Tennis player's styles – SureBety.pl
Important tournaments
~25/02 Kuala Lumpur (some players receive cash for show themselves)
~08/04 Houston
Shanghai (ATP): very hot and very quick surface; the indoor courts are super fast; the ball is keeping low
BNP Paribas, Paris: Hard Indoor, medium speed, clay guys are quite good in this tournament
Lista trenerów: http://www.gptcatennis.org/toni-nadal
Things to describe
ñ physical features
ñ psychology features
ñ surface preferred
ñ offense/defense
ñ home/away help
ñ power of serve (powerful/strong)
ñ power of BH (double/single) & FH (double - more control but limited assassination, can be more powerful; single - possible rotation)
ñ number of W/UE
ñ long rallies habitats
ñ using of serve&volley play on fast courts
ñ variety of game
ñ condition
ñ injuries
Legend
FH – forehand
BH – backhand
1-HD – one handed
2-HD – two handed
DF – double fault
UE – unforced error
W – winner
TB – tie break
CH - challenger
S&V – serve and volley
counter puncher – he/she likes to play defensive minded game and rely on the opponents mistakes
Tą czcionką komentarze z 10.2007.
http://www.mecz.pl/forum/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=1707511
ATP
Nicolas Almagro
ESP, 1985
Prefer clay (play deep in the court), but style suits to hards also
Good on fast clay courts: Bastad, Gstad, Hamburg; favourite tournament: Valencia
Irregular
Strong serve at the beginning of the match
Very strong FH
Average BH mostly to strike through the net
Play at the net to improve (2007)
Kevin Anderson
RSA, 203cm
strong accurate serve, good kick-serve
Offensive (Good volley skills. Powerful FH.)
Good moving, doesn't go to the net?
Makes mistakes when forced to play longer rallies.
Plays too short balls sometimes.
Slow when moving side to side.
Might face difficulties when forced to play long 5-set matches. (Cristian)
2-HD BH
Elbow injury 2012/2013?
Igor Andreev
RUS, 1983 (live in Valencia?)
Defensive: good clay, hard ok, grass poor
Good serve
FH is his the biggest atut
Weak BH (if possible he use FH)
Bombarding from the baseline
Runner
Pablo Andujar
ESP, 1986
Prefer only clay (77% matches on clay, loosing on others)
Defensive (Doesn't like to dictate points and is more comfortable when in defence. Doesn't like to play S&V types on fast courts.)
Average serve
2-HD BH
He’s very consistent. He can be aggressive, especially with his FH (Raonic)
Makes mistakes when hurried into the shot. (Cristian)
Mathias Bachinger
GER
Solid serve?
Good game from the deep court?
Marcos Baghdatis
CYP, 1985
Offensive, often risks play near to lines/corners
prefer fast surfaces
Great serve, very strong FH & BH
Good runner, no lost balls
Rather offensive player dangerous when he believes in himself
Sometimes loosing his concentration
Has problems with players going often to the net
Thiemo de Bakker
Tall guy
powerful serve
His style of play is more suited to indoors or hard courts.
2-HD BH.
Hit and miss type of player.
Inconsistent from the back.
Tries to finish the points as quickly as possible. Very often when he tries to close out the point, he ends up making mistakes.
Benjamin Becker
GER, 1981
Very poor on clay, plays Hard & Grass
Good serve
Looks calm
Aljaz Bedene
Probably fixing guy.
won't play again in 2013. "Bad news: Season is finished for me, injury is serious so I have to stop for at least 2 months! I hope my wrist will be fine after the rest." (30.09.2013)
Thomaz Bellucci
BRA, 1987, 189cm/72kg
Larri Passos go trenuje
Left-handed
Offensive baseliner
Slow starter? Need time to get rhytm
Average serve 180, 150km/h (best 200km/h), hard to read?
FH with dangerous rotation & precise
often avoid 2-HD BH (flat, deep, cross-corner, irregular), good angle play
Good tacticker, good read - various play from both wings (offensive, defensive, change of the rhythm)
Weak net play (often chooses bad moments to attack)
Julien Benneteau
double handed BH, poor one
Tomas Berdych
CZE, 1985, tall
Sometimes psychologically weak
Smart powerful serve, Strong FH
Great return
Plays precise & carefully
2-HD BH
5.10.2013 back injury retired
Carlos Berlocq
ARG
Defensive, prefers clay
Probably mentally strong.
Probably fixing guy.
He's got good intensity, forehand and backhand," he said. "Can play on the baseline. He's actually really improved a lot on the slower hard courts. (Federer 28.08.2013)
Simone Bolelli
ITA, 1985
making quite a lot of errors when he's pushed to attack
one-handed BH
Marin Cilic
CRO, 1988, tall
Offensive, good play at the net
Slow starter
Strong serve
Not good in tie-breaks against big servers
Flavio Cipolla
ITA, 1983, small
Defensive (very regular, good runner, good at the net, lack of energy on fast courts)
He prefers opponents not very regular & playing strong, many breaks in regular-opponent matches
Poor BH (too high)
Was trained by his father
Has some „strange” results in the past
Pablo Cuevas
URU, 1986
Play mostly clay (74% of all matches)
Aggressive, but play at the net to improve
Good serve?
Not regular FH?
Good BH gives him winners?
Frank Dancevic
CAN, 1984
Comprehensive player
Perfect serve
Good at american Hard, weaker in Europe
Can play strong FH down the line
not bad 1-HD BH
Good at the net, can attack
Not good from shortcuts
Good strateg, can move opponent over the court, peaceful, even flegmatic
Mentally inmature? Looks like some matches lost before the start
Dobrze gra się mu z rywalami o mocnym serwisie, którzy grę opierają na mocnej siłowej grze z forhendu, typu Roddick. Ma patent na Del Potro, w tym roku 3:0.
Należy mu dać jeszcze czas na dojrzewanie do zwycięstw.
Steve Darcis
Very dangerous on clay, good game read
Very good return (big weapon against poor servers)
Good in long rallies
Very good 1-HD BH
Doesn't like players with strong, ending stroke
Nikolay Davydenko
RUS, 1981
Offensive
Can loose some own games in a row just so
Irregular strong serve
Great return?
Strong, regular BH?
Good runner
Probably he fixed one match (play on him only in the Grand Slams if so)
Juan Martin Del Potro
ARG, 1988, 195cm, 82kg, pro 2005
Operacja lewego nadgarstka w 06.2015
Franco Davin wkroczył w 2008 by Potro wskoczył z 44. na 9. pozycję ATP; Franco powiedział: „The coach's influence is a little one. But it means a lot at the same time. I believe it involves 15 or 20 percent of a player's game.”
Very good serve
Good concentration in the key moments (last games in the set, tie-break)
Probably the most powerful BH in ATP
12.09.2013 left wrist is bothering him; 26.09 feels much better hitting 2-HD BH with full force
Amer Delic
USA
Offensive
Strong but irregular serve
Very average return
Bad moving
Often goes to the net
Grigor Dimitrov
BUL,
Offensive, Aggressive
Slow starter?
Powerful serve & winning FH
Rather regular
Novak Djokovic
SRB, 1987, 187cm, 80kg
Marian Vajda doprowadził go do 6 wielkoszlemowych tytułów (10.2013) i skoczył o 35 pozycji w górę rankingu ATP w ciągu roku
Offensive
He „likes” to loose his own gem when he is a big favourite
Rather poor appoaches to the net
9.10.2013 right ankle small injury (probably achilles)
Wszystko wskazuje na to, że to przyszły numer jeden światowego tenisa. Świetny na każdej nawierzchni. Bardzo dobry serwis, umiejętnie plasowany. Jeden z najlepszych oburęcznych bekhendów wśród obecnej czołówki. Bardzo szybki. Myśli na korcie, umie dostosować grę do każdej sytuacji, do każdego przeciwnika. Pewny siebie. Właściwie nie miewa słabszych dni.
Mówi się, iż powinien jeszcze popracować nad wytrzymałością, po kilku meczach o wysokiej skali trudności, kondycyjnie nie wytrzymuje, co było dobrze widać w tegorocznych szlemach. Przyszły sezon może należeć do niego.
Alexandr Dolgopolov
Probably fixing guy. He has some lost with low-ranking players after winning 1st set (very high).
Big and heavy serve.Likes to go for high shots, doesn't play the waiting game.Plays very fast between points.
Bardzo słabiutki w ataku, w miarę niezła obrona i dobry serwis to stanowczo za mało by się wybijać nawet na poziomie CH. Na szybkich nawierzchniach go nie widzę, natomiast ze słabszymi zawodnikami na ziemi Oleksandr powinien sobie radzić.
Evgeny Donskoy
Likes hard courts, but open ones (sandacz http://www.surebety.pl/typerzy/sandacz)
25.09.2013 back problems
Benedikt Dorsch
GER, quite small
Warrior
Not bad serve?
Lack of ending shot? Must run for every point
Matthew Ebden
defensive player, likes go from time to time to the net
Roger Federer
SUI, 1981
Spokojny i opanowany
Powerful, precise serve
Sometimes gives up opponent game when has break advantage - good energy management, but can lost concentration
1-HD BH, fail sometimes with the racket edge
Very fast
Problems with: Nadal, Del Potro, Berdych
David Ferrer
has withdrawn from Monte Carlo next week with a thigh injury. "The thigh is hurting from the Miami tournament and I will not be in Monte Carlo. I hope to recover in time to play in Barcelona." (11.04.2013)
Slow starter
Strong serve
Can loose some games in a row with average players
Mardy Fish
Offensive (Big serve, good volley skills.)
Erratic play when on clay.
Poor BH (All he does on the BH is to keep the ball in play.)
Marton Fucsovics
HUN, 1992, young, ambitious
Powerful, strong serve
Precise ball placement (corners, lines)
Don't know yet how strong psychologically he is
Jese Huta Galung
NED, 1985
-Hit and miss type of guy. Big serve, one-handed BH where he likes to accelerate on the long-line. Good effective long line back hand shot. Can get into a patch where he play too many sliced BH's
Guillermo Garcia-Lopez
ESP, good phisically conditions
Doesn't like good defensive players
Strong serve
Plays deep in the court
A lot of UE (one handed BH like „balloon”)
Hiszpan obdarzony dobrymi warunkami fizycznymi. Mocny serwis i bardzo duża ilość niewymuszonych błędów. Żilermo lubi przesiadywać na końcowej linii i cierpliwie przebijać. Bh 1-ręczny, ale balonowaty, fh lepszy. Gdy trafi na solidnego cierpliwego gracza, który potrafi utrzymać piłkę w korcie to ma Hiszpan problemy. Ostatnio Pashanski i Chela udowodnili jak trzeba grać z G-Lopezem. I jego chwiejna forma, aczkolwiek szczególnie mobilizuje się na turniej w Estoril gdzie od kilku lat regularnie melduje się w ćwierćfinałach, półfinałach.
Richard Gasquet
FRA, 1986, 185cm, 75kg
Slow starter (a lot of 3-sets matches)
Comprehensive player (rather defensive), prefer Hard (45% 84-47), Ihard (21% 40-21)
Typical technique player: he thinks on the court and not using strength too much
Good strateg mixing his game a lot
Not so strong but very technically, various serve (small guy)
Very good from passing shots
Plays from the baseline, good at the net also
One-handed winning BH
- doesn't like to play the types of players who force him on the back foot, play attacking balls, hard stroke
- prefers defensive players
- condition problems (injuries, drugs)
Młody Francuz o wielkim talencie. Typowy "shooter", rozgrywający mecze zza końcowej linii. Posyła świetne forhendowe bomby, umie rozrzucić rywala po kątach. Posiada świetny, jednoręczny bekhend, bardzo w stylu Federera, którego już raz pokonał.Stopniowo pnie się w górę rankingu.Wydaje się jeszcze trochę dziecinny,nieco niedojrzały.
Preferuje nawierzchnie szybkie, na clayu grywa rzadziejŚwietne występy na trawie, potrafi świetnie zagrać serve & volley. Pokonać go potrafią cierpliwi przebijacze pokroju Nalbandiana czy Ferrero, świetnie natomiast radzi sobie z hardowymi graczami o mocnym serwie : Ljubicicem, Blake'em, czy Murrayem.
Marc Gicquel
Dobrze się broni, przesiaduje na końcowej linii i bombarduje z Fh (lubi obiegać na Fh i kończyć piłki z odwrotnego Fh, z Bh czuje się słabiej). Aczkolwiek przy siatce też czuje się całkiem nieźle. Naturalnie zdarzają się błędy wynikające z jego mocnej gry. Najsłabsza jego strona to umiejętność gry tylko we Francji i Maroku J. Maroku, bo akurat tam są jedyne Afrykańskie turnieje tenisowe. Marc bowiem pochodzi z Tunezji, urodził się w Tunisie. Tamtejsza ziemia i francuskie hale (szczególnie nawierzchnia dywanowa) to miejsca gdzie z czystym sumieniem można grać Gicquela. Gdy nie czuje się pewnie to wtedy jego atuty ulatają gdzieś daleko, zaczyna niemiłosiernie psuć i przegrywa. Jest jednak na tyle solidny, że raczej nie przegrywa byle z kim. Rywali spoza pierwszej 100 ATP odprawia z kwitkiem by dalej się ogrywali w CH. Potrafi sporo, ale nie zawsze potrafi to pokazać poza swoimi 'terenami'.
Marc Gicquel
FRA, 1977
Can beat TOP20 if he is fit (10.2007)
Good defensor
Strong serve, strong FH (likes to run around BH)
Average BH
Curve return up to end of the line
27.09.2013 krecz
Federico Gil
POR, average physically conditions
Can surprise
counter puncher, but good technique (nice angle play)
Daniel Gimeno-Traver
ESP, 1985
Defensive
Very strong FH?
Average BH?
Robby Ginepri
Average service
Probably mentally weak (lost severelly in the 2nd set: 5-7 1-6 with Yen-Hsun Lu 21.03.2013)
Santiago Giraldo
Decent serve
2-HD BH
Likes to dictate play with his FH. Likes to run around the BH to hit the FH.
Clean looking shots.
Oliver Golding
1993, tall
Powerful service
Marcel Granollers
ESP, 1986
Ernest Gulbis
Offensive, tall
Prefers hard courts, plays on clay only when must
doesn't like long rallies
smart powerful serve
strong, regular FH
Pokerzysta.
Zdecydowanie preferuje nawierzchnie szybkie, do gry na których predestynuje go wysoki wzrost, oraz bardzo dobry, regularny mocny forhend. W swoim arsenale posiada świetny wyrzucający serwis, nie tylko bity „na chama”. Na clayu grywa tylko kiedy musi, zdecydowanie nie jest to jego ulubiona nawierzchnia, choć pierwszą rundę Roland Garros 2007 przeszedł pokonując Tima Henmana.
Zdecydowanie leżą mu zawodnicy opierający swą grę na mocnym serwisie, gorzej grywa mu się z technikami pokroju Ferrero czy Santoro, w dłuższych wymianach nie wytrzymuje długo i spala się, wywalając piłki na aut.
Świetnie zaprezentował się na tegorocznym US Open, gdzie doszedł aż do 1/16, pokonując m.in. Tommy ‘ego Robredo.
Kariera przed nim, na pewno musi poprawić grę w długich wymianach, oraz nieco popracować nad techniką.
Tommy Haas
GER, 1978, 187cm, 84kg, pro since 1996
Offensive
Flexible
Very good at the net, good passing shots
Robin Haase
NED, 1987, tall
Mentally not stable (arguing with umpire)
Offensive (very strong serve, good play at the net)