What's Your Favorite Signature Shot (in Tennis)

[The Blond Blur]

Personally, I love it when RAFA dishes out a daily dose of potassium to his opponents

 

[Breakpointerer]

Fed's backhand overhead smash.

 

[The Blond Blur]

Fed's backhand overhead smash.

FIFY

 

[MurraysMetalHip]

The Delpops grunty flat forehand wallop that never comes back, even if they were playing on a court covered in treacle. You don’t appreciate how hard he hits it until you see him do it in person.

 

[Yugram]

Federer’s backhand shank on 2nd serve return breakpoint. Classic.

 

[Third Serve]

Stanimal backhand

 

[skaj]

Rios' drop.

 

[Enceladus]

Djoker's backhand down the line:

 

[TheGhostOfAgassi]

Rafa FH.

 

[The Blond Blur]

Djoker's backhand down the line:

Especially when he slides

 

[The Blond Blur]

Stanimal backhand

When he's on it's scary, he's hit some GOATY shots My personal fave.

 

[The Blond Blur]

Rios' drop.

Best GIF I could find, the guy had unreal touch!

 

[The Blond Blur]

Rafa FH.

I think it's the GOATIEST Fearhand, but I'm willing to admit my slight bias

 

[TheGhostOfAgassi]

I think it's the GOATIEST Fearhand, but I'm willing to admit my slight bias

It’s a reason why I like to watch Rafa play, so not that strange it’s my fav signature shot. Can’t get enough of it.

 

[tonylg]

Rosewall slice backhand
Connors slice forehand
McEnroe backhand volley
Becker diving volley
Rafter forehand volley
Edberg topspin backhand
Sampras smash and serve
del Potro topspin forehand
Federer half volley backhand and backhand smash

 

[Mr.Lob]

McEnroe's drop volley.

 

[JackSockIsTheBest]

Personally, I love it when RAFA dishes out a daily dose of potassium to his opponents

my drop shots...

 

[Doctor/Lawyer Red Devil]

The clutch forehand crosscourt passing shots.

But really it's the returns and down the line backhands.

 

[Red Rick]

The loopy forehand approach 2m inside the line.

 

[r2473]

Monfils Superman flying 360 tweener drop volley

 

[Third Serve]

The loopy forehand approach 2m inside the line.

Don’t forget the backhand volley 2m outside the line.

 

[Red Rick]

Don’t forget the backhand volley 2m outside the line.

 

[Third Serve]

I’m sorry.

 

[TagUrIt]

I like Daria’s two handed jumping backhand

 

[toby55555]

Nadal reverse overhead.

 

[The Blond Blur]

I got you fam

 

[Third Serve]

I got you fam

I feel like I should be posting that video since I made that mean Wimbledon 2009 comment. No matter:

 

[The Blond Blur]

I feel like I should be posting that video since I made that mean Wimbledon 2009 comment. No matter:

Tis the season to celebrate the best of each other's faves

 

[Third Serve]

Tis the season to celebrate the best of each other's faves

The music in that video really ruins it tho.

 

[The Blond Blur]

The music in that video really ruins it tho.

At least it's not techno like a bunch of other highlight videos

 

[skaj]

Worth mentioning:

Federer's cross-court forehand
Gasquet's one-handed backhand
Nalbandian's two-handed backhand
Sampras' serve&overhead
Edberg's backhand volley
Hingis's lob
Nadal's banana pass
Schiavone's tweener

 

[TearTheRoofOff]

Federer’s backhand shank on 2nd serve return breakpoint. Classic.

Would love to retort, but my counterexample for favourite 'shot' would last about as long as the time between Nadal's acts of gamesmanship.

 

[Nole14_15NoPressure]

The clutch forehand crosscourt passing shots.

But really it's the returns and down the line backhands.

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[TennisLBC]

Dustin Brown's touch volleys.

 

[fundrazer]

For me it's the forehand approach shot that Fed hits down the line.

 

[King No1e]

Djokovic's sliding backhand
Nadal's banana shot
Federer's flick backhand
Sampras's slam dunk overhead (although I like Federer's too)

 

[King No1e]

Disappointed no one has mentioned "Beautiful Backhand" yet

 

[ChaelAZ]

When I am on, my 1HBH is fun and I love cracking it down the line. My best shot most the time though is return of serve.


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[stringertom]

Delayed SABR:

 

[NoleFam]

Sampras' banana forehand
Djokovic and peak Venus' backhands down the line

 

[dawwe]

Im a Federer fan...But, when Wawrinka is playing his heart out then ALL his shots are out of this world, heavy forehands and almost equally heave backhands and of course a heavy serve. I really like his game when he is in Stanimal mode!

 

[haqq777]

Really enjoy both Fed and Rafa's skyhooks in recent years as well. Very hard to pull off and they make it look so easy.

 

[MichaelNadal]

 

[King No1e]

I like Nadal's signature point construction---
Slice serve Topspin FH Topspin FH Topspin FH Topsin BH Topspin FH Topspin FH Topspin FH Topspin BH Topspin BH Topspin BH Topspin BH Topspin FH Moonball BH Topspin FH Topspin BH Topspin FH Slice BH Topspin BH Topspin FH Topspin FH Topspin FH Topspin FH Topspin FH Topspin FH Topspin FH- Bamos!!!

 

[MichaelNadal]

I like Nadal's signature point construction---
Slice serve Topspin FH Topspin FH Topspin FH Topsin BH Topspin FH Topspin FH Topspin FH Topspin BH Topspin BH Topspin BH Topspin BH Topspin FH Moonball BH Topspin FH Topspin BH Topspin FH Slice BH Topspin BH Topspin FH Topspin FH Topspin FH Topspin FH Topspin FH Topspin FH Topspin FH- Bamos!!!

The best one is the AO 2014 point against Fed

 

[King No1e]

The best one is the AO 2014 point against Fed

That point sums up the entire rivalry. Nadal hammers away at the BH corner until Fed goes big, and Nadal goes bigger.

 

[fundrazer]

 

[megamind]

My inside out forehand

 

[Fiero425]

It's before most of you guys' time, but my favorite shot that I actually executed well, the "Bucharest Backfire" created by Ilie Nastase! It's an over the shoulder shot, sometimes smashed! Jimmy Connors ripped it off as his Ilie's apprentice & "Padawan" called the "Bellville Backfire!"

 

[MichaelNadal]

That point sums up the entire rivalry. Nadal hammers away at the BH corner until Fed goes big, and Nadal goes bigger.

Lol it's epic that you know exactly what point I was talking about.... it's brutal!