Playing styles, nationalities and backhands?

[singlehander]

First of all, I realize I'm stereotyping, and that there will always be exceptions to rules. However, I am struck by the similarities in playing styles between players of the same nationality. So just for fun, I thought I'd start a list of nationalities and their respective 'playing styles'. Also, I thought I'd add on the country's 'preference' for one or two handed backhands

North American - Big serve, big forehand, two-handed backhand
Spanish - Topspin, 'passive-aggressive', two-handed backhand
British - Serve and volley? One-handed backhand
Swiss - Offensive, one-handed backhand
Latin American - Topspin, defensive, one-handed backhand

Feel free to agree, disagree, and add more nationalities.

P.S - please don't construe this as derogatory in any way!

 

[Rock Strongo]

Swedes - great serves/returns, aggressive games, two handed backhand

 

[Enga]

Players simply are inspired by, and coached by previous greats from within their country.

 

[Oblak]

Croatia - used to be an aggressive game with a two-hander (with Ivan as an exception), whereas today it is an aggresive two-hander (Čilić) and a passive two-hander (Ćorić). Great serve - TRADEMARK.

 

[Numero Uno]

Serbian tennis-amazing backhands, good serves, all court players... Novak, tipsarevic, troicki

 

[thomasferrett]

Serbian tennis-amazing backhands, good serves, all court players... Novak, tipsarevic, troicki

Lajovic also fits that theme although he is much worse in general.

 

[Numero Uno]

i'll count him in when he gets in top50

 

[Wynter]

Genuinely don't think Australia has a set player.


Laver - Heavy Topspin, All Courter

Rafter - S&V

Hewitt - Counterpuncher

Kyrgios - Massive serve, massive backhand

Kokkinakis - All-Round Baseliner, jack of all trades really.

Tomic - Variety Player, Spins, Slices and pace mixed up routinely to upset a player. Think Roche is trying to make him an All-Courter as in more aggressive in coming to the net.

I'd say Hewitt led the way in these guys all becoming 2HBH, although Tomic can occassionally crush a single hander dtl in matches,

 

[Bruen]

Genuinely don't think Australia has a set player.


Laver - Heavy Topspin, All Courter

Rafter - S&V

Hewitt - Counterpuncher

Kyrgios - Massive serve, massive backhand

Kokkinakis - All-Round Baseliner, jack of all trades really.

Tomic - Variety Player, Spins, Slices and pace mixed up routinely to upset a player. Think Roche is trying to make him an All-Courter as in more aggressive in coming to the net.

I'd say Hewitt led the way in these guys all becoming 2HBH, although Tomic can occassionally crush a single hander dtl in matches,

Do you mean massive forehand because it is much more of a weapon than his backhand.

 

[Wynter]

Do you mean massive forehand because it is much more of a weapon than his backhand.

I rate his backhand as being better personally.

 

[Deleted member 688153]

Swiss - Slam winners, Djokovic-beaters.

Spanish - Fishermen

 

[GregSV]

Dutch - runner up syndrom like in football: not good enough by a narrow margin.

 

[jg153040]

Lefties usually live on the left side of the Earth's hemisphere.

That's why you don't see Asian lefties anywhere. Gravity and magnetic field affect such things quite a lot.