A better question would be which pros currentlly on tour does not use "western grip"? Seems like most use it.snakeeyes said:Which pros on tour use western grips?
Old pros:
Jim Courier(the father of?)
Alberto Berasategui
Current:
Juan Carlos Ferrero
Roger Federer
Andy Roddick
...and couple others
Which pros on tour use western grips?
The pros change their grips for the surface they play on. You will see lots of eastern and semi-western at wimbledon, lots of western at Roland Garros, and semi-western and western at the US open and Australian Open.
I disagree with this. Can you site specific player(s) that would change his/her grip entirely from one surface to another? I doubt that you can.
I'll just start naming off a bunch. But to get things straight, NOT FEDERER! His average forehand grip (and I say that because he uses all of them if you watch) is more semi than anything else.
Gonzalez
Ferrero
Roddick
Moya (basically)
Chela
CORIA
Safin (almost)
Kuerten
Hewitt (pretty sure)
Massu
Lopez
Nadal
ETC.
I'm pretty sure the Hawaiian is a continental hit like a western...
The pros change their grips for the surface they play on. You will see lots of eastern and semi-western at wimbledon, lots of western at Roland Garros, and semi-western and western at the US open and Australian Open.