all-around pro player with a two-handed backhand

[mr_spaz104]

is there an all-around player with a two-handed backhand on the pro tour?

so far, all the all-around players have one-handers...

roger federer, justine henin-herdenne...

(sry about the typo before)

 

[TENNIS_IS_FUN]

marat safin. his two hander is the best in the buisness.

 

[lacoster]

is there an all-around player with a two-handed backhand on the pro tour?

so far, all the all-around players have two-handers...

Didn't you just answer your own question?
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[TheSneakerologist]

pointless post...

 

[35ft6]

Nicholas Escude.

 

[framer]

is there an all-around player with a two-handed backhand on the pro tour?

so far, all the all-around players have one-handers...

roger federer, justine henin-herdenne...

(sry about the typo before)

Mardy Fish. Ok, ok, he is not a top ten player but a couple of summers ago he had a good run and I had the opportunity to see him on TV a few times. He volleys pretty well - He can S&V and he approaches the net often behind his 2bh.

 

[!Tym]

Jonas Bjorkman, Fabrice Santoro, Todd Martin, Marcelo Rios, Malivai Washington, Richey Reneberg, Sebastien Grosjean, Arnaud Clement (short but a very solid volleyer regardless) it's not that uncommon as it seems.

 

[wyutani]

gaudio, puerta

 

[VamosRafa]

Nadal. Gaudio has a single-handed backhand. As for Puerta, the issue is pretty much moot.

 

[hoosierbr]

Ancic, Stepanek. Berdych is starting to develop some more all-court skills. If he can become more consistent and not lose it so often he'll be a Top Ten player.

 

[Alexandros]

Nadal. Gaudio has a single-handed backhand. As for Puerta, the issue is pretty much moot.

Nadal is not an all courter, by any stretch of the definition or imagination.

The best examples I'd say are Safin, Ancic and Grosjean. All of whom play primarily at the baseilne but are comfortable at net and in transition.

 

[devila]

Just because Safin has a stoned look on his face when he attempts a volley doesn't mean he wins volley points often and comfortably.
Federer can put up a phoney calm act with his road kill face, but he bricked ugly volleys since he turned pro. He acted as if his BS volleys were nothing to panic over but you could see his anguished face.
The lucky matches in Australia were eye sores. His stronger body saved him, certainly not his tactics. Even Billie Jean King gave him advice. "Don't take a long step before you volley....."
Against Baghdatis, Federer's annoying dull play and sobbing in the end were disgusting. "Wa, Tell me I'm better than anyone. Ha, Sampras! I'm not so fun for some fans but I'm halfway to the record. I already competed with history! Wa!" Best match of my life in each GS. Love me, I'm the winning machine!

 

[Vlad]

If Nadal is an all-courter than I am Pete Sampras.

 

[chiru]

second vlad's comment. seriously, some of the suggestions up there have been preposterous. i think the closest is probably safin, but if you think of it, hes not an all courter in teh pete sampras, tim henman, roger federer definition of the word. i really think all the most solid all courters all have 1 handed backhands

 

[gurj_v]

Hewitt- yes he is a baseliner but when he comes forward his volleys are very solid.

 

[Destructo]

I'm going to have to say Hingis is an all-around pro player with a two-handed backhand. Anyone agree?

 

[BLiND]

Yeah Hingis deff a great all-courter.

I think Hewitt is more of an all-court player now, and Grossjean a good example... Ancic, though more of a S&V. What about Djokovic, he seems a good all-rounder.

 

[slice bh compliment]

The definition of all-round player has changed over the years. Just like the sport has changed, I suppose. Years ago, Hingis would have been considered a baseliner. Federer as well.

The point needs to be made that not all one-handers are all-court players.
There have been plenty of baseliners with a 1 handed BH. Vilas, Lendl, and more recently, Muster, Kuerten and Gaudio. oF course they know how to hit an angled little bh volley just fine.

Conversely, I can think of some one-dimensional players with one-handers. Taylor Dent does not have much of a defensive game. Henman and Mirnyi are decent from the back, but nothing to write home about.

 

[tangerine]

Mardy Fish. Heh.