@Iga's Dropshot

Osorio also has a good one.

 

Siegemund

 

Some great poll options, but gotta go with Poots. It's well disguised like how all good drop shots should be, but she executes with great consistency and chooses her moments well, which sets her apart from the likes of Vekic and Jabeur.

 

Agree, but she beacause she is so good at it, she has a habit of overusing it, and her patterns of play leading up to the dropper on the BH side are very obvious lol

 

Petra Martic.....

 

Maja Chwalinska.

 

Kenin's not been relevant recently enough for me to have a strong opinion about it.

Jabeur's is very good, but she overuses it - that's how Rybakina beat her at Wimbledon, by clocking the dropshot Jabeur went to so often.

Sabalenka's isn't a great shot, but it's effective and she gets away with it often because of how deep she forces opponents, and she's judicious with it.

Vekic's is ugly and obvious, but often effective for similar reasons to Sabalenka, but she goes to it too often, especially when she's flagging, and it can turn into a bail out shot.

Vondrousova's is excellent, especially on clay, but she occasionally overuses it, especially on hard courts.

Putintseva is perhaps as good as Vondrousova's from a technical POV, and she's far more judicious, so I'm going with her.

 

Vondrousova's dropshot often feels like an intentional set-up for her next shot.

 

Not sure if Sabalenka's is best, but for sure it's one of the most effective ones due to her natural fire power. Most of her opponents are so behind the baseline that once she uses a dropshot, they can hardly make it in time to get to the ball.

 

For me it's Ons. Some of the drop shots she can hit are truly insane.

 

Ons, but I feel like she overplays it at times

 

How can we even have a poll like this without Hsieh in the options...

 

Because she hadn’t played singles in years and doesn’t use it in her doubles

 

Marina Melnikova considering that she’s in her mid 30s and never ever cracked into top -100 should be mentioned too (not in the pool)

 

Vondrousova can hit drop shot winners from a meter behind the baseline and they are so well disguised.

She has bad drop shot days but that's usually when the rest of her game is a mess, too.

 

Jabeur has of course the added bonus of being able to hit good drop shots with her fh as well.

 

Romina Oprandi. Those drop shots were absolutely amazing.

 

Queen of drop shot. Watch, listen and learn.

 

@crbn Jana Kovackova of course!

 

Soon.

 

I've been so impressed with Sabs' feel on hers, especially considering she's only incorporated the dropshot into her game in the last year.

Ons probably has the most skill and variety, but I'm giving it to Marketa - she disguises it so well and it's incredible how close to the net she can place it.

 

I honestly wasn’t going to put Sabalenka in this list as it is such a recent addition to her game but set 2 of the AO final and the way she uses them have been pretty high profile successful!

’Best’ can mean a lot of things - technically perfect? Judiciously used? Lowest bounce/spin applied. For me Ons has the best hands but are they always used at the right time? I went Vondrousova in the end as she seems to manage to drop them over the net so they hardly bounce so often.

 

Radwanska

 

Muchova?

 

When she's in the mood Clara Tauson's dropshots are in the superior class too, both because she can, and does, use them basically from all distances and angles - at the net or even disquised from close to baseline too - and because they are a constant reminder to the opponent that you can't just expect the heavy artillery in return.
Clara's problem isn't what she's able to, but ... it's in her mind.

 

She overplays it sometimes, but Samsonova has a nice one (very well disguised)

 

Ons has a good touch but she often overplays it and It loses its surprise effect. Today she played like 4 dropshots in one game 💀 and obviously she lost that game 💀

 

Noskova is surprisingly good as well.

 

Sabalenka

 

2020 Kenin
2021 Ons
2022 Ons
2023 Vondrousova
2024 Sabalenka