His height obviously makes bending for low balls difficult, and reaching out to hit balls tailing way from him even tougher. And like a lot of two-handed power baseliners, del Potro feeds on pace.

Plenty of people might pick Federer as the owner of the best one-handed backhand, though that reputation was based more on style than substance early in his career. Nadal used to aim for it regularly, ...

A shift in the past 15 years has, arguably, transformed the two-hander into the most important live stroke in tennis.

The 32-year-old, in an episode of the ‘More Than A Name’ podcast, named his top five players with one-handed backhands.

The Canadian tennis player was once tipped to achieve great things, but he could not replicate Federer's success ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Photo by Nicolò Campo/LightRocket via Getty Images Dominic Thiem is still the most recent player with a one-handed backhand to win ...