If you're right-handed and have double-handed shots, your righthand will be at the bottom/end of the racket (both for forehand and backhand)

If you're left-handed, your left hand will be

It's just playing a normal forehand, but putting the extra hand above, for added strength and stability

(Does make a big difference to the grip though)

-- Edited by Coup Droit on Wednesday 18th of September 2024 08:03:04 PM

Yes, I'm with you. A two-handed forehand can be really punchy, easy to take it early and throw your weight behind it (bit like Bartoli's really)
Surprised that you manage to go back to one hand for top spin - that takes some doing
Especially if you've normally got a fairly closed grip with your right hand, as most two-handers would
(the slice - for deft touch - is more normal - rather like a normal two-handed backhander playing a single-handed slice)
I've tried a two-handed forehand - I quite liked it but didn't stick with it (my forehand is prety crud, whatever I do - I like my trusty two-handed backhand though - even changing grip for that does my brain in sometimes though - I mean, how many things am I expected to think about at one time? )

Ha! Youre quite right coup again; I also find it difficult to position myself - Im far closer to the ball when hitting with two hands, than with one. Also my footwork is entirely different. I play for my club, and am considering dropping the two handed forehand so I can improve in all aspects - but I cant make mistakes on the match court by trying new things (need to find time to actually practice rather than just play matches!)

2018 Wimbledon Champion Angie Kerber is another player who writes right handed  but played left handed.

Interesting discussion
...years ago, before the internet just about, I think, I used to have the whole Wimbledon main draws, mens and women's singles, from the newspaper. I worked out from watching and what I saw and knew already who was left handed. I reckoned that generally at the top level, eg GS MD, proportion of women left handers in the draw was roughly what you would expect from population, 10% ish, but men was significantly higher, say close to 20% . I think the benefit of a big left handed serve against the majority who are right handed can explain this. It just won't be the same for women's less powerful serves.

Others may have much better and more recent data, now that so much more info out there.

Even now among British men we have Jack, Cam, Liam, Ryan, Henry S who I think are all lefties, of ones I know about.

From University of Columbia website
Left-handers comprise approximately 15% of professional tennis players, but only 11% of the general population. In sports as varied as boxing, baseball, cricket, table-tennis and fencing, the contrast is even starker.

Could be something sinister