which players have the best serves?

[SilverCup77]

The 10 best players with the best serves and why?

Which do you think they are at the moment?

 

[Dr Evil]

Noshad Alamian. One of the best servers according to a few people who have played him.

 

[SleepyMaster]

It’s really hard to tell some time, the serve by its own is not so important as you third fifth ball game. So what is the best serve overall? Also amount of spin is important, but variety of it is more important. And the most important thing is how good are you in hiding contact point with your body lol 😂

 

[SilverCup77]

Noshad Alamian. One of the best servers according to a few people who have played him.

And Groth and Matsushima?

 

[Dr Evil]

And Groth and Matsushima?

Groth's serve is tough to handle (not as tough as Alamiyan's though) especially because his third ball forehand is so strong. Don't know anyone who's played Matsushima.

 

[IB66]

Depends on your point of view!!

The 'best' serve can be seen as one that has a very predictable return. if you know how the ball will be received 8 times out of 10, then you are much better placed to plan 3rd ball attack Etc.

 

[Arkady]

Par Gerell

 

[IB66]

Par Gerell

Yeah, but borderline foul (like many others) ??
Especially as he is a leftie and a righty receiving has trouble seeing contact point.
It's the servers responsibility to ensure that the receiver can see the contact.

 

[IB66]

Ma Long has to be up there surely??

 

[ck1407]

Ma long, lin yun ju, Wang chuqin, timo boll, dima, maybe Jang woojin

 

[Jslick89]

Ma Long has to be up there surely??

a lot of pros have said Ma Long...because he had the best 3rd ball attack that his serves set up.

 

[Wrighty67]

Craig Bryant is probably the best all round server I have seen in the game - his ability to deceive is right up there.

 

[Gtsnake]

I would have to say that Harimoto has the most boring serve. It's almost always the same. At least from what I can tell. It's just a backspin push every time.

 

[NextLevel]

I would have to say that Harimoto has the most boring serve. It's almost always the same. At least from what I can tell. It's just a backspin push every time.

That's not my view at all, I consider him one of the best servers in the world and in fact, some of his struggles come from opponents not having trouble reading the subtle spin variations of his serve and him coming under pressure when they return it well.

 

[Gtsnake]

That's not my view at all, I consider him one of the best servers in the world and in fact, some of his struggles come from opponents not having trouble reading the subtle spin variations of his serve and him coming under pressure when they return it well.

But he uses like One serve...

 

[NextLevel]

But he uses like One serve...

He can actually serve reverse pendulum when he needs to, but while it looks like one serve when he serves pendulum or straight backspin/no spin, there is a lot of spin and depth variation and he often gets errors like pop ups or pushes into the net. A bit like Kanak Jha but even smaller and more subtle motions IMHO.

 

[suds79]

The one with the most illegal serve.

You're welcome.

 

[pongfugrasshopper]

Mima Ito deserves to be on the list. Especially early on in her career, her serves could win the point outright, handcuff her opponent with deceptive amount of spin, or setup the 3rd ball for easy smash.