Best shots in men's tennis (past year) ranked

[Amritia]

Forehand:

1. Nadal
2. Berrettini
3. Djokovic
4. Alcaraz
5. Tsitsipas
6. Auger-Aliassime
7. Kyrgios
8. Medvedev
9. Rublev
10. Ruud

Backhand:

1. Zverev
2. Djokovic
3. Medvedev
4. Nadal
5. Alcaraz
6. Sinner
7. Rublev
8. Schwartzmann
9. Tsitsipas
10. Norrie

Only gave Zverev #1 on BH on the condition he's playing aggressively like the RG SF vs Nadal. If Zverev is pushing, Djokovic's BH is miles better.

Obviously not great strength in depth on the tour right now, especially on the backhand side. Tsitsi and Norrie getting 9 and 10 despite having relatively mediocre backhands is quite sad.

 

[JaxTeller]

FH.
Nadal.Alcaraz.Tsitsipas.Berretini.Djokovic

BH.
Zverev.Djokoviv.Medvedev.Schwartzman.Sinner

 

[AO13]

Zverev doesn't have better backhand in any dimension than Djokovic.

Forehand: Nadal, Berrettini, Djokovic, Medvedev, Rublev.

Backhand: Djokovic, Nadal, Zverev, Medvedev, Alcaraz.

If we are talking about 2022, Alcaraz ranks higher in both FH and BH, maybe even best forehand in the game.

 

[ForehandDTL]

FH

1) Roddick 2) Baghdatis 3) Federer

BH

1) Roddick 2) Bjorkman 3) Federer

 

[3loudboys]

I’d take Basilashvilli’s backhand over Steph or Cam. Rune another on that wing way ahead of them as well.

 

[James P]

BH top 3 is correct (in some order). I think Sinner's BH is better than both Alcaraz and Nadal's, though. Schwartzman's is also better than at least Alcaraz. Just my opinion.

 

[l0s3]

FH
1)Nadal
2)Berrettini
3) Alcaraz
4) Djokovic
5)Tsitsipas
6) Rublev
7) Sinner
8) FAA
9) Kyrgios
10) cilic



Medvedev doesn't have close to a top 10 FH

BH
1) Zverev
2) Djokovic
3) Sinner
4) Nadal
5) Medvedev
6) Schwarzmann
7) Alcaraz
8) Rune
9) Rublev
10) Hubi

 

[skaj]

This also tells a lot about the state of the field today. Approximately a decade ago:

Forehand
Federer
Nadal
Del Potro
Gonzalez
Soderling
Verdasco
Ferrero
Tsonga
Berdych
Cilic

Backhand
Nalbandian
Djokovic
Gasquet
Murray
Wawrinka
Nishikori
Almagro
Haas
Cilic
Goffin

 

[Amritia]

This also tells a lot about the state of the field today. Approximately a decade ago:

You may be right... but can we not do this- let's focus on current state of tennis rather than comparisons

 

[Amritia]

Interesting posts- looks like most ppl feel I've underrated Sinner's backhand

 

[Aabye5]

This also tells a lot about the state of the field today. Approximately a decade ago:

Forehand
Federer
Nadal
Del Potro
Gonzalez
Soderling
Verdasco
Ferrero
Tsonga
Berdych
Cilic

Backhand
Nalbandian
Djokovic
Gasquet
Murray
Wawrinka
Nishikori
Almagro
Haas
Cilic
Goffin

Yes, but so many of these players faded very quickly. Gonzo - Verdasco - Ferrero - Soderling - Cilic - Nalbandian - Almagro, all of them were flaky at best.

 

[MichaelNadal]

This also tells a lot about the state of the field today. Approximately a decade ago:

Forehand
Federer
Nadal
Del Potro
Gonzalez
Soderling
Verdasco
Ferrero
Tsonga
Berdych
Cilic

Backhand
Nalbandian
Djokovic
Gasquet
Murray
Wawrinka
Nishikori
Almagro
Haas
Cilic
Goffin

Yes, Nadal is still epic af

 

[InsuranceMan]

FH

1) Roddick 2) Baghdatis 3) Federer

BH

1) Roddick 2) Bjorkman 3) Federer

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