Fastest recorded tennis serves
This article lists serving speed record breaks for the men's and women's professional tennis.
This list is not historically complete. For instance, not listed here, Roscoe Tanner's serve was clocked at 153 mph at Palm Springs in 1978 during the final against Raúl Ramírez. There are also reports that Bill Tilden had a serve that was clocked at 163.3 mph but there is nothing to verify that.[1] Also, Ellsworth Vines in the Wimbledon finals of 1932 clocked 121 mph (without Radar).[2] Udayachand Shetty's winning serve was clocked by radar at 120 mph using a wooden racquet, at the Gilbey Gins fast serve contest held in Chicago on 24 July 1976.[3] This qualified him to take part in the finals at the West Side Tennis Club in Forest Hills Queens on 20 August 1976. Colin Dibley of Australia won the event with a serve of 130 mph.[4]
Currently, the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) does not formally recognize service speed records made in Challenger tour events due to lack of uniformity in these tournaments' radar guns (including availability or lack thereof). Nevertheless, the serve speed of 263 km/h (163.4 mph) recorded by Australian Sam Groth at an ATP Challenger event in Busan, South Korea in May 2012 was measured using ATP-approved equipment and other data gathered appeared within a normal range. However, John Isner holds the ATP's official record for the fastest serve at 253 km/h (157.2 mph).[5]
Reilly Opelka with a 233 km/h (144.8 mph) second serve in the quarterfinals of the in Rome, holds the record for the fastest second serve ever recorded.[6]
- Criteria to be listed in this article
- Men's serves must be recorded at or over 230 km/h (143 mph) minimum standard speed.
- Women's serves must be recorded at or over 200 km/h (124 mph) minimum standard speed.[7]
- Only one serve per player is recorded here. For example, Andy Roddick has many 230 km/h (143 mph) or faster serves on his record but only his personal best of 249 km/h (155 mph) is included.[8]
- In cases where more than one serve has been recorded at the same speed, the oldest recorded serve is listed first.
Men[]
Rank | Player | Speed | Event | Type | Round | Ref. |
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1 | Sam Groth | 263.0 km/h (163.4 mph) | 2012 Busan Open Challenger Tennis | Singles | 2R | [9] |
2 | Albano Olivetti | 257.5 km/h (160.0 mph) | 2012 Internazionali Trofeo Lame Perrel–Faip | Singles | 1R | [10] |
3 | John Isner | 253.0 km/h (157.2 mph) | 2016 Davis Cup | Singles | 1R | [11] |
4 | Ivo Karlović | 251.0 km/h (156.0 mph) | 2011 Davis Cup | Doubles | 1R | [12] |
Jerzy Janowicz[note 1] | 251.0 km/h (156.0 mph) | 2012 Pekao Szczecin Open | Singles | 1R | [14] | |
6 | Andy Roddick | 249.4 km/h (155.0 mph) | 2004 Davis Cup | Singles | SF | [15] |
Milos Raonic | 249.4 km/h (155.0 mph) | 2012 SAP Open | Singles | SF | [16] | |
8 | Joachim Johansson | 244.6 km/h (152.0 mph) | 2004 Davis Cup | Doubles | 1R | [17] |
Ryan Harrison | 244.6 km/h (152.0 mph) | 2013 Western & Southern Open | Singles | 2R | [18] | |
Feliciano López | 244.6 km/h (152.0 mph) | 2014 Aegon Championships | Singles | 1R | [19] | |
11 | Marius Copil | 244.0 km/h (151.6 mph) | 2016 European Open | Singles | QF | [20] |
12 | Hubert Hurkacz | 243.0 km/h (151.0 mph) | 2016 Davis Cup | Singles | 1R | [20] |
13 | Ryan Harrison | 244.6 km/h (152.0 mph) | 2013 Western & Southern Open | Singles | 2R | [21] |
14 | Taylor Dent | 241.0 km/h (149.8 mph) | 2006 ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament | Singles | 1R | [16] |
15 | Juan Martín del Potro | 240.0 km/h (149.1 mph) | 2017 Stockholm Open | Singles | F | [22] |
16 | Greg Rusedski | 239.8 km/h (149.0 mph) | 1998 Newsweek Champions Cup | Singles | SF | [23] |
17 | Dmitry Tursunov | 237.0 km/h (147.3 mph) | 2006 Davis Cup | Singles | SF | [citation needed] |
Frances Tiafoe | 237.0 km/h (147.3 mph) | 2018 Estoril Open | Singles | F | [citation needed] | |
Taylor Fritz | 237.0 km/h (147.3 mph) | 2020 US Open | Singles | 3R | [24] | |
20 | Fernando González | 236.0 km/h (146.6 mph) | 2007 Italian Open | Singles | SF | [25] |
21 | Gaël Monfils | 235.0 km/h (146.0 mph) | 2007 Legg Mason Tennis Classic | Singles | QF | [16] |
Dušan Vemić | 235.0 km/h (146.0 mph) | 2008 Countrywide Classic | Singles | ? | [16] | |
Marin Čilić | 235.0 km/h (146.0 mph) | 2016 Davis Cup | Singles | 1R | [citation needed] | |
Reilly Opelka | 235.0 km/h (146.0 mph) | 2019 Swiss Indoors | Singles | QF | [citation needed] | |
Matteo Berrettini | 235.0 km/h (146.0 mph) | 2021 Mutua Madrid Open | Singles | F | ||
26 | Ivan Ljubičić | 234.0 km/h (145.4 mph) | 2005 Mutua Madrileña Masters Madrid | Singles | F | [citation needed] |
Stan Wawrinka | 246.0 km/h (152.9 mph) | 2008 Beijing Olympics | Doubles | SF | ||
27 | Grigor Dimitrov | 233.4 km/h (145.0 mph) | 2013 Aegon Championships | Singles | ? | [citation needed] |
Viktor Troicki | 233.4 km/h (145.0 mph) | 2017 Davis Cup | Singles | ? | [citation needed] | |
Nicolás Jarry | 233.0 km/h (144.8 mph) | 2018 Davis Cup | ? | 1R | [26] | |
30 | Fernando Verdasco | 232.0 km/h (144.2 mph) | 2009 French Open | ? | ? | [16] |
Dominic Thiem | 232.0 km/h (144.2 mph) | 2017 Gerry Weber Open | ? | ? | [citation needed] | |
32 | Mardy Fish | 231.7 km/h (144 mph) | 2007 Pacific Life Open | Singles | 1R | [citation needed] |
Alexander Zverev | 231 km/h (144 mph) | 2020 ATP Finals | Singles | RR | [citation needed] | |
Marcin Matkowski | 231.7 km/h (144 mph) | 2009 ATP World Tour Finals | Doubles | ? | [citation needed] | |
35 | Robin Söderling | 230.1 km/h (143.0 mph) | 2010 ATP World Tour Finals | Singles | RR | [citation needed] |
Nick Kyrgios | 230.1 km/h (143.0 mph) | 2019 Wimbledon | Singles | 2R | [27] | |
Roger Federer | 230.1 km/h (143.0 mph) | 2010 Gerry Weber Open | ? | ? | [28] | |
38 | Martin Verkerk | 230.0 km/h (142.9 mph) | 2003 Breil Milano Indoor | ? | ? | [citation needed] |
Nicolás Almagro | 230.0 km/h (142.9 mph) | 2016 Argentina Open | ? | ? | [citation needed] |
- ^ His fastest verified serve clocked in at 149.3 mph (240 km/h) in the 2013 Davis Cup and he produced a 150.4 mph (242 km/h) serve during his run in the 2012 Paris Masters, but it was a let.[13]
Women[]
The WTA does not recognize, nor keep tabs of speed records set outside the main draw phase of WTA Tour tournaments. Therefore serve speeds recorded from the qualifying phase of WTA tournaments are not added to the official WTA serve speed statistics. Also WTA tournament serve speeds recorded by different or unapproved measurement systems or brands (not using technology provided by ATP/WTA's supplier SMT/IDS) or speeds recorded at any non-WTA tournaments such as the ITF Women's Circuit, the Fed Cup, and Olympics tennis are not added to WTA's official list of records.
Rank | Player | Speed[29] | Event[note 1] | Ref. |
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1 | Georgina García Pérez | 220 km/h (140 mph) | 2018 Hungarian Ladies Open | [30] |
2 | Aryna Sabalenka | 214 km/h (133 mph) | 2018 WTA Elite Trophy | [31] |
3 | Sabine Lisicki | 210.8 km/h (131.0 mph) | 2014 Stanford Classic | [32] |
4 | Brenda Schultz-McCarthy | 209.2 km/h (130.0 mph) | 2006 Cincinnati Masters (qualifiers) | [33] |
5 | Venus Williams | 207.6 km/h (129.0 mph) | 2007 US Open | [34] |
Alycia Parks | 207.6 km/h (129.0 mph) | 2021 US Open | [35] | |
7 | Serena Williams | 207 km/h (129 mph) | 2013 Australian Open | [36] |
Ivana Jorović | 207 km/h (129 mph) | 2017 Fed Cup | [citation needed] | |
9 | Julia Görges | 203 km/h (126 mph) | 2012 French Open | [citation needed] |
Caroline Garcia | 203 km/h (126 mph) | 2016 Fed Cup | [citation needed] | |
11 | Brenda Schultz-McCarthy | 202.7 km/h (126.0 mph) | 2007 Indian Wells Masters | [citation needed] |
12 | Nadiya Kichenok | 202 km/h (125.5 mph) | 2014 Australian Open | [citation needed] |
13 | Lucie Hradecká | 201.2 km/h (125.0 mph) | 2015 Wimbledon | [citation needed] |
Naomi Osaka | 201.2 km/h (125.0 mph) | 2016 US Open | [37] | |
15 | Anna-Lena Grönefeld | 201.1 km/h (125.0 mph) | 2009 Indian Wells Masters | [citation needed] |
16 | Ana Ivanovic | 201 km/h (125 mph) | 2007 French Open | [38] |
Denisa Allertová | 201 km/h (125 mph) | 2015 Australian Open | [39] | |
Coco Gauff | 201 km/h (125 mph) | 2021 Wimbledon Championships | [40] | |
Bernarda Pera | 201 km/h (125 mph) | 2021 US Open | [41] | |
20 | Kristina Mladenovic | 200 km/h (124.3 mph) | 2009 French Open | [citation needed] |
- ^ "IDS[clarification needed] only collects serve speed data on show courts at certain events (11 in 2014) and started doing so in 1989 ... Players who have had multiple Top 10 fastest serves only have their top one listed, and if they hit that top speed multiple times, just the first time they did it is listed." http://www.wtatennis.com/news/article/1978722/title/ids-serve-speed-leaders
See also[]
References[]
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