Tennis Singlehanders in the top 100

Modified Aug 09, 2019 19:25 GMT

The aesthetic beauty of the single handed Federer backhand

# 8 to # 5:

# 8: Daniel Evans (WR: 53)

The Englishman is a two time finalist on the tour (Sydney 2017, Delray Beach 2019). His best Grand Slam is a fourth round appearance at the Australian Open in 2017.

# 7: Pablo Cuevas (WR: 49)

With a career high singles ranking of 19, the Uruguayan has six singles titles against his name and has also triumphed nine times in the doubles circuit.

# 6: Denis Shapovalov (WR: 32)

The 20 year old Canadian is the youngest single-hander in the top 100. The 2016 junior Wimbledon champion is one of only two lefthanders (Feliciano Lopez) ranked in the top 100 to employ a single handed backhand.

# 5: Dusan Lajovic (WR: 28)

2019 Monte Carlo Masters runner-up (lost to Fognini), 29 year old Serbian Dusan Lajovic won his first title on tour with a triumph over Hungarian Attila Balazs on the clay of Umag. He has a career high singles ranking of 23.

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