The best are..?

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joeri888

G.O.A.T.
From still active players In their prime, who for you has the best:

Forehand:
Backhand:
Backhand slice:
dropshot:
Lob:
Serve:
Volley:
Overhead smash:
Pace:
Footwork:
fitness:
Mental strength:
 
I'll start myself:
Forehand: Federer/Nadal/Safin, just no choice possible, if I had to I'd go with Fed
Backhand:Nalbandian
Backhand slice: Federer
dropshot:Ferrero
Lob: Hewitt
Serve: Roddick
Volley: Federer
Overhead smash:
Pace: Nadal
Footwork: Federer
fitness: Hewitt
Mental strength: Nadal
 
Forehand: Federer
Backhand: Nalbandian
Backhand slice: ... undecided
dropshot: Djokovic
Lob: Hewitt
Serve: Roddick
Volley: Federer
Overhead smash: Federer
Pace: Ferrer
Footwork: Federer
Fitness: Nadal
Mental strength: Top 3
 
These are my favourites....


Forehand: Blake/Gonzo
Backhand: Gasquet
Backhand slice: Federer
dropshot: Murray
Lob: Hewitt
Serve: Roddick
Volley: Nadal
Overhead smash: Sampras (he still kinda plays)
Pace: Ferrer
Footwork: Berdych
fitness: Nadal
Mental strength: Safin (joke.....Federer)
 
Forehand: federer/ nadal
Backhand:nalbandian/ gasquet
Backhand slice: federer
dropshot: coria
Lob: hewitt
Serve: federer/ roddick
Volley: federer
Overhead smash: evrybody
Pace: nadal
Footwork: federer
fitness: nadal
Mental strength: nadal
 
Excluding Federer (I get sick of him in everything) I'd say

Forehand: Moya/Nadal
Backhand: Gasquet/Nalbandian
Backhand slice: Haas
dropshot: Nalbandian
Lob:Hewitt
Serve: Karlovic
Volley: Ancic/Gasquet
Overhead smash: hmm...any of the more serve volley type players
Pace: Ferrer
Footwork: Nadal/Hewitt
fitness: Nadal/Hewitt
Mental strength: Nadal/Hewitt
 
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Forehand: Federer or Roddick :lol:
Backhand: Nalbandian/Gasquet/(MAYBE) Federer
Backhand slice: Federer
Dropshot:
Lob: Federer
Serve: Roddick
Volley: Roddick :mrgreen: Federer
Overhead smash: Roddick
Pace: Federer/Nalbandian/Nadal
Footwork: Federer/Nadal
Fitness: Nadal
Mental strength: Santoro!
 
Forehand: Federer
Backhand:Gasquet/Nalbandian
Backhand slice: Federer
dropshot: Murray
Lob:Hewitt
Serve: Isner
Volley: Radek Stephinic (no clue if thats how you spell it)
Overhead smash: Roddick
Pace: Ferrer
Footwork: Federer
fitness: Nadal
Mental strength: Nadal
 
Forehand: Federer
Backhand: Gasquet
Backhand slice: Federer
Dropshot:
Lob: Hewitt
Serve: Karlovic
Volley: Federer
Overhead smash:
Pace: Nadal
Footwork: Federer
Fitness: Nadal
Mental strenght:
 
Forehand: Fed
Backhand: Djokovic for 2 handers, Fed for one handers
Backhand slice: Fed
dropshot: Many have good ones. It is not that hard of a shot.
Lob: Again. Once you master this shot, everyone has a pretty good one.
Serve: Isner
Volley: Federer
Overhead smash: Another shot that many hit very well
Pace: Players in the top 3.
Footwork: Nadal and Federer/ Djoko is also up there
fitness: Nadal
Mental strength: Top 3 in the word.
 
Forehand:Overall Federer,on clay Nadal
Backhand:Nalbandian twohander,Gasquet onehander
Backhand slice:Federer
dropshot: Djokovic
Lob:Hewitt
Serve:Karlovic
Volley:Max Mirnyi,Bjorkman
Overhead smash:Federer
Pace:Ferrer
Footwork:Federer
fitness:Nadal
Mental strength:Nadal
 
rosenstar said:
Forehand: Federer
Backhand:Gasquet/Nalbandian
Backhand slice: Federer
dropshot: Murray
Lob:Hewitt
Serve: Isner
Volley: Radek Stephinic (no clue if thats how you spell it)
Overhead smash: Roddick
Pace: Ferrer
Footwork: Federer
fitness: Nadal
Mental strength: Nadal
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Stepanek. I think.

Murray for dropshots? In his match against Ancic the commentator was complaining about Murray's dropshot; "He should leave it in the locker room."
 
These are my picks:

Forehand: Federer
Backhand: Safin
Backhand slice: Federer
dropshot: Djokovic
Lob: Hewitt
Serve: Sampras
Volley: Sampras
Overhead smash: Sampras
Pace: I'm not sure
Footwork: Kuerten
fitness: Kuerten
Mental strength: Federer
 
Forehand:Federer
Backhand:2HB: Nalby 1BH:Fed/Gasquet
Backhand slice: Federer
dropshot:Djoko/ Federer
Lob:Hewitt
Serve:Roddick
Volley:Federer
Overhead smash:Federer
Pace:Top 3
Footwork:Nadal
fitness:Nadal
Mental strength:Top 3
 
Forehand: Federer
Backhand 1H: Kohlschreiber
Backhand 2H: Nalbandian
Backhand slice: Federer
Forehand slice: Federer
Dropshot: Coria
Lob: Coria
Serve 1: Roddick
Serve 2: Roddick
Volley: Federer
Overhead smash: everyone
Pace: Soderling, Roddick, Kohlschreiber, and Almagro when going for a kill shot
Spin & Rip: Nadal
Footwork: Federer
Fitness: Hewitt, Nadal, Lopez, Verdasco
Mental strength: Federer, Hewitt
 
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Forehand: Federer
Backhand: Gasquet / Nalbandian
Backhand slice: Haas
Drop Shot: Melzer
Lob: Hewitt
Serve: Roddick
Volley: Llodra
Overhead Smash: Roddick
Pace: Gonzalez / Blake
Footwork: Nadal
Fitness: Nadal / Ferrer
Mental Strength: Nadal / Hewitt
 
Forehand: Rafael Nadal
Backhand: Marat Safin
Backhand slice: Roger Federer
Dropshot: Fabrice Santoro
Lob: Lleyton Hewitt
Serve: Pete Sampras
Volley: Pete Sampras
Overhead smash: Pete Sampras
Pace: David Ferrer
Footwork: Nikolay Davydenko
Fitness: Mikhail Youhzny
Mental strength: Roger Federer
 
Forehand: Federer
Backhand: Kuerton (1h), Safin (2h)
Backhand slice: Federer
dropshot: Djokovic
Lob: Hewitt
Serve: Karlovic, (Roddick to easy to read for some players after a while.)
Volley: Henman (Yeah retired but he was great. To hard to tell today with all the baseline bashing)
Overhead smash: Sampras (Same reasons as above)
Pace: Roddick (FH), Nalbandian (BH)
Footwork: Federer
fitness: Nadal, Hewitt
Mental strength: Nadal, Hewitt
 
Forehand: So hard to choose but i guess Federer
Backhand: Safin
Backhand slice: Federer
dropshot:Santoro
Lob: Hewitt
Serve: Karlovic
Volley: Federer
Overhead smash: Federer
Pace: Gonzalez
Footwork: Federer
fitness: Nadal
Mental strength: Nadal
 
Forehand: Roger Federer
Backhand: David Nalbandian and Roger Federer
Backhand slice: Roger Federer
dropshot: Fabrice Santoro when he's fit
Lob: Lleyton Hewitt
Serve: Andy Roddick
Volley: Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
Overhead smash: Just about anybody in the top 30
Pace: Dmitry Tursunov
Footwork: Roger Federer
fitness: Rafa Nadal
Mental strength: Rafa Nadal
 
similar 4 most


Forehand: Federer
Backhand: Nalbandian
Backhand slice: Federer
dropshot: hand
Lob: hewitt/federer
Serve: roddick/federer
Volley: federer
Overhead smash: federer
Pace: ferrer/baghdatis
Footwork:federer
fitness:hewitt, nadal
Mental strength:nadal

im no federer fanatic :eek:
 
Forehand: gonzalez/blake/federer
Backhand: safin, gasquet
Backhand slice: federer
dropshot: santoro
Lob: dunno
Serve: Karlovic
Volley:djokovic/federer
Overhead smash: federer
Pace: ferrer
Footwork: djokovic
fitness: nadal
Mental strength: hewitt
 
Forehand: Federer (although i think Ferrero's is incredible when it's on)
Backhand: Gasquet
Backhand slice: Federer
Dropshot: Murray
Lob: Hewitt
Serve: Roddick
Volley: Federer
Overhead smash: Hewitt
Pace: Nadal
Footwork: Federer
fitness: Nadal
Mental strength: Nadal
 
You can't really answer these questions unless you've actually played with these people. The most obvious one is probably the best forehand, FEDERER. For the most pace, how could you say Nadal when he puts so much spin on the ball, it's just not possible.
 
Forehand: fish
Backhand: gonzalez
Backhand slice: roddick
dropshot: blake
Lob: anyone playing isner, karlovic or anderson
Serve: canas/ hewitt
Volley: roddick
Overhead smash: robredo
Pace: santoro
Footwork: isner
fitness: nalbandian
Mental strength: safin






happy april 1st!!!!!
 
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Forehand: Gonzales
Backhand: Safin
Backhand slice: Federer
dropshot:?
Lob:Nalbandian
Serve:Federer or Rodick
Volley:?
Overhead smash:Rodick
Pace:Safin
Footwork:Federer
fitness:Nadal
Mental strength:Nadal
 
Forehand: 1 )Federer (only when on) 2) Nadal (most other times)
Backhand: Nalbandian
Backhand slice: Federer
dropshot: Spain / Nalbandian / Murray
Lob: Hewitt
Serve: Federer (keeping him alive)
Volley: Ancic
Overhead smash: Federer
Pace: Nadal
Footwork: Nadal
fitness: Nadal
Mental strength: Nadal
 
Forehand: Federer
Backhand: Kuerten
Backhand slice: Federer
dropshot: Coria
Lob: Hewitt
Serve: Roddick
Volley: Ancic
Overhead smash: Roddick
Pace: (foot speed) Ferrer (pace of shot) Blake's FH
Footwork: Federer
fitness: Federer
Mental strength: Federer

"Pace" seems to have led to some confusion. Are we talking pace of shot or foot speed?
 
Forehand: Federer
Backhand: Safin
Backhand slice: Federer
dropshot: Santoro
Lob: Hewitt
Serve: Roddick
Volley: Federer
Overhead smash: federer
Pace: Blake
Footwork: Davadenko
fitness: Federer
Mental strength: Federer (with Safin a close 303rd)
 
I'm appalled at some of the answers here. While there are many other things I could dispute, the most obvious is "Dropshot : Djokovic". Did anyone watch the 07' USO? I don't even know how many points Djokovic lost to Federer on bad dropshots.
 
Forehand: Nadal
Backhand: Nalbandian
Backhand Slice: Federer
Dropshot: Andreev
Lob:
Serve: Roddick
Volley: Gasquet
Overhead Smash: Roddick
Pace: Blake
Footwork: Nadal/Federer
Fitness: Ferrer
Mental Strength: Nadal
 
Forehand: Federer
Backhand: Gasquet
Backhand slice:
dropshot: Murray
Lob: Murray
Serve: Roddick
Volley: Ancic
Overhead smash: Federer
Pace: Nadal / Monfils
Footwork: Djokovich
fitness: Nadal / Monfils
Mental strength: Nadal

I BELIEVE MINE IS THE MOST ACCURATE :P
 
Forehand: Federer
Backhand: Safin/Haas
Backhand slice: Federer
dropshot:
Lob: Hewitt
Serve: Karlovich
Volley: Federer/miryni
Overhead smash: Federer
Pace: Safin
Footwork: Federer
fitness: Nadal
Mental strength: Safin - look at all the racquets he can break
 
Forehand: Federer
Backhand: Agassi
Backhand slice: Federer
Lob: Agassi
Serve: Sampras
Return: Agassi
Volley/Hands: McEnroe
Overhead smash: Sampras
Footwork: Federer
fitness: Borg
Mental strength: Connors
 
Forehand: Federer
Backhand: Agassi
Backhand slice: Federer
Lob: Agassi
Serve: Roddick
Return: Agassi
Volley/Hands: McEnroe
Overhead smash: Roddick
Footwork: Nadal
fitness: Roddick
Mental strength: Connors
 
Forehand: Federer/Blake
Backhand: Nalbandian/Safin
Backhand Slice: Federer
Dropshot: Federer/Djokovic
Lob: Hewitt
Serve: Roddick
Volley: Federer
Overhead Smash: Federer/Roddick
Pace: Top 3.
Footwork: Federer
Fitness: Nadal
Mental Strength: Federer/Nadal
 
Forehand: Gonzalez
Backhand: Gasquet
Backhand slice: Federer
dropshot: Djokovic
Lob: Hewitt
Serve: Karlovic
Volley: Federer
Overhead smash: Djokovicfan4life
Pace: Gonzalez
Footwork: Federer
fitness: Santoro or Bjorkman
Mental strength: Federer

IMO anyway.
 
Forehand: Federer (The best shot in tennis history)
Backhand: Gasquet and Tie Between Safin/Nalbandian for 2hb
Backhand slice: Federer
Dropshot: Murray
Lob: Hewitt
Serve: Ljubicic
Volley: really hard to find evidence for this catergory these days
Overhead: Blake
Pace: Gonzo & Safin
Footwork: Federer
Fitness: Andreev
Mental: Nadal
 
Forehand: Federer
Backhand: 2HB-Nalbandian 1HB-Gasquet
Backhand slice: Federer
dropshot: Ferrero
Lob: Hewitt - no contest
Serve: Federer
Volley: Federer
Overhead smash:should win point off it regardless so this ones kinda dumb
Pace:(of shot) Blakes FH
Footwork: Federer
fitness: Nadal
Mental strength: Nadal
 
Forehand: Federer
Backhand: Nalbandian/Gasquet
Backhand Slice: Federer
Dropshot: Ferrero
Lob: Hewitt
Serve: Karlovic
Volley: Federer
Overhead Smash: Federer
Pace: Nadal(?)
Footwork: Federer
Fitness: Nadal
Mental Strength: Nadal
 
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