This article lists the fastest record serve speeds for men's and women's professional tennis.
The fastest recorded serve is by Sam Groth, at 263.4 km/h (163.7 mph) at a Challenger event.[1] The fastest recorded serve at an ATP event was by John Isner, at 253.0 km/h (157.0 mph) in the first round of the 2016 Davis Cup. [2]
This list is not historically complete. For instance, not listed here, Roscoe Tanner's serve was recorded at 246.2 km/h(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 262.81 km/h (163.3 mph) but there is nothing to verify that.[3] Also, Ellsworth Vines in the Wimbledon finals of 1932 clocked 194.73 km/h (121 mph) (without Radar).[4] Udayachand Shetty's winning serve was clocked by radar at 193.12 km/h (120 mph) using a wooden racquet, at the Gilbey Gins fast serve contest held in Chicago on 24 July 1976.[5] 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 209.21 km/h (130 mph).[6]
Milos Raonic with a 235 km/h (146.0 mph) second serve in the second round of the 2017 Australian Open in Melbourne and Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard with a 235 km/h (146.0 mph) second serve in the first round of the 2024 BOSS Open in Stuttgart, holds the record for the fastest second serve ever recorded.[7][8][note 1]
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