''Why, good day to you, sir. What a fine match you just played!!'' ''Thank you, kind man.'' ''Say, would you like to play an exhibition match for charity?'' ''Certainly.'' ''See, we have envisioned just for fun what tennis might look like 140 years from now in the year 2019. Just step into this metal carriage...'' ''Carriage? Well, where are the horses?'' ''Oh... um.... they'll be here soon. We can step inside while we wait for them.'' ''Oh, all right... and who will be my main rival?'' ''His name is Novak Djoković. He comes from Serbia.'' ''The newly-independent Principality of Serbia?'' ''Yeah, that one.'' ''I can't imagine those savages knowing anything about proper tennis. I imagine the match will be like a leisurely walk in the park.'' ''Oh, I'm sure it will. I am sure it will.''
Federer said one of the biggest changes in the game was the introduction of new string technologies in the 2000s. Believe he was referring to co-poly strings. That was not mentioned in the video.
Federer uses gut mains, poly cross. Nylon strings been around forever. I doubt if today's plastics are better than gut except in durability, water resistance, and price. Federer can afford gut strings even if he paid for them himself. Big, wide racquet heads give you a lot more power than the old wood racquets enabling magical shots with little effort that would have been impossible with wood. Other big changes are grunting, fist pumping, tiebreakers, big money, line calling machines. Best change--so many gorgeous female players today.
Two-handed backhand and topspin of the 1970s from players like Connors and Borg changed the game. Racket technology of the 1980s (bigger surface area and lighter) gave all players more power and control.
I have in my possession a few photos taken by my great uncle while working in St. Moritz in 1929. In these photos are candid shots of Rene LaCoste, Jean Borotra and Jacques Brugnon, three of the "Four Musketeers" of French tennis in the 1920s-30s. Pretty interesting stuff. All the more so since I'm a pretty serious student of the game. The funny thing is, my great uncle didn't even play tennis, he was a jazz trombonist who was playing in the hotel these people were staying at. One of the photos is a large group shot that has the three tennis players, Sonia Henne, the Olympic skater and Harold Lloyd, the actor as well as some unidentified people. I'd LOVE to be able to identify everyone in the photo, but don't know who would have that kind of knowledge. My great uncle passed away years ago after suffering from dementia, so that avenue is closed.
A well executed one-handed backhand is one of the prettiest shots in tennis. It's a shame so few players use it anymore. I do, but I'm a far cry from the pro tour.
FullOilBarrel my slice is a flat low shot that isn't weak also easy to do short cross court shots that double handlers hate watch federal bring opponents up easy to pass them or lob in lower grades
Correction: players are forced to play out more points because of the slow court speed, compared to other decades. This allows defensive players more time to react and return
Am I seeing things correctly? It appears that at 0:42 a woman in the 1880s hits a couple of forehands with a windshield-wiper follow-through... To examine it closely, pause the video just before 0:42 and use the "." (period) key to advance the video a frame-at-a-time [the "," (comma) key backs up the video a frame at a time).
It's not a learned technique, it's just a description of what people do when faced with various problems, human mind seeks to solve them and God is the teacher. good observation!
Man everyone forgets about Pacho Gonzales & Hoad (pro & amateur/grand slam tennis didn't merge until the late 60s). Played some real monster tennis from what I've seen/ heard, for the 1950-60s
Borg had a sort of semi-two handed backhand: in the end of the follow through he released one hand. It is funny to see the wood racket; so heavy players would often move without holding them up: you can see the racket hanging loose, being held by one arm as they run around.
Next step in the evolution of the sport of Tennis: complaining about 'sexism' and/or 'racism' after getting caught cheating (coaching) or due to bad behavior (smashing rackets)
I realize that the topic was how the game evolved but several players that were important in the 1960’s may not have been mentioned. I got to sit behind the baseline and watch Rod Laver play Ken Rosewall in 1970 on a red clay court. Rosewall’s slice backhand was so accurate. But Rod Laver could slice it, drive it or drop it off the BH with so much disguise. They both had great all court games. It was a chess match on a tennis court. I was fortunate to have watched both Connors and McEnroe play live. Nobody had more touch and feel on the volley than McEnroe. Connors played with an energy level and was so much fun to watch. Use he was famous for hitting hard but he knew how to attack the net or run down a great shot and stay in a point. Today I love to watch Roger and Raffa play. They are the modern versions of Laver and Connors.
I respect his style, the sport is dying and changes to the strings, courts and ball and hurt the game in my opinion. As it killed off serve and volley, and a lot of diversity of styles, touch and feel players. Now baseliners hitting the ball like a baseball bat dominate.
I agree, the text was way too short-timed to do the reading. While pausing the vid would be a solution, that's not the best idea to enjoy such video 100%. Still, it's a nice mini documentary, just the videography could have been better.
Very poorly done video of a sport that needs to be more deeply explored. I've noted that even as recently as Rod Laver the purpose of the service seems to have been only to put the ball into play. And I believe that tennis has evolved more than any other sport and today truly deserves the epithet "the beautiful game".
Greg White Laver was 5' 7"". Serviing aces is not a money shot for anyone that size. Ellsworth Vines was serving two aces per game in the early 1930s. Bill Tilden used to serve out a match by taking five balls in his huge hands, serving four aces, and then tossing the fifth ball to the umpire, in 1920s. Kramer had a huge serve in late 1940s, Pancho in 1950s. I saw 120mph serving in 1963-4.
Very interesting video... Thx for creating. For me, out of all the changes and evolution, is racket technology... And for better or worse it's created power baseliners galore. Couple that with the slowing down of surface and balls bouncing higher it seems like virtually every tournament has the same feel. Would love to see tennis go back to playing on three distinct surfaces. IMHO, it's too homogenized at present.
Great analysis! One gripe; (and I know I do have some brain rot) the three-line text groupings went by a little too quickly for me...had to backtrack to finish two groups. Thanks!
List of no. 1 ATP players before open era: 1) Rod Laver: 374 weeks 2) Bill Tilden: 368 weeks 3) Willie Renshaw: 366 weeks 4) Pancho Gonzales: 365 weeks 5) Ellsworth Vines: 280 weeks 6) Jack Kramer: 279 weeks 7) Laurie Doherty: 262 weeks 8) Tony Wilding: 244 weeks 9) Ken Rosewall and Reggie Doherty: 208 weeks But another article states that the list of no. 1 ATP players before open era: 1) Bill Tenden: 723 weeks 2) Rod Laver: 452 weeks 3) Tony Wilding: 378 weeks Is there anybody who knows about no. 1 ATP players before open era?
You can see the evolution of tennis by the destroyed patches of the grass after Wimbledon...😅 these days the grass in the middle and centre of the court is in perfect condition!
It's a pity that the courts became much slower. Now there are some "hardcourts" which are slower than " fast claycourts". I have to say I really enjoyed those times when players especially top players were trying to make clear winner shots. Federer, Roddick,Safin,Gonzalez,Davydenko,Nalbandian,Blake etc...Then Nadal came and showed the world that awesome footwork can be succesfull on every court not just on clay. He didn't have serve , volley, only basic baseline shots and amazing footwork. You don't have to be talented for running. You can achieve it in the gym. Nowadays there are many players in TOP 100 who sometimes can't finish the point from the T line, but they wont miss a ball from the baseline. If the situation is not that good they just lob the ball with some spin and the point starts again. If two of these players meet each other that a F***ING boring match. Now tennis is first being a really really good athlete than being a good tennis player. I hope in the next 10 years grass and most of the hard courts will be faster a little bit. The difference between courts became very thing. It's unbeleivable that last year end championship in London. Dimitrov could have won the event and he had only one match ( against Busta 6-1 6-1) where he hit more winners than faults. That's a disgrace for tennis. Now Roland Garros is going.... the court is soo slow. Most os the players doesn't want to hit first serve at all. It has no point for wasting energy on first serve and it almost has the same speed at the baseline as the second serve....
Now you have players like Caspar Ruud making it to major finals and world number 2. Has to be the lowest quality world number 2 ever. Purely a ballbasher
Hi very nice video I was watching tennis in the 80s Then i start watching Sampras Agassi and others playing An entirely different game The speed is increased tremendously I do not know what caused this amazing increase in speed in the 90s An entirely different sport Watching a match of the 80s look even ridiculous I am not kidding
T2000 was steel. Aluminum racquets were used by numerous players on the tour for about 15 years. Graphite didn't replace wood and aluminum completely until the mid to late eighties.
They should have mentioned that somewhere between 2005 and 2015 pros stopped even trying to use correct grips and swings. Changes to court surfaces allowed players to get away with incorrect technique, which in turn let players get the most out of ultra-powerful, large-sweetspot, ultra-light rackets.
good enough for a thumbs up from me, even though video didn't exist until 1890 something so not sure what we are looking at but it makes your point. Sponsorship and TV made the game more popular in the 70's and led to a "global game". Top 100 used to come from 10 -15 countries now 30 or so.
Hello! I would love to use this footage for my research collegiate seminar project on the inequity of women in sports. Is there a chance that I can gain permission to use this? I will give you guys credit!
Can we call this a "Bad history of the evolution of tennis". Just concepts mostly lacking facts... and a poor depth on the technical aspects of modern tennis.
In almost all games physical power and alert brain for quick reflexes have become dominant, that is reason training has become more important covering all aspects.
This video is lame, poorly researched. But there were many more one handed backhands in the top 100 in 2017 than in 2010. It has slowly made a comeback, thanks largely to Federer.
it has been. although there's a string of nextgen players led by thiem and tisisipas who are one handed backhanders. tsisipas is high up the rankings-fourth in the world i think. and thiem has been in the last two french open finals, beaten by nadal each time. the one handed backhand is the more enjoyable stroke and aesthetically pleasing stroke to execute which might explain why they chose it. however two of the four greatest players in history nadal and djokovic-and these two can rally the hardest for the longest from the baseline than anyone ever rely on double handed backhand-it is more accurate. andy murray's double hander is also in the level of djokovic and nadal, though nadals double hander is not as good as it was in 2005. the one handed backhand can break down under excessive top spin high bounce as nadal did to federer for many years. i put borg in the top four greatest of all time, and i rank all four equally, as borg retired so young-and he had a mostly double handed backhand, except it was a very loose one-like somewhere between one handed and double handed. i would have liked to have seen borg let loose and hit hard-as he was one of the group of players who did not dare hit the ball hard as they thought they would produce lots of unforced errors.
1) Lendl was not the father of power tennis, even though he was one of the hard hitters from the baseline 2) Connors was not serve and volley 3) Evert and Connors did not have backhands better than forehands 4) Wilander was not more top spin than most others 5) Lendl did not invent inside-out forehand, he was just good at it, just like McEnroe or Edberg did not invent serve and volley, they were just good at it
ChitarraStelle Connors played S&V at Wimbledon, including beating Rosewall with it in 1974, and Mac with it in 1982, and AO, beating Newk once and losing to him once. All these guys played S€V from hell themselves and knew what to do against one. He could baseline from hell as well, but he could also approach and put away volleys and smashes. His achievements are largely misremembered. For example, he was a power returner long before Agassi.
Somehow a lot of the conversations morphed into a lot of Rodger Federer talk. I read a comment that said the SABR is when Rodger takes the ball early. SABR (Sneak Attack By Rodger) is described when he Sprints towards the ball (when a player is executing their second serve) in a surprise manner, and try to drop the ball in an area where the opponent cannot get to it. I read a reply that said he doesn't use it anymore. It's not because it's not effective, but I believe it's from some of the heat he took from tennis purest such as John McEnroe and other commentators and observers of the game. They said it is disrespectful. To me this is no more disrespectful than moving around while a person is trying to serve. I think a player should do anything outside of stomping their feet or something to gain an advantage. I guess I am a disrespectful Old Goat because not only will I do that on a person's second serve, I will do it on their first serve, move around back and forth, and even stand right up to the service box if they are really weak. I played and whipped a 17 year old high school player last week who is in the age range of my Granny's. Trust me if Rodger, who's 8 years younger than my kid, has to resort to some trickery, you know what an ole rascal like me gonna do.
Some big inaccuracies in this video. Eg. Open stance is not a recent thing. It was popular amongst the top spinners by the 70's and early 80's. Double handers also go back further than Evert and Connors, they were being used in the 30's!
I'm not an expert but I'm prettyyy sure they didn't have video capabilities in the 1870s and even in the next few decades. I think those videos then were a bit later on than that
Uh what? RF IS the greatest in Tennis due to his accomplishments, but he wasn't part of the modernizing generation. That took place even before Roger came along.
Midhilesh Momidi 2 handed forehands are extremely rare, but I’ve seen some players do it. The only players I’ve seen that had a 2 handed forehand are Fabrice Santoro, Monica Seles, and Marion Bartoli
Please contunue your work in this way: each type of shot (show 5-10 examples) should be synchronized with the text talking about this shot (or movement..)
Awesome video. It is so nice to see images of tennis from the 19th century ! I think you could have talked about the surface change throughout the years, and also mentionned how Federer raised tennis level in 2004-2009
Around 2003-2004, grass courts and hard courts suddenly changed slower and bouncier. The game suddenly slowed and baseline bound. And that is when Federer and modern baseline game came along. It's not necessarily better tennis. Tennis now is just different game.
Cube Science it just Wimbledon and US Open courts surfaces changed rather abruptly 2003-2004. Top players suddenly faltered and Federer rose with baseline game. It's not as special as people think. He enjoyed changed tour environment until nadal became strong enough in 2008.
Cube Science The video recordings at the begining is not from the 19th century, at least not from as far back as the 1870's at least, since the technology to display moving pictures or film didn't even exist. It's possible that very late in the 1800's, close to the turn of the century, someone captured on film someone playing tennis, but I doubt that's what we're seing here.
Lol, Federer emerged as a Serve and Volley player basically! And was succesfull for a few years untill Rafa and Novak's emergence.. Eventually had to adapt the game of baseliner to compete in the pro baseline era of today!
@@kwansikkim8712 You're right about the courts but wrong about Federer as he's not a modern baseline player but rather a well rounded all court player.
Awful, awful music.. 😭😭😭 But the content is great... Nevertheless, game has changed, serve and volley is gone in singles. Players are better fitter and stronger, you have to be more rounded player to survive.
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The biggest innovation of all is the improvement in camera technology so we can see what's bloody going on.
My thought exactly.
Blame compression
The 1870's cameras were very good! They seem to have got worse since.
LOL. yeah and DVR
And more ground level camera action.
My game is sort of at the 1870 level ...
Stephen R Martin my game is sort of 2018😂
So you still hand over the ball like a present to your female partner in mixed doubles? Such a gentleman!
Mine is so bad, that lady in dame attire can bagel me! That's why I don't play.
Roger Federer rules no one gives a fuck
Stephen R Martin: you can still beat some modern players.
First video ever recorded: 1888
This guy: show footage from 1870
''Why, good day to you, sir. What a fine match you just played!!''
''Thank you, kind man.''
''Say, would you like to play an exhibition match for charity?''
''Certainly.''
''See, we have envisioned just for fun what tennis might look like 140 years from now in the year 2019. Just step into this metal carriage...''
''Carriage? Well, where are the horses?''
''Oh... um.... they'll be here soon. We can step inside while we wait for them.''
''Oh, all right... and who will be my main rival?''
''His name is Novak Djoković. He comes from Serbia.''
''The newly-independent Principality of Serbia?''
''Yeah, that one.''
''I can't imagine those savages knowing anything about proper tennis. I imagine the match will be like a leisurely walk in the park.''
''Oh, I'm sure it will. I am sure it will.''
👏 👏 👏
Serbia didn’t exist back then. Serbia introduced in 2006. Could’ve just used Roger for the story, would’ve made more sense.
@@jimnosnow4484 Actually, the scenario is set in 1879. Serbia became an independent country in 1878.
@@jimnosnow4484 dude are you special Serbia has existed for like 1400 years.
What happens next? :P
Someone explain how video recordings were clearer in the 1870s than the 1970s . ....
Obviously a re-enactment, and fairly silly. There was no moving film let alone video in the 1870s. I would guess it was shot around 1910.
Film was around in the 1890s.
@@dianventer382 Well than when was it? Because there is no recordings present to the 1890's
@@EJP286CRSKW Well, if that's the case the film is still better than the 70's
guys ....i was just wondering where they got a video from that far back......................a STAGE ..maybe?
Federer said one of the biggest changes in the game was the introduction of new string technologies in the 2000s. Believe he was referring to co-poly strings. That was not mentioned in the video.
String is the same for every player on this planet , but skills are very different.
Federer uses gut mains, poly cross. Nylon strings been around forever. I doubt if today's plastics are better than gut except in durability, water resistance, and price. Federer can afford gut strings even if he paid for them himself. Big, wide racquet heads give you a lot more power than the old wood racquets enabling magical shots with little effort that would have been impossible with wood. Other big changes are grunting, fist pumping, tiebreakers, big money, line calling machines. Best change--so many gorgeous female players today.
@@zoranknezevic6347 except some players benefit from it more than others depending on their technique
@@tomcourts4252 wrong, poly allow for heavy topspin. Do you think pro players would opt for full poly if gut were better ?
@@newtonfirefly3584 whats good tennis racket?
7:26 that defense
Is there some high-res of this point? What a rally!
You can watch with a quality a little bit better there : ruclips.net/video/YwQI4V1FXCM/видео.html
Thanks, I appreciate it :)
Gonzalo Vasquez Blas §
quienes eran? nadal y....?
Chapter 1: 1870s
Chapter 2: 1890s
Chapter 3: 1890s - 1970s
Chapter 4: 1980s
Chapter 5: 1990's
Chapter 6: 2000s
Chapter 7: 2010s
I feel like you kinda phoned in chapter 3, dude.
I go to job interviews dressed like tennis players from the 1880s
Two-handed backhand and topspin of the 1970s from players like Connors and Borg changed the game. Racket technology of the 1980s (bigger surface area and lighter) gave all players more power and control.
I have in my possession a few photos taken by my great uncle while working in St. Moritz in 1929. In these photos are candid shots of Rene LaCoste, Jean Borotra and Jacques Brugnon, three of the "Four Musketeers" of French tennis in the 1920s-30s. Pretty interesting stuff. All the more so since I'm a pretty serious student of the game. The funny thing is, my great uncle didn't even play tennis, he was a jazz trombonist who was playing in the hotel these people were staying at. One of the photos is a large group shot that has the three tennis players, Sonia Henne, the Olympic skater and Harold Lloyd, the actor as well as some unidentified people. I'd LOVE to be able to identify everyone in the photo, but don't know who would have that kind of knowledge. My great uncle passed away years ago after suffering from dementia, so that avenue is closed.
Is there any chance that i can see those photos ? Have you published them somewhere ?
A well executed one-handed backhand is one of the prettiest shots in tennis. It's a shame so few players use it anymore. I do, but I'm a far cry from the pro tour.
Normally I use two handed backhand but for passing shots i use one handed backhand because i can do more topspin
One handed is too weak
A lot of good players use slice. Shame it is no longer taught properly, along with half volley, forehand slice.
FullOilBarrel my slice is a flat low shot that isn't weak also easy to do short cross court shots that double handlers hate watch federal bring opponents up easy to pass them or lob in lower grades
Lol the best backhands in the world are one-handed
Correction: players are forced to play out more points because of the slow court speed, compared to other decades. This allows defensive players more time to react and return
3:27 Ryan Gosling could play Borg in a movie. Wow
Motivational video for new Sampras :(
Could you shorten the time that the text appears? It's not quick enough! I can read at least three words before it fades! Thanks.
Watch on 2X speed
Am I seeing things correctly? It appears that at 0:42 a woman in the 1880s hits a couple of forehands with a windshield-wiper follow-through... To examine it closely, pause the video just before 0:42 and use the "." (period) key to advance the video a frame-at-a-time [the "," (comma) key backs up the video a frame at a time).
Upvoting you because I didn't know about the frame thing...
It's not a learned technique, it's just a description of what people do when faced with various problems, human mind seeks to solve them and God is the teacher. good observation!
The early films are reenactments. The play may not be historically accurate.
@@MaxArt2501 Agree 100% thanks for teaching the frame at a time technique. I'll use it a lot. And yes, she does do at least 1 Nadal reverse forehand.
Is the footage at 1:06 real historic footage? If so, it appears large head rackets were in style very early !
Man everyone forgets about Pacho Gonzales & Hoad (pro & amateur/grand slam tennis didn't merge until the late 60s). Played some real monster tennis from what I've seen/ heard, for the 1950-60s
I wish I could go back to 1870s just to flex on them
Would suck if you still got beat tho lol
I won’t lose to aged people playing tennis with weird clothing on plus I go to tennis classes and I’m pretty good at it
You probably suck. Also, you’d have to use their wooden rackets, which would probably make you suck even more.
Borg had a sort of semi-two handed backhand: in the end of the follow through he released one hand.
It is funny to see the wood racket; so heavy players would often move without holding them up: you can see the racket hanging loose, being held by one arm as they run around.
BB had a rh bh with a Lh assist - note his 1h follow thru - the modern 2hbh is a LH fh with a rh assist
Next step in the evolution of the sport of Tennis: complaining about 'sexism' and/or 'racism' after getting caught cheating (coaching) or due to bad behavior (smashing rackets)
@supa shibby agreed
I realize that the topic was how the game evolved but several players that were important in the 1960’s may not have been mentioned. I got to sit behind the baseline and watch Rod Laver play Ken Rosewall in 1970 on a red clay court. Rosewall’s slice backhand was so accurate. But Rod Laver could slice it, drive it or drop it off the BH with so much disguise. They both had great all court games. It was a chess match on a tennis court. I was fortunate to have watched both Connors and McEnroe play live. Nobody had more touch and feel on the volley than McEnroe. Connors played with an energy level and was so much fun to watch. Use he was famous for hitting hard but he knew how to attack the net or run down a great shot and stay in a point. Today I love to watch Roger and Raffa play. They are the modern versions of Laver and Connors.
Good but imperfect video. Still enjoyable
The next 10 years : Nick Kyrgios brings the underarm serve , which in modern tennis , was ignored a little
I respect his style, the sport is dying and changes to the strings, courts and ball and hurt the game in my opinion. As it killed off serve and volley, and a lot of diversity of styles, touch and feel players. Now baseliners hitting the ball like a baseball bat dominate.
Great historical video but script was scrolled by too fast to keep up with and enjoy.. redo it and slow down the script
Just pause.
David Dyer I'll try it.
I agree, the text was way too short-timed to do the reading. While pausing the vid would be a solution, that's not the best idea to enjoy such video 100%. Still, it's a nice mini documentary, just the videography could have been better.
Totally agree. Couldn't get past a minute due to this reason.
Reuel Ray Or just slow down the video to 0.75 worked for me
2:53 Ken Rosewall Vs Tony Roche US Open Final 2:6 6:4 7:6 6:3
quite informative vid clip, thanks! @2:39 it's "Connors" instead of Conners :) I see it misspelled throughout the video... :)
Very poorly done video of a sport that needs to be more deeply explored. I've noted that even as recently as Rod Laver the purpose of the service seems to have been only to put the ball into play. And I believe that tennis has evolved more than any other sport and today truly deserves the epithet "the beautiful game".
Greg White Laver was 5' 7"". Serviing aces is not a money shot for anyone that size. Ellsworth Vines was serving two aces per game in the early 1930s. Bill Tilden used to serve out a match by taking five balls in his huge hands, serving four aces, and then tossing the fifth ball to the umpire, in 1920s. Kramer had a huge serve in late 1940s, Pancho in 1950s. I saw 120mph serving in 1963-4.
@@EJP286CRSKW In the '70s, Roscoe Tanner was serving in the 140 to 150 mph range. And that was with a classic-size aluminum racket.
Xander956 Indeed. Ditto Steve Denton. And Bill Tilden was timed at 160mph.
Tennis must remain as it is now and not change drastically.....
? empty stands ? I think something is needed
Very nice video.
Very interesting video... Thx for creating. For me, out of all the changes and evolution, is racket technology... And for better or worse it's created power baseliners galore. Couple that with the slowing down of surface and balls bouncing higher it seems like virtually every tournament has the same feel. Would love to see tennis go back to playing on three distinct surfaces. IMHO, it's too homogenized at present.
where can we see this explanation and citation of this.. kindly share
great video
You should have mentioned the changes towards slower surfaces and towards slower and higher jumping balls.
Wimbledon even uses now bigger balls.
Because of top spin
Great analysis!
One gripe; (and I know I do have some brain rot) the three-line text groupings went by a little too quickly for me...had to backtrack to finish two groups.
Thanks!
You can pause the video.
@@planetX15 shut up
0:23 Federer, Sampras, Lendl, McEnroe... They'd be crushed by this woman. They wouldn't know how to handle it.
Good video thanks!
List of no. 1 ATP players before open era:
1) Rod Laver: 374 weeks
2) Bill Tilden: 368 weeks
3) Willie Renshaw: 366 weeks
4) Pancho Gonzales: 365 weeks
5) Ellsworth Vines: 280 weeks
6) Jack Kramer: 279 weeks
7) Laurie Doherty: 262 weeks
8) Tony Wilding: 244 weeks
9) Ken Rosewall and Reggie Doherty: 208 weeks
But another article states that the list of no. 1 ATP players before open era:
1) Bill Tenden: 723 weeks
2) Rod Laver: 452 weeks
3) Tony Wilding: 378 weeks
Is there anybody who knows about no. 1 ATP players before open era?
The best video
Back then, form was based on aesthetics and had nothing to do with bio-mechanics. That is why what was improper form then is the proper form now...
You can see the evolution of tennis by the destroyed patches of the grass after Wimbledon...😅 these days the grass in the middle and centre of the court is in perfect condition!
the evolution of tennis is amazing!
1:37 he actually did splitsteps
It's a pity that the courts became much slower. Now there are some "hardcourts" which are slower than " fast claycourts". I have to say I really enjoyed those times when players especially top players were trying to make clear winner shots. Federer, Roddick,Safin,Gonzalez,Davydenko,Nalbandian,Blake etc...Then Nadal came and showed the world that awesome footwork can be succesfull on every court not just on clay. He didn't have serve , volley, only basic baseline shots and amazing footwork. You don't have to be talented for running. You can achieve it in the gym. Nowadays there are many players in TOP 100 who sometimes can't finish the point from the T line, but they wont miss a ball from the baseline. If the situation is not that good they just lob the ball with some spin and the point starts again. If two of these players meet each other that a F***ING boring match. Now tennis is first being a really really good athlete than being a good tennis player. I hope in the next 10 years grass and most of the hard courts will be faster a little bit. The difference between courts became very thing. It's unbeleivable that last year end championship in London. Dimitrov could have won the event and he had only one match ( against Busta 6-1 6-1) where he hit more winners than faults. That's a disgrace for tennis. Now Roland Garros is going.... the court is soo slow. Most os the players doesn't want to hit first serve at all. It has no point for wasting energy on first serve and it almost has the same speed at the baseline as the second serve....
Now you have players like Caspar Ruud making it to major finals and world number 2. Has to be the lowest quality world number 2 ever. Purely a ballbasher
Hi very nice video I was watching tennis in the 80s Then i start watching Sampras Agassi and others playing
An entirely different game The speed is increased tremendously I do not know what caused this amazing increase in speed in the 90s An entirely different sport Watching a match of the 80s look even ridiculous I am not kidding
Epic!
What material was the footage between 1870-1895 based on?
I think I watch that first clip 30 times. LOL awesome
It's like a ballroom dance, very posh and sophisticated.
Idk why but at first it looked to me like they rebuilt this scenes
@@lukash6566 You're right. It does a little bit.
Well the tennis racket made she hit 50% harder than the day the racket technology
Aluminium racquets came before graphite ones, dude.
T2000 was steel. Aluminum racquets were used by numerous players on the tour for about 15 years. Graphite didn't replace wood and aluminum completely until the mid to late eighties.
d thorne roscoe tanner used aluminium great racquet too
Fantastic video
They should have mentioned that somewhere between 2005 and 2015 pros stopped even trying to use correct grips and swings. Changes to court surfaces allowed players to get away with incorrect technique, which in turn let players get the most out of ultra-powerful, large-sweetspot, ultra-light rackets.
good enough for a thumbs up from me, even though video didn't exist until 1890 something so not sure what we are looking at but it makes your point. Sponsorship and TV made the game more popular in the 70's and led to a "global game". Top 100 used to come from 10 -15 countries now 30 or so.
Hello! I would love to use this footage for my research collegiate seminar project on the inequity of women in sports. Is there a chance that I can gain permission to use this? I will give you guys credit!
What inequity? Give us a few examples.
Woke bullshit.
What year is the first video from? Really good quality but cant be from the 1870:s......
7:27 greatest recovery in a point in tennis history and most incredible shot I've seen
yeah that rally should guarantee nadal's place as the fastest player ever.
@@shaunhumphreys6714 yeah i was always shocked about prime monfils' speed but nadal was just from annother planet
My favorite forehand and baseline tennis player is Steffi graf.
That first video of the 1870s had 1930s-40s cars in the background!
Can we call this a "Bad history of the evolution of tennis". Just concepts mostly lacking facts... and a poor depth on the technical aspects of modern tennis.
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7:30 what is this from
In almost all games physical power and alert brain for quick reflexes have become dominant, that is reason training has become more important covering all aspects.
Who is the guy in the black and white photo in the thumbnail, looks like a great photo.
Bro no one was abled to Film in 1870s ,80s or even part of 90s like this .... the first movies were from 1888 and you cant see shit on them
Great video!
Why is federer in the thumbnail for 2017, shouldn’t it be someone with a two handed backhand as that’s the most common style now
This video is lame, poorly researched. But there were many more one handed backhands in the top 100 in 2017 than in 2010. It has slowly made a comeback, thanks largely to Federer.
it has been. although there's a string of nextgen players led by thiem and tisisipas who are one handed backhanders. tsisipas is high up the rankings-fourth in the world i think. and thiem has been in the last two french open finals, beaten by nadal each time. the one handed backhand is the more enjoyable stroke and aesthetically pleasing stroke to execute which might explain why they chose it. however two of the four greatest players in history nadal and djokovic-and these two can rally the hardest for the longest from the baseline than anyone ever rely on double handed backhand-it is more accurate. andy murray's double hander is also in the level of djokovic and nadal, though nadals double hander is not as good as it was in 2005. the one handed backhand can break down under excessive top spin high bounce as nadal did to federer for many years. i put borg in the top four greatest of all time, and i rank all four equally, as borg retired so young-and he had a mostly double handed backhand, except it was a very loose one-like somewhere between one handed and double handed. i would have liked to have seen borg let loose and hit hard-as he was one of the group of players who did not dare hit the ball hard as they thought they would produce lots of unforced errors.
They needed to have mentioned how polyester strings changed the amount of topspin players generate allowing longer swing paths!
Polyester didn't "allow" for longer swings. You must have missed the 70s and 80s, and Borg, Lendl, and many others.
1) Lendl was not the father of power tennis, even though he was one of the hard hitters from the baseline 2) Connors was not serve and volley 3) Evert and Connors did not have backhands better than forehands 4) Wilander was not more top spin than most others 5) Lendl did not invent inside-out forehand, he was just good at it, just like McEnroe or Edberg did not invent serve and volley, they were just good at it
ChitarraStelle Connors played S&V at Wimbledon, including beating Rosewall with it in 1974, and Mac with it in 1982, and AO, beating Newk once and losing to him once. All these guys played S€V from hell themselves and knew what to do against one. He could baseline from hell as well, but he could also approach and put away volleys and smashes. His achievements are largely misremembered. For example, he was a power returner long before Agassi.
Nice. But too fast to read.
Little advice: You can pause a video. Click on the two stripes below the video at the left side. Then you can read.
sleepy55 excatly. I am gonna press pause .... trhoughout the whole video ...... thx.
I did it and it went well.
@ontrackhere may i ask what is the background music name ??
That won't help get rid of it.
Great video.
Thank you. Would be nice to make one where you speak instead of writing (too fast).
thanks
After football (soccer), it is the second sport that I like the most.
Somehow a lot of the conversations morphed into a lot of Rodger Federer talk. I read a comment that said the SABR is when Rodger takes the ball early. SABR (Sneak Attack By Rodger) is described when he Sprints towards the ball (when a player is executing their second serve) in a surprise manner, and try to drop the ball in an area where the opponent cannot get to it. I read a reply that said he doesn't use it anymore. It's not because it's not effective, but I believe it's from some of the heat he took from tennis purest such as John McEnroe and other commentators and observers of the game. They said it is disrespectful. To me this is no more disrespectful than moving around while a person is trying to serve. I think a player should do anything outside of stomping their feet or something to gain an advantage. I guess I am a disrespectful Old Goat because not only will I do that on a person's second serve, I will do it on their first serve, move around back and forth, and even stand right up to the service box if they are really weak. I played and whipped a 17 year old high school player last week who is in the age range of my Granny's. Trust me if Rodger, who's 8 years younger than my kid, has to resort to some trickery, you know what an ole rascal like me gonna do.
used to be called chip n charge - mac did it often
i changed my serve to 1890's-1960's serve and i get it in everytime
You forgot to mention the use of Polyester and Hawk eye. I think both are also game changer in the modern tennis world
Some big inaccuracies in this video. Eg. Open stance is not a recent thing. It was popular amongst the top spinners by the 70's and early 80's. Double handers also go back further than Evert and Connors, they were being used in the 30's!
I'm not an expert but I'm prettyyy sure they didn't have video capabilities in the 1870s and even in the next few decades. I think those videos then were a bit later on than that
RF is the best change that ever happened to Tennis.
Uh what? RF IS the greatest in Tennis due to his accomplishments, but he wasn't part of the modernizing generation. That took place even before Roger came along.
Djokovic will have more GS titles than RF.
Maybe in future, players play forehand with both hands with full power and backhand may vanish
players so fast they can use 2h both sides and getting ridiculous angles
Midhilesh Momidi 2 handed forehands are extremely rare, but I’ve seen some players do it. The only players I’ve seen that had a 2 handed forehand are Fabrice Santoro, Monica Seles, and Marion Bartoli
Really groovy music! Where can I find it? :)
Here is a link to the music ruclips.net/video/i0LjZXQtJtE/видео.html
Lendel got power into Tennis. Becker proved importance of a booming serve
1870年、その格好で良くテニス出来たな。
They were all wearing suits while playing. Amazing!
I think Guillermo Vilas deserved a mention when you talked about 2 top players hitting topspin
Fun video. Great beats too. Conners though? LOL.
Please contunue your work in this way: each type of shot (show 5-10 examples) should be synchronized with the text talking about this shot (or movement..)
Music name ?
Biggest change to the game might be the bigness of the players. They’re ginormous.
Amazing
10+/10.
So you guys know this isn’t the actual footage for the time periods
Look at those outfit back in the 1800's!! As the years go by, the clothing started to evolve.
Will there be a day for the naked tennis someday?
Awesome video. It is so nice to see images of tennis from the 19th century !
I think you could have talked about the surface change throughout the years, and also mentionned how Federer raised tennis level in 2004-2009
Around 2003-2004, grass courts and hard courts suddenly changed slower and bouncier. The game suddenly slowed and baseline bound. And that is when Federer and modern baseline game came along. It's not necessarily better tennis. Tennis now is just different game.
Cube Science it just Wimbledon and US Open courts surfaces changed rather abruptly 2003-2004. Top players suddenly faltered and Federer rose with baseline game. It's not as special as people think. He enjoyed changed tour environment until nadal became strong enough in 2008.
Cube Science The video recordings at the begining is not from the 19th century, at least not from as far back as the 1870's at least, since the technology to display moving pictures or film didn't even exist. It's possible that very late in the 1800's, close to the turn of the century, someone captured on film someone playing tennis, but I doubt that's what we're seing here.
Lol,
Federer emerged as a Serve and Volley player basically!
And was succesfull for a few years untill Rafa and Novak's emergence..
Eventually had to adapt the game of baseliner to compete in the pro baseline era of today!
@@kwansikkim8712 You're right about the courts but wrong about Federer as he's not a modern baseline player but rather a well rounded all court player.
Tennis is the world cultural heritage in itself.
7:28 this point is unbelievable. It's Nadal against who ?? and when ?? and where ??
The rally at 3:59 made me cry out for a henin down the line backhand...cross courting motherfuckers
Little Bill Johnston used a semi western or western forehand back in the 20's.
Awful, awful music.. 😭😭😭
But the content is great...
Nevertheless, game has changed, serve and volley is gone in singles. Players are better fitter and stronger, you have to be more rounded player to survive.
3:52 .... brutal rally!