Daniil Medvedev is one of the more unorthodox players on the ATP Tour.
Medvedev is a Grand Slam champion and former world number one, showing that his unique game style works for him.
The Russian has faced more struggles over the past year, leading to Medvedev changing his coaching team.
Medvedev has since won two ATP titles, and he has done so by doing something completely different to any other top 20 player in men’s tennis.
Daniil Medvedev hits more backhands than forehands
Medvedev is currently the world number 11, and has been a top 20 player on the ATP Tour since October 2018.
While his position as a top 20 player has remained over the past 12 months, Medvedev has been doing something that no-one else has.
According to TennisViz and Courtside Advantage, Medvedev is the only top 20 player who hits the backhand as his most prominent shot, having hit just 45.7% of his shots as forehands.
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This is in comparison to the top 20 average, with players in this ranking hitting an average of 53.9% of their groundstrokes as forehands.
The closest person to Medvedev in terms of hitting the lowest percentage of forehands is Alexander Zverev (51.4%), with Jannik Sinner (51.5%), Novak Djokovic (51.7%) and Alexander Bublik (51.7%) not far behind.
Medvedev has obviously found a lot of success in his career using his backhand, but not so much since the Australian Open, as he has only won one of his last four matches.
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Which top 20 ATP player hits the highest percentage of forehands?
Medvedev is the extreme in terms of most backhands hit from a top 20 ATP player, but there is also one player who hits a greater percentage of forehands than anyone else.
That player is world number seven Felix Auger-Aliassime, who hits 59% of his groundstrokes as forehands.
The Canadian has used this shot to great effect particularly on indoor courts, with Auger-Aliassime winning eight of his nine titles under a roof.
Following Auger-Aliassime in this statistic are Ben Shelton (57.2%), Andrey Rublev (57.1%) and Holger Rune (56.6%).
Casper Ruud (56.4%) and Lorenzo Musetti (55.5%) come after Rune, before world number one Carlos Alcaraz comes in at 55.3%.
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