Does every ATP Top 100 player have defined abs?

[Baby Harrison]

My friend and I were discussing the difference between football players and tennis players in terms of physique, and I was wondering if there was a single player in the Top 100 that didn't have defined abs, since it takes so much core strength to compete at the highest level.

 

[Deleted member 788697]

Nadal doesn't.

 

[gadge]

Fed doesn’t and I don’t think ever had. Nick doesn’t.

 

[Sport]

Nadal doesn't.

Nadal still has his abs more defined than Federer. For obvious reasons, Djokovic has the best abs among the Big 3.

 

[accidental]

Jiri Veselly does not

 

[Thetouch]

I don't remember (m)any ATG having much defined abs, not even Lendl or Sampras I believe. Maybe Borg did. Football players are more likely to have abs because their sport requires a mix of endurance, power and speed while tennis players don't need to move all the time.

 

[onehandbh]

Every ATP player in the top 100 has defined, strong abs. Some just have a thicker layer of body mass covering the strong abs, making them less visible.

 

[TimHenmanATG]

 

[Sorry_to_tell_you_mate]

Nadal still has his abs more defined than Federer. For obvious reasons, Djokovic has the best abs among the Big 3.

When you are a stick bug with no fat it's easier to have your abs defined.

 

[octobrina10]

Nadal still has his abs more defined than Federer. For obvious reasons, Djokovic has the best abs among the Big 3.

Hmm. His ribs are showing. Where are abs?

 

[Fabresque]

Hmm. His ribs are showing. Where are abs?

That was his “anorexic” phase, sometimes in 2018/19 when he was almost no body fat and almost no muscle. He’s typically had defined abs in the past, just look it up.

 

[initialize]

No. Abs don’t hit a tennis ball

 

[King No1e]

No abs?

 

[Chairman3]

Since fritz was just playing....

Have you seen him pull his shirt up, so pudgy

 

[yourtennisfit]

Since fritz was just playing....

Have you seen him pull his shirt up, so pudgy

haha I don’t think any player cares about aesthetics - it’s all about prime performance. Fritz probably has his ways to go, but everybody’s prime shape will look different

 

[Chairman3]

haha I don’t think any player cares about aesthetics - it’s all about prime performance. Fritz probably has his ways to go, but everybody’s prime shape will look different

The OP just asked if all top 100 men had defined abs and since Fritz was just playing he was top of mind as a player without a six pack

 

[Forgive Me Father]

Most don't.

 

[yourtennisfit]

The OP just asked if all top 100 men had defined abs and since Fritz was just playing he was top of mind as a player without a six pack

Wasn’t meant as criticism towards you, just wanted to point that out The world is going crazy about aesthetics anyways - as if a sixpack would help you serve

 

[mike danny]

Fed doesn't have abs, but his body build with a shirt on may make it seem like he does.

 

[travlerajm]

Hmm. His ribs are showing. Where are abs?

Proof that abs are optional for tennis.

 

[T007]

Nadal still has his abs more defined than Federer. For obvious reasons, Djokovic has the best abs among the Big 3.

Djokovic never had any abs. If you call those rib bones as abs then every malnourished kid in African subcontinent will have 8 pack abs.

 

[socallefty]

Did Djokovic think if he starved himself, he could ‘naturally’ cure his elbow injury in 2016-17?

 

[Kralingen]

The way that people on forums speak about the bodies of professional athletes is hilarious.