That Montreal run was something else. He beat many quality opponents. Also, if he didn’t beat Federer in that semifinal, Federer would have ended up year-end #1 instead of Roddick. That match turned out to be pretty much a hall of fame-clinching win, although he didn’t know it at the time of course.
A very accomplished cut-up of highlights. I particularly enjoyed the inclusions of the handshakes and some of the lighter moments between the points.... This was a fabulous trip down memory lane. It's amazing to think it's been over 20 yrs... It reinforced what a tennis geek I was at the end of high school, as I still remember the first names of his opponents in those 2 masters title runs.... I didn't remember Roddick coming to the net as much as saw in these he.lites as well.
@@Admin1234gf Tell me a country that has more ATP titles, more GS titles, more #1 players than the US. Poor boy you won't find cause US is the best nation in Tennis. Truth hurts
1 of those 3 men (along with Rafter and Nadal) to win Canada, Cincinnatti, USO in the same year ⭐️ such a shame he didn't win more Slams despite being close many times, well at least he won a few more Masters and became World No.1 while being the last great American male player⚡️
Probably the best of Roddick when he was hitting his forehand the best and most committed (barring that last wimbledon run where he had roger so so close).
From 2004-2009 only 3 men got to the final at Wimbledon... One of them was Andy Roddick. Very unappreciated player that you don't hear mentioned too much these days.
Andy Roddick is probably the most tragic tennis player of all time bc he had to compete against the big 4 (especially Rafa and Roger, so many losses suffering against Roger). As a Roddick fan, 2009 Wimbledon Final loss was absolutely gut wrenching. I legit wept when he lost. The fact that he won just one major doesn't tell the whole story. He reached world no.1, won 32 career titles, 5 ATP 1000 masters titles, and 4 major finals (all losing to Roger). In terms of records, he's on par with Dominic Thiem, or actually even better because Roddick was in top 10 for nine consecutive years (2002-2010). People underestimate Roddick calling him a "one-slam wonder" without any knowledge whatsoever. Had he had better backhand and net game, he would have had won more majors.
Medvedev 1-5 in slams is tragic too, given 2 were 5 setters to Rafa & 1 a 5 setter to Sinner, for which he was knackered after an epic 5 set win over Zverev in the semi. Only man to ever lose 2 slam finals from 2 sets up I believe.
@@waholoopesorry74It’s really not from a technical standpoint. While his serve is one of the greatest serves ever, Roddick had to use an abbreviated motion that was anything but technically sound to generate that power. As the story goes, he used a traditional motion at first as a junior but then grew frustrated by a lack of success, leading to a young Roddick unintentionally using an abbreviated motion out of frustration during practice and happening upon what would define his career accidentally. The rest is history.
@@nocturne311 You don't know very much about serve mechanics and haven't studied Roddick's serve. He abbreviates the journey to the trophy position but then the racket moves to the rear in the last instance before it travels forward. If you look at his serve side-by-side with Pete or Federer they are extremely close once the racket starts accelerating towards the ball
@@precessionoftheequinoxes3224 No he did not. Monfils always had a weak knee bend and poor shoulder rotation. Don't comment if you don't know what you're talking about
Best Roddick imo. Incredible serve, FH and speed. He also saved a mp against Nalbandian in the US Open SF, who i think had his left wrist injured and issues in his abds.
Reebok in tennis. Two solid lines for the Babolat logo. Brad Gilbert teaching players how to win ugly. Andy Roddick spanking the ball on the serve and forehand. Popstar girlfriends. Those were the days. I forgot what an amazing mover he was. So quick.
His non-pushy forehands are a huge contrast compared to what would come later. Like even in this highlight reel he's not necessarily ripping *everything* off that side ala Blake but his standard rally balls had a lot more zip and penetration while still having a solid margin for error, and when he chose to flatten it out... well, we all know.
One of the great players who offen gets disrespected by smartphone raised generation (djokovic fanatics) who had to play against 2 greatest players in their prime
@@waholoopesorry74 Well that is good, means you should take your comment and stick it where sun dont shine 😎. Also means you are one of those smartphone raised generation djokovic fanatics
@@zvonkosolin8627 I guess that means Roddick himself is also one of those smartphone raised generation djokovic fanatics. The man admitted even Medvedev is leagues above him and Djokovic is the GOAT. But hey some people are so delusional that they think they know more about tennis than a pro.
@@Slicknine Can you please provide sourcing for that? I'm genuinely interested to learn more about it. It's interesting how he could keep bombing serves and occasionally blast forehands.
I feel like Andy had more skill from the baseline than he gave himself credit for. He needed to hit out and hit big on the FH more and his BH was rock solid. THe net rushing and grindy defense later in his career was suicide
I’m a Novak fan too. Honestly no reason to dislike Andy. They had their spat, talked it over and got on with things. Roddick is one of Novak’s biggest supporters now in terms of who the 🐐 actually is 👍🏻
My god, if Andy had continued to develop his back hand to hit down the line... Or take little off the first serve to aim it a bit better to leave him in a more opportunistic situations to hit winners.. geezus. He would have won 2 or so majors. Still had a grwat career though! Especially since his brother was supposed to be the tennis star 😢
Andy Roddick should have hired Paul Annacone as his coach after the season. Paul could have helped him with more solid net plays and returns. He already had a great Serve like Sampras, what He lacked was just an effective attacking game.
I respectfully disagree. I think focusing on net plays and try to become "like Sampras" did more harm than good for Roddick. He just doesn't have it in him to play like that. He should have stuck to his powerful flat FH and serve and become an even more aggressive power baseliner, which is what worked for him in the first place.
Roddick certainly would have done better if he hadn't been in the big 3 era, but there were limitations in his game that would have placed a ceiling on his achievements in any era. His backhand was not good. He was essentially a lumberjack who didn't have great feel. If he couldn't overpower his opponents then he had few other options. Apart from the big 3, he also had negative head to heads against the likes of wawrinka, Murray, Haas and Ferrer.
Yes, people always paint him as unlucky cause "Big 3" when he was never near that level to.begin with and the Big 3 had little to do with his poor records outside 2003, and like You said with only a serve and a fh You can't dominante this sport, he actually is an overarchiever imho due to his limited tools
His poor work at the net shows even on his best momments, one of the biggest reasons he didnt stay much at the n1, just with a swrve and a fh you cant dominate the sport outside a dream season
Happy 42nd birthday, Andy Roddick!
That Montreal run was something else. He beat many quality opponents. Also, if he didn’t beat Federer in that semifinal, Federer would have ended up year-end #1 instead of Roddick. That match turned out to be pretty much a hall of fame-clinching win, although he didn’t know it at the time of course.
Roddick woulda been in the hall even with out this win assuming that everything Else stays the same.
Roddick in his peak Stifler era. Love it.
The Stifmeister era
A very accomplished cut-up of highlights. I particularly enjoyed the inclusions of the handshakes and some of the lighter moments between the points....
This was a fabulous trip down memory lane. It's amazing to think it's been over 20 yrs...
It reinforced what a tennis geek I was at the end of high school, as I still remember the first names of his opponents in those 2 masters title runs....
I didn't remember Roddick coming to the net as much as saw in these he.lites as well.
Andy after 20 years is still the last american to win a Slam, to become n1 and to finish the year as n1.
Man. American man! 🙄
@@nolovelost4020 It was obvious Sherlock, since TennisTV is about male tennis.
@@andreazoninAmerica is still the best nation in tennis
@@FrankHor101 Ha, is that a joke?
@@Admin1234gf Tell me a country that has more ATP titles, more GS titles, more #1 players than the US. Poor boy you won't find cause US is the best nation in Tennis. Truth hurts
1 of my favourite players ever, HB Andy
Mandy Moore lol
Brad Gilbert is everywhere
1 of those 3 men (along with Rafter and Nadal) to win Canada, Cincinnatti, USO in the same year ⭐️ such a shame he didn't win more Slams despite being close many times, well at least he won a few more Masters and became World No.1 while being the last great American male player⚡️
Federer stopped him most of the time.
Love Andy. Charisma, great player and personality.
That was an amazing year from Roddick !
Probably the best of Roddick when he was hitting his forehand the best and most committed (barring that last wimbledon run where he had roger so so close).
From 2004-2009 only 3 men got to the final at Wimbledon... One of them was Andy Roddick. Very unappreciated player that you don't hear mentioned too much these days.
Andy Roddick is probably the most tragic tennis player of all time bc he had to compete against the big 4 (especially Rafa and Roger, so many losses suffering against Roger).
As a Roddick fan, 2009 Wimbledon Final loss was absolutely gut wrenching. I legit wept when he lost.
The fact that he won just one major doesn't tell the whole story.
He reached world no.1, won 32 career titles, 5 ATP 1000 masters titles, and 4 major finals (all losing to Roger).
In terms of records, he's on par with Dominic Thiem, or actually even better because Roddick was in top 10 for nine consecutive years (2002-2010).
People underestimate Roddick calling him a "one-slam wonder" without any knowledge whatsoever.
Had he had better backhand and net game, he would have had won more majors.
Reached 5 slam finals, don't think anyone ever called him a 1 slam wonder?
Other Andy (Murray) most tragic, 8 slam losses, 4 at AO, cried like a baby
Medvedev 1-5 in slams is tragic too, given 2 were 5 setters to Rafa & 1 a 5 setter to Sinner, for which he was knackered after an epic 5 set win over Zverev in the semi. Only man to ever lose 2 slam finals from 2 sets up I believe.
Thiem only won 17 titles. Roddick was much more accomplished
Roddick serve motion is weird yet he was able to hit so many aces
From a technical standpoint it is one of the best of all time. It is among the likes of Sampras and Federer
@@waholoopesorry74It’s really not from a technical standpoint. While his serve is one of the greatest serves ever, Roddick had to use an abbreviated motion that was anything but technically sound to generate that power. As the story goes, he used a traditional motion at first as a junior but then grew frustrated by a lack of success, leading to a young Roddick unintentionally using an abbreviated motion out of frustration during practice and happening upon what would define his career accidentally. The rest is history.
Monfils had the exact same service motion at the start of his career.
@@nocturne311 You don't know very much about serve mechanics and haven't studied Roddick's serve. He abbreviates the journey to the trophy position but then the racket moves to the rear in the last instance before it travels forward. If you look at his serve side-by-side with Pete or Federer they are extremely close once the racket starts accelerating towards the ball
@@precessionoftheequinoxes3224 No he did not. Monfils always had a weak knee bend and poor shoulder rotation. Don't comment if you don't know what you're talking about
Best Roddick imo. Incredible serve, FH and speed.
He also saved a mp against Nalbandian in the US Open SF, who i think had his left wrist injured and issues in his abds.
Reebok in tennis. Two solid lines for the Babolat logo. Brad Gilbert teaching players how to win ugly. Andy Roddick spanking the ball on the serve and forehand. Popstar girlfriends. Those were the days. I forgot what an amazing mover he was. So quick.
Wish Roddick never changed his offensive forehand
And salty Djokovic fanboys really insisting that Roddick was "weak era" that Federer had played and won slams against
DJOKOVIC 24 GRAND SLAM . RODDICK 1.CRY HARDER
@@SweeranSwift just another proof of my point here
@@ВиталийЦаль-ч7яonce federer got better Roddick start losing more often weak era 😂
@@ВиталийЦаль-ч7я20-3 h2h is not a rival 23-27 or 31-29 is a rival .
Very Fortunate to win two of these. Was down a late break in the third against Federer, and match Point vs nalbandian.
His non-pushy forehands are a huge contrast compared to what would come later. Like even in this highlight reel he's not necessarily ripping *everything* off that side ala Blake but his standard rally balls had a lot more zip and penetration while still having a solid margin for error, and when he chose to flatten it out... well, we all know.
Best serve of all time don't even try to argue me.
😂😂😂
I don't argue but i don't agree either 😂
I’m missing this like candy
One of the great players who offen gets disrespected by smartphone raised generation (djokovic fanatics) who had to play against 2 greatest players in their prime
You lost me when you called Roddick "great"
@@waholoopesorry74 Fed clowns hyping up their generation as always, nothing new.
@@waholoopesorry74 Well that is good, means you should take your comment and stick it where sun dont shine 😎. Also means you are one of those smartphone raised generation djokovic fanatics
@@zvonkosolin8627troll
@@zvonkosolin8627 I guess that means Roddick himself is also one of those smartphone raised generation djokovic fanatics. The man admitted even Medvedev is leagues above him and Djokovic is the GOAT. But hey some people are so delusional that they think they know more about tennis than a pro.
Born in the wrong era and run into prime Roger. If he’s at his peak today, he’s winning more than one grand slam 100%
Love the timestamps!
Crack de cracks, ojala hubiera jugado un poco mas de tiempo
I didnt know he wont Montreal too!
Can Shelton be him?
Big serve and big forehand, he is still young and has great potential if sharpened.
Back when players had to win 6 matches to win a Masters and five setters in the final for most of them.
why no footage from US OPEN?
Whoop Whoop it's Xavier Malisse 🔊🔊
16 plus mins on Roddick. Enough credit said😂😂😂
back then Rodrick's forehand like Federer, with thunder serve he could win more. instead he switched to be a pusher with average topspin and volley
Why go from flat penetrating forehand to loopy slow forehand?
He switched because he hurt his shoulder. He couldn't blast forehands anymore
@@Slicknine Can you please provide sourcing for that? I'm genuinely interested to learn more about it. It's interesting how he could keep bombing serves and occasionally blast forehands.
@A-dt2vl he mentioned it a few months ago on his podcast not sure the episode but I think it was the one talking about one handed backhands
Roddick was a COMPETITOR
I feel like Andy had more skill from the baseline than he gave himself credit for. He needed to hit out and hit big on the FH more and his BH was rock solid. THe net rushing and grindy defense later in his career was suicide
Jawohl Machac 😊👍
As a Novak fan, I don’t like him as a person but as a player he was very good, would’ve won 5+ slams if not for Federer
I’m a Novak fan too. Honestly no reason to dislike Andy. They had their spat, talked it over and got on with things. Roddick is one of Novak’s biggest supporters now in terms of who the 🐐 actually is 👍🏻
But you like Novak as a person?? 🤔
I remember how Nalbandian was robbed in the Usopen semifinal by the judge lines
Bull crap. Nalbandian was salty because he wasn’t fit enough to go five sets.
@@rjamesyork 🤣🤣🤣 the robbed him like serena Williams was robbed during those years hardly .
young Roddick looks like Saba with short hair lol
Stark Nakashima👍
Jawohl Krawietz und Pütz 😊👍🇩🇪🇩🇪
Schade Djokovic so bitter 😢 Glückwunsch Popyrin 🥎
Jawohl Tiafoe 😊👍
My god, if Andy had continued to develop his back hand to hit down the line... Or take little off the first serve to aim it a bit better to leave him in a more opportunistic situations to hit winners.. geezus. He would have won 2 or so majors.
Still had a grwat career though! Especially since his brother was supposed to be the tennis star 😢
Retired at only 30. What a shame.
I think that only match Roddick won against Federer after that even in Aus Open final got trashed. Poor Andy if not can get mor Slams.
Jawohl Zverev 😊👍🇩🇪
Andy Roddick should have hired Paul Annacone as his coach after the season. Paul could have helped him with more solid net plays and returns. He already had a great Serve like Sampras, what He lacked was just an effective attacking game.
His backhand was always a mess. He was basically a lumberjack and that put limitations on his game.
I respectfully disagree. I think focusing on net plays and try to become "like Sampras" did more harm than good for Roddick. He just doesn't have it in him to play like that. He should have stuck to his powerful flat FH and serve and become an even more aggressive power baseliner, which is what worked for him in the first place.
Roddick didn’t have Sampras’ speed or his feel around the net, and a coach couldn’t fix that.
His tennis consisted only of hard hitting.
In 2009 he finally perfected his new style, but a little too late.
More Slams than Nick Kyrgios and Ben Stiller combined
I remember that, he was dating mandy moore😂
Hahaha Mansouri 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Damn, don't recall seeing short haired nalbandian before lol.
THE ONLY TIME HE BEAT FEDERER! LOL
Roddick certainly would have done better if he hadn't been in the big 3 era, but there were limitations in his game that would have placed a ceiling on his achievements in any era. His backhand was not good. He was essentially a lumberjack who didn't have great feel. If he couldn't overpower his opponents then he had few other options. Apart from the big 3, he also had negative head to heads against the likes of wawrinka, Murray, Haas and Ferrer.
Yes, people always paint him as unlucky cause "Big 3" when he was never near that level to.begin with and the Big 3 had little to do with his poor records outside 2003, and like You said with only a serve and a fh You can't dominante this sport, he actually is an overarchiever imho due to his limited tools
Fingers crossed for Ben Shelton.
The last time an American won a slam?
Yes.
Bro so unlucky to play during prime federer
Jawohl Mc Donald 😊👍
Hahaha Tsitsipas 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Roger Federer: And I took that personally...
Roddick dates only American actresses)
His poor work at the net shows even on his best momments, one of the biggest reasons he didnt stay much at the n1, just with a swrve and a fh you cant dominate the sport outside a dream season
OVERRATED...His opponents were so easy....And A AMERICAN WHO ONLY WIN one US OPEN ON HIS CARRER.......Well well
So odd seeing James Blake with hair 😂
Same.