The 2017 tennis season is over and it is time to recap the coolest, funniest, and weirdest things that happened on courts, from the ITF Circuit up to the Grand Slams. We saw everything in 2017: weird handshakes, racket throws, underhand serves, creatures on court, and so much more. Here’s a recap of all of the best moments of 2017.
The most beautiful handshake of the year
The "handshake" is the perfect summary of Klizan vs Lokoli pic.twitter.com/a4F1KIHeSv
— Stefano Berlincioni (@Carretero77) May 30, 2017
ITF Courts…
#itfprocircuit no words for these conditions. 🙈 pic.twitter.com/t73rRJeV7A
— Naomi Totka (@Naomsss) October 12, 2017
…and a funny way to fix them
#itfprocircuit @ITFprocircuit pic.twitter.com/ot5i3NFJSe
— Naomi Totka (@Naomsss) October 13, 2017
We even had fashion models on the ITF Tour!
Danika Gerner, fashion model who played a role in Men in Black 3, played today in ITF 15k Manta, losing 06 16 against a local 14 yo unranked even in juniors pic.twitter.com/luhF5EApEc
— Stefano Berlincioni (@Carretero77) November 28, 2017
And football stars on the Challenger Tour!
The Maldini match has been a farce as expected pic.twitter.com/VG0d8RXg9F
— Stefano Berlincioni (@Carretero77) June 27, 2017
What about dogs on court?
And snakes!
The funny life on @ITFprocircuit : video on Instagram by Pierre Faivre playing Sri Lanka Futures pic.twitter.com/jcpTUGODnc
— Stefano Berlincioni (@Carretero77) June 23, 2017
And cows!
Cow on court in Gwalior ITF (video by @FatmaNabhani on instragram)!https://t.co/0xMsXlVqAK pic.twitter.com/rqB9Q2aXnW
— Stefano Berlincioni (@Carretero77) February 28, 2017
And insects (on camera)!
Insect on camera! pic.twitter.com/1i1qhE1xvR
— Stefano Berlincioni (@Carretero77) March 7, 2017
and Diabolik!
Jouan vs Diabolik in ITF France right now pic.twitter.com/2wC1BbUOXe
— Stefano Berlincioni (@Carretero77) January 12, 2017
And funny names!
What the ****? pic.twitter.com/dS1Yxo3BkS
— Stefano Berlincioni (@Carretero77) November 26, 2017
And surnames!
Good luck to the umpire in Cairo today calling this player's game (should not happen many times lol) pic.twitter.com/k5asNMS3Dn
— Stefano Berlincioni (@Carretero77) September 6, 2017
Baselines!
Baseline in Rijeka Under 16 G3 tournament today😂 pic.twitter.com/x3ek4StzG7
— Stefano Berlincioni (@Carretero77) April 4, 2017
More ITF Life
This is 100% ITF life: players (Aiava and Hsu) have to do this by themselves, in a 25k event (Mornington, AUS)! pic.twitter.com/oAnCUuDl5N
— Stefano Berlincioni (@Carretero77) March 22, 2017
ITF dangerous life
Tennis is such a dangerous sport, you can even lose teeth just watching it pic.twitter.com/VUcm0nXcKc
— Stefano Berlincioni (@Carretero77) March 15, 2017
Balls…a bit old?
Dem1 début du futur de Tallinn,je connais tjrs pas la marque des balles, celles d’entraînement ont pas réussi à me renseigner..#BalleDuCleps pic.twitter.com/52E5upg9QJ
— JACQ Grégoire (@JacqGreg) October 29, 2017
But old is gold sometimes!
INCREDIBLE STUFF! Has anyone ever beated a player 27 years younger? Epic effort by Jacques Moers, beating a guy with ATP ranking pic.twitter.com/l8iX5AV6yi
— Stefano Berlincioni (@Carretero77) September 16, 2017
A nearly golden match!
Golden match avoided for one double fault (on 5-0 40-0 1st set) pic.twitter.com/pHznLNznSz
— Stefano Berlincioni (@Carretero77) September 16, 2017
Some beautiful tanks
Djere not in the mood for tennis… No warning whatsoever for "best effort" @ATPChallenger @ATPWorldTour #tanking #MondayMood pic.twitter.com/hnI7UyWdFK
— Ardeal (@UnArdeal) September 7, 2017
How not to save a match point by Eduardo Struvay (thanks to @ADRIANELTETE for pointing it out) pic.twitter.com/cvvSK1i63I
— Stefano Berlincioni (@Carretero77) March 15, 2017
.@hotdog6969 Vilella (🎥@ATPChallenger ) pic.twitter.com/ihR6DRgTu7
— doublefault28 (@doublefault28) October 4, 2017
In case you didn't know Klizan is right-handed (Thanks to @lukato12 for pointing it out) pic.twitter.com/TTd66qnMMO
— Stefano Berlincioni (@Carretero77) June 21, 2017
How not to save a match point by Darian King (maybe he should have challenged the call!) Thanks to @TennisProfits for pointing it out pic.twitter.com/7zD46FREjU
— Stefano Berlincioni (@Carretero77) October 12, 2017
Kudryavtsev tanking is always a beautiful sight pic.twitter.com/OMELUYVI5P
— Stefano Berlincioni (@Carretero77) September 7, 2017
How to tank a match point like a boss by Yaraslau Shyla #itf # qatar pic.twitter.com/naWkOdCAgi
— Stefano Berlincioni (@Carretero77) April 21, 2017
Code violation, no best effort: Warning Mr. Krawietz pic.twitter.com/AxJfRn9Oon
— Stefano Berlincioni (@Carretero77) October 11, 2017
Huge effort by Martin Klizan to save the match point pic.twitter.com/lU5AkJwWE2
— Stefano Berlincioni (@Carretero77) October 3, 2017
The amazing Andria Challenger with lasers on court…
The Andria Challenger will never stop surprising you! #lasers pic.twitter.com/1CPEzYQHYE
— Stefano Berlincioni (@Carretero77) November 25, 2017
…and camera stuck on net…
The beautiful Andria stream is back! Also this year with camera stuck on net! pic.twitter.com/hlUAqomG6L
— Stefano Berlincioni (@Carretero77) November 21, 2017
…and funny camera angle!
https://www.facebook.com/1428278610724027/videos/1998990716986144/
A funny conversation between player and coach
The video of it with English subtitles was uploaded. https://t.co/02entgTOQU
— ً (@ashishxx__) August 21, 2017
Double faults, anyone?
https://twitter.com/ArgentinaPicks/status/885554988264673280
The winner of the DF competition is 14yo Paciletti.
She broke herself once with 4 cons DFs.
Opponent 2x age- 28 yo Neto.
3h 7m match. pic.twitter.com/y1j3QYwt3N— Ardeal (@UnArdeal) October 2, 2017
Georgieva defeated Todorova in this double faults competition 19-15 pic.twitter.com/KvzxpI7J0A
— Stefano Berlincioni (@Carretero77) September 18, 2017
Well done Michael, only 16 doubles faults in 6 service games pic.twitter.com/6uD1m2901e
— Stefano Berlincioni (@Carretero77) August 12, 2017
Some funny serves
https://twitter.com/lukato12/status/875324723164585984
When you are a giraffe (203 cm) and you think that serving underarm is a good idea #olivetti pic.twitter.com/a7NUv0qGwU
— Stefano Berlincioni (@Carretero77) April 4, 2017
The clown Lestienne did it again and Ymer….tilted pic.twitter.com/2fGbxM6YHo
— Stefano Berlincioni (@Carretero77) November 10, 2017
A good second serve by Lee pic.twitter.com/zTTAV9DKfV
— Stefano Berlincioni (@Carretero77) April 4, 2017
Zhang (🎥Eurosport) pic.twitter.com/Kd5QanRF1V
— doublefault28 (@doublefault28) June 2, 2017
.@hotdog6969 @tennis123stew Hernandez- Fernandez 2nd serve pic.twitter.com/hSB4nnxyG4
— doublefault28 (@doublefault28) June 22, 2017
BREAKING! The magician Laaksonen, made the ball disappear hitting a second serve! pic.twitter.com/JhrtQxnjrU
— Stefano Berlincioni (@Carretero77) November 10, 2017
Klahn with underarm double fault pic.twitter.com/CSjt2cnxGD
— Stefano Berlincioni (@Carretero77) July 11, 2017
Tomic (🎥@TennisTV ) pic.twitter.com/IAgwja8xrF
— doublefault28 (@doublefault28) October 23, 2017
Let's try it! pic.twitter.com/7M9ISFBz2t
— しゃら (@guraguraburu) October 18, 2017
This has to be the most hilarious double fault of all times #gombos pic.twitter.com/aENrU5Nae7
— Stefano Berlincioni (@Carretero77) May 8, 2017
Pellegrino in full choke earlier today attempted umpire's life with this second serve pic.twitter.com/SR7Tae91U8
— Stefano Berlincioni (@Carretero77) August 15, 2017
The second serve that landed on the moon #lee pic.twitter.com/HbgZUIdbaA
— Stefano Berlincioni (@Carretero77) May 18, 2017
And some funny misses
🙈 (🎥@TennisTV ) pic.twitter.com/BfSskIFSsS
— doublefault28 (@doublefault28) April 11, 2017
BREAKING! Shot of the year on ATP Challenger tour #Coppejans pic.twitter.com/N2OUD5czrP
— Stefano Berlincioni (@Carretero77) May 17, 2017
Radu Albot, that was easy…..oh wait pic.twitter.com/1noYnrhjQj
— Stefano Berlincioni (@Carretero77) November 9, 2017
Dreddy, that was easy! Oh wait…. pic.twitter.com/5sv7VZrIQU
— Stefano Berlincioni (@Carretero77) June 8, 2017
Tennis Rule #1: never lose focus on the ball! pic.twitter.com/oliyi9RKk3
— Stefano Berlincioni (@Carretero77) November 10, 2017
Where was the ball, @WitthoeftCarina ? Bad luck but good effort today pic.twitter.com/WjJ78vjc6s
— Stefano Berlincioni (@Carretero77) May 25, 2017
You cant really miss that shot Gojo, can you? pic.twitter.com/BZfefV4DG5
— Stefano Berlincioni (@Carretero77) January 31, 2017
You won`t see a bigger miss this year #Mannarino pic.twitter.com/3fu1kY1YKX
— Ardeal (@UnArdeal) February 3, 2017
That was easy….oh wait #popko pic.twitter.com/4be3EtbuBt
— Stefano Berlincioni (@Carretero77) May 12, 2017
Good morning by Danilo Petrovic pic.twitter.com/kyZiNdMAkR
— Stefano Berlincioni (@Carretero77) October 25, 2017
jsuis mort, cuevas il a voulu faire le kéké ….. pic.twitter.com/HfmRtSm2y9
— Philou (@philousports) June 3, 2017
It's so good when you can close a match with a smash….oh wait (Souza lost match after this) pic.twitter.com/x1Kea8XTAj
— Stefano Berlincioni (@Carretero77) October 17, 2017
Estrella's match point vs Martin in Quito Challenger was quite hilarious pic.twitter.com/7cmPHJUk7R
— Stefano Berlincioni (@Carretero77) September 1, 2017
And of course racquet throws!
Meanwhile…(🎥Eurosport) pic.twitter.com/buVGEHq3Yx
— doublefault28 (@doublefault28) August 30, 2017
Great Roger, super Delpo but the best is Marinko Matosevic pic.twitter.com/Jg54waiuHt
— Stefano Berlincioni (@Carretero77) September 7, 2017
Benoit Paire (🎥@TennisTV ) pic.twitter.com/qc5pGi151o
— doublefault28 (@doublefault28) May 16, 2017
Racket levitation by Destanee Aiava. pic.twitter.com/UXtdADxH14
— Paps (@DatGoneIt77) November 6, 2017
.@bmf1314 @hotdog6969 Groth (🎥@ATPChallenger ) pic.twitter.com/bSWADbwBWY
— doublefault28 (@doublefault28) October 11, 2017
Warning Mr. @AlexanderBublik pic.twitter.com/eGj1LEqWmd
— Ardeal (@UnArdeal) September 22, 2017
Arnaboldi in zen mode after his loss in Biella Challenger semifinal vs Caruso pic.twitter.com/M5jcketFfr
— Stefano Berlincioni (@Carretero77) August 5, 2017
And hot shots!
This is just @DreddyTennis being @DreddyTennis #Irving #Challenger #Dustin #Brown pic.twitter.com/bqogVufcd8
— Stefano Berlincioni (@Carretero77) March 18, 2017
You cannot be serious @DreddyTennis pic.twitter.com/L23VY6Cnav
— Stefano Berlincioni (@Carretero77) October 19, 2017
HOT SHOT! @AlexanderBublik is a mad genius! pic.twitter.com/fA1seOLBsi
— Stefano Berlincioni (@Carretero77) September 13, 2017
HOT SHOT! You have to know that @AgusVelotti is the new @DreddyTennis pic.twitter.com/gJIkYcCvqz
— Stefano Berlincioni (@Carretero77) September 7, 2017
And a beautiful move by Polansky
A beautiful sight: Polansky blaming Yang for volley winner without even watching pic.twitter.com/OoK9fvtylD
— Stefano Berlincioni (@Carretero77) September 23, 2017
He imitated Putintseva!
The best Yulia Putintseva gif I ever made. pic.twitter.com/1cPVajDfwT
— ً (@ashishxx__) May 25, 2017
And a beautiful smash/drop by Sousa
SET POINT OF THE YEAR by Pedro Sousa…and look at Moutet! (Como Challenger SF) pic.twitter.com/YANh1Dayh7
— Stefano Berlincioni (@Carretero77) September 2, 2017
And another one in doubles!
Smash of the year on @ATPChallenger tour! (via @Jonny_OMara) pic.twitter.com/q877NTt6Lq
— Stefano Berlincioni (@Carretero77) August 21, 2017
A funny provocation by Janowicz
Janowicz clapping Donati after missed return, provoking the public pic.twitter.com/LwZ6sa5Max
— Stefano Berlincioni (@Carretero77) August 31, 2017
New balls please!
🙈(🎥Eurosport) pic.twitter.com/OaxEO6e0BD
— doublefault28 (@doublefault28) September 1, 2017
So British!
Shirtless Edmund is so british pic.twitter.com/JcAfOWeVFz
— Stefano Berlincioni (@Carretero77) August 24, 2017
A very rare talent!
Cheong-Eui Kim…
– left hand serve
– lefty FH
– 2 handed BH
– righty FH
– right hand serve pic.twitter.com/xX8UJ7jxK9— Ardeal (@UnArdeal) August 9, 2017
Mommy!
Patty Schnyder asked for her daughter's arms to be covered. 😊😊 pic.twitter.com/8trcXpypiP
— ً (@ashishxx__) July 20, 2017
Rude!
Mannarino (🎥Eurosport) pic.twitter.com/VD5qPFrM9K
— doublefault28 (@doublefault28) July 6, 2017
and gentle!
https://twitter.com/morunien/status/882946963825504256
A very weird end of a match!
Mo Layhani awarded a game penalty to Brydan Klein who called himself a "stupid person", handed Sam Groth the match (Klein's plea went on). pic.twitter.com/agUifsPunf
— Lee S (@underarm_ace) June 15, 2017
Player trolling ballkid!
Trolling the ballkid like no tomorrow: well done @ArthurdeGreef, you made my day pic.twitter.com/3jj1hYHGwH
— Stefano Berlincioni (@Carretero77) June 13, 2017
And what was this?
Rika Fujiwara was playing Laura Robson in $60k Kurume R16 today and her routine between points was… quite unusual. 👀
(📽️ via HuHu 👍🏼) pic.twitter.com/XlLxaqWxHc— Ben (@TennisWinter) May 18, 2017
Wake up Kokkinakis!
Welcome back @TKokkinakis pic.twitter.com/RUWXaRk74B
— Stefano Berlincioni (@Carretero77) May 15, 2017
Doubles stuff!
Hsieh/Rungkat practicing smashes during Shenzen Challenger doubles final, at 6-8 champions tiebreak #Ratiwatana #lob #AgainAndAgain pic.twitter.com/5lMiNyGi7G
— Stefano Berlincioni (@Carretero77) March 18, 2017
That’s … quite funny
Kicker with the lucky serve.
Janvier with the ball abuse. pic.twitter.com/1QNMtwz3cQ— Ardeal (@UnArdeal) March 6, 2017
A very weird rally!
When they ask you why do you love tennis, just show this rally, it has everything #vanni #basic pic.twitter.com/kLVgL7eeTg
— Stefano Berlincioni (@Carretero77) February 13, 2017
Changeover like a boss!
#DeSchepper #Changeover #Likeaboss pic.twitter.com/QzyVHtMuOk
— Stefano Berlincioni (@Carretero77) January 26, 2017
The 2017 stuff is over…don’t forget 2017 began like this
#HopmanCup pic.twitter.com/GyNSDYVwuP
— doublefault28 (@doublefault28) January 1, 2017
If you want to reminisce a little more, remember back to the coolest moments of 2016.
