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Serena Williams, and presumably her incredibly expensive lifelike waxwork in Madame Tussauds, stands at 5 foot 9 inches. Mr “6 foot 0” Carlitos has inadvertently exposed himself as no more than an inch taller than Williams (maybe even less, given the positioning of the knees) in this photo taken...

Hello all, I was thinking of doing this list for a while. I like the Babolat brand and always like to see which type of frames players gravitate towards. I pulled information from TW fourms, tennis nerd, and many many old and current image searches zooming into pictures LOL. Here’s the list...

I WAS ANALYZING NOVAKS AND RAFAS GAMEPLAY A LITTLE BIT AND 1 COMMON THING I NOTICED WAS THAT THEY BOTH CONVERT BACKHAND BALLS AND HIT A FOREHAND BUT BOTH OF THEM HAVE A GREAT BACKHAND AND CAN EASILY DOMINATE THE OPPONENTS SO WHY THEY GO FOR CONVERTING OF SHOTS ?

Now that Felix has finally gotten over the line, a nice compilation done by Tennis TV. How many of these do you recall watching at the time they happened?

So these 12 are those that retired this season, some notable names in this list. 1. Alexandr Dolgopolov 2. Guillermo García López 3. Martin Kližan 4. Paolo Lorenzi 5. Lu Yen-hsun 6. Leonardo Mayer 7. Jürgen Melzer 8. Leander Paes 9. Viktor Troicki 10. Robert Lindstedt 11...

This index brings us the best performers on ATP rankings in the XXI Century - or precisely since the great standardisation of the year 2000. Following basic economic axioms (the ones allowing currencies to be exchanged and GDP to be measured) and internationally accepted principles of laws...

In 2001-2003 there was a vacuum because the Sampras era was over and Hewitt, Gustavo Kuerten and the veteran Agassi among others picked up the pieces somewhat until Federer's ascension to the top, during this period of time there were surprises winning or making finals of high level tournaments...

This year I attended semi finals- male and finale- both female and male of RG and Wimbledon- the men finale. I don't know if I should call it a season or try Paris/Turin when the weather is bad or wait out till clay (and Rafa) season. Right now here it's 15 degrees and raining all the time and I...

So it'll be cold until Monte Carlo but I love tennis more than weather (0 degrees in Paris and Turin.. I'm from a colder climate. Not Syberia though :). I'm like "well, it's one of my last chances to see a slam or ATP with x and y". Would you go to early rounds middle rounds or final? My...

I was watching the Tsitsipas match. In the second set, tied 4-4. Tennis channel switched to show a women’s match of lower ranked players. Tsitsipas, #5 in the world who has a chance of winning the entire thing is being pushed aside for a women’s match with players who are not even top 20, one of...

Be honest. Forget the bandwagon talk here; poll is not public for that reason. There's always hype for whoever lifts a trophy most recently, but ask yourself who was the most impressive player to YOU on the ATP circuit from Jan - Mar 2021 outside the Big 3. It could be consistency of results...

Not sure what to make of this with both Lendl and Ferrero stating that its off-court/professionalism and needing to listen that created the split. Now Ferrer and Zverev make a split beginning the 2021 season...

In my opinion, this guy was the best of the best in the 2nd tier of players outside the big 4 (Fed, Rafa, Djoko, Murray) during the late 2000s and early 2010s. Some significant accolades/results Ferrer posted: General: 20 years on tour, 1999-2019 High of #3 in the world (Top 10 for 292...

If this has already been done, I apologize, but even if it was, here's a chance to try again. I have not yet refined my own projections, and hope to do so at some point -- if only to look back in November, 2021 and see how bad they were. My hope is that this will be an argument-free thread...

Do you think the new schedule and delayed Aussie Open favours any paticular players ?

The coronavirus pandemic strongly hit the 2020 tennis season, with a number of big tournaments canceled - Wimbledon, WTA Finals, most ATP Masters 1000 events or all WTA Premier Mandatory events. The first big canceled tournament in 2020 season was BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells, which now...

Link: https://www.atptour.com/en/news/best-grand-slam-matches-2020-5-to-3 Ranking: 1. & 2. It will be published 3. Roger Federer d. John Millman, Australian Open, 3rd round, 24 January 2020 4. Borna Coric d. Stefanos Tsitsipas, US Open, 3rd round, 4 September 2020 5. Lorenzo Giustino d...

An interesting analysis of the best Forehands on tour and Novak's forehand as well :p For all other players: Discussion around contact point/precision/spin/wrist work For Djokovic's forehand: "He has got great movement!" :-D:-D:-D:-D All kidding aside, a nice analysis of the best forehands on...

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There is a new documentary film on Netflix based on the journalist's investigation of the ATP ranks where there was an omission in 1975 and 1977. The records shows Vilas was No. 1 for several weeks. He deserves the recognition. Great Champion !!! Trailer here...

1- Djokovic 133.236.583 € 2- Federer 120.541.979 € 3- Nadal 112.207.591 € 4- Murray 57.081.074 € 5- Sampras 40.136.572 € 6- Wawrinka 31.774.908 € 7- Ferrer 29.176.811 € 8- Agassi 28.871.645 € 9- Berdych 27.327.498 € 10- Cilic 25.819.524 €

I'm curious about some of the ways in which racquets (tend to) differ between tours. I'd imagine ATP players generally use heavier racquets w/ higher swingweights, but are there other key differences? Is my assumption about weight even correct? Would love specific player examples, too

Do you agree to move the RG in the fall, or the French Open should have been completely abolished for 2020?

The purpose of this thread is to loosely categorise various types of forehands you see on the ATP tour, and what I think it means for their respective games. This is also an opportunity to correct popular misconceptions, where applicable. For now, I will be categorising the forehands in the...

Defending champion: Dominic Thiem Former IW champions, who will participating in the 2020 edition: Novak Djokovic (2008, 2011, 2014-16), Rafael Nadal (2007, 2009, 2013) Official website: http://www.bnpparibasopen.com/ Wiki-link...

I seen RPM Blast and ALU Power are the most used strings in the professional circuit. I heard people claiming there is nothing special about them just marketing. Other claim they are the best strings. How come they are the most used string to date in the professional tour? Or am I wrong? Is...

I have two options buyin' new balls. What I am mostly interested is the bounce, consistency and durability, in this order. Thank you!

I was wondering if there is a maximum weight allowed on tour as there is a maximum racquet length allowed on tour (29 inch). I just want to know if maximum weight is regulated by some one on the WTA, ATP or ITF tour. Thanks.

Back in the early 90s I was taught a very rigid SW/W double-bend forehand with a stiff wrist/arm. Didn't play at all for like 15 years then 3 years ago I saw a video of a Fed forehand and decided on spot I was gonna learn how to play this Eastern grip modern ATP straight-arm forehand. It was...