TennisLBC
Professional
I would expect arguably the greatest player ever to lace up a pair of Nikes to be better at calling lines. But it goes to show no one is perfect.
Build the worst player out of former n°1 'parts'
- Thread starter Flash O'Groove
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Shaolin
Talk Tennis Guru
Ok well you have your opinion and I have mine. Just dont see how you can dislike his game in any way. His attitude was horrible but his game was amazing. To each their own.
His matches against Henman and Agassi at Miami to become #1, his win at the Grand Slam Cup over Agassi and his Hamburg title run really stick out to me in terms of brilliance.
Ps I am an extremely old man...I was born was before that match you referenced!
Tshooter
G.O.A.T.
(Though it may be less informed. 
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Shaolin
Talk Tennis Guru
FD3S
Hall of Fame
Agreed. Ferrero was a very, very tough out before the illness cut his peak short; he was one of the few guys back then who was a legitimate threat on both slow clay courts and medium/fast hard courts. He even managed to make two QF's at Wimby well after his best days were in the rearview mirror despite not being a grass courter of note.
lud
Hall of Fame
Well, obviously I didn't include Big 3 here.
Backspin1183
Talk Tennis Guru
Nadal has a very good serve. Disagree with most of your picks, including Federer's backhand which has been a weapon all his career.
PMChambers
Hall of Fame
Connors on 1st serve, he just didn't have one. Hence 80+% 1st serve in some matches.
Mugu
Rookie
wow. is that for real? no one above 50 percent! i'd love to see some data on how accurate the best linesmen are.
TearTheRoofOff
G.O.A.T.
Maintaining winning form from weak era when actual competition shows up: Federer.
NatF
Bionic Poster
Borg was considered to have a good serve in his day.
usually these list are highly arguable but I think you've hit nearly all of them
George Turner
Hall of Fame
Inreresting thread! A few possible alternatives.
Forehand; Rafter. Rafter was a worse version of Edberg.
Backhand; Roddick. Couriers was a bit more solid.
Volleys; Courier. Courier had no net game. Maybe as bad as muster here
Footwork; Becker. Becker was the slowest out of any number one, this one is quite clear cut.
Drop shots; Connors. I've never seen Connors attempt a drop shot in any clip I've seen of him.
Forehand; Rafter. Rafter was a worse version of Edberg.
Backhand; Roddick. Couriers was a bit more solid.
Volleys; Courier. Courier had no net game. Maybe as bad as muster here
Footwork; Becker. Becker was the slowest out of any number one, this one is quite clear cut.
Drop shots; Connors. I've never seen Connors attempt a drop shot in any clip I've seen of him.
George Turner
Hall of Fame
Jimmy Connors.
skaj
Legend
If you mean return of serve, Safin had one of the best ever.
Bobby Jr
G.O.A.T.
No way. Roddick for sure. The shortcoming of Courier's backhand is often exaggerated.
Kalin
Legend
A professional psychoanalyst is like a jumbo shrimp or a captivating accountant; an inherent contradiction.
Most top performers in every sports/entertainment have to be fake to a degree; you can't always say what you think. Just follow the news and see what happens nowadays to people who freely speak their mind.
I'd rather watch a fake gentleman than a genuine, chip-on-narrow-shoulder lunatic like the two I quoted in my original poast.
tennisfan2015
Hall of Fame
Blah blah blah
You are insecure, mate. You are not qualified to call anyone a lunatic. You are immature and insecure and in denial. Talk to a pro psychoanalyst and see where your father and mother stuffed up.
The way I understand the topic is that tennis coaches copy styles and apply the design to their pupils which is what I mostly see in China (the copycat kingdom). To most, as it seems, any creativity is scary for the extremely tough and demanding competition and market. The ones who wish to make it in tennis are in a dreadful rat race. Using the parts of former or existing players is a safer way than inventing new parts.
Flash O'Groove
Hall of Fame
Thanks for the input. I'm not sure on Roddick's backhand. Becker I didn't cross my mind at all, but I only saw his 1996 Master cup final and a few clips . I will replace Safin with him. Connors for dropshots. Would be nice if someone could confirm. Rafter's forehand I'm not sure, I will had him as co-worst forehand.
Bobby Jr
G.O.A.T.
Not even close: Agassi.
Courier was solid at the net, better than you might imagine. And he was not scared to come in at all. Saw him do tons of great volleys live and on TV in his prime. Agassi was the former #1 who struggled with volleys enough that he made popular the swinging forehand and backhand volleys in a time when few other top players did them as a matter of course.
tennisfan2015
Hall of Fame
tennis_pro
Bionic Poster
Hair, grunts and time wasting = Parera. Top notch.
BeatlesFan
Bionic Poster
@Flash O'Groove Great thread!
But I'm shocked to see so many ranking Courier's BH so low. It was a perfectly good shot. Not as great as his FH, but it wasn't prone to errors and he could direct the BH anywhere on the court with disguise. A better BH than Roddick.
But I'm shocked to see so many ranking Courier's BH so low. It was a perfectly good shot. Not as great as his FH, but it wasn't prone to errors and he could direct the BH anywhere on the court with disguise. A better BH than Roddick.
NatF
Bionic Poster
On the flip side Roddick's backhand wasn't that bad. He wasn't afraid to go DTL with it, passed decently and didn't really give away too many errors. In his later career after working with Connors it was definitely better than Courier's IMO. Arod's biggest problem with the backhand was the return where he could drop it a little short.
J011yroger
Talk Tennis Guru
IMO it's ok to have a backhand that just keeps the ball in the court when you are murderifying forehands.
It was when late career Roddick stopped pulverizing forehands that the backhand became a downer because he wasn't really attacking off either side.
J
aman92
Legend
A worst list I have not seen
