He has a big hole in his backhand which pro level players can exploit. In college tennis he can cover it up with a big serve, big forehand, and slice backhands.
@@alexshah7860 you hit it right on the head there about his game, and everyone in the ATP tour is a world class athlete also which you don’t find in the college ranks!!
uw10isplaya more like it qualifies him to have a real portion of a backhand. A real backhand would be a complete stroke. He's missing a majority of technique on that side. You can dumb it down to three types of strokes, each impacting different spin on the ball. Topspin, flat (or relatively no spin) and slice. He's got 1/3 covered. So 33% of a real backhand.
I was a ball person at one of Stevie’s matches during his college career a number of years ago. He is one of the most down-to-earth individuals you will ever meet.
late to this comment but I saw him playing at a Challenger in Newport a couple years ago - he said "thank you" everytime a ball person would hand him a ball or get him his towel. Everytime. This man is a class act
@@derekleung6532 so true! Stevie is one of my favorite tennis players. Whenever he makes it into the main draw of a tournament, i always make it a point to watch his matches if they are televised. I will always be in his corner. The sportsmanship and kindness I witnessed coming from Steve during my ball person experience was truly amazing.
@@oliviaellsberry9557 i will never forget the time that I volunteered to be a ball person for one of Steve’s matches when he was on the men’s tennis squad at USC. His professionalism and kind personality made a large and positive impact on my life. Every time i see him in the main draw of an ATP tennis event, i always do my best to catch his matches and i make a point to be in his fan corner.
@@drewconley2879 I totally forgot to mention too - when I was watching Stevie at Newport, I actually met his grandparents who were watching the match next to me. His grandpa actually started a conversation with me and was such a nice and humble guy. I could tell how proud of Stevie he was by the way he spoke about him. They're really great people
Nope, Kevin Anderson went to college. He's up there with the best. Nadal is so talented if he spent three years in a classroom I'd say hed still win double digit slams.
He has earned approx. $6M in prize money. Sure, he's not Djokovic, but I would say he's done well for himself. Also, no one whose consistently top 100 in the world can really be classified as a "scrub," can they?
Steve J was made for college tennis, with the lack of clay courts favoring the big serve/forehand combo so loved in the US (just run around everything!!) and having a team setting really worked for him. If he had gone pro at 18 I don't think his pro ranking would have been much different . Having said that, the level of tennis in Europe is much higher than the United States, guys over there have a higher level of fitness and the new racquet technology seems to favor clay court development. Whatever they are doing in Spain seems to work.
I wrote for a blog conquest chronicals on sbnation for the 4 years he played for usc. I first met Steven and Danny Nguyen at a tournament in Costa Mesa before they started at usc. Along with Steve Dan was an important part to this run and Steven was the king though.
Part of me thinks his time at college should have been spent building up a real top spin backhand, and the pursuit of the wins at college hurt him in the pros
Exodus 20 And the Blessed Lord God, the Great King spoke all these words: 2 I am the Lord God thy Lord God, who brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. 3 Thou shalt not have strange gods before me. 4 Thou shalt not make to thyself a graven thing, nor the likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or in the earth beneath, nor of those things that are in the waters under the earth. 5 Thou shalt not adore them, nor serve them: I am the Lord God, the Great King thy Lord God, mighty, jealous, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me: 6 And showing mercy unto thousands to them that love me, and keep my commandments. 7 Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord God thy Lord God in vain: for the Lord God, the Great King will not hold him guiltless that shall take the name of the Lord God, the Great King his God in vain. 8 Remember that thou keep holy the sabbath day. 9 Six days shalt thou labour, and shalt do all thy works. 10 But on the seventh day is the sabbath of the Lord God, the Great King thy God: thou shalt do no work on it, thou nor thy son, nor thy daughter, nor thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy beast, nor the stranger that is within thy gates. 11 For in six days the Lord God, the Great King made heaven and earth, and the sea, and all things that are in them, and rested on the seventh day: therefore the Lord God, the Great King blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it. 12 Honour thy father and thy mother, that thou mayest be longlived upon the land which the True Lord thy God will give thee. 13 Thou shalt not murder. 14 Thou shalt not commit adultery. 15 Thou shalt not steal. 16 Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour. 17 Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house: neither shalt thou desire his wife, nor his servant, nor his handmaid, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is his. 18 And all the people saw the voices and the flames, and the sound of the trumpet, and the mount smoking: and being terrified and struck with fear, they stood afar off, 19 Saying to Moses: Speak thou to us, and we will hear: let not the Lord God, the King speak to us, lest we die. 20 And Moses said to the people: Fear not: for Lord God, the King is come to prove you, and that the dread of him might be in you, and you should not sin. 21 And the people stood afar off. 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Steve was no scrub but with age his serves aren't as big anymore, his forehands aren't as dominating and his backhand is exposed more and more. In his prime he was a very annoying player to deal with. Got to top 20 for a reason.
He has a career-high ranking of world No. 21. Must be really tough to be in the top 10 ATP.
He has a big hole in his backhand which pro level players can exploit. In college tennis he can cover it up with a big serve, big forehand, and slice backhands.
Yea it’s obliviously hard to be top ten in the world at any spory
Very impressive though to say the least. Breaking the top 10 is very hard to do.
@@alexshah7860 you hit it right on the head there about his game, and everyone in the ATP tour is a world class athlete also which you don’t find in the college ranks!!
About that time his father met an unfortunate ending of his life, Steven has never been the same.
and he did it all without a real backhand.
As bad as his topspin backhand is, he has one of the best slice backhands in the world. I'd say that qualifies as a real backhand.
Yes, we all know this. But its fun to make light of the fact that he doesn't hit a flat or topspin backhand ever. I think it's cool.
classic american player
uw10isplaya more like it qualifies him to have a real portion of a backhand. A real backhand would be a complete stroke. He's missing a majority of technique on that side. You can dumb it down to three types of strokes, each impacting different spin on the ball. Topspin, flat (or relatively no spin) and slice. He's got 1/3 covered. So 33% of a real backhand.
Hal Brenner his 2 handed backhand is one of the most ugliest things I have ever seen lol
I was a ball person at one of Stevie’s matches during his college career a number of years ago. He is one of the most down-to-earth individuals you will ever meet.
late to this comment but I saw him playing at a Challenger in Newport a couple years ago - he said "thank you" everytime a ball person would hand him a ball or get him his towel. Everytime. This man is a class act
@@derekleung6532 so true! Stevie is one of my favorite tennis players. Whenever he makes it into the main draw of a tournament, i always make it a point to watch his matches if they are televised. I will always be in his corner. The sportsmanship and kindness I witnessed coming from Steve during my ball person experience was truly amazing.
i know him and he is truly one of the nicest people you will ever meet, he really cares about and loves his family
@@oliviaellsberry9557 i will never forget the time that I volunteered to be a ball person for one of Steve’s matches when he was on the men’s tennis squad at USC. His professionalism and kind personality made a large and positive impact on my life. Every time i see him in the main draw of an ATP tennis event, i always do my best to catch his matches and i make a point to be in his fan corner.
@@drewconley2879 I totally forgot to mention too - when I was watching Stevie at Newport, I actually met his grandparents who were watching the match next to me. His grandpa actually started a conversation with me and was such a nice and humble guy. I could tell how proud of Stevie he was by the way he spoke about him. They're really great people
crazy because other pros make him look like a scrub. just shows how insane pro tennis is
Nope, Kevin Anderson went to college. He's up there with the best. Nadal is so talented if he spent three years in a classroom I'd say hed still win double digit slams.
He's 30 in the world.
His forehand and serve is world class. But his backhand is so bad that he should’ve went pro earlier to work on it And make it better.
Other pros don't make him look like a scrub lol... SJ was 21 in the world last year.....
He has earned approx. $6M in prize money. Sure, he's not Djokovic, but I would say he's done well for himself. Also, no one whose consistently top 100 in the world can really be classified as a "scrub," can they?
1:15 Crazy shot
Steve J was made for college tennis, with the lack of clay courts favoring the big serve/forehand combo so loved in the US (just run around everything!!) and having a team setting really worked for him. If he had gone pro at 18 I don't think his pro ranking would have been much different . Having said that, the level of tennis in Europe is much higher than the United States, guys over there have a higher level of fitness and the new racquet technology seems to favor clay court development. Whatever they are doing in Spain seems to work.
I wrote for a blog conquest chronicals on sbnation for the 4 years he played for usc. I first met Steven and Danny Nguyen at a tournament in Costa Mesa before they started at usc. Along with Steve Dan was an important part to this run and Steven was the king though.
I remember him as a kid at Rancho San Clemente tennis club.
So who was the last person who beat him in college tennis my question
Part of me thinks his time at college should have been spent building up a real top spin backhand, and the pursuit of the wins at college hurt him in the pros
I think it’s a bit late by then. It should have been developed earlier in juniors
Such a good video!!👍
If he can have just a corect backhand...
now he is losing to emilio gomez in a portugese challenger. sad :(
1:47
I just asked Quigley and he still hates how he played in that match
havent heard of this guy. is he playing on pro tour?
Yeah he’s in the top 100 right now
Just speaks to how much Tennis has changed since Steve was in college. The level is so much higher now.
Exodus 20 And the Blessed Lord God, the Great King spoke all these words:
2 I am the Lord God thy Lord God, who brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.
3 Thou shalt not have strange gods before me.
4 Thou shalt not make to thyself a graven thing, nor the likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or in the earth beneath, nor of those things that are in the waters under the earth.
5 Thou shalt not adore them, nor serve them: I am the Lord God, the Great King thy Lord God, mighty, jealous, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me:
6 And showing mercy unto thousands to them that love me, and keep my commandments.
7 Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord God thy Lord God in vain: for the Lord God, the Great King will not hold him guiltless that shall take the name of the Lord God, the Great King his God in vain.
8 Remember that thou keep holy the sabbath day.
9 Six days shalt thou labour, and shalt do all thy works.
10 But on the seventh day is the sabbath of the Lord God, the Great King thy God: thou shalt do no work on it, thou nor thy son, nor thy daughter, nor thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy beast, nor the stranger that is within thy gates.
11 For in six days the Lord God, the Great King made heaven and earth, and the sea, and all things that are in them, and rested on the seventh day: therefore the Lord God, the Great King blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it.
12 Honour thy father and thy mother, that thou mayest be longlived upon the land which the True Lord thy God will give thee.
13 Thou shalt not murder.
14 Thou shalt not commit adultery.
15 Thou shalt not steal.
16 Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.
17 Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house: neither shalt thou desire his wife, nor his servant, nor his handmaid, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is his.
18 And all the people saw the voices and the flames, and the sound of the trumpet, and the mount smoking: and being terrified and struck with fear, they stood afar off,
19 Saying to Moses: Speak thou to us, and we will hear: let not the Lord God, the King speak to us, lest we die.
20 And Moses said to the people: Fear not: for Lord God, the King is come to prove you, and that the dread of him might be in you, and you should not sin.
21 And the people stood afar off. But Moses went to the dark cloud wherein Lord God, the King was.
22 And the Lord God, the Great King said to Moses: Thus shalt thou say to the children of Israel: You have seen that I have spoken to you from heaven.
23 You shall not make gods of silver, nor shall you make to yourselves gods of gold.
24 You shall make an altar of earth unto me, and you shall offer upon it your holocausts and peace offerings, your sheep and oxen, in every place where the memory of my name shall be: I will come to thee, and will bless thee.
25 And if thou make an altar of stone unto me, thou shalt not build it of hewn stones: for if thou lift up a tool upon it, it shall be defiled.
26 Thou shalt not go up by steps unto my altar, lest thy nakedness be discovered.
Word of the Blessed Lord God, the Great King. Thank You Blessed Lord God, the King and Savior Jesus Christ.
All you great numerous enemies; the enemy of the holy death of my Lord God, the King and Master Jesus Christ on the Cross of Calvary; the prince of darkness and iniquity, the father of all liars; I stand on the death of my Lord God, the King and Master Jesus Christ and offer His pains, wounds, and the Precious Blood of His left hand to the Eternal Father Lord God, the King for your downfall, your destruction and your scourging. Amen. Precious Blood of my Lord God, the King and Master Jesus Christ - reign in me and in the lives of all men. Amen.
O holy loving Father, Lord God, the King of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, Who protected the Israelites of old in His holy wings in the dryness of the cold and hot desert; I offer You the holy death of my Master and Savior, Jesus Christ, for the protection of Your people who are scattered all over the world. May the Blood and water wash and strengthen, save and cleanse us that we might find home in the Sacred Side of Your Holy Son that opens for all men. Amen. Sacred Side of Lord God, the King Jesus Christ - be our home for safety. Amen.
Omnipotent and Omniscient Lord God, the King, Lord God, the King of Holy Elijah and the prophets, look at the Sacred Head of Your only-begotten Holy Son and have mercy. Arise and save Your people. I offer You all the shame, the pains, the wounds and the Precious Blood from the Sacred Head of Your Holy Son for all Your children who are living in these perilous times. Strengthen our true faith through the mockery of Your Holy Son, Lord Jesus Christ, and save us through the Precious Blood from His Sacred Head. May we, through the sufferings of Your Holy Son, Jesus Christ, learn to suffer in You and die in You. Amen. Holy tortures of Lord God, the King Jesus Christ - increase our true faith. Amen.
Merciful and holy loving Father Lord God, the King, Your wish is that all men shall be saved. Kindly look on Your rejected and condemned Holy Son Who suffered many tortures and will suffer many through the sins of Your people. Look and see what sin has done to your only-begotten Holy Son. I offer for all Your people who are living in these ungodly and wicked days, all the tortures, pains, rejection and shame of your Holy Son, Lord God, the King Jesus Christ, to You, for the true faith to withstand trials and holy patience to withstand long torture. May they through the suffering of Your only Holy Son, fight to the end. Amen. Our Lord God, the King's torture - increase our true faith. Precious Blood of Lord God, the King Jesus Christ - save us. Amen.
Holy, holy, holy, Lord God of hosts, the earth is full of thy glory! Glory be to the Father, Glory be to the Son, Glory be to the Holy Ghost.
HAIL Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee. Blessed art thou amongst women and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now, and in the hour of our death. Amen.
lol americans
Only arrogant person was the coach
What's crazy is that Stevie is a scrub on the ATP tour. that's nuts.
Dumbest fucking comment I’ve ever read. A scrub? Dude is top 100 in the world and peaked at #21. What’s your ATP ranking?
Steve was no scrub but with age his serves aren't as big anymore, his forehands aren't as dominating and his backhand is exposed more and more. In his prime he was a very annoying player to deal with. Got to top 20 for a reason.
College tennis > pro tennis