What's the luckiest shot you remember making?

[FatCat]

Mine was a serve...I mishit it and scraped the bottom of the ball with the top edge of my racket. It went over, into the service box (deuce side), then bounced left and backwards and was probably damn-near impossible to return by the time it bounced.

Or maybe it was the time I hit a wicked attempted-mishit drop shot from the net during a doubles game that went over the net, bounced, and came back over to my side of the court.

Anyone else have any lucky flukes that they can drag from memory?

 

[wyutani]

Mine was a serve...I mishit it and scraped the bottom of the ball with the top edge of my racket. It went over, into the service box (deuce side), then bounced left and backwards and was probably damn-near impossible to return by the time it bounced.

Or maybe it was the time I hit a wicked attempted-mishit drop shot from the net during a doubles game that went over the net, bounced, and came back over to my side of the court.

Anyone else have any lucky flukes that they can drag from memory?

mine was a double-backhand a year ago which made a passing shot pass my opponent who has a crazy-power serve. That was mostly luck though, my right side which is my backhand was pretty useless that time. my fluke was when i lost in doubles to an shoulder-injured opponent.

 

[Pr0DiGy]

Second serve on match point of my first USTA final match. Hit the frame really badly. I was literally like "AGGHHH I CAN'T BELIEVED I DOUBLE FAULTED ON MATCH POINT!!" Without the insane spin that was on it, it would've been pretty far out. Somehow, it curved in and bounced parallel to the net, it had so much spin. Dude on the other side of the net was stunned. First USTA title, it felt amazing.

 

[AznHylite]

Mine has to be a dropshot from inside the baseline that had so much backspin that it bounced back into my court after hitting just inside my opponents court. That was insane! I remember getting applauded for that LOL.

 

[ChocolatePie]

The biggest forehand shank ever that was overloaded with topspin. It was a semi lob and looked like it was clearly going out, but somehow went in...

 

[WildVolley]

Last Sunday I hit a desperation scrambling backhand with a lot of slice from deep in the corner. The ball was behind me so I flicked the racquet at it as I was running. It went cross court, skimming the net and landing within 5' of the net. It had enough backspin to curve back toward the net and bounce again the doubles alley about a foot from the net post.

I told my opponent that I meant to do that, but he didn't seem to believe me.

 

[FatCat]

Last Sunday I hit a desperation scrambling backhand with a lot of slice from deep in the corner. The ball was behind me so I flicked the racquet at it as I was running. It went cross court, skimming the net and landing within 5' of the net. It had enough backspin to curve back toward the net and bounce again the doubles alley about a foot from the net post.

I told my opponent that I meant to do that, but he didn't seem to believe me.

They never seem to, especially when you're in fits of laughter and having trouble standing up :grin:

 

[bank5]

I was at the net going for a overhead slam. I took a good rip at it but my timing was off and it caught the very tip of my frame. The ball just barely made it over the net and had so much backspin that it bounce back on my side. I was playing this older guy and winning pretty easily so I almost felt bad taking the point.

 

[Gantz]

i threw a lob against this one tall guy on accident and it somehow hit a bird and the shot barely landed in on a corner. thought it was out but he said it was in. we were both cracking up though.

 

[Chauvalito]

Great thread.

I remember a lot of my dead sprint desperation passes...I hit one similiar to the one Dankevic hit today against Nadal, it was not as dramatic though, it didnt clip the tape...but I was passed the doubles alley and just ripped a passing shot into the corner.

 

[ProStaff Legend]

I was at the net going for a overhead slam. I took a good rip at it but my timing was off and it caught the very tip of my frame. The ball just barely made it over the net and had so much backspin that it bounce back on my side. I was playing this older guy and winning pretty easily so I almost felt bad taking the point.

mine is just like that except instead of coming back over, it landed and bounced about 2-3 inches of the floor and started rolling to the net

 

[Zets147]

I remember doing two of these. not in the same day.

I go for the passing shot, my opponent hits a stop volley short near the service line on the deuce court. I sprint up from the ad court near the baseline and hit a forehand flick to pass him down the line.

 

[lethalfang]

Running straight back to retrieve a high deep lob, I attempted to scoop the back over my head, ya know, one of those no-look shot. I double-hit/carried over the ball, which imparted crazy spin on it. The ball barely cleared the net, then bounce back to my side for a winner.

 

[FatCat]

Hah, that reminds me of a few times where I've double-hit serves by accident. That puts WEIRD spin on the ball and I've seen people trip up trying to reach them on the opposite side of where the ball belongs.

 

[Bodacious DVT]

when i was little i framed a serve that ended up bouncing back into the net.

i think my favorite happened a few weeks ago. i was having the WORST overheads, so i get this sitter while im like a foot from the net. did i angle it off? nope. smash it for a winner? uh uh. instead i totally shaked it, it just cleared the net and spun back into the net for a winner. 100% luck.

 

[jonline]

I have had a few backspin serves go in. As in, I rolled them off the top of the frame. Those were pretty cool. Then, a few days ago, I had a volley that came back over the net. I pushed it down when I hit it and was astounded when the second bounce was on my side. I was playing doubles once when I barely got to a ball and it went in. I think I was like turned around on the ground or something and then my partner said "It came back over!!"

 

[DarrenT]

Came into net on a pretty weak approach shot, knew I was dead meat. The guy crushes a backhand cross court (I was expecting the winner down the line) and just jokingly I attempt to hit it behind my back and I actually get a good amount of racket on it and it somehow got angled off cross court and bounces about a foot in front of the service line. I played it cool like it happens all the time, but on the inside I was stunned, shocked and giddy. All the other guy said was 'WOW'.

 

[Off The Wall]

Better to be Good

I was 18 and playing one of the top 16 year old players in the country. I was coming in second. Still, at one point, I was at the net and guessed he would hit a backhand passing shot down-the-line...he hit it cross-court. I swung my racket behind my back and, to our shock, I hit a frame-shot winner. He glared at me. Then he went on to win.

 

[Ambivalent]

One time, i was trying to hit a textbook serve and volley. It was off a second serve so i got a nice 2 ft above net return. I tried to angle the volley and I THOUGHT i hit it into the doubles alley. I had turned around and started walking back to serve the next point when i felt a bonk on my racquet and realized that my opponent returned my volley AT me, and i had just hit it back for a dropshot winner.

 

[thundaga]

breaking 2 strings on my first serve (ball went in) then belting a winner with the broken strings.

 

[chris1992]

I have 2.

Hitting the net post and the ball going on my opponents side.

Secondly , when i was playing indoor and my opponent smacked the ball for a winner and the ball hit my frame, went straight up, hit the ceiling and came back at an awkward angle on his side.

 

[Muffin Man]

you lost that second point.

 

[Lionheart]

I have many but this one comes up on my mind.

Was playing a friend of mine in practise, he comes up to the net after a drop shot, drop shots me, i get to the ball then im lobbed, what comes next? Federer style squash shot (like the one vs nalbandian) the only diferent thing was that mine went cross court instead of down the line.

another one: hitting some balls with a friend, i say lets make one point, he answers "ok", i put the ball in play, he does a forehand to my forehand side and i try to aproach, bewtween the legs! it works and im up on the net and he fires a backhand to my body, i try to put my racket on it and do a 360º spin, the ball touches the net cord and its in! i loled!

 

[dave333]

I was playing a guy that crushed me 6-2, 6-3 but during this match I hit pretty ridiculous shots.

1. I'm returning big wide slice serve and I whip the ball with a reverse forehand it loops over the net by around an inch near the singles sideline for a winner

2. The guy serves and volleys and I make a dive shot on the backhand side and the ball hits the tape, looks like its going to fall on my side, but falls on his side. He drops the ball but I win with a lob+overhead.

3. He hit a backhand approach shot down the line so I have to run it down from the other side and I whip it again and it drops crosscourt into the service box for a passing shot.

 

[Gee Willikers Batman!]

I am a S&V'er, so i'm almost at the net all the time. And when my opponent doesn't lob me, they hit it straight at me seeing as they think i'm just a small little asian guy. Anyways, they hit it towards me, and my first reaction is to stand my ground, but since it was coming so fast towards me, i jumped and closed my eyes and did a 360 turn with the racket on my body, and somehow, the ball hit my racket, and the turning of my body made it spin, and it landed in the ad court of my oponnent RIGHT on the singles side line and carried on to roll out of the court while he was in the Duece side of his court jaw wide open in disbelief.

 

[FatCat]

Hah, just remembered another.

I hit a shot right at the net and hit it into the tape. It bounced about half the court's width to the right, landed on the tape again and rolled over to my opponent's side.

 

[bank5]

I hit a shot right at the net and hit it into the tape. It bounced about half the court's width to the right, landed on the tape again and rolled over to my opponent's side.

That reminded me of one of mine recently. I hit a heavy topspin forehand that smacked into the middle of the tape. The topspin made the ball crawl up the tape and the momentum carried it a couple of inches above the tape. It then came down right on the top of the tape, stayed there for a sec and thenrolled over to my opponent's side. I've hit a lot of winners off the tape, but that was definitely my luckiest.

 

[bank5]

Luckiest shot I've ever seen

It was a pro match at Wimbledon this year. The guy hit a shot that went between the net post and the net. It bounced off the net post and at a really sharp angle (right along the net) onto his opponent's side. I didn't know if it would count for a winner because it was inside the net post but it did, I guess because it went around the net.

Did anyone else see this and remember the match? I wonder if we can find it on youtube. I'm sure some people on here would get a kick out of seeing it.

 

[Rickson]

Mine was a serve...I mishit it and scraped the bottom of the ball with the top edge of my racket. It went over, into the service box (deuce side), then bounced left and backwards and was probably damn-near impossible to return by the time it bounced.

Or maybe it was the time I hit a wicked attempted-mishit drop shot from the net during a doubles game that went over the net, bounced, and came back over to my side of the court.

Anyone else have any lucky flukes that they can drag from memory?

Some dude I play loves hitting to my backhand so as usual, he went there and what should have been a ball that jammed me being that I was in no man's land, turned out to be a fast zipping slice backhand that gave me a winner and the end of the match.

 

[J. Lee Tennis Baller]

a desperate tweener that somehow ended up as a drop shot haha

 

[lawrence]

when i first found out about the racket drop etc i didnt know how to control it, i was pretty much just throwing my racket at the ball, and managed to hit a first serve that had almost no bounce. didnt hit anything on the court it was just really weird and i had no idea how i did it
so that was pretty fluke haha

 

[sharpy]

not sure if this falls into the luck category, but i know a pro who routinely hits let cord winners on purpose sucessfully and his dropshots also purposely bounce backwards a couple of inches..

also he can serve with his eyes closed hitting the serve in

 

[lostinamerica]

I was playing in my first tournament final and we were in a third set tiebreaker. My opponent was serving at 6-7. He hit a ball behind me and I tried the behind the back and hit a beautiful slow pass down the line to win the match. The opponent was incredibly mad and all I heard was about how lucky I was. I was lucky but I also have a great tennis memory.

 

[tangoll]

overhead miss

local club singles tournament: I approached the net, opponent sends up lob over my backhand side, I reach up to try to hit but unable to reach the dropping ball, which goes over my outstretched racquet. I spin around, run back beyond the ball which has bounced once and is already on its way down again. Just before the ball bounces second time, scoop the ball up and lobbed it back where the ball lands just inside of sidelines in the opponent's court. By now, the opponent has already turned his back after seeing I missed the backhand overhead and was walking to the baseline to begin serving. He couldn't believe what had happened until some of the spectators told him that I had gotten the ball back safely.

 

[Narcissist]

Hit a crappy volley that landed midcourt, opponent charges in, I have to guess which was he is going to go. I guess FH but I guess wrong and he passes to BH side (prob meant to at me thinking about it!).

Since I'd been totally wrong footed I put the racket behind my head to BH side and got it back for a winner

 

[AM28143]

I was about to lose to a girl when her boyfriend calls asking her to come out to dinner with her and probably afterwards have sex. Anyways, she goes and I, by defaul, win the match. Great Sucess!