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Justine Henin Hardenne’s one-handed backhand has sophistication and style, which is why she dominates the top of women’s professional tennis.

Once popular among tennis legends such as the likes of Roger Federer, Stefan Edberg, Pete Sampras, Justine Henin and Steffi Graf, many believe the one-handed backhand is a lost art. However, former ...

This week on Tennis.com, we'll be featuring five storylines—one a day—that came out of the ATP and WTA's 2025 year-end rankings. So far, we've covered how this is the first time since 2004 that four ...

Lorenzo Musetti has heard for years that his backhand was unforgettable. The tight coil, the sweep through the ball, the one-handed finish—it was all from another era of beautiful tennis. Musetti has ...

A lingering wrist injury has sidelined her two-hander, but on the grass courts of London, Karolina Muchova is making her one-handed improvisation look more like a calculated tactic. LONDON -- When ...

MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Carla Suarez Navarro struck a blow for one of the endangered shots of women's tennis as she used her single-handed backhand to great effect to beat Estonian Anett Kontaveit and ...

Andre Agassi has one of the strongest two-handed backhands in the game, which is why he’s near the top of the list of the best tennis players who have the best one and two-handed backhand of all time.