Which pro is the best at hitting backhands that are several feet above head height?

[tennis_hack]

Please not this does NOT include hitting very high and loopy heavy topspin shots on the rise in the ideal strike zone like Djokovic and Agassi are so fond of - the pro needs to wait for the ball to bounce a few feet above their head (almost backhand overhead height) and then hit it.

Which pro has the backhand that's best at doing that?

Which pro can really hammer down backhands on shots that bounce several feet above their head height?

 

[LeeD]

All ATP pros are adept at handling shots that bounce higher than their heads on the backhand side.
The shorter pros do it more often, so have more practice, and need a better return, as they have problems holding serve, and need to break in order to win.
OlivierRochus, DavidFerrer, AlbertoBarasetechi, MichaelChang, are examples.

 

[jelle v]

Since he is only recently retired, I think I can still say Nalbandian..

 

[Andres]

Gaudio and Kuerten were amazing at hitting high backhands.

 

[Don't Let It Bounce]

It's an interesting question, but in a way the phrasing of the question makes the answer a little misleading. If a player has to hit a backhand above the shoulder, he has already been maneuvered into a tactical disadvantage, so the better the baseliner, the less likely he'll be hitting the shot.

 

[SStrikerR]

Several FEET above head height? You're hitting a slice or an overhead at that point...

 

[Le Master]

Federer has the best backhand overhead I've ever seen. He almost never misses it, and usually hits it at ridiculous angles with good power.

Nadal is also very good, if I remember correctly.

 

[tennis_hack]

Federer has the best backhand overhead I've ever seen. He almost never misses it, and usually hits it at ridiculous angles with good power.

Nadal is also very good, if I remember correctly.

Not actually talking about backhand overheads, I'm talking about hitting normal topspin backhands extremely high in the contact zone.

 

[Death Master]

it has to be nole.

the guy is a machine off that wing.

 

[tennis_hack]

it has to be nole.

the guy is a machine off that wing.

Djokovic is great at hitting topspin backhands before the ball gets several feet above his head. He's not that great at hitting them once they're up there.

 

[tipsa...don'tlikehim!]

Almagro


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[Andres]

Current? Probably Almagro and Wawrinka. I would be inclined to say Gasquet, but he usually slices those really really high backhands.

Retired? I'd do with Gaudio and Kuerten

 

[Le Master]

Not actually talking about backhand overheads, I'm talking about hitting normal topspin backhands extremely high in the contact zone.

You're gonna need to provide video clips of this occurring. I don't think anybody can hit normal topspin backhands several feet over their head. I don't think it's possible. Any shot hit from that height is an overhead.

 

[President]

Robin Soderling could crush head/shoulder high backhands with ease.

 

[tennis playa]

Not actually talking about backhand overheads, I'm talking about hitting normal topspin backhands extremely high in the contact zone.

Then you should make the question more realistic, no pro hits backhands ' several feet' above their heads, lets say that by several you mean 3 feet ( conservative estimate) do you realise how high above a players head that is??