karlovic serve

[1223Melo]

Wtf are you people talking about? He does jump.

[manvir13]

he plays with the weirdest racket

[tennisac86]

mozel jace haha

[yoimcrazy]

send that thing to war.

[BrotherTree1]

0:05-0:06 fucking hear that shit. if that ball hit me, i would seriously die due to severe wounding. its a cannon for gods sake.

[bigalfan1224]

6-10

[grantsensational]

Are you guys really kidding? Ivo has a great serve because of his height, which troubles all of his opponents. The thing is he doesnt NEED to jump. All the other guys jump because they need to lift themselves to his height. Yes, it might help him, but is it really worth it? When you serve from higher to the ground the projectory of the ball tends to bounce higher. Try it. Serve from the service line, then the baseline. Your serve from the service line is extremely higher. That's how Ivo feels.

[roler93]

it's not all in the height...there have been a lot of tall players who didn't had powerful serve

[polipoli7]

imagine karlovic does the roddick serve(the motion and the racket speed) lol. he'll have the worlds fastest serve

[EscapedC0nvict]

not necessarily - you have to develop a style which suits you, copying roddick's serve might decrease the power

[007toft007]

roddick has a technique of his own, it shouldn't be copied lool

[EscapedC0nvict]

yeah i know, i was just suggesting. its a thing of beauty

[TheNYFlame]

Does he really need to? Roddick's fastest serve has 2mph on Karlovic's. He just has to use that height of his.

[EscapedC0nvict]

fucking genetics comes down to the fact ivo has a great serve - unlike arod who gets more power out of his serve even though hes smaller

[appppppppple]

he is all fluid but it doesnt look like he has the same racket head speed like others on tour

[Snaurt]

The taller you are, the slower you look. That's as fast as he can swing.

[shotyboy]

it looks like he relies on his height to much...if he were to jump into the court i think it would be much better

[trifleobscure]

I doubt he got to the final of queens just because he had a good serve... hes been 14th in the world before. he can play tennis, its just other skills get out in the shadow of his awesome serve.

[pavleka]

He hates you too bitch!

[hfgdds]

oh..if he would know how to play tennis, he would be number 1 with his serve and perfect game ;) So shut up...

[pavleka]

so ur saying everyone who knows how to play tennis should be no.1. He makes more money in year then u in ur hole life.

[hfgdds]

u r so stupid, so u don`t understand me...i told u that he has the best serve, so if he would know how to play tennis, he would be nr.1.

And i actually don`t care about u, him and his money..

[pavleka]

next time make more sence. Truth hurts doesnt it?

[hfgdds]

Oh, why can`t u just shut the fuck up.. He is the worst tennis player. and thats the end:)

[pavleka]

Fukk off cunt how could he be the worst if his 26 in the world u fukn jewish mother fukker.

[hfgdds]

He made all his money and his ranking with serve...no tennis...just serve :P;)

[PrasSF]

I promise you he has better groundstrokes than 90% of the world... why don't you have a baseline rally with him and see whether you last? Promise you he'd win.

[TopDog69]

No, he really wouldn't.

[utvolsfan1985]

@PrasSF yes...but if you played his backhand like most of the guys do on tour, you MIGHT have a chance. A small chance, but atleast its somewhat doable.

[PrasSF]

You MIGHT have a chance, yes, but can you consistently hit it deep to his backhand side? He is not nearly as bad as people make him out to be. It's just tiresome to hear that without his serve, he's nothing... he has a solid slice. a good forehand, and is an extremely capable volleyer... the only reason the pros make him look like a fool at times is because they have impeccable footwork and placement, which if any of us had, we'd probably be trying out for the pro tour.

[PrasSF]

*Continued* I am not saying that he has an amazing topspin backhand, I wouldn't even be surprised if some people on here have better ones than he does, but you think he doesn't know that? He is one of the best players at maximizing his strengths and minimizing his weaknesses, which is why I highly doubt he would consistently lose baseline rallies to any non-pro. I am the furthest thing from a Karlovic fan there is, but he doesn't deserve all the hate he's getting.

[justin33267]

@PrasSF 90% of the world? try 99.99%. his groundstrokes are only shit compared to other tennis pros (in which they really are... quite shit)

[AVFC0711]

@PrasSF

lol not not even 1% percent of the world play tennis it would be more than 90%, you dont break rafael nadal to love on more than occosion unless you have decent groundstrokes

[PassionNTennis]

Your an asshole no offence

[pavleka]

Why is that? I didnt say nythin to you!

[RacerEckss]

6-10 230....FREAK!

[GreenSaida]

Actually Andy's hold % is 91% as well.

And aces aren't everything. You have to take on unreturned serves as well.

[tenista27]

See the ATP stats and you'll see his serve is far more efficiently than Roddick's..

[hazer94]

Guyes...Sampras,Becker,edberg,­larsson,karlovic HAs the best serves ever.

[guzonjinsin88]

ivanisevic by far the best serve

[trifleobscure]

thats because ivanisevic is croat too. and tall. all the croats have great serves. and they all happen to be lovely

[rafiullah1]

roddick is a better server than karlovic, nice joke.. have you ever actually thought of considering the stats.. this year alone karlovic tops the atp rankings for the highest % of service games won(91%) and has the most aces this year.. roddick is most certainly a better player than karlovic but not a better server!

[oweemogee]

and yeah, Roddick is wayyyyyyyy better than karlovic and has a better serve

[oweemogee]

no sorry dude but karlovic is ALL speed. sorry to say this but no amount of denying is gonna make it untrue, Federer has the best serve, he doesn't need speed he uses placement and spin, and can always pull out the goods when he needs them, and for all those fucks who doubted him the past year, hes comin back, big time.

[ihateuutube]

he has the best service game in the modern tennis. by far. not only because he speed and angles make most of his first serves unreturnable, but because he also has one the highest first serve percentages in the game. last year it was 69%.

[GobTheIllusionist]

by the way if you want to talk about bad technique, boris becker used a forehand grip and landed on his back foot, want to diss his serve?

[DaStuDogg]

Forgive my ignorance as I don't know much about tennis, but what is the signficance of him getting 153mph 'out wide'?

[SoooBlue]

I doubt he would hit a 153mph serve out wide in the AD court, if so, that is a hell of a speed to hit out wide on the AD court...

[nen6425]

well, for me, it's easier to serve on the Ad side and i'm right handed.

[SoooBlue]

The natural angle on the deuce side is out wide and for the ad side it is down the T, but then again, we all have our personal preferences.

[jektarr]

if he hit that same serve down the middle of the court it wouldve registered faster on the machine

[DaStuDogg]

Thanks

[Eeli2008]

He can volley well, which I saw at the Artois Championship this year. However, when he stays at the baseline he plays not as well as his net approach. He just has to sharpen his skills apart from his serve and volley. Still a great player to me! He is just a gentleman.

[albore82]

fuck off karlovic is everything with or without serve

[daruizsa]

KARLOVIC WITHOUT SERVE = NOTHING

[RastafarianPikachu]

oh, another nice ace.....what a dick..

[LeeMorTatchi]

he serves over 210 kmh..

[imgreat93]

his serve seems effortless but its fantastic, great accuracy and power! i mean cmon, 153mph is an accomplishment in itself, but out wide, wow!!!

[typicay]

my fav player of all time! A player that sends chills to the victim on the recieving end of that monster serve and a player who is truly capable of beating (or losing to =P) anyone on his given day.

[ivo6ft10in]

effortless service motion.

[nolenewfave]

i hate these useless pieces of shit ruining the game of tennis...freaks with no technique and only a big serve

[cyb0027]

moron

it takes technique to have a good serve

[Ripped13]

horrible style, it seems almost amateur.

[GobTheIllusionist]

how can you even say that when he's served 153 out wide? just because he's tall doesn't mean he can get away with amateur technique. and yeah this style certainly hasn't worked for ivanisevic, ljubicic, or ancic either, has it?

[robbie87au]

Go Ivo Karlovic!!!!!!!!, 1000 aces this season!!!!! He's one of my favourite players, yeah!!!

[flipsta8]

shit serve motion

[cyb0027]

who cares wat ur serve motion is

if u can ace ppl 1000 times...

[onestopbebop]

Yup, classic Croatian style: the tallest players with the best serves...Try again troll ah, ah, ah!

[oneinch1der]

I saw Karlovic at Nottingham and he hit a 153 MPH serve i didn't even see the ball until it hit the fence at the back of the court.

[josecarlosbe]

coolxD

[jasjak89]

tako ivo! samo bombardirai

[badik1]

This is big boy!He has got big serve!

[russiapp]

he is doing the "Ustasa-serve" very classical

[russiapp]

classic croat style hahaha