The three BEST one-handed backhands of all time: 1. Guga 2. Federer 3. Gasquet

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​@@RoyaltyBS14I admire all of these players... But guys, Dominic Thiem is the man who has shown the most dominant single hand backhand ever. And that is a truth without any discussion

@@nenkoandreev8509 I just didn’t mention him because of the injury…

@@RoyaltyBS14 you have right saying that but in reality he is well physically but having mental problems getting his form back top. Pity fact but except that...on his top period he brought us hell of a shot with his one handed backhand!

Picasso's art is kinda distorted. Guga's backhand is smooth and artistically clean.

i think Kafelnikv sayed thaz Guga played like Picasso.

@@thebigmonstaandy6644 guga plays like Picasso paints

@@alexandraschall7896 yes.this is what i mean

"Thor's hammer" - the tour about Pete's serve, which makes Guga's victory over him (especially indoors) that much more amazing.

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"Brazilian spirit", like Senna...Dont see any more in a long time...

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@@mike04574 the 3rd RG came at 2001. When he won the Masters Cup (2000) he had 2 RGs.

he would win much more in modern era,becaurce he had modern game ,that is very suited to new surfaces,rackets and strings.in in 2004 era he would wind like 5-6 GSs

Indeed. A RG final between Rafa and Guga is a "dream match" of most tennis lovers. To me, Rafa would win but it's safe to say those high balls to the backhand Rafa "hurted" Federer so much with would have little to no effect on Guga. That would be interesting to see...

Definetly, and Guga while still a quick player, just changed into a gazelle on clay, would make a fair argument that his footwork on clay was just as good as Nadals.

Safin was way better and more versatile

@@antjoca joke of the year

I agree 100%. No wonder hes the best "early to mid 90s turned pro player" by a decent margin with most GS and MS titles and weeks as n1. Quite a lot for a player who faced in the same era legends such as Federer, Sampras, Agassi, Safin, Rios, Moya, Kafelnikov, Rafter, Ferrero, Hewitt, Muster, Chang, Ivanisevic, Roddick and many others great players i could add here.

Injuries cut short his whole generation. That is why Federer only needed to dominate the players from his junior years to be so dominant. By the time Federer "arrived" in 2003-4 Kafelnikov, Rafter, Rios and Kuerten were already out of the game.

@@seguridadinformatica9908 Maybe Safin had the greater potential and he was indeed more versatile, in the sense that he managed to be successful in different surfaces. But in no way was he "way better" lol. If anything, Safin was an underachiever.

If only

Yeah man. It's all in the hips!

he was lucky to have 3 slam titles. because he made it only three times past the quarter finals

@@derbenutzer4648 nobody that won 3 grand slam is just a "lucky"... 1 ok, 2 no way, 3 "lucky"? 😂

@@derbenutzer4648 Pretty ignorant comment. No Slam winner is lucky.

And it was the only indoor hard title of his career. This feat was so much more improbable than Nadal winning the ATP finals. It was magic.

@@leandrolapa8461 Pretty bizzare. Isn't it? Nadal made 15 grand slam finals outside Roland Garros and Kuerten didn't made a single slam semi final outside RG. But Kuerten has ATP Finals trophy but Nadal doesn't. Corretja also has an ATP Finals trophy in 1998. And he was a clay court specialist too. And Nadal is an all court player.

@@chamindujanith6337 Nadal became an all-court player. He is the megazord of clay-courters

@@leandrolapa8461 Dude Nadal has 7 grand slams and 15 grand slam finals outside Roland Garros. That's better than Boris Becker's whole career.😅😅😅 And 10 masters 1000 titles on hard court. And olympic gold on hard court.

@@chamindujanith6337 That's why he's the best! But he struggled in the hard-court slams in his first seasons. That's why I said he became an all-court player. He is fifth in all-time hard-court slams now, behind only Nole (12), Roger (11), Sampras (7) and Agassi (6).

I was just about to write the same thing .

Sick angle 🤣🤣🤣

That was 5 years prior

Guga was in his best...Wonderfull backhand...Most beautiful in all time....

Pete at his medium level, serve without power at his forehand all the time, where was the serve down the T and the aces..

The best backhand I've ever seen. That point lives rent free in my brain!

Prime Guga maybe, Agassi was top but not prime, but this is not even close to prime Pete.

@@bifftannen66 Sampras did win Wimbledon that year beat Rafter in the final and got to the us open final that year lost to the talented Safin in the final maybe not 90s Pete but Sampras was still strong then he declined in 2001

The court is purple claycourt That's why he won

@@jonathanterrett I agree, he was still very good, just not prime vintage 90's Pete who would win at will.

@@jonathanterrett Still won the us open in 2002. Tell me how he did it

He was already suffering from his hip injury

Falou muita verdade mas a primeira frase acaba com tudo. Que simplificada eim, "a contusão do Guga provocou indiretamente o desequilíbrio de forças no tênis desde 2004. Brasileiro é clubista em tudo mesmo, guga foi meu ídolo mas comparar ele com o Big 3 é sacanagem. Com Murray? Ok. Mas Federer, Nadal e Djoko estão muito muito longe de guga e estariam mesmo que ele nunca tivesse sofrido nenhuma lesão.

​@@thiagosilveirap9468​ Longe disso Thiago, primeiro de tudo, não se trata de clubismo: É um tricampeão de grand slam, meu camarada. Não tem mais de 20 jogadores no masculino em cinquenta anos de era aberta que possuem esse hall. Em segundo, hora nenhuma fiz comparação com o big 3. Digo que o balanço de forças poderia sido mais equilibrado até 2006. Grand Slams viraram uma terra de ninguém entre 2002 e 2003, e é nesse período aí que o Guga teria estendido o reinado, dividindo o mapa com caras como Safin e Hewitt, e varrendo outros como Roddick, Albert Costa e Ferrero. E com isso ele teria dado uma competição de verdade para o Nadal no início da caminhada dele em Roland Garros, no saibro. Guga jogou em alto nível saudável até os 25, e em alto nível contundido até os 28. Hoje os caras com 33, 34 anos jogam com preparo físico de 20. E nas quadras duras, aquele US Open de 2001 era dele. Cincinnati foi um prenúncio do domínio que estava por surgir nos próximos 2 ou 3 anos. O maldito quadril começou a fraquejar foi ali. Guga não era um cara unidimensional em termos de piso, e (mais uma vez) se estivesse inteiro, poderia ter competido com o Federer no início do reinado dele.

@@eduardowallacebragadesouza6207 para guga levar us open ele para mim tinha que melhorar a devolução( devolvia muito atras da linha de base )e movimentação em quadra( hewitt cobria a quadra muito melhor que guga). Entao só em 2003 vejo um guga saudável com alguma chance no us open. Antes disso creio que nao era possível mesmo saudável.

@@eduardowallacebragadesouza6207 Nao acho o mesmo. Ferrero was a super player, who by 2000 year, was able to beat Kafelnikov, Safin, Rafter and Hewitt for winning the first Davis Cup for Spain. You also know that, before that "medical time out" by Guga, Ferrero was winning the Roland Garros 2000 semifinal 2 sets to 1, 3 games to 2 and serve. A 20 year old Ferrero against a 24 more experienced Guga almost won Guga there. And I think, if Guga didn't break Ferrero's rythm by that controversial (and I think not very "fair-play") medical time out, the result of that match wouldn't have been the same. Acho que um healthy Ferrero from 2003 would have win o Guga do 2001. I said this cause I read an interview from ATP site from 2018 year, where Ferrero said 2003 Roland Garros was the ONLY tournament when he didn't have a physical issue. He said that the 2002 Roland Garros edition he injured BEFORE the tournament, training with Tommy Robredo. Still, he won Coria, Gaudio, Agassi and Safin to reach the final, where he lost terribly to Costa, cause he had cortisone shots on one of his foot. Ferrero won against Guga in Roma by 2001 also. (Kuerten lost Roma to Magnus Norman in 2000 final edition, so he was not invincible) So, besides the HUGE CHAMPION and the ADMIRACIÓN I have to Guga (I loved Kuerten matches), the fact you are brazilian can't make you think the other players also had physical problems, like Ferrero (by the way, health problems even at a younger age than Guga's problems). Prime 23 years old Ferrero (even won an Indoor Masters 1000 on carpet beating an already Wimbledon champion like Federer on the semifinals) was at the same level than Guga's 24 years old. Without a doubt.

@@mrpiccolofan2 ferrero vs agassi in us open 2003 was insane. Bast move on court very agressive forehand (cross court forehand both side court) amazing performance. Agree about ferrero

Indeed!

There were no doubles

@@boriskostic6964 I am pretty sure that Ben knows that too...

I don't remember, was there a doubles masters as a separte event?

@@zeljkocrljenica7135 If my memory is correct, the doubles version was actually held in India. That might be an indication of what the ATP thought of doubles during this period. I also loved the single only court.

Half volley forehand great shot from sampras

Injury if 28 year old

back then players don't really condition their bodies well... and many players became complacent after they peaked (winning a GS or achieving no.1)... I think the idea of longevity and winning as many slams as you can only really started with Federer (or Agassi to an extent)

SamprS stopped training at 29. But yes he played great since 19. Also now the rules have changed and older players can go to fewer matches.

@@innosanto like I said, the concept of maintaining and conditioning your body even as you get older was not a huge concept back then training is part of conditioning. not to mention Sampras clearly lost the drive to stay at the top once he became the player with the most GS titles and most weeks at no.1 (both to be surpassed in around 10 years)

Best of 5 sets! In a time where the ball was already too fast with modern rackets. Too many injuries.

Kuerten did not play his best tennis in 98

Well Sampras wasn't peak here, but not taking anything away from Guga. He was phenomenal in that tourney.