My Favorite Two-Handed Backhands (WTA)

Pictures and videos of women's two-handed backhands, past and present. Monica Seles, Chris Evert, Serena Williams, Venus Williams, Maria Sharapova, Lindsay Davenport, Jelena Jankovic, Mary Pierce, Martina Hingis, Svetlana Kuznetsova, Elena Dementieva, Dinara Safina, and Ana Ivanovic take part in this video. Long live tennis and the 2HBH! Music used: Clubbed to Death by Rob Dougan (The Matrix), Are You Alive by Richard Gibbs (Battlestar Galactica Mini-Series).

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Sports

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• tennis
• backhand
• 2HBH
• two
• hand
• handed
• Seles
• Jankovic
• Serena
• Venus
• Safina
• Evert
• Ivanovic
• Sharapova
• Hingis
• Dementieva

[StewNWT]

Personally I think Kim Clijsters has the best 2 handed BH ever. She gets that extra little bit of spin on the ball so that it curls away from her opponents.

[hajime2k]

@StewNWT Admittedly I overlooked hers. I didn't think there was much to her backhand. It's simple, yet deceptively effective. She can wide you out with ease or just effortlessly go down the line on it.

[samaybrahmin]

If only backhands are to be compared.. then the UNDERRATED DAVENPORT has the BEST backhand of all !

Her backhand was so clean ... even her forehand for htat matter.. its a fact that if she had even 80 per cent of the mobility of the williams sisters... she would be a better player than both of them.. she lost to them more because the williams sisters knew how to use davenports groundstroke power and counterattack it to make her move around.. and thats why she lost more !

[hajime2k]

Davenport actually won the H2H with Venus 14-13, but lost to Venus in 3 slam finals. :( Serena was just a bad matchup for her.

In terms of pure skill Davenport was definitely on par with the Williams'.

[mangopius]

what's the song??

[hajime2k]

"Clubbed to Death" by Rob Dougan

[westfaner]

Chris Evert had the best two-hander of all-time, it was a natural two-hander the second hand or arm was used as stability. Her shoulder turn was natural and hard to read , and her angels and short and long were incredible. Most all players if not all that followed her, used the second hand or arm to brush up on the ball or to change direction or steer the ball. Hers was so natural that she could let go and hit a one handed shot, she also hit the best inside out backhand a very little used shot.

[sharliex]

In my opinion...hingis,venus,li na,sharapova,myskina,evert,san­chez vicario,jankovic and ..of course,seles got the best two handed backhands in the last 20 years

[david030491]

Serena's for me.

[CarlitoxBMT]

But Anna Kournikova was a great player ! and it's good to say that she had THE BEST really THE BEST full hair ponytail of all time hahahaha Lol

[StewNWT]

@hajime2k it's definitely one of the most potent and consistent. Watch her matches vs. Henin from 2010 and her victory over Li Na in the Aussie Open final, not to mention her victory over Venus in 2005 at the USO (most incredible 2 sets of women's tennis ever, the first 2 of that 3 set match). Her BH is lethal, and has that extra angle that others lack. Certainly better than Sveta/Dinara/Lena's. I think hers, JJ's, Maria and Serena's are the most deadly.

[luirot9]

@luirot9

Serena has the most punishing backhand return after Seles, purely menacing, but I find hers a bit ordinary on its own merits. Myskina would be my special mention after my top three. Sharapova would be next in line.

[luirot9]

@samaybrahmin

I agree Davenport's backhand was simply fantastic, I can't truly decide between hers Hingis' or Venus'. Hingis' was superior in terms of variety and consistency at her best, Venus had the flashier of the three and anything slightly short would be pummeled from her backhand side, that down the line backhand of Venus was murderous between 99-2003. Davenport similarly to Venus was so devastating.

[twarren20]

@hajime2k Having a better H2H agains Venus isn't anything special bc a lot of women do, even women who are not that great. I used to love Venus, but she hasn't been anything special in the last 8 years. Venus actually sucks.

[twarren20]

@samaybrahmin She really didn't lose that much more, they just beat her at the slams more. She won more of the smaller tourneys against them...the ones no one remembers.

[jjbre1]

JJ HAVE A BEST BACKHAND ON THE WORLD!