Rankings as of: Dec 31, 2012

ATP 2012 Performance Stats, Serve & Return Leaders

Serve, return, and point-level leaders for the 2012 ATP season.

Rafael Nadal leads the 2012 ATP performance sample in total points won at 57.5% (minimum 10 matches with detailed stats).

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Performance Stats

Serve and return metrics for the 2012 season.

135 players with 10+ stat matches.

Detailed serve and return statistics available for 2,591/2,671 (97.0%) of ATP main draw matches in 2012.

# 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 48 3.3 1.2 67.4% 76.1% 57.9% 69.4% 51.0% 70.2% 46.0% 57.5%
2 Novak Djokovic SRB 81 5.6 1.8 64.5% 75.7% 56.9% 65.1% 50.8% 69.1% 44.0% 56.2%
3 Roger Federer SUI 74 8.3 1.6 62.6% 79.2% 61.5% 71.3% 47.3% 72.4% 39.8% 55.4%
4 David Ferrer ESP 82 3.3 2.1 63.4% 73.9% 57.8% 65.2% 48.2% 68.0% 42.7% 55.1%
5 Andy Murray GBR 66 7.1 2.4 59.7% 74.8% 55.3% 66.4% 44.0% 67.1% 42.4% 54.5%
6 Tomas Berdych CZE 72 8.5 2.3 58.8% 78.5% 55.1% 67.5% 45.3% 68.8% 39.5% 54.1%
7 Milos Raonic CAN 60 16.2 3.3 61.3% 82.6% 57.2% 70.4% 46.2% 73.2% 34.7% 53.5%
8 Juan Martin del Potro ARG 73 7.7 2.1 64.8% 75.8% 55.0% 66.4% 43.6% 68.2% 39.6% 53.5%
9 Mardy Fish USA 31 9.7 2.5 52.2% 77.9% 55.4% 68.6% 51.3% 67.1% 39.8% 53.3%
10 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga FRA 72 8.4 1.9 62.1% 76.3% 53.4% 68.4% 46.9% 67.6% 38.3% 53.0%
11 Richard Gasquet FRA 62 5.4 2.0 63.1% 73.2% 56.4% 58.8% 43.2% 66.9% 39.1% 52.8%
12 Tommy Haas GER 47 6.2 3.4 59.6% 75.7% 53.9% 65.6% 43.9% 66.9% 39.1% 52.7%
13 Jerzy Janowicz POL 13 12.3 3.6 62.3% 81.2% 59.3% 52.8% 44.2% 72.8% 34.2% 52.6%
14 Juan Monaco ARG 53 1.7 2.0 67.7% 67.4% 52.8% 55.8% 45.5% 62.4% 43.2% 52.6%
15 Mikhail Youzhny RUS 53 4.4 2.2 62.1% 71.8% 54.6% 61.1% 43.6% 65.1% 39.8% 52.2%
16 Marin Cilic CRO 54 6.2 2.7 55.5% 72.4% 53.2% 53.2% 46.7% 64.0% 40.4% 52.2%
17 Nicolas Almagro ESP 71 8.7 1.9 56.8% 77.1% 55.4% 60.5% 38.8% 67.8% 37.8% 52.2%
18 Andy Roddick USA 34 10.1 1.9 66.4% 75.8% 56.1% 64.8% 37.1% 69.2% 35.1% 52.1%
19 Stan Wawrinka SUI 52 7.7 2.7 56.2% 73.4% 54.2% 66.7% 50.6% 64.9% 38.9% 52.1%
20 Sam Querrey USA 61 11.6 3.9 57.6% 80.5% 51.1% 60.0% 42.0% 68.1% 36.0% 52.1%
21 Philipp Kohlschreiber GER 63 7.6 2.0 59.8% 74.6% 56.1% 66.1% 49.6% 67.2% 37.0% 52.0%
22 Kei Nishikori JPN 48 2.4 2.6 62.6% 70.0% 53.6% 55.2% 39.9% 63.6% 41.4% 52.0%
23 Radek Stepanek CZE 40 4.8 3.1 61.6% 71.5% 53.7% 63.1% 39.4% 64.5% 39.4% 51.8%
24 Janko Tipsarevic SRB 74 7.8 2.5 56.9% 75.3% 53.7% 60.1% 42.7% 66.0% 37.6% 51.6%
25 Martin Klizan SVK 29 3.9 3.5 56.1% 71.1% 50.5% 56.3% 48.2% 62.1% 41.4% 51.5%
26 David Nalbandian ARG 35 3.4 3.5 58.0% 70.2% 53.2% 56.6% 43.1% 63.2% 39.7% 51.5%
27 John Isner USA 56 16.7 2.2 67.9% 78.2% 57.0% 72.2% 33.2% 71.6% 31.1% 51.3%
28 Gilles Simon FRA 63 4.0 2.0 55.9% 69.9% 52.9% 57.5% 41.4% 62.3% 40.5% 51.2%
29 Ricardas Berankis LTU 15 4.5 3.3 49.1% 76.1% 55.9% 57.6% 30.0% 65.7% 37.9% 51.1%
30 Julien Benneteau FRA 47 6.9 4.0 65.7% 71.0% 50.4% 55.1% 46.8% 63.8% 38.1% 51.0%
31 Federico Delbonis ARG 15 2.6 2.7 62.6% 71.7% 50.7% 57.0% 45.9% 63.6% 38.8% 51.0%
32 Kevin Anderson RSA 56 11.4 3.2 62.6% 75.1% 53.6% 62.7% 36.7% 67.1% 34.8% 50.9%
33 Andreas Seppi ITA 59 4.4 1.8 61.4% 71.1% 51.3% 53.9% 48.4% 63.6% 38.8% 50.9%
34 Fernando Verdasco ESP 53 4.6 3.8 69.7% 69.7% 51.4% 64.4% 42.1% 64.1% 38.3% 50.9%
35 Marcos Baghdatis CYP 55 6.3 3.1 54.7% 73.6% 52.4% 54.6% 43.1% 64.2% 37.9% 50.9%
36 Ryan Sweeting USA 20 4.8 4.6 58.3% 75.3% 51.0% 69.2% 39.4% 65.8% 35.8% 50.8%
37 Alexandr Dolgopolov UKR 59 7.8 2.2 53.5% 75.6% 52.5% 60.2% 42.4% 64.8% 37.4% 50.7%
38 Grigor Dimitrov BUL 41 7.3 2.8 62.6% 72.6% 53.3% 65.4% 38.7% 65.5% 35.9% 50.7%
39 Gael Monfils FRA 28 7.1 4.3 64.4% 72.1% 47.2% 56.4% 48.2% 62.6% 39.0% 50.6%
40 Jeremy Chardy FRA 44 7.4 4.1 56.7% 74.1% 50.2% 68.3% 39.9% 63.8% 37.0% 50.5%
41 Igor Andreev RUS 27 5.1 2.4 61.2% 72.6% 54.5% 45.0% 40.1% 65.6% 36.1% 50.4%
42 Thomaz Bellucci BRA 44 5.8 2.8 56.5% 70.7% 52.6% 57.2% 41.6% 62.7% 38.2% 50.4%
43 Ryan Harrison USA 41 6.5 2.7 61.3% 71.1% 52.7% 62.0% 40.6% 64.2% 35.3% 50.1%
44 Carlos Berlocq ARG 51 3.0 2.6 65.9% 65.3% 50.3% 53.2% 39.2% 59.9% 40.1% 50.1%
45 Denis Istomin UZB 54 7.1 1.7 63.9% 70.8% 52.2% 58.0% 39.1% 64.1% 35.8% 50.0%
46 Edouard Roger-Vasselin FRA 33 5.0 2.7 64.3% 71.7% 50.2% 57.1% 38.8% 64.0% 35.8% 50.0%
47 Steve Darcis BEL 33 4.1 1.3 63.4% 69.0% 51.7% 56.0% 41.1% 62.7% 37.1% 50.0%
48 Benoit Paire FRA 52 7.4 4.5 51.7% 72.8% 46.8% 55.1% 38.9% 60.4% 39.6% 49.9%
49 Paul-Henri Mathieu FRA 31 4.9 4.3 52.8% 74.8% 51.2% 58.3% 38.4% 63.6% 36.6% 49.9%
50 Xavier Malisse BEL 45 7.0 2.0 57.7% 73.4% 51.7% 56.2% 40.1% 64.3% 35.9% 49.9%
51 Ivo Karlovic CRO 30 16.9 2.9 64.7% 79.5% 52.3% 61.0% 31.2% 69.7% 30.5% 49.8%
52 Gilles Muller LUX 40 13.5 3.1 62.1% 81.2% 47.5% 64.0% 36.9% 68.6% 30.8% 49.8%
53 Nikolay Davydenko RUS 45 2.0 3.7 69.5% 65.6% 48.9% 62.8% 43.6% 60.4% 38.9% 49.8%
54 Jesse Levine CAN 22 5.1 3.2 61.2% 69.1% 51.5% 60.3% 33.7% 62.5% 36.9% 49.7%
55 Albert Ramos-Vinolas ESP 55 3.2 3.3 59.1% 66.7% 51.5% 59.4% 43.4% 60.6% 38.7% 49.6%
56 Santiago Giraldo COL 36 2.8 1.0 64.7% 67.1% 52.8% 64.1% 39.8% 62.3% 35.8% 49.5%
57 Dudi Sela ISR 28 2.4 2.6 60.2% 68.0% 52.3% 56.7% 36.4% 61.7% 37.8% 49.5%
58 Jarkko Nieminen FIN 49 2.9 2.0 68.0% 67.4% 48.1% 52.4% 43.1% 61.1% 37.0% 49.5%
59 Lukasz Kubot POL 47 4.3 4.3 61.4% 69.3% 48.3% 58.0% 39.7% 61.2% 37.0% 49.5%
60 Ivan Dodig CRO 36 8.2 3.5 57.4% 72.1% 47.9% 59.4% 35.2% 61.7% 37.0% 49.4%
61 Philipp Petzschner GER 24 7.1 2.4 60.3% 72.1% 48.8% 53.6% 46.1% 62.9% 35.4% 49.4%
62 James Blake USA 20 5.4 3.1 56.9% 71.3% 49.4% 51.8% 46.5% 62.0% 36.7% 49.4%
63 Michael Russell USA 22 3.0 3.8 63.7% 67.2% 50.5% 46.4% 51.2% 61.0% 37.6% 49.4%
64 Igor Sijsling NED 18 8.3 2.1 60.5% 74.9% 49.8% 55.4% 48.8% 64.9% 33.0% 49.3%
65 Sergiy Stakhovsky UKR 39 6.4 3.1 59.5% 71.4% 52.8% 63.8% 36.1% 63.8% 34.7% 49.3%
66 Florian Mayer GER 42 4.2 1.3 61.0% 70.9% 53.0% 57.4% 41.7% 63.7% 34.8% 49.3%
67 David Goffin BEL 27 4.8 5.0 57.0% 69.7% 50.0% 58.1% 33.8% 61.1% 36.5% 49.3%
68 Robin Haase NED 41 5.5 2.4 58.5% 72.6% 46.9% 47.4% 37.9% 61.7% 37.1% 49.2%
69 Tommy Robredo ESP 12 4.8 2.2 60.7% 70.5% 49.6% 62.9% 64.6% 62.1% 35.8% 49.1%
70 Flavio Cipolla ITA 40 0.8 3.2 70.1% 61.9% 46.7% 53.5% 45.2% 57.3% 40.6% 49.1%
71 Lukas Rosol CZE 35 7.2 3.1 58.6% 74.4% 50.9% 63.0% 45.9% 64.7% 32.6% 49.1%
72 Guillermo Garcia-Lopez ESP 45 3.6 4.1 57.7% 67.9% 49.7% 61.6% 41.6% 59.8% 37.7% 49.1%
73 Grega Zemlja SLO 17 7.8 2.5 59.3% 70.3% 49.0% 58.1% 43.2% 61.5% 36.4% 49.0%
74 Feliciano Lopez ESP 50 9.9 3.4 56.6% 76.1% 51.1% 66.1% 38.5% 65.3% 32.4% 49.0%
75 Brian Baker USA 24 4.6 3.3 62.3% 68.3% 49.7% 50.2% 44.2% 61.3% 36.9% 49.0%
76 Jack Sock USA 12 9.5 5.9 55.2% 71.3% 52.4% 69.4% 30.1% 63.0% 34.3% 48.9%
77 Ernests Gulbis LAT 29 11.3 5.0 58.4% 75.6% 47.7% 54.4% 37.2% 63.9% 33.9% 48.9%
78 Lleyton Hewitt AUS 24 5.8 4.2 52.4% 70.5% 47.8% 57.9% 41.3% 59.7% 37.7% 48.9%
79 Michael Llodra FRA 26 8.4 2.4 63.5% 73.4% 52.5% 59.8% 32.6% 65.6% 32.6% 48.9%
80 Alex Bogomolov Jr RUS 37 2.2 2.8 71.0% 64.7% 48.1% 55.9% 37.1% 59.9% 37.7% 48.8%
81 Daniel Brands GER 13 11.1 3.8 63.0% 76.4% 48.5% 49.4% 35.6% 66.2% 31.8% 48.7%
82 Matthias Bachinger GER 25 6.5 2.6 56.3% 74.2% 47.1% 58.0% 35.2% 62.1% 34.9% 48.7%
83 Nicolas Mahut FRA 34 8.0 2.7 60.4% 72.3% 50.5% 64.5% 39.6% 63.8% 32.9% 48.7%
84 Jurgen Melzer AUT 40 5.0 3.3 61.9% 69.0% 52.4% 52.4% 48.1% 62.4% 34.8% 48.7%
85 Rajeev Ram USA 16 5.1 2.5 58.3% 74.9% 48.0% 58.8% 40.8% 63.4% 33.3% 48.7%
86 Bernard Tomic AUS 47 4.8 1.5 65.8% 67.4% 50.2% 57.5% 36.4% 61.4% 35.1% 48.6%
87 Frederico Gil POR 22 1.7 1.9 62.8% 64.7% 50.9% 56.4% 41.3% 59.4% 37.4% 48.6%
88 Marinko Matosevic AUS 35 4.4 2.5 62.5% 66.5% 48.9% 59.9% 44.6% 59.9% 36.3% 48.6%
89 Go Soeda JPN 26 3.1 2.7 52.6% 67.5% 49.8% 46.3% 43.3% 59.1% 37.9% 48.5%
90 Fabio Fognini ITA 44 2.4 3.0 65.6% 63.4% 48.6% 53.6% 47.1% 58.2% 38.1% 48.4%
91 Juan Ignacio Chela ARG 17 2.1 2.4 65.3% 61.8% 49.9% 56.0% 40.5% 57.6% 39.1% 48.4%
92 Jan Hajek CZE 11 2.9 1.7 64.5% 68.3% 52.9% 50.8% 37.5% 62.2% 37.1% 48.3%
93 Benjamin Becker GER 24 7.3 3.0 54.3% 70.9% 49.7% 50.5% 38.3% 61.3% 34.8% 48.3%
94 Guillaume Rufin FRA 10 9.0 4.0 55.6% 69.7% 53.4% 64.6% 41.1% 62.4% 32.6% 48.3%
95 Filippo Volandri ITA 32 0.4 1.8 71.4% 61.5% 47.1% 55.8% 44.3% 57.5% 38.5% 48.3%
96 Yen-Hsun Lu TPE 29 4.5 3.8 60.4% 69.7% 50.4% 55.5% 40.3% 62.1% 34.3% 48.3%
97 Victor Hanescu ROU 19 3.3 1.0 72.5% 65.7% 48.9% 58.7% 41.8% 61.5% 34.7% 48.2%
98 Joao Souza BRA 14 3.4 2.0 66.2% 63.7% 52.3% 37.2% 42.5% 59.0% 37.7% 48.1%
99 Viktor Troicki SRB 47 8.1 2.3 59.7% 70.0% 44.0% 52.2% 42.4% 59.3% 36.5% 48.1%
100 Pablo Andujar ESP 48 1.6 4.8 58.7% 63.3% 47.6% 49.6% 43.3% 57.0% 39.4% 48.1%
101 Horacio Zeballos ARG 12 5.5 2.8 62.0% 67.1% 51.1% 62.2% 33.6% 61.2% 33.9% 48.1%
102 Tatsuma Ito JPN 21 4.0 3.5 56.3% 66.6% 50.9% 54.8% 40.0% 59.6% 36.5% 48.0%
103 Marcel Granollers ESP 45 4.1 2.5 61.5% 67.8% 46.4% 49.8% 33.9% 59.5% 36.8% 48.0%
104 Leonardo Mayer ARG 25 6.7 4.0 59.3% 72.1% 51.5% 57.8% 37.7% 63.6% 32.1% 48.0%
105 Daniel Gimeno-Traver ESP 18 5.3 2.6 57.3% 68.6% 49.9% 53.6% 32.0% 60.5% 35.2% 48.0%
106 Jurgen Zopp EST 18 4.9 2.5 60.9% 68.5% 49.5% 53.7% 35.4% 60.8% 35.8% 47.9%
107 Roberto Bautista Agut ESP 13 2.5 2.8 60.9% 65.2% 44.8% 55.4% 37.6% 57.1% 38.8% 47.8%
108 Potito Starace ITA 26 2.7 1.3 70.2% 66.6% 52.9% 55.6% 34.3% 62.1% 33.6% 47.8%
109 Olivier Rochus BEL 31 1.8 2.6 60.7% 66.9% 51.7% 52.6% 43.4% 60.8% 34.7% 47.8%
110 Florent Serra FRA 13 4.0 2.7 58.8% 64.1% 47.7% 53.1% 43.1% 57.3% 36.5% 47.8%
111 Simone Bolelli ITA 16 2.9 2.0 64.9% 69.4% 46.3% 52.2% 50.5% 61.5% 33.7% 47.7%
112 Tobias Kamke GER 24 1.4 4.6 57.4% 61.6% 45.8% 47.2% 39.2% 54.8% 40.4% 47.6%
113 Lukas Lacko SVK 30 6.3 2.0 60.2% 68.3% 49.2% 50.9% 38.9% 60.9% 34.2% 47.5%
114 Alejandro Falla COL 37 2.8 2.2 60.2% 64.7% 49.2% 49.5% 42.4% 58.3% 36.6% 47.5%
115 Michael Berrer GER 16 5.7 2.1 67.9% 65.9% 48.6% 55.4% 30.5% 60.4% 34.2% 47.4%
116 Dmitry Tursunov RUS 12 6.2 2.7 58.5% 73.9% 46.6% 59.3% 22.0% 62.1% 32.5% 47.3%
117 Cedrik-Marcel Stebe GER 22 3.6 3.2 61.1% 63.1% 47.1% 55.0% 39.0% 57.0% 37.1% 47.3%
118 Matthew Ebden AUS 38 5.4 4.1 62.3% 68.9% 44.8% 52.5% 33.0% 59.8% 34.5% 47.3%
119 Bobby Reynolds USA 11 4.2 2.0 62.2% 67.1% 49.3% 55.9% 31.9% 59.9% 33.5% 47.2%
120 Juan Carlos Ferrero ESP 16 2.6 1.4 66.7% 64.6% 48.7% 50.6% 24.4% 59.3% 35.9% 47.1%
121 Mikhail Kukushkin KAZ 23 3.4 1.8 59.1% 61.6% 51.5% 50.2% 46.5% 57.2% 36.7% 47.1%
122 Wayne Odesnik USA 10 3.7 3.9 59.2% 65.3% 44.2% 58.2% 46.5% 56.5% 36.8% 46.9%
123 Vasek Pospisil CAN 16 8.3 3.8 56.2% 71.4% 45.1% 56.2% 30.5% 59.9% 32.7% 46.9%
124 Bjorn Phau GER 21 4.6 4.5 52.9% 66.9% 45.4% 55.4% 44.1% 56.9% 37.0% 46.9%
125 Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo ESP 15 2.7 5.2 53.7% 66.8% 46.2% 49.3% 37.1% 57.2% 35.0% 46.7%
126 Malek Jaziri TUN 15 4.8 2.7 58.9% 65.8% 47.9% 55.5% 31.5% 58.5% 34.1% 46.4%
127 Marco Chiudinelli SUI 12 2.6 2.8 60.9% 68.4% 51.0% 60.6% 20.1% 61.7% 31.1% 46.4%
128 Albert Montanes ESP 23 1.7 3.4 61.5% 60.0% 47.8% 46.7% 47.8% 55.3% 36.4% 46.0%
129 Donald Young USA 28 2.1 4.1 60.4% 63.8% 41.9% 52.3% 35.2% 54.9% 37.0% 45.9%
130 Igor Kunitsyn RUS 23 3.3 1.7 59.5% 63.9% 46.6% 53.9% 45.5% 56.8% 34.5% 45.8%
131 Paolo Lorenzi ITA 25 2.6 2.0 61.5% 63.8% 48.2% 50.5% 34.3% 57.8% 34.1% 45.7%
132 Blaz Kavcic SLO 16 4.4 4.3 58.6% 60.3% 46.0% 44.4% 46.5% 54.4% 35.3% 45.4%
133 Karol Beck SVK 11 5.8 4.0 55.1% 69.2% 47.5% 51.5% 33.6% 59.6% 30.1% 45.2%
134 Adrian Ungur ROU 12 3.1 4.8 59.1% 66.3% 44.7% 56.0% 28.8% 57.2% 31.1% 44.7%
135 Rui Machado POR 14 1.7 5.4 66.6% 59.9% 38.9% 46.2% 39.0% 52.7% 35.4% 44.3%

How to read these columns

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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