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Top 10 Fastest Serves of All Time (Venus,Serena,Ana,Na,4 Germans)

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#1 ·
http://www.wtatennis.com/news/article/1978722/title/ids-serve-speed-leaders

RANK NAME MPH KPH TOURNAMENT
1 Venus Williams (USA) 129.0 207.6 2007 US Open
2 Serena Williams (USA) 128.6 207.0 2013 Australian Open
3 Julia Goerges (GER) 126.1 203.0 2012 French Open
4 Brenda Schultz-McCarthy (NED) 126.0 202.7 2007 Indian Wells
5 Sabine Lisicki (GER) 125.0 201.2 2011 Stanford
6 Anna-Lena Groenefeld (GER) 125.0 201.1 2009 Indian Wells
7 Ana Ivanovic (SRB) 124.9 201.0 2007 French Open
8 Kristina Mladenovic (FRA) 124.3 200.0 2009 French Open
9 Tatjana Malek (GER) 124.0 199.6 2012 US Open
10 Li Na (CHN) 123.7 199.0 2010 French Open
 
#2 ·
http://www.wtatennis.com/news/article/1978722/title/ids-serve-speed-leaders

RANK NAME MPH KPH TOURNAMENT
1 Venus Williams (USA) 129.0 207.6 2007 US Open
2 Serena Williams (USA) 128.6 207.0 2013 Australian Open
3 Julia Goerges (GER) 126.1 203.0 2012 French Open
4 Brenda Schultz-McCarthy (NED) 126.0 202.7 2007 Indian Wells
5 Sabine Lisicki (GER) 125.0 201.2 2011 Stanford
6 Anna-Lena Groenefeld (GER) 125.0 201.1 2009 Indian Wells
7 Ana Ivanovic (SRB) 124.9 201.0 2007 French Open
8 Kristina Mladenovic (FRA) 124.3 200.0 2009 French Open
9 Tatjana Malek (GER) 124.0 199.6 2012 US Open
10 Li Na (CHN) 123.7 199.0 2010 French Open
:eek::lol:
 
#3 ·
congrats Patrick ... your German girls sure can serve fast and hit hard :awww:
 
#21 ·
Goerges stats from RG 2012

Goerges vs Hradecka

fastest 1st serve 202 km/h
avarage 1st serve 171 km/h
average 2nd serve 138 km/h

Goerges vs Watson
fastest 1st serve 183 km/h
average 1st serve 173 km/h
average 2nd serve 124 km/h

Goerges vs Rus
fastest 1st serve 182 km/h
average 1st serve 172 km/h
average 2nd serve 133 km/h

So it looks like this 202 km/h was a unique serve , which was more than 20 km/h faster than any other her serve at that tournament.....

Most probably a mistake of radar
 
#17 ·
I think we can take these figures with a pinch of salt to be honest. The radar gun really isn't that accurate and does throw up a few anomalous readings. I remember a Baltacha serve reading 138mph at Wimbledon 3 years ago and an Henin 2nd serve clocking in at over 130 somewhere. In both cases the readings were so absurd that nobody was jumping up and down claiming a new record. But it does illustrate that the technology is not reliable enough to base bona fide records upon.

They use the same piece of kit to measure the pace of bowlers in cricket and it throws up some equally strange readings there from time to time as well.
 
#20 ·
fastest serves of all time and yet not a single serve before 2007 makes the list......the comparison is certainly flawed......players have access to better rackets these days.......

GOAT comparison is again legit because there we are comparing the fields and achievements of players in relation to the fields, not the speed of groundstrokes or the spin oon the ball or the bend of the forehands or backhands......
 
#22 ·
Na? :spit: She barely hits a 170 kmh now! I watched a bit of Malek at the HC, but I seriously don't remeber her hitting serves that fast :hysteric:

Petrova has a great first serve too, but probably not fast enough for the top 10 of all time
 
#23 ·
It`s really funny , the WTA only accepts serves from some courts and the speed guns on these courts do not even work perfectly :spit:
 
#27 ·
Goerges stats from RG 2012

Goerges vs Hradecka

fastest 1st serve 202 km/h
avarage 1st serve 171 km/h
average 2nd serve 138 km/h

Goerges vs Watson
fastest 1st serve 183 km/h
average 1st serve 173 km/h
average 2nd serve 124 km/h

Goerges vs Rus
fastest 1st serve 182 km/h
average 1st serve 172 km/h
average 2nd serve 133 km/h

So it looks like this 202 km/h was a unique serve , which was more than 20 km/h faster than any other her serve at that tournament.....

Most probably a mistake of radar
Some crooked logic going on in this thread.

FASTEST speed has nothing to do with whether it's "unique" or not. That's more relevant to the AVERAGE speed of a server.
 
#28 ·
No , if for instance Serena serves in the range 110-124 mph on regular basis , i can believe she can hit 129 mph , but if for instance Li Na can barely hit 110 mph serve (her fastest speed at AO was 108 mph), i won't believe in her potential to hit 120+ serves

in Goerges case , it's ridiculous that a player whose top speed at Wimbledon 112mph , AO 114mph, and the whole year never exceeded 120mph hit at FO that uniques serve 126.1 and didn't hit any other serve at RG even close to 120 mph
 
#36 ·
Fastest serve means squat anyway. I'd like to see a list of fastest average first serve speeds. But that would mean the ATP and WTA would have to keep and crunch effective data and I wouldn't want them to have to spend money on something worthwhile.
 
#42 ·
At any moment any sportsmen could exceed its max result by approx 10%
It had happened many times in many different sports.
Do you remember Bob Beamon?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DEt_Xgg8dzc
His record was out of the blue. But was real... So does not matter believe you or not, any tennis player at any moment could serve or have a shot much faster than before. If a player can serve 120 mph you could expect to have max serve in the region of 132 mph
 
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