Rankings as of: Dec 30, 1996

ATP 1996 Performance Stats & Serve/Return Leaders

Serve, return, and point-level leaders for the 1996 ATP season.

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Serve and return metrics for the 1996 season.

132 players with 10+ stat matches.

# Player Country Sample Aces/M DFs/M 1st Sv% 1st Sv Pts% 2nd Sv Pts% BP Saved% BP Conv% Svc Pts% Ret Pts% Total Pts%
1 Michael Chang USA 72 6.4 2.5 50.2% 77.2% 53.5% 61.0% 49.3% 65.3% 44.5% 54.8%
2 Thomas Muster AUT 71 3.2 2.3 59.3% 72.1% 53.3% 67.9% 45.7% 64.4% 43.4% 53.6%
3 Pete Sampras USA 60 11.8 3.1 59.2% 83.0% 53.9% 65.2% 39.6% 71.1% 36.7% 53.5%
4 Goran Ivanisevic CRO 82 14.7 4.3 55.2% 84.8% 52.8% 67.0% 46.9% 70.4% 36.5% 53.2%
5 Yevgeny Kafelnikov RUS 91 6.4 3.6 56.7% 75.7% 52.8% 59.7% 48.3% 65.8% 40.8% 53.1%
6 Magnus Gustafsson SWE 48 3.3 3.4 63.7% 69.6% 51.5% 54.5% 48.2% 63.4% 43.5% 53.0%
7 Greg Rusedski GBR 53 11.6 2.9 60.5% 81.7% 53.2% 57.4% 39.6% 70.7% 36.8% 53.0%
8 Thomas Enqvist SWE 65 7.1 4.3 56.4% 76.5% 48.5% 53.8% 46.2% 64.6% 41.2% 53.0%
9 Andre Agassi USA 35 4.0 3.3 60.0% 70.7% 50.4% 51.1% 45.1% 62.8% 43.9% 52.9%
10 Jim Courier USA 40 5.9 3.2 60.1% 74.7% 53.8% 57.4% 43.4% 66.6% 39.6% 52.8%
11 Michael Stich GER 31 11.6 5.1 54.9% 80.1% 49.7% 65.1% 42.5% 66.2% 39.0% 52.8%
12 Boris Becker GER 41 11.2 4.9 55.2% 80.9% 51.0% 64.3% 42.2% 67.6% 38.3% 52.7%
13 Patrick Rafter AUS 39 6.2 3.5 57.5% 77.3% 54.7% 62.2% 40.1% 67.4% 38.4% 52.7%
14 Slava Dosedel CZE 29 2.0 1.4 68.4% 65.5% 51.1% 57.7% 43.7% 60.2% 45.0% 52.5%
15 Vincent Spadea USA 42 3.5 1.3 61.8% 69.3% 54.4% 59.2% 44.6% 63.6% 41.2% 52.3%
16 Franco Squillari ARG 14 2.9 4.3 59.4% 70.6% 46.6% 52.1% 49.2% 60.6% 44.3% 52.3%
17 Richard Krajicek NED 63 12.6 3.4 57.5% 81.5% 48.7% 59.6% 41.7% 67.5% 37.2% 52.2%
18 Cedric Pioline FRA 53 6.0 3.2 55.9% 75.1% 51.7% 62.1% 44.4% 64.9% 39.6% 52.1%
19 Mark Philippoussis AUS 45 14.1 5.9 59.0% 81.0% 47.5% 63.5% 37.3% 67.2% 36.5% 52.1%
20 Alberto Berasategui ESP 65 1.7 2.2 73.5% 64.6% 51.7% 60.0% 45.7% 61.2% 43.2% 52.1%
21 Stefan Edberg SWE 63 3.9 4.1 59.0% 72.3% 52.5% 58.8% 41.9% 64.0% 41.0% 52.1%
22 Petr Korda CZE 48 3.8 4.0 56.9% 73.5% 48.6% 58.4% 45.8% 62.6% 41.6% 52.0%
23 Richey Reneberg USA 53 4.9 2.5 54.5% 73.0% 53.1% 62.3% 51.6% 63.8% 40.3% 51.9%
24 Carlos Moya ESP 63 3.0 1.9 65.7% 68.1% 51.1% 53.5% 48.7% 62.1% 41.5% 51.9%
25 Andrei Medvedev UKR 47 5.7 3.7 59.2% 72.0% 48.8% 58.7% 44.4% 62.6% 41.4% 51.8%
26 Jonathan Stark USA 33 9.8 2.7 61.8% 77.5% 50.3% 61.8% 48.9% 67.3% 36.6% 51.8%
27 Marc Rosset SUI 52 10.6 4.6 58.6% 80.7% 48.1% 63.0% 45.5% 67.2% 36.3% 51.7%
28 Marcelo Rios CHI 69 4.3 2.7 52.3% 73.2% 53.0% 54.8% 48.7% 63.5% 40.2% 51.6%
29 Felix Mantilla ESP 63 2.3 1.3 68.9% 65.3% 53.8% 52.2% 53.5% 61.3% 42.1% 51.6%
30 Magnus Norman SWE 21 6.2 2.0 60.3% 72.6% 52.3% 59.5% 51.1% 64.1% 38.6% 51.5%
31 Chris Woodruff USA 32 6.5 4.0 59.8% 72.0% 48.0% 61.6% 40.1% 62.3% 40.1% 51.3%
32 Wayne Ferreira RSA 62 7.6 2.9 55.2% 75.6% 49.1% 57.1% 42.2% 63.8% 38.6% 51.2%
33 Sebastien Lareau CAN 26 6.1 4.0 59.9% 71.5% 50.8% 64.3% 47.9% 63.2% 39.9% 51.2%
34 Guy Forget FRA 42 9.5 2.6 56.6% 78.5% 52.9% 53.3% 39.9% 67.2% 35.4% 51.2%
35 Marc Kevin Goellner GER 46 10.2 3.8 52.8% 78.1% 51.0% 60.9% 44.1% 65.2% 36.2% 51.0%
36 Mark Woodforde AUS 49 5.2 3.8 58.4% 73.8% 50.2% 65.5% 46.4% 64.0% 37.5% 51.0%
37 Nicolas Kiefer GER 11 6.1 2.5 52.2% 76.6% 47.8% 53.2% 49.7% 62.7% 39.8% 50.9%
38 Javier Frana ARG 41 8.0 1.7 58.1% 76.1% 50.2% 63.0% 43.8% 65.1% 37.1% 50.9%
39 Alex Corretja ESP 54 3.6 2.4 59.4% 69.1% 52.1% 53.2% 46.2% 62.0% 40.2% 50.8%
40 Richard Fromberg AUS 34 7.7 3.0 59.8% 74.6% 48.7% 47.3% 42.4% 64.1% 38.0% 50.8%
41 Alex Radulescu GER 21 12.7 4.4 53.8% 78.5% 52.4% 49.1% 39.2% 66.2% 35.6% 50.8%
42 Jan Siemerink NED 61 6.5 5.1 55.7% 75.7% 51.2% 65.5% 39.7% 64.8% 35.9% 50.6%
43 Francisco Clavet ESP 57 1.7 2.1 62.7% 65.2% 54.2% 52.7% 50.0% 61.3% 40.1% 50.6%
44 Jason Stoltenberg AUS 46 6.3 3.9 54.1% 71.8% 50.1% 57.4% 44.7% 61.6% 39.8% 50.6%
45 Jiri Novak CZE 51 3.4 2.5 65.5% 66.4% 48.9% 56.3% 52.3% 60.2% 40.7% 50.5%
46 Tim Henman GBR 50 7.1 3.7 56.7% 73.9% 51.4% 58.8% 39.0% 64.4% 36.7% 50.5%
47 Nicklas Kulti SWE 27 7.2 3.8 58.6% 74.3% 49.9% 63.4% 39.5% 64.5% 36.8% 50.5%
48 Brett Steven NZL 26 3.9 2.6 68.7% 67.8% 53.8% 61.9% 47.5% 63.1% 37.8% 50.4%
49 Guillaume Raoux FRA 36 6.3 2.9 51.8% 75.4% 53.5% 59.8% 46.9% 65.0% 35.4% 50.4%
50 Carlos Costa ESP 40 3.2 2.7 55.2% 66.1% 45.5% 47.7% 48.4% 56.9% 43.6% 50.4%
51 David Wheaton USA 22 8.9 4.1 58.2% 74.3% 48.1% 47.5% 42.4% 63.3% 37.2% 50.4%
52 Mariano Zabaleta ARG 17 1.1 2.4 73.2% 63.3% 46.1% 54.9% 43.4% 57.8% 44.1% 50.4%
53 Michael Tebbutt AUS 27 10.9 5.6 54.5% 76.6% 47.0% 55.5% 43.8% 63.0% 36.6% 50.3%
54 David Prinosil GER 46 6.9 3.9 53.2% 75.2% 48.9% 64.2% 38.8% 62.7% 37.5% 50.3%
55 Lars Burgsmuller GER 10 3.7 2.7 64.3% 70.9% 51.8% 62.9% 48.1% 64.1% 36.0% 50.3%
56 Renzo Furlan ITA 46 3.9 1.7 61.2% 69.4% 51.0% 57.8% 42.8% 62.2% 38.8% 50.3%
57 Bohdan Ulihrach CZE 61 3.4 3.8 55.6% 68.4% 48.3% 54.1% 43.3% 59.5% 41.0% 50.2%
58 Jonas Bjorkman SWE 45 3.8 3.9 57.8% 69.7% 48.4% 55.4% 37.1% 60.6% 40.2% 50.2%
59 Marcos Aurelio Gorriz ESP 13 2.8 0.7 59.3% 68.3% 45.6% 49.9% 40.7% 59.5% 40.4% 50.2%
60 Andrea Gaudenzi ITA 43 1.7 3.3 63.5% 64.8% 50.7% 56.2% 40.2% 59.6% 40.9% 50.2%
61 Arnaud Boetsch FRA 46 4.9 3.2 53.5% 71.6% 52.4% 60.7% 49.2% 62.6% 37.8% 50.1%
62 Mats Wilander SWE 16 2.3 2.1 62.9% 66.9% 46.6% 58.3% 39.9% 59.4% 41.1% 50.1%
63 Grant Stafford RSA 22 4.9 2.7 60.2% 70.3% 49.0% 61.2% 37.6% 61.8% 38.5% 50.1%
64 Sergi Bruguera ESP 39 5.9 2.1 53.9% 71.7% 50.4% 51.7% 41.9% 61.7% 38.6% 50.0%
65 Todd Woodbridge AUS 51 3.3 5.3 56.7% 69.0% 48.1% 55.8% 42.8% 60.0% 39.2% 49.9%
66 Hernan Gumy ARG 43 3.1 3.7 60.8% 68.7% 48.0% 52.1% 53.8% 60.6% 38.5% 49.8%
67 Hendrik Dreekmann GER 37 4.2 4.2 50.0% 74.5% 50.1% 61.4% 32.3% 62.6% 36.7% 49.8%
68 Roberto Carretero ESP 25 1.0 3.4 76.7% 65.8% 46.0% 52.1% 48.8% 60.8% 38.8% 49.7%
69 Kenneth Carlsen DEN 32 7.9 4.1 58.6% 75.2% 50.8% 66.3% 30.0% 64.9% 34.9% 49.7%
70 Jeff Tarango USA 28 5.2 3.2 61.9% 68.0% 50.2% 54.3% 39.3% 61.4% 38.0% 49.7%
71 MaliVai Washington USA 39 5.5 3.9 58.0% 70.5% 50.8% 58.8% 41.2% 61.8% 37.7% 49.6%
72 Mikael Tillstrom SWE 35 4.3 2.6 61.4% 68.6% 50.5% 58.3% 43.0% 61.7% 37.2% 49.6%
73 Luis Adrian Morejon ECU 15 1.6 1.4 64.4% 61.8% 52.8% 55.8% 44.9% 58.4% 40.5% 49.5%
74 Adrian Voinea ROU 46 5.2 2.9 58.6% 68.6% 50.9% 57.9% 40.5% 61.3% 36.8% 49.5%
75 Sandon Stolle AUS 35 6.1 4.6 58.2% 73.8% 44.3% 52.9% 37.6% 61.5% 37.8% 49.5%
76 Patrik Fredriksson SWE 13 5.7 5.2 57.2% 72.2% 46.9% 54.0% 35.6% 61.0% 38.5% 49.4%
77 Leander Paes IND 16 4.2 3.7 61.2% 68.8% 47.3% 55.1% 40.0% 60.6% 38.4% 49.4%
78 Karol Kucera SVK 35 4.0 5.2 55.6% 68.2% 47.1% 55.0% 42.6% 58.7% 39.9% 49.3%
79 Marcos Ondruska RSA 28 3.4 2.9 60.1% 67.6% 48.4% 47.7% 41.6% 59.6% 39.7% 49.3%
80 Filip Dewulf BEL 46 4.5 5.3 51.0% 74.1% 47.0% 52.9% 52.6% 60.8% 37.8% 49.3%
81 Daniel Vacek CZE 48 7.3 5.1 56.7% 76.2% 49.0% 53.1% 39.3% 64.6% 33.5% 49.3%
82 Bernd Karbacher GER 37 5.6 2.1 56.5% 69.1% 48.7% 57.8% 42.4% 60.2% 38.1% 49.2%
83 Andrei Olhovskiy RUS 30 8.3 4.8 56.3% 75.4% 47.6% 63.7% 38.3% 63.3% 34.4% 49.1%
84 Scott Draper AUS 32 5.7 2.5 53.4% 71.2% 53.3% 52.1% 40.9% 62.6% 35.5% 49.1%
85 Nicolas Pereira VEN 30 5.7 2.9 60.9% 73.0% 48.5% 60.2% 34.1% 63.3% 35.3% 49.1%
86 Mark Knowles BAH 25 5.6 5.7 53.7% 71.0% 48.5% 58.3% 38.5% 60.4% 37.9% 49.0%
87 Paul Haarhuis NED 50 4.1 1.9 62.3% 67.8% 51.4% 50.6% 45.5% 61.8% 36.2% 49.0%
88 Jakob Hlasek SUI 40 6.6 2.9 59.8% 74.3% 49.0% 54.6% 39.4% 63.9% 34.4% 49.0%
89 Javier Sanchez ESP 58 3.3 3.6 61.9% 68.2% 48.0% 56.4% 40.7% 60.3% 37.7% 49.0%
90 Sjeng Schalken NED 44 4.6 4.8 56.9% 70.5% 48.1% 62.4% 44.7% 60.7% 36.5% 49.0%
91 Christian Ruud NOR 36 2.2 2.6 59.2% 64.7% 47.8% 49.6% 49.1% 57.6% 40.3% 48.9%
92 Byron Black ZIM 47 2.5 2.6 60.1% 65.3% 50.9% 57.2% 48.7% 59.4% 37.8% 48.8%
93 Tomas Carbonell ESP 44 3.6 3.1 65.8% 65.9% 47.9% 55.4% 46.3% 59.2% 38.4% 48.7%
94 Jim Grabb USA 10 7.1 5.5 65.1% 74.5% 44.0% 58.1% 52.2% 63.5% 33.7% 48.7%
95 Ignacio Truyol ESP 10 1.7 0.9 61.5% 63.8% 50.5% 51.9% 40.2% 58.7% 40.3% 48.6%
96 Fernando Meligeni BRA 24 3.0 4.1 54.2% 67.5% 44.8% 54.5% 47.9% 57.1% 40.1% 48.6%
97 Marcelo Filippini URU 24 1.8 2.3 68.7% 64.5% 46.1% 61.0% 42.9% 58.3% 38.5% 48.6%
98 Oleg Ogorodov UZB 15 6.6 2.8 60.7% 67.2% 51.3% 62.8% 51.0% 60.3% 35.6% 48.6%
99 Gilbert Schaller AUT 38 1.1 1.4 75.2% 59.3% 47.3% 49.0% 47.0% 55.9% 41.7% 48.5%
100 Mauricio Hadad COL 21 1.4 2.5 63.5% 63.6% 45.1% 49.2% 51.8% 57.6% 38.6% 48.5%
101 Lionel Roux FRA 30 3.9 2.7 56.7% 71.0% 48.2% 53.8% 41.5% 60.9% 36.0% 48.5%
102 Shuzo Matsuoka JPN 29 7.4 3.3 61.4% 71.3% 46.0% 53.1% 46.7% 61.5% 34.5% 48.5%
103 Nicolas Lapentti ECU 25 3.8 3.4 56.2% 67.4% 47.9% 49.9% 41.1% 58.8% 37.9% 48.4%
104 Karim Alami MAR 36 4.6 3.4 54.3% 72.3% 47.6% 52.1% 47.8% 60.8% 35.4% 48.3%
105 Martin Sinner GER 17 5.4 4.7 57.7% 73.4% 50.6% 57.8% 34.7% 63.6% 31.9% 48.2%
106 Cristiano Caratti ITA 21 1.7 2.8 60.4% 63.9% 48.4% 44.4% 41.1% 57.6% 38.4% 48.2%
107 Justin Gimelstob USA 10 5.1 3.4 54.9% 73.3% 46.5% 41.8% 50.8% 61.4% 35.3% 48.2%
108 Gustavo Kuerten BRA 17 3.4 2.6 53.7% 70.2% 49.5% 47.3% 34.6% 60.9% 35.8% 48.0%
109 Daniel Nestor CAN 20 7.2 6.4 56.4% 76.5% 48.6% 61.6% 37.7% 64.2% 31.3% 47.9%
110 Jacco Eltingh NED 11 6.4 4.3 56.0% 74.8% 47.9% 50.6% 38.3% 63.0% 32.2% 47.9%
111 Stefano Pescosolido ITA 35 4.3 5.4 51.6% 71.4% 43.2% 58.5% 42.3% 57.6% 37.1% 47.9%
112 Jordi Burillo ESP 32 5.1 3.1 55.6% 66.0% 48.0% 51.1% 51.1% 57.8% 37.2% 47.8%
113 Andrei Chesnokov RUS 28 2.6 3.0 57.2% 61.4% 45.0% 49.3% 45.1% 54.1% 40.6% 47.5%
114 Neville Godwin RSA 11 7.4 5.5 50.8% 71.4% 46.3% 60.9% 49.9% 58.9% 35.4% 47.4%
115 Galo Blanco ESP 21 3.2 3.1 63.2% 64.8% 45.5% 51.5% 43.3% 57.8% 36.0% 47.2%
116 Stephane Simian FRA 15 3.0 6.1 63.4% 67.9% 40.9% 66.2% 23.2% 58.1% 35.0% 46.9%
117 Alexander Volkov RUS 31 4.1 3.9 51.2% 68.5% 45.3% 55.6% 46.1% 57.2% 36.1% 46.8%
118 Fabrice Santoro FRA 13 1.6 3.2 53.2% 61.7% 49.9% 50.7% 47.8% 56.1% 36.9% 46.7%
119 Olivier Delaitre FRA 10 2.5 3.9 51.9% 68.6% 45.5% 39.5% 28.9% 57.6% 36.7% 46.7%
120 Jean-Philippe Fleurian FRA 22 3.2 2.5 59.3% 69.1% 46.9% 45.3% 35.1% 59.9% 33.5% 46.7%
121 David Rikl CZE 27 2.1 3.3 58.8% 64.2% 45.1% 56.8% 40.0% 56.5% 36.7% 46.6%
122 Carl Uwe Steeb GER 23 2.7 1.9 59.2% 64.9% 49.9% 49.5% 47.6% 58.7% 33.2% 46.4%
123 Omar Camporese ITA 14 5.8 2.4 48.9% 69.8% 47.1% 60.2% 38.3% 58.1% 33.4% 46.1%
124 Dick Norman BEL 11 8.5 6.6 57.5% 72.2% 45.2% 57.1% 30.8% 60.6% 28.9% 45.8%
125 Nuno Marques POR 18 3.3 3.0 63.6% 64.8% 44.8% 53.0% 41.5% 57.3% 32.4% 45.3%
126 Andrei Cherkasov RUS 14 1.2 4.3 68.4% 61.3% 39.3% 43.9% 41.9% 54.7% 34.9% 44.8%
127 David Nainkin RSA 13 2.1 4.8 59.1% 59.8% 43.4% 51.6% 55.4% 53.1% 36.4% 44.7%
128 Frederik Fetterlein DEN 20 3.4 5.6 58.3% 64.7% 37.2% 44.4% 35.4% 53.1% 35.2% 44.5%
129 Kris Goossens BEL 20 3.9 5.4 53.5% 64.7% 39.9% 49.8% 55.4% 53.5% 34.4% 44.3%
130 Jerome Golmard FRA 12 3.9 5.4 58.8% 67.5% 39.3% 43.9% 25.7% 55.9% 30.3% 44.2%
131 Sandor Noszaly HUN 23 5.8 5.3 61.1% 65.4% 41.3% 52.7% 33.9% 55.9% 32.2% 44.1%
132 Patrick Baur GER 14 2.5 3.6 58.4% 61.4% 44.3% 49.7% 40.5% 53.5% 31.6% 43.5%

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Sample
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Aces/M
Aces per match with serve stats available.
DFs/M
Double faults per match with serve stats available.
1st Sv%
Percentage of service points where the first serve landed in.
1st Sv Pts%
Percentage of points won after making a first serve.
2nd Sv Pts%
Percentage of points won after missing the first serve and making a second serve.
BP Saved%
Percentage of break points won by the server.
BP Conv%
Percentage of break-point chances won by the returner.
Svc Pts%
Percentage of all points won while serving.
Ret Pts%
Percentage of all points won while returning.
Total Pts%
Percentage of all completed points won.

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