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I was thinking about the shot that better describes a decade or even an era.
There are many grgeat shots in any decade, and some of the best particular shots may have been hit out of the predominant decade.
What I mean is, which was the best shot of most of the players of a decade, or which is a recognizable shot that was hit by the majority of, say, the top 10 players of any era.Here is my list
1960.The volley
All greats of the 60´s had a good to great volley: Hoad,Pancho,Laver,Roche,Emerson,Fraser,Stolle,Rosewall... most of the best volleys were played then, even if other greats like Mac,Edberg,Cash,Sampras or Rafter belong to another decade.
1970: the BH
Connors,Vilas,Orantes,Ashe, even Laver and Rosewall had the BH as their trade mark shot.
Great FH would be Nastase´s,Borg´s and Newcombe´s but, the trade mark shot of most of the top 10 players of that decade would be the BH
1980: the FH
Lendl,Becker,Borg,Gomez,Clerc,Mecir,Kriek all were known for their great FH.Mac´s FH was a more dominat shot than his BH, although Mac´s most famous shot was his volley (as posted before).we also had young Agassi,young Courier and also Arias and Krickstein with booming FH.
1990: clearly the serve.
There have been players, like Pancho,Newcombe,Tanner,Mac or Becker , and of course, Federer,Roddick,Karlovic and so on that will be ranked among the best servers all time.
However, in no other decade, Serve was the rpedominant shot:
Sampras,Becker,Stich,Krajicek,Kafelnikov,Ivanisevic,Forget were reputed by their serve and others like Rafter or Edberg, had a very good serve.
2000´s: the combination of Fh and BH as proven by Federer,Hewitt,Safin,Nadal,Djokovic,Murray,Berdych,Soderling or Del Potro.
¿ Any thoughts ?
There are many grgeat shots in any decade, and some of the best particular shots may have been hit out of the predominant decade.
What I mean is, which was the best shot of most of the players of a decade, or which is a recognizable shot that was hit by the majority of, say, the top 10 players of any era.Here is my list
1960.The volley
All greats of the 60´s had a good to great volley: Hoad,Pancho,Laver,Roche,Emerson,Fraser,Stolle,Rosewall... most of the best volleys were played then, even if other greats like Mac,Edberg,Cash,Sampras or Rafter belong to another decade.
1970: the BH
Connors,Vilas,Orantes,Ashe, even Laver and Rosewall had the BH as their trade mark shot.
Great FH would be Nastase´s,Borg´s and Newcombe´s but, the trade mark shot of most of the top 10 players of that decade would be the BH
1980: the FH
Lendl,Becker,Borg,Gomez,Clerc,Mecir,Kriek all were known for their great FH.Mac´s FH was a more dominat shot than his BH, although Mac´s most famous shot was his volley (as posted before).we also had young Agassi,young Courier and also Arias and Krickstein with booming FH.
1990: clearly the serve.
There have been players, like Pancho,Newcombe,Tanner,Mac or Becker , and of course, Federer,Roddick,Karlovic and so on that will be ranked among the best servers all time.
However, in no other decade, Serve was the rpedominant shot:
Sampras,Becker,Stich,Krajicek,Kafelnikov,Ivanisevic,Forget were reputed by their serve and others like Rafter or Edberg, had a very good serve.
2000´s: the combination of Fh and BH as proven by Federer,Hewitt,Safin,Nadal,Djokovic,Murray,Berdych,Soderling or Del Potro.
¿ Any thoughts ?
