Rankings as of: Dec 25, 2006
WTA 2006 Performance Stats, Serve & Return Leaders
Serve, return, and point-level leaders for the 2006 WTA season.
Justine Henin leads the 2006 WTA performance sample in total points won at 57.9% (minimum 10 matches with detailed stats).
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Performance Stats
Serve and return metrics for the 2006 season.
90 players with 10+ stat matches.
Detailed serve and return statistics available for 1,333/2,491 (53.5%) of WTA main draw matches in 2006.
| # | 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 | Justine Henin | BEL | 56 | 2.5 | 4.0 | 56.8% | 71.5% | 52.9% | 51.3% | 54.5% | 63.4% | 53.1% | 57.9% |
| 2 | Maria Sharapova | RUS | 65 | 4.2 | 3.5 | 65.7% | 70.2% | 49.3% | 58.9% | 54.6% | 63.1% | 49.0% | 55.9% |
| 3 | Nadia Petrova | RUS | 50 | 5.1 | 2.7 | 61.5% | 71.4% | 51.1% | 58.4% | 48.2% | 63.7% | 47.6% | 55.6% |
| 4 | Serena Williams | USA | 15 | 6.3 | 2.9 | 59.3% | 74.2% | 47.4% | 54.7% | 58.2% | 63.1% | 46.9% | 54.9% |
| 5 | Kim Clijsters | BEL | 32 | 2.0 | 3.3 | 64.2% | 67.8% | 47.9% | 60.1% | 49.3% | 60.7% | 49.1% | 54.5% |
| 6 | Lindsay Davenport | USA | 19 | 3.9 | 3.5 | 57.9% | 67.9% | 53.5% | 56.9% | 47.3% | 61.8% | 47.5% | 54.4% |
| 7 | Martina Hingis | SUI | 54 | 1.5 | 2.3 | 63.9% | 63.4% | 52.8% | 56.5% | 51.8% | 59.3% | 49.6% | 54.3% |
| 8 | Amélie Mauresmo | FRA | 55 | 2.6 | 2.9 | 64.8% | 68.0% | 49.1% | 60.4% | 53.9% | 61.2% | 47.1% | 54.1% |
| 9 | Venus Williams | USA | 16 | 3.1 | 4.3 | 62.7% | 68.3% | 47.0% | 52.8% | 45.6% | 60.6% | 48.5% | 54.0% |
| 10 | Ana Ivanovic | SRB | 37 | 3.8 | 3.2 | 55.5% | 69.0% | 49.2% | 60.6% | 50.1% | 60.3% | 47.0% | 53.4% |
| 11 | Francesca Schiavone | ITA | 42 | 2.9 | 4.0 | 53.0% | 70.3% | 49.7% | 55.6% | 46.2% | 60.4% | 46.4% | 53.2% |
| 12 | Svetlana Kuznetsova | RUS | 66 | 3.6 | 2.4 | 60.9% | 66.8% | 51.5% | 58.6% | 49.7% | 60.7% | 45.8% | 53.2% |
| 13 | Katarina Srebotnik | SLO | 40 | 2.6 | 1.9 | 65.7% | 67.5% | 47.7% | 56.2% | 51.5% | 60.8% | 45.8% | 53.1% |
| 14 | Patty Schnyder | SUI | 50 | 3.8 | 2.2 | 63.4% | 65.7% | 51.4% | 61.6% | 49.7% | 60.3% | 45.6% | 53.0% |
| 15 | Nicole Vaidisova | CZE | 41 | 5.4 | 3.5 | 62.1% | 68.7% | 48.3% | 55.4% | 42.2% | 60.8% | 44.3% | 52.3% |
| 16 | Dinara Safina | RUS | 49 | 2.5 | 4.1 | 66.3% | 63.7% | 44.7% | 53.3% | 49.1% | 57.3% | 47.2% | 52.3% |
| 17 | Mary Pierce | FRA | 16 | 3.5 | 1.4 | 67.3% | 69.2% | 47.5% | 52.5% | 42.1% | 62.2% | 42.2% | 52.0% |
| 18 | Flavia Pennetta | ITA | 26 | 2.8 | 4.0 | 59.6% | 62.9% | 44.7% | 53.3% | 52.6% | 55.4% | 48.6% | 51.9% |
| 19 | Elena Dementieva | RUS | 46 | 0.8 | 8.4 | 60.8% | 61.8% | 41.0% | 50.6% | 49.1% | 53.7% | 49.9% | 51.8% |
| 20 | Tatiana Golovin | FRA | 28 | 2.6 | 2.8 | 66.1% | 63.3% | 47.6% | 56.4% | 51.0% | 57.8% | 45.6% | 51.7% |
| 21 | Na Li | CHN | 36 | 1.9 | 2.3 | 71.1% | 61.5% | 49.3% | 51.6% | 50.5% | 57.6% | 45.2% | 51.4% |
| 22 | Jelena Jankovic | SRB | 46 | 2.7 | 4.6 | 67.7% | 62.7% | 43.4% | 50.1% | 49.7% | 56.6% | 46.1% | 51.3% |
| 23 | Eleni Daniilidou | GRE | 19 | 0.8 | 5.1 | 69.1% | 60.0% | 46.4% | 42.5% | 48.0% | 56.0% | 46.7% | 51.1% |
| 24 | Sofia Arvidsson | SWE | 22 | 3.0 | 2.4 | 66.2% | 63.7% | 45.2% | 47.2% | 46.4% | 57.1% | 45.4% | 51.0% |
| 25 | Vera Zvonareva | RUS | 38 | 2.6 | 2.7 | 59.3% | 64.2% | 45.7% | 47.3% | 49.2% | 56.8% | 45.0% | 50.9% |
| 26 | Shahar Peer | ISR | 30 | 1.1 | 3.6 | 64.3% | 60.8% | 44.2% | 51.0% | 52.2% | 54.9% | 47.0% | 50.8% |
| 27 | Agnieszka Radwanska | POL | 10 | 1.8 | 1.6 | 65.4% | 59.8% | 46.5% | 60.6% | 47.1% | 55.1% | 46.0% | 50.8% |
| 28 | Anna Chakvetadze | RUS | 39 | 2.9 | 3.7 | 59.4% | 64.2% | 46.6% | 54.3% | 46.9% | 57.0% | 44.8% | 50.8% |
| 29 | Marion Bartoli | FRA | 38 | 1.4 | 2.5 | 68.5% | 60.5% | 45.0% | 53.5% | 47.4% | 55.7% | 45.6% | 50.7% |
| 30 | Daniela Hantuchova | SVK | 42 | 3.4 | 2.7 | 63.8% | 66.1% | 44.7% | 56.1% | 46.8% | 58.5% | 42.5% | 50.7% |
| 31 | Anastasia Myskina | RUS | 33 | 1.5 | 3.4 | 62.0% | 59.3% | 45.9% | 56.3% | 52.9% | 54.2% | 46.9% | 50.6% |
| 32 | Elena Likhovtseva | RUS | 27 | 1.9 | 3.1 | 65.2% | 59.3% | 47.6% | 51.3% | 48.8% | 55.2% | 46.4% | 50.6% |
| 33 | Maria Kirilenko | RUS | 34 | 2.3 | 4.6 | 60.9% | 63.7% | 45.3% | 51.9% | 41.2% | 56.5% | 44.6% | 50.5% |
| 34 | Jie Zheng | CHN | 24 | 0.5 | 2.0 | 72.3% | 57.7% | 47.0% | 48.1% | 46.4% | 54.3% | 46.5% | 50.5% |
| 35 | Shenay Perry | USA | 22 | 3.9 | 4.4 | 56.4% | 65.6% | 47.3% | 52.5% | 42.1% | 57.7% | 43.0% | 50.3% |
| 36 | Laura Granville | USA | 20 | 1.7 | 2.6 | 63.3% | 64.3% | 46.6% | 60.2% | 45.3% | 58.0% | 42.2% | 50.3% |
| 37 | Anna-Lena Groenefeld | GER | 40 | 3.2 | 5.1 | 58.9% | 65.4% | 45.4% | 57.8% | 44.8% | 57.3% | 42.9% | 50.2% |
| 38 | Alona Bondarenko | UKR | 25 | 1.2 | 3.0 | 67.9% | 59.5% | 45.9% | 56.6% | 47.4% | 55.3% | 44.9% | 50.2% |
| 39 | Emilie Loit | FRA | 15 | 2.3 | 2.4 | 63.3% | 58.3% | 46.8% | 55.7% | 48.5% | 54.0% | 45.5% | 50.1% |
| 40 | Jamea Jackson | USA | 20 | 0.7 | 3.1 | 66.5% | 58.3% | 48.9% | 47.6% | 44.4% | 55.1% | 45.1% | 50.0% |
| 41 | Sania Mirza | IND | 21 | 1.9 | 3.9 | 56.7% | 61.1% | 41.3% | 46.9% | 48.2% | 52.8% | 47.4% | 49.9% |
| 42 | Emma Laine | FIN | 18 | 1.1 | 2.9 | 60.4% | 63.3% | 43.0% | 52.2% | 48.3% | 56.3% | 44.5% | 49.8% |
| 43 | Ai Sugiyama | JPN | 37 | 1.3 | 3.7 | 67.8% | 60.4% | 43.2% | 56.7% | 47.8% | 54.8% | 44.7% | 49.8% |
| 44 | Karolina Sprem | CRO | 17 | 3.3 | 5.5 | 52.7% | 63.5% | 46.6% | 60.8% | 57.7% | 55.2% | 43.4% | 49.8% |
| 45 | Tsvetana Pironkova | BUL | 15 | 1.1 | 2.3 | 61.1% | 60.2% | 48.4% | 46.9% | 54.3% | 55.8% | 43.4% | 49.4% |
| 46 | Jill Craybas | USA | 24 | 1.1 | 3.0 | 63.8% | 58.5% | 43.9% | 52.8% | 54.0% | 53.3% | 45.2% | 49.4% |
| 47 | Laura Pous-Tio | ESP | 12 | 1.1 | 3.2 | 65.7% | 58.4% | 48.6% | 56.2% | 41.7% | 55.0% | 43.2% | 49.2% |
| 48 | Anabel Medina Garrigues | ESP | 24 | 0.8 | 1.8 | 61.8% | 56.1% | 49.6% | 49.2% | 58.3% | 53.5% | 44.6% | 49.1% |
| 49 | Maria Elena Camerin | ITA | 19 | 0.8 | 3.7 | 62.8% | 58.0% | 45.5% | 50.8% | 51.1% | 53.2% | 44.0% | 49.0% |
| 50 | Nathalie Dechy | FRA | 31 | 1.6 | 2.8 | 72.6% | 60.3% | 44.3% | 54.0% | 44.4% | 55.9% | 42.0% | 49.0% |
| 51 | Meghann Shaughnessy | USA | 21 | 4.4 | 5.3 | 55.4% | 68.5% | 45.4% | 54.3% | 38.1% | 57.9% | 39.9% | 48.9% |
| 52 | Elena Vesnina | RUS | 26 | 1.7 | 5.1 | 61.8% | 59.6% | 48.5% | 51.3% | 46.9% | 55.1% | 42.8% | 48.9% |
| 53 | Mara Santangelo | ITA | 33 | 3.1 | 3.8 | 65.0% | 65.0% | 46.5% | 56.3% | 46.9% | 58.7% | 39.0% | 48.9% |
| 54 | Bethanie Mattek-Sands | USA | 13 | 3.3 | 2.6 | 58.5% | 64.2% | 43.2% | 51.7% | 42.0% | 55.3% | 42.2% | 48.6% |
| 55 | Lucie Safarova | CZE | 22 | 4.4 | 4.3 | 59.5% | 63.3% | 47.8% | 57.9% | 34.3% | 57.0% | 39.7% | 48.5% |
| 56 | Martina Sucha | SVK | 14 | 1.2 | 2.5 | 63.2% | 57.3% | 44.1% | 57.2% | 57.6% | 52.3% | 44.0% | 48.4% |
| 57 | Virginie Razzano | FRA | 20 | 1.0 | 4.6 | 66.9% | 59.4% | 45.1% | 57.2% | 45.7% | 54.6% | 40.7% | 48.2% |
| 58 | Marta Domachowska | POL | 20 | 3.4 | 4.2 | 59.2% | 64.2% | 41.5% | 47.8% | 41.0% | 54.7% | 41.7% | 48.1% |
| 59 | Samantha Stosur | AUS | 36 | 4.1 | 2.3 | 61.8% | 64.6% | 47.1% | 51.1% | 39.0% | 58.2% | 38.5% | 48.0% |
| 60 | Aiko Nakamura | JPN | 14 | 1.1 | 3.3 | 61.3% | 60.8% | 45.2% | 44.1% | 46.6% | 54.5% | 41.9% | 47.9% |
| 61 | Gisela Dulko | ARG | 26 | 1.5 | 4.9 | 59.7% | 59.1% | 42.3% | 49.9% | 52.7% | 52.2% | 42.9% | 47.8% |
| 62 | Amy Frazier | USA | 15 | 1.3 | 6.9 | 55.9% | 60.7% | 44.1% | 51.4% | 50.8% | 53.1% | 41.9% | 47.7% |
| 63 | Virginia Ruano Pascual | ESP | 16 | 0.6 | 1.5 | 71.4% | 54.8% | 47.0% | 44.4% | 44.7% | 52.4% | 43.4% | 47.7% |
| 64 | Meilen Tu | USA | 12 | 0.6 | 4.2 | 64.7% | 58.3% | 44.3% | 43.8% | 43.2% | 53.3% | 41.8% | 47.6% |
| 65 | Ekaterina Bychkova | RUS | 16 | 3.9 | 2.8 | 50.8% | 62.4% | 43.3% | 55.4% | 42.8% | 53.3% | 41.1% | 47.5% |
| 66 | Tathiana Garbin | ITA | 13 | 2.4 | 1.8 | 59.3% | 57.9% | 42.6% | 47.5% | 50.7% | 51.9% | 42.5% | 47.4% |
| 67 | Julia Schruff | GER | 19 | 0.9 | 1.4 | 63.1% | 58.9% | 40.7% | 50.4% | 44.7% | 52.3% | 42.4% | 47.4% |
| 68 | Catalina Castano | COL | 20 | 2.1 | 2.7 | 61.3% | 58.8% | 42.7% | 49.0% | 49.5% | 52.2% | 42.3% | 47.4% |
| 69 | Akiko Morigami | JPN | 13 | 1.2 | 1.8 | 63.3% | 53.5% | 45.5% | 47.4% | 35.4% | 51.8% | 43.5% | 47.3% |
| 70 | Lisa Raymond | USA | 21 | 3.0 | 3.9 | 60.0% | 64.2% | 46.0% | 46.7% | 44.4% | 56.8% | 37.8% | 47.3% |
| 71 | Severine Beltrame | FRA | 11 | 3.5 | 1.8 | 53.8% | 63.9% | 45.8% | 41.3% | 45.2% | 55.3% | 38.5% | 47.1% |
| 72 | Roberta Vinci | ITA | 13 | 2.2 | 3.1 | 60.3% | 61.8% | 40.9% | 56.5% | 39.7% | 53.1% | 40.8% | 47.1% |
| 73 | Mashona Washington | USA | 10 | 2.5 | 4.5 | 64.9% | 60.7% | 46.9% | 46.0% | 36.0% | 55.6% | 38.9% | 47.1% |
| 74 | Ashley Harkleroad | USA | 15 | 1.3 | 3.1 | 66.1% | 60.3% | 42.4% | 48.5% | 43.6% | 54.0% | 40.0% | 47.1% |
| 75 | Zi Yan | HKG | 10 | 1.8 | 3.3 | 64.1% | 56.8% | 43.0% | 56.3% | 48.9% | 52.2% | 41.1% | 47.0% |
| 76 | Sybille Bammer | AUT | 22 | 0.8 | 2.6 | 66.6% | 57.9% | 46.9% | 47.3% | 52.4% | 53.5% | 39.8% | 47.0% |
| 77 | Maret Ani | EST | 11 | 2.1 | 6.7 | 58.4% | 62.4% | 34.1% | 47.6% | 44.8% | 50.8% | 43.3% | 46.9% |
| 78 | Shuai Peng | CHN | 19 | 2.0 | 2.5 | 64.1% | 56.9% | 41.5% | 48.6% | 49.0% | 51.0% | 42.0% | 46.7% |
| 79 | Anna Smashnova | ISR | 12 | 0.1 | 4.9 | 69.0% | 53.7% | 41.6% | 44.8% | 46.0% | 50.7% | 43.4% | 46.7% |
| 80 | Mariana Diaz-Oliva | ARG | 13 | 1.1 | 3.8 | 66.1% | 55.4% | 37.1% | 55.1% | 46.9% | 49.0% | 44.1% | 46.5% |
| 81 | Shinobu Asagoe | JPN | 13 | 0.9 | 4.2 | 61.9% | 57.1% | 37.4% | 48.7% | 55.5% | 49.9% | 42.1% | 46.4% |
| 82 | Michaella Krajicek | NED | 17 | 3.8 | 4.1 | 60.9% | 62.1% | 45.9% | 59.5% | 48.6% | 55.8% | 35.8% | 46.4% |
| 83 | Martina Müller | GER | 12 | 0.3 | 2.3 | 69.4% | 53.6% | 42.2% | 48.4% | 46.2% | 50.0% | 43.5% | 46.4% |
| 84 | Vera Dushevina | RUS | 22 | 0.7 | 4.0 | 63.3% | 55.5% | 40.1% | 53.7% | 47.8% | 50.4% | 41.4% | 46.0% |
| 85 | Meng Yuan | CHN | 14 | 0.9 | 2.6 | 67.3% | 56.8% | 40.2% | 36.5% | 39.5% | 51.6% | 40.4% | 46.0% |
| 86 | Zuzana Ondraskova | CZE | 10 | 0.6 | 4.2 | 64.8% | 55.2% | 36.5% | 47.7% | 61.2% | 48.3% | 44.1% | 45.9% |
| 87 | Stephanie Foretz Gacon | FRA | 12 | 1.8 | 4.7 | 61.9% | 55.5% | 38.3% | 47.5% | 40.8% | 49.8% | 41.6% | 45.8% |
| 88 | Kveta Peschke | CZE | 22 | 0.9 | 3.6 | 60.2% | 56.2% | 39.8% | 45.2% | 36.4% | 49.5% | 41.6% | 45.7% |
| 89 | Antonella Serra Zanetti | ITA | 11 | 0.1 | 5.8 | 72.4% | 52.1% | 34.5% | 38.4% | 48.5% | 46.8% | 44.3% | 45.6% |
| 90 | María Sánchez Lorenzo | ESP | 13 | 3.0 | 3.2 | 52.2% | 60.8% | 42.3% | 53.4% | 48.1% | 51.9% | 38.9% | 45.5% |
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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