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ATP 2008 Performance Stats & Serve/Return Leaders

Serve, return, and point-level leaders for the 2008 ATP season.

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Serve and return metrics for the 2008 season.

138 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 Rafael Nadal ESP 84 3.1 1.3 69.4% 72.5% 59.4% 61.3% 48.2% 68.6% 43.4% 55.5%
2 Roger Federer SUI 76 8.8 0.9 64.7% 77.3% 59.2% 68.9% 44.9% 71.0% 41.2% 55.4%
3 Novak Djokovic SRB 73 6.3 2.0 64.7% 74.2% 58.0% 67.4% 50.9% 68.6% 42.6% 55.3%
4 Nikolay Davydenko RUS 70 3.9 2.2 64.5% 72.4% 53.7% 58.8% 47.3% 66.0% 43.4% 54.2%
5 Lleyton Hewitt AUS 27 8.2 3.0 54.5% 76.2% 57.4% 57.7% 37.6% 67.8% 42.0% 53.9%
6 Robin Soderling SWE 62 10.4 2.8 61.7% 79.7% 54.9% 70.6% 44.7% 70.2% 38.2% 53.8%
7 Juan Martin del Potro ARG 59 5.0 2.5 61.7% 74.7% 53.8% 62.3% 48.2% 66.5% 41.6% 53.6%
8 Andy Murray GBR 71 6.6 2.2 57.5% 74.9% 52.5% 59.7% 44.7% 65.3% 41.9% 53.3%
9 Nicolas Almagro ESP 49 9.1 2.4 59.0% 75.4% 55.1% 62.6% 43.0% 67.0% 40.0% 53.3%
10 Andy Roddick USA 62 14.3 2.1 67.2% 78.4% 56.0% 65.8% 39.5% 71.1% 36.0% 53.2%
11 David Nalbandian ARG 51 5.3 3.0 58.7% 73.8% 53.2% 60.4% 48.3% 65.4% 41.2% 52.9%
12 Tomas Berdych CZE 51 7.9 2.1 60.5% 76.6% 54.7% 60.7% 45.5% 67.9% 38.4% 52.9%
13 Richard Gasquet FRA 52 8.4 2.4 60.0% 76.7% 53.5% 57.1% 41.6% 67.4% 37.7% 52.4%
14 Fernando Verdasco ESP 72 3.8 4.1 72.6% 69.3% 53.0% 55.6% 47.6% 64.7% 40.8% 52.4%
15 Philipp Kohlschreiber GER 50 5.3 2.2 62.9% 72.2% 56.1% 67.3% 41.6% 66.1% 39.0% 52.3%
16 David Ferrer ESP 63 2.6 1.6 66.2% 68.5% 54.2% 56.4% 42.9% 63.7% 41.6% 52.3%
17 Stan Wawrinka SUI 53 5.9 2.3 60.8% 70.9% 54.5% 51.1% 46.1% 64.2% 40.6% 52.3%
18 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga FRA 47 10.6 2.2 64.2% 77.4% 52.1% 63.0% 43.4% 68.2% 36.8% 52.2%
19 James Blake USA 62 6.9 2.6 55.7% 74.6% 52.7% 55.9% 46.2% 64.9% 39.2% 52.1%
20 Mario Ancic CRO 45 9.2 2.3 62.9% 76.3% 53.6% 64.5% 39.8% 67.7% 37.1% 52.1%
21 Daniel Gimeno-Traver ESP 14 4.1 1.7 62.5% 72.5% 58.4% 60.7% 45.1% 66.9% 38.4% 52.0%
22 Mikhail Youzhny RUS 46 4.6 2.4 62.7% 71.9% 52.1% 66.7% 47.3% 64.4% 38.7% 51.7%
23 Nicolas Kiefer GER 36 7.2 2.4 53.3% 76.3% 51.8% 55.3% 45.4% 64.7% 39.3% 51.7%
24 Radek Stepanek CZE 53 7.3 3.2 63.6% 76.1% 52.4% 64.1% 47.8% 67.4% 36.7% 51.6%
25 Marin Cilic CRO 59 9.3 3.3 53.6% 75.6% 53.2% 60.5% 38.4% 65.3% 37.5% 51.4%
26 Juan Carlos Ferrero ESP 36 4.3 1.4 66.4% 71.2% 54.4% 64.8% 48.1% 65.5% 37.4% 51.3%
27 Fernando Gonzalez CHI 45 6.2 3.1 62.4% 73.2% 54.3% 64.0% 43.8% 66.1% 36.9% 51.3%
28 Robby Ginepri USA 43 5.3 1.9 63.9% 69.8% 51.1% 58.5% 42.6% 63.1% 39.3% 51.2%
29 Kevin Anderson RSA 15 9.4 3.3 65.7% 74.0% 58.9% 62.8% 28.9% 68.9% 33.5% 51.2%
30 Tommy Haas GER 32 7.3 3.8 59.4% 72.6% 52.0% 62.8% 40.9% 64.3% 38.1% 51.1%
31 Gilles Simon FRA 75 4.5 2.1 57.5% 69.6% 53.7% 57.5% 39.4% 62.8% 39.4% 51.1%
32 Tommy Robredo ESP 57 3.1 1.5 68.4% 69.0% 52.3% 59.2% 40.6% 63.7% 38.8% 51.1%
33 Ivan Ljubicic CRO 37 12.8 1.8 61.6% 78.2% 52.6% 60.5% 47.1% 68.5% 33.6% 51.1%
34 Xavier Malisse BEL 20 6.4 1.7 58.6% 75.3% 49.9% 56.8% 37.5% 64.8% 38.5% 51.0%
35 Agustin Calleri ARG 40 8.3 3.4 55.4% 77.2% 49.0% 63.2% 41.5% 64.7% 37.7% 50.9%
36 Juan Monaco ARG 46 2.7 1.9 64.8% 65.5% 51.6% 50.7% 43.9% 60.1% 41.8% 50.9%
37 Ernests Gulbis LAT 42 9.8 4.2 60.0% 74.6% 50.2% 64.8% 39.0% 64.8% 36.8% 50.8%
38 Igor Andreev RUS 69 6.1 2.5 64.7% 72.6% 53.9% 61.5% 41.2% 66.0% 35.7% 50.8%
39 Ivo Karlovic CRO 54 17.8 1.8 66.2% 81.4% 53.2% 66.2% 31.8% 71.8% 30.1% 50.7%
40 Mardy Fish USA 55 10.1 2.7 49.3% 77.9% 51.8% 57.6% 39.2% 64.6% 36.6% 50.7%
41 Dmitry Tursunov RUS 54 8.0 3.1 58.5% 75.0% 51.8% 66.4% 41.0% 65.1% 35.9% 50.6%
42 Gael Monfils FRA 43 7.3 3.2 61.0% 73.5% 48.9% 55.8% 43.6% 63.9% 37.6% 50.5%
43 Marcos Baghdatis CYP 24 8.2 3.8 54.0% 77.5% 53.3% 57.0% 35.8% 66.3% 35.2% 50.5%
44 Viktor Troicki SRB 37 6.2 2.2 61.7% 73.4% 51.5% 51.7% 37.9% 65.0% 37.2% 50.4%
45 Albert Montanes ESP 47 3.1 3.7 58.4% 72.3% 50.9% 55.6% 37.3% 63.5% 37.2% 50.3%
46 Robin Haase NED 25 6.2 2.8 60.6% 71.7% 52.6% 62.0% 44.7% 64.0% 36.9% 50.3%
47 Philipp Petzschner GER 19 6.6 3.8 55.4% 75.0% 52.5% 53.7% 34.3% 64.6% 37.2% 50.3%
48 Andreas Seppi ITA 54 4.6 3.3 58.3% 70.3% 49.8% 57.5% 42.7% 61.7% 38.8% 50.3%
49 Igor Kunitsyn RUS 27 2.1 1.8 60.2% 65.1% 50.5% 48.3% 42.5% 58.9% 41.5% 50.2%
50 Julien Benneteau FRA 41 4.3 3.3 64.1% 70.0% 50.6% 57.6% 37.4% 63.1% 37.9% 50.2%
51 Dominik Hrbaty SVK 10 2.2 4.5 60.2% 66.6% 40.0% 43.8% 55.8% 56.2% 45.7% 50.2%
52 Amer Delic BIH 15 8.7 3.3 61.3% 73.8% 52.5% 77.4% 41.0% 65.5% 33.8% 50.2%
53 Eduardo Schwank ARG 30 4.5 2.5 63.6% 70.4% 51.7% 68.0% 43.3% 63.6% 36.2% 50.1%
54 Sam Querrey USA 51 10.2 3.2 59.1% 74.3% 49.1% 61.1% 41.2% 64.2% 35.5% 50.1%
55 Paul-Henri Mathieu FRA 53 5.6 2.9 55.7% 73.5% 53.8% 61.1% 42.2% 64.9% 35.0% 50.1%
56 Fabrice Santoro FRA 35 3.5 1.3 57.5% 69.5% 53.5% 57.8% 41.1% 62.7% 37.2% 50.0%
57 Jurgen Melzer AUT 49 6.6 2.5 61.7% 71.5% 54.4% 57.6% 37.8% 65.0% 35.3% 50.0%
58 Guillermo Canas ARG 41 6.0 2.9 54.4% 71.3% 49.8% 55.3% 45.1% 61.5% 38.5% 49.9%
59 Marc Gicquel FRA 45 6.8 2.2 58.5% 73.2% 49.1% 62.8% 43.5% 63.2% 36.4% 49.9%
60 Marat Safin RUS 44 8.2 3.2 54.5% 73.3% 50.5% 61.9% 46.0% 63.0% 36.3% 49.9%
61 Victor Hanescu ROU 40 5.6 1.6 69.2% 71.7% 52.4% 60.3% 44.5% 65.6% 33.9% 49.9%
62 Roko Karanusic CRO 18 4.9 1.4 59.3% 67.3% 53.5% 53.6% 36.0% 61.5% 38.2% 49.8%
63 Feliciano Lopez ESP 50 11.4 3.1 60.4% 75.7% 54.6% 67.6% 41.2% 67.1% 32.1% 49.8%
64 Wayne Odesnik USA 29 4.4 2.4 61.3% 67.4% 49.4% 56.2% 41.3% 60.5% 39.3% 49.8%
65 Sebastien Grosjean FRA 22 4.2 1.6 58.7% 71.7% 48.6% 52.3% 34.1% 62.0% 38.3% 49.8%
66 Kei Nishikori JPN 25 3.2 2.9 59.9% 69.1% 50.9% 57.2% 45.4% 61.8% 37.4% 49.7%
67 Frank Dancevic CAN 16 9.4 2.1 61.3% 73.3% 51.1% 65.5% 37.9% 64.5% 32.8% 49.7%
68 Janko Tipsarevic SRB 44 9.3 2.6 55.9% 75.1% 51.7% 52.5% 43.7% 64.8% 34.4% 49.7%
69 Carlos Moya ESP 51 5.2 2.5 61.4% 70.5% 54.8% 56.2% 38.8% 64.5% 34.9% 49.5%
70 Andrey Golubev KAZ 10 6.3 3.4 54.3% 71.4% 50.5% 51.5% 40.8% 61.7% 37.9% 49.5%
71 Potito Starace ITA 42 2.0 1.3 73.8% 65.0% 53.8% 61.4% 39.8% 62.2% 36.1% 49.5%
72 Jose Acasuso ARG 50 4.5 3.2 54.9% 72.1% 47.9% 57.8% 36.6% 61.0% 38.0% 49.5%
73 Simone Bolelli ITA 56 4.9 1.4 67.0% 70.2% 54.7% 66.1% 38.5% 65.1% 33.6% 49.4%
74 Robert Kendrick USA 12 13.1 3.6 59.3% 80.1% 50.5% 57.6% 27.4% 68.0% 31.8% 49.4%
75 Jarkko Nieminen FIN 50 3.0 2.1 67.1% 65.8% 49.5% 55.0% 45.4% 60.6% 37.8% 49.4%
76 Jeremy Chardy FRA 19 10.2 5.2 62.0% 75.6% 51.4% 58.1% 39.3% 66.2% 32.6% 49.3%
77 Teymuraz Gabashvili RUS 25 4.6 3.2 60.7% 70.7% 47.9% 63.6% 48.7% 62.0% 35.9% 49.3%
78 Michael Llodra FRA 40 9.3 3.4 60.4% 73.5% 54.2% 66.1% 37.6% 65.9% 33.1% 49.3%
79 Ivan Navarro ESP 21 7.4 3.1 61.3% 74.0% 52.0% 54.8% 38.9% 65.3% 33.1% 49.3%
80 Steve Darcis BEL 39 4.9 1.9 60.0% 69.3% 51.1% 57.2% 42.3% 61.6% 36.0% 49.3%
81 Dudi Sela ISR 34 1.7 2.5 62.6% 66.9% 49.4% 60.0% 41.7% 60.1% 38.0% 49.1%
82 Marcel Granollers ESP 35 3.7 3.5 58.1% 67.5% 51.0% 60.7% 43.6% 60.4% 37.0% 49.0%
83 Florent Serra FRA 44 2.8 1.6 63.6% 66.6% 50.5% 53.8% 36.4% 60.6% 37.2% 49.0%
84 Sergio Roitman ARG 25 3.1 2.1 61.6% 65.3% 49.3% 47.2% 32.1% 59.4% 39.4% 48.9%
85 Nicolas Lapentti ECU 31 3.2 2.0 62.5% 68.6% 50.4% 50.4% 43.5% 61.9% 36.0% 48.9%
86 Rainer Schuettler GER 42 4.0 2.8 59.9% 69.3% 50.7% 56.4% 43.1% 61.9% 35.8% 48.7%
87 Bobby Reynolds USA 32 11.2 3.2 59.2% 72.2% 48.6% 59.2% 37.6% 62.5% 34.2% 48.6%
88 Andreas Beck GER 12 7.9 5.3 61.1% 73.7% 52.3% 70.5% 42.7% 65.0% 30.4% 48.6%
89 Fabio Fognini ITA 33 3.2 3.9 54.6% 69.4% 46.0% 55.5% 46.4% 58.6% 38.2% 48.6%
90 Filippo Volandri ITA 30 0.6 2.5 69.5% 61.6% 47.9% 58.6% 40.9% 57.3% 39.0% 48.5%
91 Gilles Muller LUX 11 19.4 4.0 61.7% 77.1% 48.6% 69.2% 32.8% 66.0% 28.3% 48.5%
92 Arnaud Clement FRA 27 6.6 2.9 55.3% 69.9% 50.4% 58.8% 36.1% 61.2% 35.6% 48.5%
93 Mischa Zverev GER 37 4.6 1.4 66.7% 68.6% 50.2% 58.3% 36.2% 62.2% 35.2% 48.5%
94 Jesse Levine CAN 24 4.7 4.4 58.1% 64.7% 48.3% 60.3% 45.2% 58.4% 38.0% 48.5%
95 Christophe Rochus BEL 12 2.3 1.2 64.3% 66.4% 49.9% 55.7% 32.9% 60.1% 37.4% 48.5%
96 Oscar Hernandez ESP 40 2.5 2.6 66.2% 65.0% 47.9% 54.3% 39.4% 59.1% 37.7% 48.5%
97 Juan Pablo Brzezicki ARG 10 2.3 2.5 63.7% 64.0% 47.8% 55.0% 55.3% 58.2% 38.9% 48.4%
98 Chris Guccione AUS 28 14.9 2.6 62.0% 79.7% 52.6% 72.1% 36.1% 69.4% 26.6% 48.4%
99 Evgeny Korolev KAZ 30 4.4 4.2 58.7% 69.1% 45.1% 61.9% 33.7% 59.6% 36.4% 48.4%
100 John Isner USA 29 15.0 3.4 66.9% 77.1% 52.3% 60.0% 26.1% 68.8% 27.4% 48.3%
101 Hyung-Taik Lee KOR 25 2.8 2.5 63.8% 65.5% 48.3% 52.8% 39.7% 59.3% 36.6% 48.3%
102 Vincent Spadea USA 31 3.7 3.0 58.1% 69.1% 49.9% 56.1% 45.4% 61.0% 35.2% 48.3%
103 Ivo Minar CZE 36 4.5 1.8 60.5% 65.0% 51.0% 51.9% 50.8% 59.5% 36.3% 48.3%
104 Nicolas Massu CHI 17 3.7 3.1 60.1% 68.6% 48.6% 50.5% 34.1% 60.5% 37.0% 48.3%
105 Benjamin Becker GER 31 8.9 3.0 52.6% 75.0% 50.0% 60.3% 41.1% 63.2% 33.3% 48.2%
106 Nicolas Mahut FRA 42 9.0 4.2 61.9% 72.6% 49.2% 63.1% 38.8% 63.7% 31.5% 48.1%
107 Juan Ignacio Chela ARG 24 1.6 4.0 58.3% 62.6% 48.9% 55.8% 49.8% 56.8% 39.2% 48.1%
108 Michael Berrer GER 28 5.0 4.2 62.2% 71.3% 48.5% 63.0% 33.3% 62.6% 32.6% 48.0%
109 Thomas Johansson SWE 30 7.3 2.8 58.4% 72.3% 47.5% 60.7% 39.5% 61.9% 33.9% 48.0%
110 Guillermo Garcia-Lopez ESP 43 2.7 4.7 59.5% 66.3% 47.2% 56.1% 39.1% 58.4% 36.9% 48.0%
111 Yen-Hsun Lu TPE 20 4.3 4.8 60.2% 69.2% 49.2% 59.3% 33.6% 61.2% 34.2% 47.9%
112 Joseph Sirianni AUS 14 4.9 2.9 54.1% 72.7% 50.3% 65.7% 31.0% 62.3% 32.5% 47.9%
113 Paul Capdeville CHI 19 3.6 2.4 61.7% 64.6% 47.0% 49.4% 39.9% 58.1% 37.9% 47.9%
114 Olivier Rochus BEL 35 1.7 2.4 61.5% 64.4% 50.4% 61.9% 42.3% 59.0% 36.2% 47.9%
115 Pablo Cuevas URU 21 4.1 1.9 59.3% 63.2% 54.4% 55.2% 37.5% 59.5% 35.1% 47.8%
116 Luis Horna PER 24 3.9 2.4 69.4% 68.1% 50.2% 49.9% 36.7% 62.9% 32.4% 47.8%
117 Alejandro Falla COL 17 4.3 3.2 57.3% 64.9% 49.0% 60.1% 35.7% 57.8% 37.4% 47.7%
118 Denis Gremelmayr GER 35 5.1 2.9 57.8% 66.9% 50.2% 60.8% 43.3% 59.9% 34.4% 47.6%
119 Guillermo Coria ARG 10 0.8 10.0 62.6% 58.6% 38.7% 47.9% 57.3% 51.1% 43.7% 47.5%
120 Kristof Vliegen BEL 22 6.9 1.8 60.4% 66.4% 48.7% 56.3% 32.2% 59.5% 35.1% 47.5%
121 Santiago Ventura ESP 24 4.4 3.5 53.1% 66.9% 46.7% 55.6% 35.6% 56.9% 36.9% 47.3%
122 Nicolas Devilder FRA 15 3.6 4.2 57.0% 64.8% 45.5% 55.4% 36.2% 56.7% 37.1% 47.2%
123 Rik De Voest RSA 10 4.1 2.3 57.6% 68.1% 50.8% 51.5% 52.8% 60.5% 33.0% 47.1%
124 Flavio Cipolla ITA 13 0.6 4.5 69.3% 58.4% 43.0% 57.4% 39.6% 54.0% 40.4% 47.1%
125 Jonas Bjorkman SWE 19 3.7 2.6 58.3% 70.5% 45.7% 49.7% 46.3% 60.6% 33.8% 47.1%
126 Donald Young USA 28 3.1 3.4 59.1% 66.0% 48.4% 61.2% 38.5% 58.9% 34.4% 47.1%
127 Marcos Daniel BRA 20 4.6 1.7 60.8% 68.3% 48.5% 58.7% 29.8% 60.7% 32.9% 47.0%
128 Peter Luczak AUS 16 4.1 2.3 58.2% 62.6% 47.4% 52.4% 45.7% 56.4% 35.2% 46.8%
129 Jan Hernych CZE 12 2.2 2.6 65.3% 59.8% 51.0% 45.2% 47.7% 56.8% 35.1% 46.8%
130 Boris Pashanski SRB 16 2.7 3.3 59.9% 64.0% 47.2% 50.4% 37.5% 57.1% 34.4% 46.7%
131 Carlos Berlocq ARG 19 3.3 2.3 61.7% 63.4% 43.1% 46.0% 40.2% 56.0% 37.5% 46.7%
132 Thomaz Bellucci BRA 14 6.2 3.5 56.6% 66.0% 50.1% 52.2% 38.9% 58.5% 33.6% 46.6%
133 Florian Mayer GER 11 2.5 1.5 61.1% 63.4% 45.6% 47.0% 45.2% 56.5% 35.8% 46.3%
134 Martin Vassallo Arguello ARG 18 2.3 2.9 68.4% 59.9% 48.6% 56.0% 38.2% 56.3% 35.4% 46.1%
135 Jiri Vanek CZE 21 6.0 3.2 58.6% 67.1% 43.2% 57.4% 44.1% 57.2% 33.6% 46.0%
136 Werner Eschauer AUT 11 4.4 3.9 54.8% 66.8% 48.3% 49.1% 39.4% 58.4% 31.9% 45.6%
137 Thierry Ascione FRA 10 2.6 2.2 62.7% 62.5% 46.7% 51.7% 38.8% 56.6% 32.6% 45.0%
138 Olivier Patience FRA 13 3.5 2.5 65.2% 61.9% 48.0% 47.9% 35.8% 57.1% 31.3% 44.6%

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Sample
Matches with the required stat data available.
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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