Behold my requiem for the one-handed backhand: threatened but not quite extinct, clinging to relevance like the used bookstore, the standard transmission, and the overly-nostalgic newspaper sports ...

In 1989, at just 17 years old, Michael Chang won the French Open and was the youngest tennis player to win the Grand Slam singles. He uses a jumping two-handed backhand technique.

Eight years ago, Martina Navratilova summed up the problem with the one-handed backhand in today’s game: “It practically takes a genius to hit [one],” she said. The great Czech-American champion used ...

Over time, fewer and fewer professional players possess a one-handed backhand. This is notably due to the evolution of equipment over the years. Asked about this by the media outlet SDNA, Lorenzo ...

Once popular among tennis legends such as the likes of Roger Federer, Stefan Edberg, Pete Sampras, Justine Henin and Steffi Graf, many believe the one-handed backhand is a lost art. However, former ...

A lingering wrist injury has sidelined her two-hander, but on the grass courts of London, Karolina Muchova is making her one-handed improvisation look more like a calculated tactic. LONDON -- When ...

More than a year after his retirement, Roger Federer remains the poster boy for the one-handed backhand – tennis’s most aesthetic shot. Yet he could also be the key to its decline. When the ATP ...

When would you use a one-hander rather than a two-hander with backhand volleys at the NVZ. Experts support using a one-hander when the ball is out of your reach, and when you must reach into the NVZ ...

The two-handed backhand is becoming more and more popular, especially among the pros, and that's where this week's tip comes in. I'm returning to one of my favorite instructors, Jordan Briones, and he ...

Djokovic’s two-handed backhand is consistent, which led him to become the first player to beat both Nadal and Federer to win at the Masters Series Event.