
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