[Rodre Fegassi]

I'll kick off;

Worst = Murray (although admittedly he is kinda on the small side for a tennis player at 6ft 3in)

Best = Ferrer (his serve is absolutely pathetic, but given he is a FREAKISH 5ft 9in I give him props for managing to clear the net)

 

[Li Ching Yuen]

5ft9 is freakish?

Do you live in Liliput?

 

[Getta]

little freakishly small maybe?

anyway, what ferru lacks in height, he makes up for in grit

 

[Li Ching Yuen]

little freakishly small maybe?

anyway, what ferru lacks in height, he makes up for in grit

5'9 is average height for a male.

 

[m9m9m9m9m9]

horrible choice,
Just on top of my head, Hanescu, Tomic, Sweeting definitely have worse serve than Murray and they are taller or just as tall. I am sure there are much more on tour.

Benjamin Becker, Berankis both have a much better serve than Ferrer..but it's arguable if he continue to serve as good as in Shanghai

 

[Nixer]

Worst - Hanescu
Best - Benji Becker / Roddick

 

[bjurra]

Becker
Sweeting

 

[mooncreek]

Murray is small? Huh. I'd say that 6'1 - 6'3" is about average for a tennis player. There are definitely worse serves than his of players in that height range - if we're talking second serve, Troicki's is much worse.

Of the tall players, worst serve is Cilic. I just don't get why you'd serve like that when you're as tall as he is.

Best serve for a shorter player is Almagro. I am amazed at how much that serve can do, especially on his favored clay.

 

[abraxas21]

Worst - Hanescu
Best - Benji Becker

my thoughts exactly

 

[Nole Rules]

Best - Tipsarevic.

 

[TMJordan]

Becker

Sweeting

/thread

 

[Saberq]

Murray has a great first serve.....

 

[alter ego]

Best: Roddick by a country mile.

Worst: Chela

 

[Li Ching Yuen]

Weakest:

Over 2m: Anderson and Del Potro (not bad but both significantly worse than Isner and Karlo)

6'6-5-4: Sweeting, Hanescu, Cilic

6'2-6'3: Chela

 

[TMJordan]

Ummmmmmmmmmm I am pretty sure "short" is considered under 6 feet.

 

[Certinfy]

Quite surprised Seppi hasn't been mentioned yet. If he actually had a good serve for his height he would be a far better player.

 

[Li Ching Yuen]

Ummmmmmmmmmm I am pretty sure "short" is considered under 6 feet.

For pro sports yeah, but other than Rochus there aren't any freakishly small players that are playing the sport, for any standards. That was my point.

 

[superandy88]

Worst: Starace (1.93m), Seppi (1.90m), Hanescu (1.98m).
Best: Petzschner (1.81m) Roddick (1.83m), Dolgopolov (1.80m) Becker (1.78m)

 

[TMJordan]

For pro sports yeah, but other than Rochus there aren't any freakishly small players that are playing the sport, for any standards. That was my point.

No, I agree with you.

People should not be calling Roddick short. For this thread short should be considered anything under 6 feet.

 

[Li Ching Yuen]

Roddick is 1.88m (6'2)