Are Tsitsipas and Bautista Agut the only active eastern forehands?

[TennisLurker]

Are Tsitsipas and Bautista Agut the only active eastern forehands or are there some guys with lower rankings that also use the eastern grip for the forehand?
I won't consider Federe and Del Potro active players unless I see them playing again

 

[Jonesy]

There are many. Deminaur comes to mind.

 

[Sudacafan]

Are Tsitsipas and Bautista Agut the only active eastern forehands or are there some guys with lower rankings that also use the eastern grip for the forehand?
I won't consider Federe and Del Potro active players unless I see them playing again

Fedrere dosnet apply forehand grippings from the East.

 

[Kralingen]

Gasquet I believe but he does some funky stuff.

 

[guanzishou]

There is a list of WTA players (including retired ones) with eastern forehand in a tennis forum:

Eastern
Rybarikova
Sevastova
Kvitova
Dodin
Oudin
Davenport
Safarova
Lisicki
Robson
Kerber
Hampton (Jamie)
Windley (Jade)
Riske
Santangelo (Mara)
Brandi (Kristina)

Link

 

[guanzishou]

Interesting article on forehand grips, from Laver to Kachanov.

The Evolution of Tennis in Four Grips (Published 2019)

Over the years, players have moved their grips farther and farther under the handle. It creates a lot of topspin, and some strange looking swings.

www.nytimes.com

 

[Zoid]

mackie macdonald must be close
gasquet

 

[The Big Foe fan]

Are Tsitsipas and Bautista Agut the only active eastern forehands or are there some guys with lower rankings that also use the eastern grip for the forehand?
I won't consider Federe and Del Potro active players unless I see them playing again

Well then there's Demon, Basket etc

 

[Arzivu]

JJ Wolf

 

[sredna42]

Are Tsitsipas and Bautista Agut the only active eastern forehands or are there some guys with lower rankings that also use the eastern grip for the forehand?
I won't consider Federe and Del Potro active players unless I see them playing again

Good point....
I thought tsocrates used SW to boot

 

[toth]

Are Tsitsipas and Bautista Agut the only active eastern forehands or are there some guys with lower rankings that also use the eastern grip for the forehand?
I won't consider Federe and Del Potro active players unless I see them playing again

Tsitsipasz forehand grip is rather semi western than eastern as i see(?)

 

[Gazelle]

Gasquet I believe but he does some funky stuff.

Gasquet looks more western to me?

 

[eman11]

Dimitrov?

 

[TagUrIt]

There is a list of WTA players (including retired ones) with eastern forehand in a tennis forum:

Eastern
Rybarikova
Sevastova
Kvitova
Dodin
Oudin
Davenport
Safarova
Lisicki
Robson
Kerber
Hampton (Jamie)
Windley (Jade)
Riske
Santangelo (Mara)
Brandi (Kristina)

Link

Good to know. I’m a big WTA fan. Thanks for sharing.

 

[mental midget]

Dimitrov?

yep.

 

[President]

Dimitrov

 

[Kawasaki Kanagawa]

Karatsev

 

[eman11]

Karatsev

I would say Karatsev is more Semi-Western than Eastern.. that index knuckle should be right up on bevel #3 (behind the racket face). If anything, it's a mix of both, but I would lean more towards the SW grip

 

[Kawasaki Kanagawa]

I would say Karatsev is more Semi-Western than Eastern.. that index knuckle should be right up on bevel #3 (behind the racket face). If anything, it's a mix of both, but I would lean more towards the SW grip

That picture is from 2015. Thanks for playing though.

 

[Jonesy]

I would say Karatsev is more Semi-Western than Eastern.. that index knuckle should be right up on bevel #3 (behind the racket face). If anything, it's a mix of both, but I would lean more towards the SW grip

You can say that is an extreme eastern. The name is not that big a deal. Bevel 3.5

 

[TennisLurker]

Was Davydenko eastern?

 

[King No1e]

Fedrere dosnet apply forehand grippings from the East.

Does Frèdérë is uses ESTEARN GRIP for grond stork? WHAT DO YOU THINK ???

 

[soft_manatee]

That picture is from 2015. Thanks for playing though.

this 1 is from 2021 and also proves u dont know what ur talking about

tHaNkS 4 PlAyInG

 

[Kawasaki Kanagawa]

 

[soft_manatee]

exactly, thank u for proving my point

 

[Kawasaki Kanagawa]

exactly, thank u for proving my point

Yawn...

 

[Sudacafan]

I wonder if there is a player who’s able to generate an excellent topspin with an Eastern forehand.

 

[travlerajm]

I wonder if there is a player who’s able to generate an excellent topspin with an Eastern forehand.

 

[flanker2000fr]

I wonder if there is a player who’s able to generate an excellent topspin with an Eastern forehand.

Tsitsipas comes to mind. I remember seeing a chart where he was at an average of 3050 RPM on the forehand over 2019, which was pretty much on par with Nadal.

 

[aldeayeah]

Tsitsipas comes to mind. I remember seeing a chart where he was at an average of 3050 RPM on the forehand over 2019, which was pretty much on par with Nadal.

Tsitsi had even more absurd FH spin numbers in 2021 clay season, there was a thread on that. Higher than current Nadal or Berrettini, even higher than Sock IIRC.

 

[mental midget]

I wonder if there is a player who’s able to generate an excellent topspin with an Eastern forehand.

federer? he can generate a ton.

 

[Sudacafan]

federer? he can generate a ton.

I always saw Federer’s forehand grip listed as Semi-western, until I read some posts in this thread.

 

[mental midget]

I always saw Federer’s forehand grip listed as Semi-western, until I read some posts in this thread.

yeah, nah it's eastern for sure. his forehand is pretty unique, there's often so much racket rotation it just looks like it's got to be sw but his palm is definitely facing forward.

would be interesting to hear him talk about how he developed his mechanics, he was clearly influenced by sampras (who was influenced by lendl) and when he was younger he was a little more 'through the ball', less wrist break, but evolved into something pretty distinct from the rest of the tour.

 

[NedStark]

The fact that Tsitsipas cannot hit a flat forehand to save his life while using eastern grips is mind boggling.

 

[flanker2000fr]

yeah, nah it's eastern for sure. his forehand is pretty unique, there's often so much racket rotation it just looks like it's got to be sw but his palm is definitely facing forward.

would be interesting to hear him talk about how he developed his mechanics, he was clearly influenced by sampras (who was influenced by lendl) and when he was younger he was a little more 'through the ball', less wrist break, but evolved into something pretty distinct from the rest of the tour.

You make a good point right there: adjusted for the fact that they were playing with smaller frames (85 sq.in. for Sampras / 75 sq. in. for Lendl) and natural gut, both Lendl and Sampras were capable of imparting a great deal of spin on the FH despite using an Eastern grip. Though Sampras would do this mostly on the run with his buggy whipping motion.