Terry Tibbs
Hall of Fame
Who has the best forehand of all time?
Other obvious candidates include Borg, Lendl and Nadal.
Come on man, what sort of poll is this? Tennis didn't start in 2001. Ivan Lendl would be in my top five.
Come on man, what sort of poll is this? Tennis didn't start in 2001. Ivan Lendl would be in my top five.
Pete. What he could do on the run with that thing was amazing
Other obvious candidates include Borg, Lendl and Nadal.
Best forehand's all time:
1. Roger Federer
2. Ivan Lendl
3. Pete Sampras
4. Fernando Gonzalez
5. Juan Martin Del Potro
6. Andre Agassi
7. James Blake
8. Rafael Nadal
9. Jo Wilfried Tsonga
10. Jim Courier
C'mon now. There's no debate here.
Roger Federer.
Who has the best forehand of all time?
Pete. What he could do on the run with that thing was amazing
Frenchie Durr
2 votes for Santoro?? Seriously? I actually put him in there as a joke. He probably has the worst FH of all time. That ridiculous double handed FH swatting and slicing the ball around the court. Ludicrous player.
Who's the earliest player on this list?Best forehand's all time:
1. Roger Federer
2. Ivan Lendl
3. Pete Sampras
4. Fernando Gonzalez
5. Juan Martin Del Potro
6. Andre Agassi
7. James Blake
8. Rafael Nadal
9. Jo Wilfried Tsonga
10. Jim Courier
Djokovic's forehand is "good", but not among the best all time.
Murray and Santoro? Seriously?
I didn't realize 8th greatest forehand of all time was considered "bad". The reason he is the King of Clay has to do with the "heaviness" of his forehand compared to all of the other great forehands, as well as his speed, endurance, movement, and lack of overall weaknesses on clay. However, on a fast, low bouncing surface, a heavy forehand is less effective than the flatter forehand with more pace (which explains why he's only won Wimbledon and the US Open twice, while Federer and Sampras have won them 7 and 5 times respectively). On clay, a great returner always beats a great server. On the other surfaces, it's the opposite!Soooooo how did Rafa win 14 grand slams with a forehand this bad? It must have been his GOAT serve then I guess.