Best serve ever by Nation!
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dlk
Hall of Fame
I agree the Americans edge the Croats. Mainly because of Sampress' dominance. Per capita, Croatia.
Li Ching Yuen
Legend
The Americans are all about banging it as hard as they possibly can.
Croats can do that too, and bring out the nasty angles as well, so I'll give it to them.
And yes, the Swedish players are also good.
Croats can do that too, and bring out the nasty angles as well, so I'll give it to them.
And yes, the Swedish players are also good.
Bud
Bionic Poster
I'd venture to say Almagro should be on that list before Nadal.
I like Nadal as a player... but his serve is not one of the stronger aspects of his game.
darthpwner
Banned
You can't go wrong with Russian women. Sharapova, Dementieva, and Kournikova are some of the best servers. Currently, Ivanovic is also one of the best servers. On the men's side, Guillermo Coria was the GOAT server.
So where are the Aussies ?
TheSwedes don't compare to:
Neale Fraser
John Newcombe
Wayne Arthurs
Mark Philippouissis
Pat Rafter
Apart from Ivanisvic and Karlovic, the Croats have nothing special.
reversef
Hall of Fame
:shock: It's a joke, right?
Almagro is actually quite a big server. Lopez too. But Spain is not known for his great servers. Nadal the best server? Even I, who don't like the big servers, would like him to become slightly better. It would help.
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goran, marin, ljubo, mario
Croat is sinonim for ace in Tennis language...
Croat is sinonim for ace in Tennis language...
dantespark33
Semi-Pro
Also Isner has a huge serve.
pheonix6579
Semi-Pro
Querry as well.
edberg505
Legend
You forgot Guccione!
big bang
Hall of Fame
in recent years Arthurs, Phillippouissis and to some degree Rafter yes..
but compared to Croatia, Ivanisevic, Karlovic, Ancic, Ljubicic and Cilic. who can beat that???
Rock Strongo
Legend
It's either Croatia or USA. For such a small country, Croatia has Karlovic, Ljubicic, Cilic, Ancic and Ivanisevic. USA has Roddick, Sampras, McEnroe(not big per se, but it did open up the court for an easy put away volley) Querrey, Isner, Dent, for the sake of being retro, Gonzales and probably many more. Since I can't decide which country has the best, I'll go for Sweden simple because we have and have had good servers, and because I'm swedish myself.
On an unrelated note: Federer is leading a poll on the ATP tour website on who's got the best serve in tennis today which is weird in a list with Karlovic, Isner, Roddickand I think it was Söderling.Worst part of it was that he had 69(!) percent of the votes! While he has a good serve, I think Karlovic has the best one today.
On an unrelated note: Federer is leading a poll on the ATP tour website on who's got the best serve in tennis today which is weird in a list with Karlovic, Isner, Roddickand I think it was Söderling.Worst part of it was that he had 69(!) percent of the votes! While he has a good serve, I think Karlovic has the best one today.
I was being sarcastic :shock:
Yeah its a joke.. forgot about lopez actually!:shock: It's a joke, right?
Most people voting on that poll wont even know who Karlovic or Isner is..
USA has/had :
1. Sampras, topples anyone on that list. Karlovic and Ivanisevic may have stronger first serves on a good day, but Sampras by far has a much stronger 2nd serve than either of them.
2. Roddick, day in and day out the most consistent, one of the biggest, and by far underrated on this board. Everyone thinks it's about pure speed when he's nailing lines.
3. Todd Martin, one of the more underrated serves from the U.S. One he's in a rhythm he has a great serve, and great motion.
4. McEnroe, hands down one of the best serves if not the best serve of the 80s.
5. John Isner. Easily beats out anyone on that list but Karlovic and Goran.
That's not even including guys like Fish and Dent, both have great serves also.
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big bang
Hall of Fame
sure but only # 2 and 5 are active players, look at Croatia (only Ivanisevic retired). Im talking about today not in history. if you look at the number of Croatian pros they pretty much got huge serves all of them.
I'm not saying they are better, but I'd say they match up to the Croatia serving team
I do have to admit, Croatia's players have much better kick serves than the American counter parts. Only Isner and Roddick really have good kickers on our side (Sampras really didn't have a kicker; it was more of a monster topspin serve that flew at you at 100+). Ljubicic, Ancic, Karlovic, and Goran all have disgustingly good spin serves.
JeMar
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darthpwner
Banned
I'm not saying they are better, but I'd say they match up to the Croatia serving team
I do have to admit, Croatia's players have much better kick serves than the American counter parts. Only Isner and Roddick really have good kickers on our side (Sampras really didn't have a kicker; it was more of a monster topspin serve that flew at you at 100+). Ljubicic, Ancic, Karlovic, and Goran all have disgustingly good spin serves.
Goran hit kick serves?
petetheileet
Rookie
Arthurs
Ball
Phillipousis
Rafter
Guccione
Ball
Phillipousis
Rafter
Guccione
DudewithBabolat
Rookie
USA holds the world record for fastest serve: Roddick.
THESEXPISTOL
Hall of Fame
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