Why Is Serve Volley Tennis Dead? Modern tennis is missing a variety of game styles, with many of the top 100 pros playing a predominant baseline style of play. It wasn't always like this though... Up until the early 2000s, serve and volley players could dominate on faster courts, and players like Pete Sampras and Pat Rafter would be rewarded for their attacking game on the hallowed grass courts of Wimbledon.
