Interactive Forum December 2025: Joao Fonseca: Forehand

[jimlosaltos]

Possible interest and has many forehands, Highlights of Fonseca vs Alcaraz, brand new vid, from their match at the Miami Invitational. Exo TB for third set.

Plus, you get to see Joao with his new look buzzcut. I'm more likely to take forehand tips from these guys than aesthetic ones

Alcaraz vs Fonseca Miami YT Tennis Channel, 5:33 min

[tennisskip1515]

Agreed. Let me take another try at explaining my point. We don't know TDI's recipe or how it compiles these stats to get its ranking, just the ingredients. IF, as their words imply, they give a higher ranking to a forehand that has greater "clearance" over the net, they may be falsely penalizing Sinner's forehand (and perhaps Fonseca's) for something that is actually a strength. i.e. That aggressive often (surely not always) lower trajectory WITHOUT lots of UFEs is a comparative advantage.

Doesn't the consistency of someone's forehand, or any of their shots, count more than the shot's average clearance height over the net? Do you know if TDI factors in consistency at all, i.e., shots attempted vs shots that land in, or similar? To extend your hypothetical above, I'd say Agassi hit lower over the net than many of today's ATP players, while remaining famously (and winningly) consistent. To grade against that lower net clearance, if that's what TDI does, would be to inaccurately rate a forehand like Agassi's, no?