Rankings as of: Dec 26, 2005
WTA 2005 Performance Stats, Serve & Return Leaders
Serve, return, and point-level leaders for the 2005 WTA season.
Kim Clijsters leads the 2005 WTA performance sample in total points won at 56.6% (minimum 10 matches with detailed stats).
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Performance Stats
Serve and return metrics for the 2005 season.
32 players with 10+ stat matches.
Detailed serve and return statistics available for 549/2,549 (21.5%) of WTA main draw matches in 2005.
| # | 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 | Kim Clijsters | BEL | 21 | 2.8 | 4.3 | 62.2% | 71.7% | 47.9% | 48.4% | 54.4% | 62.6% | 51.1% | 56.6% |
| 2 | Serena Williams | USA | 14 | 5.9 | 2.6 | 61.2% | 74.1% | 52.5% | 68.0% | 48.3% | 65.1% | 47.5% | 56.0% |
| 3 | Venus Williams | USA | 18 | 2.9 | 4.2 | 64.4% | 70.7% | 45.1% | 63.1% | 52.0% | 61.3% | 50.1% | 55.5% |
| 4 | Amélie Mauresmo | FRA | 24 | 3.2 | 4.3 | 58.0% | 72.7% | 50.1% | 57.2% | 55.5% | 63.0% | 47.6% | 55.4% |
| 5 | Lindsay Davenport | USA | 28 | 5.6 | 5.0 | 59.7% | 73.5% | 46.4% | 56.5% | 54.0% | 62.4% | 48.6% | 55.2% |
| 6 | Mary Pierce | FRA | 28 | 3.1 | 1.5 | 68.1% | 68.9% | 54.4% | 59.1% | 48.4% | 64.3% | 46.0% | 54.8% |
| 7 | Justine Henin | BEL | 16 | 2.2 | 6.5 | 50.6% | 71.0% | 42.7% | 61.1% | 54.0% | 56.9% | 52.3% | 54.5% |
| 8 | Svetlana Kuznetsova | RUS | 21 | 4.6 | 3.3 | 54.9% | 70.1% | 49.9% | 57.7% | 49.7% | 60.7% | 48.2% | 54.4% |
| 9 | Maria Sharapova | RUS | 31 | 3.6 | 3.0 | 63.9% | 68.3% | 51.1% | 63.2% | 45.2% | 61.9% | 47.0% | 54.4% |
| 10 | Nadia Petrova | RUS | 22 | 3.9 | 3.4 | 60.3% | 69.7% | 48.9% | 61.7% | 50.8% | 61.3% | 47.2% | 54.3% |
| 11 | Vera Zvonareva | RUS | 15 | 2.3 | 3.6 | 57.0% | 70.3% | 51.1% | 58.3% | 51.2% | 61.7% | 46.8% | 53.6% |
| 12 | Silvia Farina Elia | ITA | 12 | 0.5 | 2.8 | 70.0% | 59.4% | 47.4% | 45.1% | 55.5% | 55.7% | 51.3% | 53.4% |
| 13 | Anna-Lena Groenefeld | GER | 13 | 3.9 | 4.3 | 56.2% | 70.4% | 51.6% | 58.5% | 40.0% | 62.2% | 45.3% | 53.3% |
| 14 | Daniela Hantuchova | SVK | 15 | 4.0 | 3.2 | 58.2% | 69.2% | 46.3% | 50.6% | 45.0% | 59.1% | 47.9% | 53.1% |
| 15 | Nicole Vaidisova | CZE | 17 | 7.0 | 3.2 | 61.5% | 67.6% | 52.6% | 54.1% | 45.8% | 61.8% | 44.7% | 53.0% |
| 16 | Magdalena Maleeva | BUL | 11 | 1.9 | 2.1 | 65.1% | 64.7% | 46.3% | 46.7% | 61.5% | 58.4% | 48.3% | 53.0% |
| 17 | Tatiana Golovin | FRA | 12 | 1.8 | 5.5 | 59.2% | 67.2% | 44.5% | 52.8% | 49.5% | 57.8% | 48.2% | 53.0% |
| 18 | Ana Ivanovic | SRB | 12 | 1.7 | 3.0 | 55.7% | 67.6% | 52.9% | 52.0% | 42.8% | 60.8% | 46.7% | 52.9% |
| 19 | Evgenia Linetskaya | ISR | 13 | 1.8 | 2.9 | 56.4% | 64.2% | 48.3% | 67.9% | 46.8% | 57.0% | 47.4% | 52.5% |
| 20 | Anastasia Myskina | RUS | 14 | 2.1 | 3.2 | 56.1% | 60.4% | 48.8% | 54.0% | 55.1% | 55.2% | 49.4% | 52.3% |
| 21 | Patty Schnyder | SUI | 20 | 3.7 | 2.4 | 60.5% | 64.6% | 49.7% | 59.6% | 51.8% | 58.6% | 45.3% | 51.8% |
| 22 | Meghann Shaughnessy | USA | 11 | 9.1 | 4.0 | 54.9% | 77.0% | 49.1% | 57.4% | 45.9% | 64.4% | 39.2% | 51.7% |
| 23 | Elena Dementieva | RUS | 21 | 0.8 | 8.7 | 57.0% | 62.1% | 39.9% | 50.1% | 50.1% | 52.2% | 50.7% | 51.3% |
| 24 | Nathalie Dechy | FRA | 18 | 1.4 | 3.2 | 69.7% | 61.9% | 48.5% | 60.7% | 55.8% | 57.5% | 44.6% | 51.3% |
| 25 | Francesca Schiavone | ITA | 13 | 3.8 | 3.3 | 54.1% | 67.9% | 48.8% | 53.2% | 47.0% | 58.5% | 42.8% | 50.8% |
| 26 | Elena Likhovtseva | RUS | 18 | 2.3 | 3.8 | 61.4% | 62.1% | 44.7% | 53.8% | 52.4% | 54.8% | 45.6% | 50.2% |
| 27 | Flavia Pennetta | ITA | 10 | 2.0 | 5.3 | 51.6% | 60.9% | 43.9% | 51.3% | 58.3% | 52.4% | 46.6% | 50.0% |
| 28 | Sania Mirza | IND | 11 | 1.9 | 4.3 | 52.3% | 64.5% | 43.1% | 56.0% | 39.5% | 54.3% | 45.0% | 49.9% |
| 29 | Virginie Razzano | FRA | 12 | 1.3 | 5.5 | 64.0% | 63.5% | 42.1% | 57.4% | 44.1% | 55.3% | 44.0% | 49.8% |
| 30 | Akiko Morigami | JPN | 11 | 2.3 | 4.5 | 56.6% | 62.4% | 42.3% | 56.7% | 53.5% | 53.3% | 44.3% | 49.0% |
| 31 | Anna Chakvetadze | RUS | 13 | 1.8 | 4.8 | 58.2% | 62.8% | 38.8% | 47.2% | 39.5% | 53.3% | 43.6% | 48.6% |
| 32 | Sesil Karatantcheva | BUL | 10 | 1.5 | 4.7 | 60.6% | 56.4% | 37.3% | 37.0% | 41.2% | 48.4% | 42.5% | 45.4% |
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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