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Roger Federer is still playing and he has a single handed backhand and is considered by many as the greatest ever to play the game.

Having said that, I agree with your sentiment. It was a great era to watch tennis. Legends like Becker, Edberg & Lendl were fading and newer upstarts like Sampras, Courier, Agassi were coming up

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That validates my theory. I always thought that there is such a big advantage to a single backhand vs double backhand. I haven't watched tennis is a while but I was a Becker and Connors fan.

What about the parent comment validates your theory? The commenter gave another example of a skilled single backhand player but that doesn't really validate a theory that it's better or worse than the double backhand.

Don't forget the very talented yet always disappointing Richard Gasquet. That backhand is just out of a book.

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