French open champions and their backhands

[yellowoctopus]

Interestingly it's not that lopsided

1HBH:

• Ken Rosewall

• Rod Laver

• Jan Kodes

• Andres Gimeno

• "ILie" Nastase

• Adriano Panatta

• Guillermo Vilas

• Yannick Noah

• Ivan Lendl

• Andres Gomez

• Thomas Muster

• Gustavo Kuerten

• Albert Costa

• Gaston Gaudio

• Roger Federer

2HBH:

• 
  Bjorn Borg

• Mats Wilander

• Michael Chang

• Jim Courier

• Sergi Bruguera

• Yevgeny Kafelnikov

• Carlos Moya

• Andre Agassi

• Juan Carlos Ferrero

• Rafael Nadal

Feel free to count the number of titles, analyze, and start making your counter-points

 

[Lukhas]

Actually it's "Ilie", with a "i".

 

[yellowoctopus]

Actually it's "Ilie", with a "i".

Typing mistake, corrected.

 

[firepanda]

I wouldn't bother counting 1hbhers before Borg and Connors. Those two really innovated the 2hbh in the mens game. And I keep forgetting Lendl was 1hbh. >< His style was so synonymous with the current 2hbh power game.

 

[mattennis]

Interestingly it's not that lopsided

1HBH:

• Ken Rosewall

• Rod Laver

• Jan Kodes

• Andres Gimeno

• "ILie" Nastase

• Adriano Panatta

• Guillermo Vilas

• Ivan Lendl

• Andres Gomez

• Thomas Muster

• Gustavo Kuerten

• Albert Costa

• Gaston Gaudio

• Roger Federer

2HBH:

• 
  Bjorn Borg

• Mats Wilander

• Michael Chang

• Jim Courier

• Sergi Bruguera

• Yevgeny Kafelnikov

• Carlos Moya

• Andre Agassi

• Juan Carlos Ferrero

• Rafael Nadal

Feel free to count the number of titles, analyze, and start making your counter-points

You forgot Yannick Noah ( 1hbh ).

 

[yellowoctopus]

I wouldn't bother counting 1hbhers before Borg and Connors. Those two really innovated the 2hbh in the mens game...

Just to make sure I am following the logic you are proposing here. Are you saying that there weren't any players with 2HBH competing prior to Mr. Borg and Mr. Connors?

 

[yellowoctopus]

You forgot Yannick Noah ( 1hbh ).

Yike! Apologies to Yannick's fans. Corrected.

 

[PhrygianDominant]

Is it too early to post Stan Wawrinka? Or should I wait for the announcement?

 

[tennis_hack]

Don't jinx Wawrinka on his mission to dethrone the clay king.

 

[Nathaniel_Near]

Overall advantage of 2-hander is a myth anyway. It's just the trend and more people are taught it. Perhaps one is more likely to find dominance on certain types of surfaces with certain strokes such as 2 RG 1 Wimb. and that's about it. Nadal's amazing record on clay isn't so much to do with his 2 as it is his general talent for the game, physical abilities and strategic mind.

 

[tennis_hack]

Nadal's forehand has won him all his titles. Give Nadal Gasquet's backhand, and I'm sure he'd win just as many RG's, maybe even more.

 

[yellowoctopus]

Nadal's forehand has won him all his titles. Give Nadal Gasquet's backhand, and I'm sure he'd win just as many RG's, maybe even more.

Come on now...Mr. Nadal is more than just a forehand, NO? Let's give a Champion more credit than that.