That's the BH I want..He was the first player that I can remember who could punish the ball from both sides--over and over.

No other player in HISTORY had a backhand that makes that sound every shot! Listen to the sound of most of the other players then listen to Agassi's...there is pow and then there is Agassi...POW! It just sounds like it is crushed every time (and it is) so beautiful to to hear and see. Was the first player to just pummel shots...and could still compete with big hitters today if he were around. Can you imagine the rallies he and Djokitch (yes I spelled it wrong..lol) would have? Miss you Andre!!!

I trained with him when I was also one of nick Bolletieri’s protégés in 1985 and his backhand then was his best shot apart from his speed on the court. He definitely became a much better player in time and truly has the best two handed backhand and best return of serve (both sides) than anyone. He became a legend. I’m so proud of him. Rock on Andre

5:22 might be one of the best groundstrokes of all time. It is simply inhuman.

novak's backhand is great, but it's really a confidence meter, he only hits down the line winners when he is confident, agassi does it whenever.

agassi plays an attacking game. that’s what sets him apart. he can hit winners and ridiculous angles. his hand eye coordination was off the chart. never saw him framed or shanked a ball.. unlike today’s players who put emphasis on topspin just to keep the ball in play and wait for the opponents to make mistakes. only sampras booming and precision serve could give him trouble. that highlight against federer and nadal though, he already was playing with a back injury and yet he pushed them to deciding sets. if he played in today’s era, he would give the big3 a lot of problems and they wouldn’t reach 20 slams.

Andre Agassi's two-hand backhand is one of my favorites and is a thing of beauty. When I first time learned to play tennis, I naturally learned to do the two-hand backhand. Ever since watching Agassi play and saw his backhand, I became a fan of Agassi and his backhand is always awesome especially those down the line and cross-court winners. When I hit a winner while playing high school tennis with my backhand, although I'm not really a competitive player, I think about Agassi. He's definitely my all-time favorite player.

His backhand was a piece of art!

My top two, two-handed backhands 1A) Agassi 1B) Safin. I called them the bazooka brothers back in the day.

that backhand down the line is a fucking beauty

1:38 Agassi used to say in practice, "I paid a lot of bills with that backhand down the line shot."

The best 2-handed backhand ever,. Novak's is good too but not that aggressive. Agassi had speed, power, precision and deadly angles. just out of this world.

Best 2 handed ever and probably one of the top 10 strokes ever in tennis!!

I have a one handed backhand, but I always enjoyed and admired Agassi's backhand. Great Video (Two thumbs up)

Agassi's backhand was mechanical beauty. Could be the best two hander ever.

The rally at 4:08 shows all the talents of Andre Agassi. Amazing Return, Groundstrokes, Feeling and Passing Shots. I miss him on the Tour!!!

He hides his intention so well. You really don't know where he's going to hit it.

His forehand isn't too shabby either!!! LOL. Agassi is definitely one of my fav's. I always loved his clean, crisp, accurate ground strokes. He had enough power but he also had the angles and he could go up the line and crosscourt, so much versatility!!

This vid should have 100,000 views...

agassi has best groundstrokes in tennis history.

I think Agassi and Guga had the best backhand/crosscourt drives ever.

gotta love that backhand winner off Nadal's moonball, hehe

5:22 one of the best backhands on the rise spetacular.Eaven Nadal couldn't handle it

Simply the BEST

Agassi had a beautiful backhand, compact, accurate. The Reggie Jackson of backhands.

Awesome backhands. He made it look so easy.

simply beautiful mechanics!

Amazing vid men thanks

Beautiful

I have never seen a player who can hit the ball cleaner than Agassi.

That match against blake holy shit

A haircut and a forehand. And a backhand too.

Whenever Agassi wen against someone, it was always a grinding battle. He always smacked the ball as hard as he could, haha.

the bhand at 5:25 and against blake 5:54...no one hits those no one on tour hits as clean as this

05:19, that's how you take on Nadal's topspin!!! ;)

5:25 shot was awesome! :)

Crazy

His backhand almost was cheating it was so damn good he could beat you with his backhand alone only Ken Rosewall and Richard gasquet when he isn't playing like a scared cat could beat someone in such a fashion I will say though that there has never been anyone in the game who's return of serve was as good as his period past or present and this is not an opinion

Greatest backhand of all time and probably the most explosive shot off all time, bar Sampras' serve but that doesn't count because of the physics involved in serving

cross court - short angle - then bam! The down the line winners came

Wow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2160p 4k? holy shit lol

I also think that in terms of groundstrokes, nobody has been able to surpass Agassi's consistency from the baseline. The only other player that I can think of who has the precision from the baseline that Agassi had is Federer. Federer can actually do many of the same things Agassi could (take the ball early, catch it late, change direction of the ball, touch, angles, etc) but Federer's backhand was never as consistent as Agassi's and is more likely to break down under pressure.

Those down-the-line shots are just plain NASTY.

True. Agassi's forehand was great, but a lot of other players in his era had an equal (if not better) forehand than Agassi (ie: Courier, Sampras). And later in his career, other players such as Roddick, Blake and Federer were able to match or surpass Agassi on the forehand side. But his backhand was always his more consistent weapon and very few players had a backhand that could match Agassi's. That's what made him so dangerous from the baseline, the ability to hit winners off both sides.

Why is the screen so distorted? Everything's squashed.

5:20 that's the best shot in tennis history.

True.....anyone who thinks Roddick's forehand can compare to Agassi's, doesn't know tennis at all. Roddick could match Agassi for power off the forehand certainly, from well behind the baseline. He was not able to take the ball anywhere near as early as Agassi, nor could he shorten his swing up like Agassi, nor could he hit a FH return like Agassi (in fact that is comparing one of the greatest returns to one of the worst (for a top player) of all time). Much of this also applies to the BH.

I don't think Roddick's forehand compares to Agassi's. Agassi was the first guy who could hit the ball equally well off both sides. He took the ball early and hit it relatively flat. When he was playing well no one could quite deal with him from the baseline back in the days. Only the best of the big servers had a prayer against him. It's a shame he wasn't fully dedicated for all of his career because who knows how much more he would have accomplished.

great video, but is it my computer or is it the video? it looks like everything is shrunken

8:56 out

Korte beweging

No. His FH was excellent, but nowhere near the greatest. In fact, his own coach - the man who turned his career around, Brad Gilbert admitted that some players probably surpass Agassi on the FH (he mentioned Sampras and some of the spaniards), but he felt that Agassi's FH and BH combined was probably better than anything any player has had off the ground. Even early in his career, Lendl and Courier were clearly - at minimum, his equal off the forehand (though Agassi could take it earlier)

Sinner has a very similar one to Agassi!

and to think he kept pushing late in his career...taking cortisone shots in his back just to get going.

Why is the video completely squished and looks terrible? Bad encode?

Djokovic is arguably more consistent from the baseline.

Novak is like a better faster agassi.

Video quality sucks.