In all of tennis history who do you think had the best of the shots/ attributes you can find in this post....

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Will be interesting to see what people think, can put in for both ladies and men

Just fill in what you can think of

Forehand Overall:
Flat Forehand:
Backhand overall:
Backhand Slice:
Double hander:
Single Hander:
Running Forehand
Running Backhand
Lob:
Smash:
Volley:
1st Serve:
2nd Serve:
Serve & Volley:
Service Return:
Court Speed:
Mental Strength:
Physical Strength:
 
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Forehand Overall: Rafa Nadal
Flat Forehand: Fernando Gonzalez
Backhand overall: Stan Wawrinka
Backhand Slice: Ash Barty
Double hander: Agassi
Single Hander: Federer
Running Forehand: Nadal
Running Backhand: Albert Costa
Lob: Hewitt
Smash: Djokovic
Volley: Laver/McEnroe/Navratilova
1st Serve: Sampras
2nd Serve: Sampras
Serve & Volley: Sampras/Navratilova
Court Speed: Nadal
Mental Strength: Nadal
Physical Strength: Nadal
 
for the Ladies

Forehand Overall: Graf
Flat Forehand: Serena
Backhand overall: Evert or Henin
Backhand Slice: Barty
Double hander: Evert
Single Hander: Henin
Running Forehand: Clijsters or Graf
Running Backhand: Venus Williams or Evert
Lob: Evert
Smash: no idea...Navratilova since she had to counter Evert's lob I guess, or maybe Hingis
Volley: Court/King/Navratilova any will do
1st Serve: Serena or Venus
2nd Serve: Serena
Serve & Volley: Navratilova
Court Speed: Vicario
Mental Strength: Evert
Physical Strength: no idea...Serena is the first to pop to mind but thats not a good enough reason haha
Return (I added this category hope thats ok): Dementieva
 
for the Ladies

Forehand Overall: Graf
Flat Forehand: Serena
Backhand overall: Evert or Henin
Backhand Slice: Barty
Double hander: Evert
Single Hander: Henin
Running Forehand: Clijsters or Graf
Running Backhand: Venus Williams or Evert
Lob: Evert
Smash: no idea...Navratilova since she had to counter Evert's lob I guess, or maybe Hingis
Volley: Court/King/Navratilova any will do
1st Serve: Serena or Venus
2nd Serve: Serena
Serve & Volley: Navratilova
Court Speed: Vicario
Mental Strength: Evert
Physical Strength: no idea...Serena is the first to pop to mind but thats not a good enough reason haha
Return (I added this category hope thats ok): Dementieva

I knew I forgot something thanks!
 
Will be interesting to see what people think, can put in for both ladies and men

Just fill in what you can think of

Forehand Overall:
Flat Forehand:
Backhand overall:
Backhand Slice:
Double hander:
Single Hander:
Running Forehand
Running Backhand
Lob:
Smash:
Volley:
1st Serve:
2nd Serve:
Serve & Volley:
Service Return:
Court Speed:
Mental Strength:
Physical Strength:
Forehand Overall: Nadal
Flat Forehand: Del Potro
Backhand overall: Djokovic
Backhand Slice: Rosewall
Double hander: Djokovic, Agassi
Single Hander: Wawrinka
Running Forehand: Nadal, Sampras
Running Backhand: Djokovic
Lob: Murray
Smash: Federer/Sampras for style, Nadal for consistency
Volley: Edberg BH volley, McEnroe FH volley
1st Serve: Karlovic
2nd Serve: Sampras
Serve & Volley: Sampras
Service Return: Djokovic
Court Speed: Monfils for foot speed, Djokovic for overall movement
Mental Strength: Laver
Physical Strength: Wawrinka

Don't know enough WTA to make accurate picks, except Serena on serve, Navratilova on volley, Graf on FH, and Henin on OHBH.
 
Forehand Overall: Federer/Nadal
Flat Forehand: Del Potro
Backhand overall: Agassi/Djokovic
Backhand Slice: Rosewall
Double hander: Djokovic
Single Hander: Edberg/Connors/ Budge? (I only watched a few clips from the tail end of his career, so idk)
Running Forehand: Nadal/Sampras
Lob: Murray
Smash: Sampras
Volley: Laver, Edberg
1st Serve: Ivanisevic
2nd Serve: Sampras
Serve & Volley: Mcenroe
Service Return: Djokovic
Court Speed: Monfils
Mental Strength: Borg/ Djokovic
Physical Strength: Borg/Nadal
 
Challenge: Retired players only

Forehand Overall: Lendl
Flat Forehand: F. Gonzalez
Backhand overall: Agassi
Backhand Slice: Rosewall
Double hander: Agassi, Nalbandian
Single Hander: Laver, Kuerten
Running Forehand: Sampras
Running Backhand: Safin
Lob: Hewitt
Smash: Sampras
Volley: Edberg BH, McEnroe FH
1st Serve: Sampras, Ivanisevic
2nd Serve: Sampras
Serve & Volley: Sampras, Becker
Service Return: Agassi
Court Speed: Borg
Mental Strength: Laver
Physical Strength: Safin
 
Will be interesting to see what people think, can put in for both ladies and men

Just fill in what you can think of

Forehand Overall: Federer
Flat Forehand: Sampras
Backhand overall: Safin
Backhand Slice: Federer
Double hander: Safin
Single Hander: Wawrinka
Running Forehand: Sampras
Running Backhand: Djokovic
Lob: Hewitt
Smash: Sampras
Volley: Henman
1st Serve: Karlovic
2nd Serve: Isner
Serve & Volley: Edberg
Service Return: Agassi
Court Speed: Us Open sometime in the 90s and early 2000s
Mental Strength: Djokovic
Physical Strength: I interpret this as physical ability overall suitable to a tennis player and it seems to me the answer has to be Djokovic
 
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