I was 12 when Rafter won the 1997 US Open and I fell in love with tennis then and there. Saved up and went to the sports shop and asked for a Pat Rafter racket. Shop keeper asked which one was that and I said the one with a P on it for Pat. Haha
That’s what I’d call a tennis match! Rafter an amazing volleyer and Agassi a great returner. Notice - very few fist pumps or stare downs. They just went about their business at a very high level. Certainly a classic match.
@@johngalt3118 I hate serve and volley guys in the 90s but now i love watching them. It's so different and refreshing after not seeing anyone play the net for 20 years now
Saque e Volley foi Batido, hoje em dia tem muito mais trocas de bolas, muito mais Spin e velocidade, Cressy é um jogador atual de saque e voleio mas como não tem variação de jogo se torna limitado.
Os jogadores atuais, os únicos que impressionam, são Djokovic e Nadal. Que falta fazem jogadores tipo Rafter, Agassi, Federer.. Não imaginava o qto Rafter era incrível no ataque, no voleio. Hoje não há jogadores deste nivel.
I wish Rafter had won the two Wimbledon finals he played. He deserved it and was such a talented player. He deserves to be mentioned with the greats but his record just isn't as impressive, overall. Granted, he took long to mature with his type of game so that didn't help him, along with his injuries. I would have loved an era where Rafter and Federer were going head to head, serving and volleying in their matches.
My favourite rivalry due to the clash in styles and both Rafter and Agassi were likeable characters too :) Glad we got to witness the Wimbledon trilogy between them in 1999, 2000 and 2001 (albeit all in the semis, wished there had been 1 final featuring them)
Right? It's so cool that they put these old matches up for us to watch. I hated serve and volley players in the 90s but now i love watching Rafter, Henman, Edberg (especially), and even Sampras. It's just fun to watch different styles clash.
All of a sudden there are lots of decent all-court players - at least in the men's game - who are properly competent at net. But no true volleyers like Rafter, Edberg etc.
@@danguee1 what about John McEnroe 🙁🙁🙁 he is best serve and volley player in open era actually he won 3 Wimbledon titles by beating Bjorn Borg and Jimmy Connors to it
@@kikaa1884 Absolutely true. Mac was the greatest net man ever possibly. But I was referring to a group of more orthodox volleyers. Johnny Mac was a one-off, unorthodox, never to be repeated I don't think.
I think Agassi would have won probably 3 Wimbledon titles instead of 1 if he had played on the grass and used the balls Wimbledon uses today. This was pretty fast grass.
He was VERY fast on his legs, not just his hands, had A LOT of power, quite good endurance too, and in the second part of his career, he stepped up his physical training quite a bit, and proceeded to win the French in 1999... I think you've been spoiled by the absolutely incredible court coverage of Djokovic and Nadal (or more recently, Alcaraz). Also, Agassi having the best vision allowed him to know when a ball was too far for him immediately, and not expend his energy uselessly running for something he knew he couldn't get. For sure his biggest rival, Sampras, was more athletic, a bit faster and more powerful, and athleticism wasn't his strongest point either, as his other qualities shined more, but Agassi was no slouch. You don't win 8 grand slams, play 7 other slam finals, over a career of nearly 20 years, with a 'lack of overall athleticism'... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andre_Agassi_career_statistics
Rackets have been as powerful now since at least the early or mid 90s (actually lots of pro's use "pro stock" frames, which makes them substantially Less powerful by shifting more weight to the handle and have huge swingweights). Biggest game changers since then have been poly strings (pro's can now hit out very fully and with loads of spin, and not worry about it going long) as well as bigger balls & slower surfaces. All that (and of course better fitness regimes, better diets, etc at top level) has killed off serve and volley at top level But serve and volley can still be crazy effective at rec level. I, once on a good day of mine, got pretty much blown off the court by a 40+ year old effective serve and volleyer (granted I was a 3.5 up to low 4.0 ntrp)/ Key is to be confident and always get the first serve in (and a good serve)... but of course most people nowadays don't practice or believe in it enough to think serve and volley can actually work
@spirg So with multi-millions at stake, they just can't figure out that it would still be effective on today's tour? How does that make sense? People copy what works. A big serve won't get you as far today as it did then, and that has been a great thing. Lazy? I didn't realize that there was any argument that those extinct s&v dinosaurs traveled notably less distance over the course of a match than their counterparts today.
Rafter one if my all time favorite tennis players! One of the best volleyers in tennis history! A shame he never won Wimbledon! He should have two!! At the very least!
Some player was Pat Rafter….one of the greatest Serve & Volleyers of all time, just a shame he didn’t manage to win more, because he was a brilliant player, and such a tremendous Athlete! A rollicking nice guy too apparently?
That slice approach at 6:35 you don't see that anymore... its all about hitting as hard as you can and let poly strings do their magic so that the ball falls in the court.
Oh! Rafter! I remembered this game. We’ve lost serve and volley players like him! I missed him😢 After the retirement of Sampras,I’ve decided not to watch tennis any more.
If you are meaning Agassi, Agassi is a much better player than Rafter overall. His overall career stats don't even compare. He's won just as many US opens, except he also won all the other grand slam tournaments, including Wimbledon on what should be Rafter's best surface, winning the final against the guy that Rafter couldn't beat (Ivanisevic) in his own 2nd final... Oh and 4 wins at Rafter's home in Australia... He also has an overall record of 10-5 against specifically Rafter. But I do like Rafter too, he's cool, he's Australian, he has a spectacular style, but he's just not complete enough... His volleys are exceptional but the rest of his game is average at best, including his serve.
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Man, rafter was something! Favourite player
These 2 always gave us great matches of volley vs baseline.
I was 12 when Rafter won the 1997 US Open and I fell in love with tennis then and there. Saved up and went to the sports shop and asked for a Pat Rafter racket. Shop keeper asked which one was that and I said the one with a P on it for Pat. Haha
Prince! I did the same thing. I always loved to hit slices and volleys with it.
That’s what I’d call a tennis match! Rafter an amazing volleyer and Agassi a great returner. Notice - very few fist pumps or stare downs. They just went about their business at a very high level. Certainly a classic match.
Two great champions and even better human beings. Great handshake at the en
Rafter deserves a Wimbledon crown, even just one.
Man i miss watching S/V vs Baseliner matches most entertaining tennis can't stand the mindless ball bashing baseliners of today
Agree! Agassi/Courier/Chang/Hewitt/Bruguera... vs Edberg/Becker/Ivanisevic/Stich/Rafter...
Such a great time watching those matches! Miss it..
You know nothing about the game. Jealously is a big sin.
The contrasts are always very fun to watch.
@@yousefbhoyroo6960 Really stupid comment.
@@beaglesrfun5896 dumbest comment of the day award.... well done!!!
Rafter was so fun to watch! Too bad that there are not many good serve and volley player nowadays anymore.
I didnt appreciate him when he was playing, but 20 years later, I’m watching Rafter highlights more than any other player from that era
@@johngalt3118 Same. I didn’t watch tennis when he played, but now he’s my favorite player.
@@johngalt3118 I hate serve and volley guys in the 90s but now i love watching them. It's so different and refreshing after not seeing anyone play the net for 20 years now
Very true only slow courts even on grass!! Today!
Saque e Volley foi Batido, hoje em dia tem muito mais trocas de bolas, muito mais Spin e velocidade, Cressy é um jogador atual de saque e voleio mas como não tem variação de jogo se torna limitado.
Nice watching Agassi going to the net and Rafter hitting groundstrokes.
Os jogadores atuais, os únicos que impressionam, são Djokovic e Nadal. Que falta fazem jogadores tipo Rafter, Agassi, Federer.. Não imaginava o qto Rafter era incrível no ataque, no voleio. Hoje não há jogadores deste nivel.
I wish Rafter had won the two Wimbledon finals he played. He deserved it and was such a talented player. He deserves to be mentioned with the greats but his record just isn't as impressive, overall. Granted, he took long to mature with his type of game so that didn't help him, along with his injuries. I would have loved an era where Rafter and Federer were going head to head, serving and volleying in their matches.
roland garros 1999 - rafter x federer . rafter venceu
My favourite rivalry due to the clash in styles and both Rafter and Agassi were likeable characters too :)
Glad we got to witness the Wimbledon trilogy between them in 1999, 2000 and 2001 (albeit all in the semis, wished there had been 1 final featuring them)
People forget how good Rafter was. One of (if not the best) volleyers ever.
I haven't seen a good volley in 15 years
Right? It's so cool that they put these old matches up for us to watch. I hated serve and volley players in the 90s but now i love watching Rafter, Henman, Edberg (especially), and even Sampras. It's just fun to watch different styles clash.
All of a sudden there are lots of decent all-court players - at least in the men's game - who are properly competent at net. But no true volleyers like Rafter, Edberg etc.
@@danguee1 what about John McEnroe 🙁🙁🙁 he is best serve and volley player in open era actually he won 3 Wimbledon titles by beating Bjorn Borg and Jimmy Connors to it
@@kikaa1884 Absolutely true. Mac was the greatest net man ever possibly. But I was referring to a group of more orthodox volleyers. Johnny Mac was a one-off, unorthodox, never to be repeated I don't think.
Y avait beaucoup de grand joueur avant merci a eux d avoir fais la concurrence a Sampras et Agassi
I think Agassi would have won probably 3 Wimbledon titles instead of 1 if he had played on the grass and used the balls Wimbledon uses today. This was pretty fast grass.
This is sad its not fast anymore, way too slow on grass , its à shame
The king of tennis, Pat. What a gorgeous serve and volley...
what a fifth set from rafter. Volley at 25.15 a highlight, as well as the backhand winner soon after.
This match is so beautiful it almost makes me cry.
Sad that no Rafter type of players are in today’s game. Now it is hit from the baseline and if that doesn’t work lose.
That overly-serve reliant style went extinct for a reason.
Maxime cressy does it
Edberg and Rafter....2 of my absolute favorites....S/V!!!!!
Pat cash was good sv also
Incredible how Agassi’s reflexes, feints and steady hands made up for his lack of overall athleticism.
Agassi a very good athlet too
You kidding, Agassi moved like a cat and has one of the best backhands in tennis. He did not have a big serve, he had to earn every point.
He was VERY fast on his legs, not just his hands, had A LOT of power, quite good endurance too, and in the second part of his career, he stepped up his physical training quite a bit, and proceeded to win the French in 1999... I think you've been spoiled by the absolutely incredible court coverage of Djokovic and Nadal (or more recently, Alcaraz). Also, Agassi having the best vision allowed him to know when a ball was too far for him immediately, and not expend his energy uselessly running for something he knew he couldn't get. For sure his biggest rival, Sampras, was more athletic, a bit faster and more powerful, and athleticism wasn't his strongest point either, as his other qualities shined more, but Agassi was no slouch. You don't win 8 grand slams, play 7 other slam finals, over a career of nearly 20 years, with a 'lack of overall athleticism'...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andre_Agassi_career_statistics
Andre Agassi started playing best after he is stopped wearing wig
He won 6 major titles after he stopped wearing wig
@@kikaa1884 True, but he was the last bald player to win a slam.
my favourite tennis player, pat rafter
still give me goosebumps watching his matches.
Great match from Rafter!
Just found your channel this week Jamie! You've got a new sub.
The modern racquets are so powerful that a returner can just plow though the serve/volleyer . Still works at the recreation level.
Rackets have been as powerful now since at least the early or mid 90s (actually lots of pro's use "pro stock" frames, which makes them substantially Less powerful by shifting more weight to the handle and have huge swingweights). Biggest game changers since then have been poly strings (pro's can now hit out very fully and with loads of spin, and not worry about it going long) as well as bigger balls & slower surfaces. All that (and of course better fitness regimes, better diets, etc at top level) has killed off serve and volley at top level
But serve and volley can still be crazy effective at rec level. I, once on a good day of mine, got pretty much blown off the court by a 40+ year old effective serve and volleyer (granted I was a 3.5 up to low 4.0 ntrp)/ Key is to be confident and always get the first serve in (and a good serve)... but of course most people nowadays don't practice or believe in it enough to think serve and volley can actually work
Um... serve-reliant guys have access to the same racquet tech, so....
@@niceguy1774 And can STILL be effective, at the pro level.. Its laziness... A Lost Art ..
tennis has regressed since the 90s
@spirg So with multi-millions at stake, they just can't figure out that it would still be effective on today's tour?
How does that make sense?
People copy what works.
A big serve won't get you as far today as it did then, and that has been a great thing.
Lazy? I didn't realize that there was any argument that those extinct s&v dinosaurs traveled notably less distance over the course of a match than their counterparts today.
So incredible!!
Rafter one if my all time favorite tennis players! One of the best volleyers in tennis history! A shame he never won Wimbledon! He should have two!! At the very least!
SV tennis from Rafter on the best surface how it should be played just terrific sensational fantastic
One of best tennis match in Wimbledon history
Huge fan of Pat rafter here
I watched this match live and was glad that Andre lost because I didn't want to see him lose yet another grand slam final to Sampras.
Pat Rafter...my favourite player to watch after Rod Laver. First class.
Wasn’t he awesome
@@sandyproctor4901 yes, sensational.
Pat Rafter looks giant but he is just
6ft 1 inches tall like Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer.
nice edits I like seeing the entire service motion some highlights cut pff the serve
Pat is the GOAT of kick serves
Now this really WAS great Tennis….plenty of variety of shots, not just endless slogging away from the Baseline like today’s Robots!!
The Pat Rafter's prime it was incredible
4:00 ridiculous backhand half volley
Some player was Pat Rafter….one of the greatest Serve & Volleyers of all time, just a shame he didn’t manage to win more, because he was a brilliant player, and such a tremendous Athlete!
A rollicking nice guy too apparently?
That slice approach at 6:35 you don't see that anymore... its all about hitting as hard as you can and let poly strings do their magic so that the ball falls in the court.
Incredible level
Oh! Rafter! I remembered this game. We’ve lost serve and volley players like him! I missed him😢 After the retirement of Sampras,I’ve decided not to watch tennis any more.
Was that a one-handed BH scoop/bunt from Agassi @8:18?
@Eato Rade I had only ever seen similar shots from Tsonga and Hingis, so it was a surprise for me.
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If the courts were the same as they are today, Agassi would have won Wimbledon several times.
Played his best against Andre, nothing left in the tank, against Goran well not much
pat rafter makes me doubt of my super heterosexuality.
Rafter was a much better player then the bad boy.
He win two majors, he had played a great final with Sampras at winbleton
Who is "the bad boy"?
@@hehehehehahahaha2025 Agassi I'm assuming
If you are meaning Agassi, Agassi is a much better player than Rafter overall. His overall career stats don't even compare. He's won just as many US opens, except he also won all the other grand slam tournaments, including Wimbledon on what should be Rafter's best surface, winning the final against the guy that Rafter couldn't beat (Ivanisevic) in his own 2nd final... Oh and 4 wins at Rafter's home in Australia... He also has an overall record of 10-5 against specifically Rafter.
But I do like Rafter too, he's cool, he's Australian, he has a spectacular style, but he's just not complete enough... His volleys are exceptional but the rest of his game is average at best, including his serve.
Yeah he completed career grandslam in open era he is 2nd player to do that in open era after Rod laver OK