5 Greatest hardcourt players of all time

2. Roger Federer

Roger Federer

Roger Federer is the greatest tennis player of all time with 20 Grand Slams and 99 career titles, and quite understandably, he is also one of the best hardcourt players of all time.

Federer has a complete game and is equally comfortable dictating terms from the baseline and winning points at the net. He also remains a viewer’s delight with his incredible groundstrokes and sumptuous volleys.

Rarely has anyone ever caressed a tennis ball like Federer, and his artistic strokes usually separate him from the lesser mortals. However, one has to remember that he is clinically effective too and destroyed many a great opposition on hardcourts.

His victory over Andre Agassi in the 2005 US Open final or five-set triumph over arch-rival Nadal at the 2017 Australian Open are part of tennis folklore.

Federer's delightful forehand and aesthetic single-handed backhand have helped him win 11 Majors on hardcourts. He has also won most of his 27 Masters titles on hardcourts and has a winning ratio of 83% on the surface.

Tennis will definitely be poorer when Federer stops hitting those spectacular winners on hardcourts.