Ugliest Shots in the ATP top 50?

[Leelord337]

I say some of the ugliest shots in the ATP top 50 are:

1) Ivo Karlovic's Backhand
2) Andy Roddick's Volley's (especially the body volley, looks like he's swatting at flys with a fly swatter)
3) Filippo Volandri's Serve

There has to be more, nothing comes to mind at the moment

 

[Vision84]

Santoro's groundstrokes.

 

[cknobman]

Roddicks backhand - every aspect from floating slice that just hangs there to his average paced topspin which he uses 1 out of 10 times.

Ugliest face: Stepanek is the clear winner, but I still love to watch him play!

 

[Bottle Rocket]

Gonzo's top spin backhand?

Nadal's backhand slice is also pretty ugly. It works, but its ugly.

 

[007]

Chela off both wings

 

[MEAC_ALLAMERICAN]

Radek Stapanek , but will have to go with Mardy Fish's forehand.

 

[Sliceboy2]

Mac's forehand

 

[jt2007]

roddicks backhand.

 

[diegaa]

inside the top 100 i would have to say berlocq's serve. ugly as hell.

 

[mdjenders]

Feliciano Lopez backhand. At times he can look like a club player on that side.

 

[Shaolin]

inside the top 100 i would have to say berlocq's serve. ugly as hell.

Just what I was going to say. Chelas serve used to look like that too but he has fixed it up a little.

 

[Raistlin]

Chela's serve

 

[BeHappy]

Feliciano Lopez backhand. At times he can look like a club player on that side.

what are you takling aout, lopez has a beautiful slice drive, he never misses that shot.

 

[iamke55]

Both of Nadal's shots.

 

[diegaa]

Both of Nadal's shots.

i didnt know nadal has only two shots. :roll:

 

[Coaching]

Djoko's volleys! though he is trying hard to rectify it.

 

[mdjenders]

what are you takling aout, lopez has a beautiful slice drive, he never misses that shot.

I was referring to his topspin backhand. There is nothing beautiful about it.

 

[Jonny S&V]

I was referring to his topspin backhand. There is nothing beautiful about it.

Too true. He should stick with hitting the flat/slice backhand 90% of the time. I also hate Nadal's slice backhand, but I think that Michael Llodra's serve looks the ugliest, although it works really well.

 

[JohnS]

Gasquet Forehand
Roddick Volley
Nadal Whirlwind Forehand (looks painful on the shoulders and arms)

 

[dima]

Safin's backhand, Gonzos backhand, Ivans forehand, etc.

 

[Legend of Borg]

Stepanek's face. I think he resembles Gollum from The Lord of the Rings.(Just kidding!) Roddick's attempts at volleying.

 

[chrisdaniel]

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did someone just say Safin has an ugly backhand???? thats pretty crazy but if you really think so, I guess its your opinion. Roddicks volleys are ugly ofcoarse, but hey he hits pretty good with a frying pan. Im not to crazy about Nadals slice either. You know what, Ive always thought James Blake has a very stiff looking form on both sides.

 

[federerfanatic]

All of Nadals shots, all of Chelas shots, all of Roddicks shots. Some may be extremely good and effective but look very ugly.

 

[IanRichardson]

this thread is interesting because it shows that no matter how ugly some shots are they are still very effective

roddicks backhand is very stiff and painful looking in my opinion

 

[Leelord337]

Stepanek's face. I think he resembles Gollum from The Lord of the Rings.(Just kidding!) Roddick's attempts at volleying.

somehow the beast got the beauty though. looks aren't everything

 

[Ambivalent]

McEnroe's forehand if we count former pros
Andy Ram's serve if we're talking now.

 

[Pisolino227]

Santoro's groundstrokes.

He just knocked out Roddick. 99% all of tennis players will never be as good as Fabrice.

 

[timeisonmyside]

Safin's backhand, Gonzos backhand, Ivans forehand, etc.

??? Safin's backhand? I wonder why you say that? I think he has one of the best looking backhands in the game.

 

[FedForGOAT]

Blake's backhand, Youzhny's serve (davydenko's is bad, too), Djokovic's dropshot (sometimes).

 

[J-man]

somehow the beast got the beauty though. looks aren't everything

To bad they have called it off.

Nadal's drop shots are ugly they sit up. But he's got his opponents so far behind the baseline that he can sometimes get away with it.

BTW, Florian Mayer's forehand is also very ugly.

 

[iradical18]

Definitely Nadal's shots off of both sides, and anything Andy Roddick does when he moves to the net.

 

[galatti]

I'm surprised that nobody has mentioned Cañas' backhand, the worst shot of the whole circuit

 

[Morrissey]

Rip Nadal all you want but his forehand is a good shot to copy, full arm extension. The difference being with Fed's is his shot finishes across the body while Nadal's finishes over the head. And those backhand passing shots are beautiful too. Ugliest shots? Roddick and both Williams Sisters.