Rankings as of: Dec 29, 2008

WTA 2008 Performance Stats, Serve & Return Leaders

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

Maria Sharapova leads the 2008 WTA performance sample in total points won at 56.2% (minimum 10 matches with detailed stats).

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Performance Stats

Serve and return metrics for the 2008 season.

123 players with 10+ stat matches.

Detailed serve and return statistics available for 1,956/2,468 (79.3%) of WTA main draw matches in 2008.

# 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 Maria Sharapova RUS 30 3.6 5.7 65.5% 71.3% 48.2% 63.1% 51.1% 63.3% 50.0% 56.2%
2 Lindsay Davenport USA 25 6.0 4.0 58.0% 74.4% 51.4% 48.4% 54.3% 65.2% 47.8% 56.0%
3 Victoria Azarenka BLR 49 2.2 2.8 67.1% 68.3% 46.8% 58.0% 54.3% 61.2% 49.5% 55.2%
4 Serena Williams USA 44 6.8 2.7 61.4% 73.4% 45.2% 60.0% 47.6% 62.7% 47.7% 55.0%
5 Caroline Wozniacki DEN 63 2.1 2.1 65.9% 65.6% 50.8% 58.8% 54.4% 60.4% 49.1% 54.7%
6 Vera Zvonareva RUS 67 2.2 3.9 60.8% 68.8% 48.8% 53.1% 56.3% 60.9% 48.7% 54.7%
7 Venus Williams USA 43 4.3 4.3 61.6% 72.0% 48.4% 55.6% 48.9% 62.7% 47.0% 54.6%
8 Jelena Jankovic SRB 69 2.1 3.5 69.2% 65.0% 46.8% 57.5% 56.7% 59.5% 49.0% 54.2%
9 Dinara Safina RUS 64 3.9 5.7 62.9% 69.9% 44.5% 52.5% 47.7% 60.4% 48.0% 54.2%
10 Flavia Pennetta ITA 62 3.2 3.2 55.9% 68.7% 49.3% 58.7% 50.8% 60.1% 47.6% 53.8%
11 Ana Ivanovic SRB 47 3.5 3.4 62.3% 67.9% 49.5% 57.8% 49.4% 60.9% 46.3% 53.6%
12 Katarina Srebotnik SLO 57 3.6 2.8 61.1% 69.0% 50.3% 53.3% 48.9% 61.8% 45.4% 53.5%
13 Agnieszka Radwanska POL 59 1.4 1.4 67.0% 63.2% 46.8% 50.4% 54.4% 57.9% 49.2% 53.4%
14 Justine Henin BEL 18 3.2 4.8 50.9% 69.9% 48.1% 63.5% 48.4% 59.0% 47.9% 53.4%
15 Svetlana Kuznetsova RUS 55 3.7 2.7 59.2% 68.3% 48.2% 49.2% 47.3% 60.0% 46.9% 53.2%
16 Nadia Petrova RUS 63 4.7 3.7 60.3% 70.4% 44.7% 57.0% 53.9% 60.4% 45.5% 53.0%
17 Elena Dementieva RUS 59 1.5 4.1 64.0% 63.4% 45.2% 57.6% 53.0% 56.9% 48.6% 52.8%
18 Anabel Medina Garrigues ESP 51 1.1 1.0 67.2% 61.0% 52.7% 53.2% 53.7% 58.3% 47.3% 52.6%
19 Na Li CHN 32 2.2 3.9 66.3% 63.4% 48.3% 58.5% 51.1% 58.2% 46.8% 52.6%
20 Amélie Mauresmo FRA 45 3.3 6.3 61.4% 67.4% 43.0% 56.0% 51.2% 57.9% 47.5% 52.5%
21 Jie Zheng CHN 24 1.2 2.0 64.9% 62.6% 48.5% 56.7% 50.6% 57.3% 47.3% 52.4%
22 Karolina Sprem CRO 12 3.9 4.6 54.4% 68.0% 47.0% 58.2% 44.7% 58.6% 45.0% 52.2%
23 Samantha Stosur AUS 24 5.1 3.5 51.9% 71.1% 51.5% 59.2% 42.5% 61.4% 42.9% 52.1%
24 Shuai Peng CHN 34 2.1 2.1 68.0% 60.8% 48.5% 49.1% 48.0% 56.8% 47.4% 52.0%
25 Patty Schnyder SUI 51 2.6 2.4 63.7% 64.1% 50.4% 55.4% 43.9% 59.2% 44.8% 51.8%
26 Maria Kirilenko RUS 45 1.8 3.0 67.5% 61.8% 47.0% 51.0% 49.8% 57.0% 46.5% 51.7%
27 Magdalena Rybarikova SVK 13 3.4 3.6 60.5% 66.1% 46.3% 55.9% 60.8% 58.4% 45.3% 51.6%
28 Alizé Cornet FRA 48 2.4 3.1 59.4% 64.4% 43.4% 55.4% 56.2% 55.9% 47.1% 51.6%
29 Dominika Cibulkova SVK 56 0.8 2.7 68.4% 60.8% 48.3% 54.4% 46.5% 56.7% 46.6% 51.6%
30 Petra Kvitova CZE 24 3.0 5.3 63.7% 63.6% 47.7% 46.7% 53.6% 57.6% 45.7% 51.5%
31 Kaia Kanepi EST 37 2.4 5.1 58.3% 64.6% 45.9% 53.8% 50.1% 56.9% 45.8% 51.4%
32 Bethanie Mattek-Sands USA 23 1.6 3.7 64.3% 62.9% 46.1% 64.0% 47.4% 56.9% 45.5% 51.4%
33 Roberta Vinci ITA 10 1.1 3.1 62.3% 60.5% 45.6% 45.6% 59.7% 55.0% 47.1% 51.2%
34 Shahar Peer ISR 37 1.1 2.6 68.0% 61.7% 44.5% 47.6% 45.8% 56.2% 46.1% 51.1%
35 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova RUS 14 1.9 3.1 57.9% 64.6% 45.1% 37.4% 48.4% 56.5% 45.9% 51.1%
36 Agnes Szavay HUN 44 1.8 5.4 60.2% 64.6% 44.6% 54.0% 47.7% 56.2% 45.4% 50.9%
37 Marion Bartoli FRA 54 2.0 4.3 62.5% 64.0% 44.4% 47.8% 46.1% 56.5% 45.5% 50.9%
38 Anna-Lena Groenefeld GER 13 5.1 5.3 47.4% 75.3% 47.4% 51.1% 46.9% 61.2% 41.4% 50.8%
39 Anna Chakvetadze RUS 44 3.6 6.5 55.3% 64.7% 41.6% 55.3% 53.0% 54.3% 47.1% 50.8%
40 Sabine Lisicki GER 27 4.6 7.2 56.7% 68.5% 38.4% 52.4% 54.9% 55.4% 46.0% 50.7%
41 Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez ESP 13 2.8 2.0 55.4% 65.0% 46.6% 60.2% 51.5% 57.0% 44.5% 50.5%
42 Daniela Hantuchova SVK 36 2.1 2.2 64.4% 64.5% 45.8% 57.0% 50.2% 57.8% 43.5% 50.5%
43 Alisa Kleybanova RUS 32 4.7 4.5 51.3% 66.3% 45.9% 52.3% 51.0% 56.4% 44.8% 50.5%
44 Nicole Vaidisova CZE 31 5.2 3.6 61.0% 70.9% 44.7% 49.4% 42.8% 60.6% 40.7% 50.4%
45 Tsvetana Pironkova BUL 30 1.5 1.7 60.1% 61.2% 44.7% 47.9% 49.0% 54.6% 46.4% 50.3%
46 Greta Arn HUN 10 2.7 4.6 58.0% 64.1% 39.7% 49.7% 38.9% 54.1% 46.7% 50.3%
47 Casey Dellacqua AUS 31 2.9 4.3 58.6% 63.1% 44.2% 54.4% 49.5% 55.4% 45.2% 50.2%
48 Nuria Llagostera Vives ESP 17 1.4 4.6 53.5% 62.2% 47.0% 49.9% 51.9% 55.0% 45.3% 50.2%
49 Jill Craybas USA 40 0.8 3.3 66.3% 58.5% 43.8% 50.7% 47.2% 53.7% 46.8% 50.2%
50 Camille Pin FRA 35 0.1 2.2 74.6% 57.2% 45.2% 46.7% 56.0% 54.7% 45.6% 50.1%
51 Francesca Schiavone ITA 38 2.2 3.9 52.0% 66.6% 46.0% 50.7% 47.9% 56.5% 43.4% 50.0%
52 Alla Kudryavtseva RUS 26 1.8 3.0 61.1% 59.3% 43.9% 51.7% 45.8% 53.5% 46.2% 49.9%
53 Tamarine Tanasugarn THA 30 1.1 2.9 62.5% 63.1% 46.1% 61.7% 50.8% 56.7% 42.7% 49.9%
54 Marina Erakovic NZL 29 5.4 3.4 58.8% 68.1% 47.4% 54.2% 45.7% 59.3% 40.8% 49.8%
55 Catalina Castano COL 11 1.4 3.7 61.4% 61.7% 48.0% 58.5% 56.5% 55.8% 42.0% 49.7%
56 Carla Suárez Navarro ESP 10 1.1 2.4 67.8% 60.0% 45.9% 46.1% 56.5% 55.3% 44.2% 49.7%
57 Andreja Klepac SLO 15 1.5 2.9 63.3% 59.0% 44.6% 48.7% 53.4% 53.6% 46.1% 49.7%
58 Ai Sugiyama JPN 41 0.9 5.3 63.3% 60.9% 43.5% 52.1% 43.6% 54.4% 45.4% 49.6%
59 Petra Cetkovska CZE 21 1.6 3.9 65.5% 60.6% 44.3% 45.1% 51.7% 54.7% 44.6% 49.6%
60 Virginie Razzano FRA 30 1.9 4.5 64.0% 61.1% 43.0% 55.7% 50.1% 54.5% 44.0% 49.5%
61 Sania Mirza IND 18 2.1 4.9 55.2% 63.2% 47.3% 46.8% 58.1% 56.0% 42.6% 49.5%
62 Sara Errani ITA 34 0.5 2.7 64.2% 57.6% 46.0% 48.1% 45.8% 53.2% 45.7% 49.4%
63 Aleksandra Wozniak CAN 28 2.3 4.0 61.3% 62.9% 43.8% 55.7% 49.5% 55.7% 43.1% 49.4%
64 Sybille Bammer AUT 37 1.3 3.0 66.9% 57.4% 47.7% 51.5% 47.9% 53.8% 45.0% 49.3%
65 Yanina Wickmayer BEL 20 3.6 4.6 59.0% 66.6% 45.8% 56.1% 42.9% 58.2% 40.4% 49.3%
66 Timea Bacsinszky SUI 25 2.6 3.0 55.2% 62.1% 45.0% 45.3% 40.7% 54.5% 44.2% 49.3%
67 Julia Goerges GER 11 5.1 5.3 59.1% 67.7% 46.8% 52.0% 47.2% 59.3% 39.2% 49.2%
68 Mariya Koryttseva UKR 25 0.3 4.8 65.4% 57.4% 44.8% 52.5% 52.7% 52.8% 45.6% 49.2%
69 Marta Domachowska POL 29 2.9 7.0 56.2% 64.6% 38.9% 55.1% 49.3% 53.4% 45.1% 49.2%
70 Sofia Arvidsson SWE 24 1.4 2.3 68.1% 59.6% 39.8% 47.1% 44.1% 53.2% 45.7% 49.2%
71 Evgeniya Rodina RUS 12 2.1 3.6 54.5% 62.6% 42.5% 57.6% 50.9% 53.6% 44.1% 49.1%
72 Michelle Larcher De Brito POR 10 0.6 5.5 62.0% 57.5% 45.0% 53.1% 45.9% 52.5% 45.4% 49.0%
73 Gisela Dulko ARG 35 1.4 3.5 61.9% 59.3% 47.2% 48.7% 48.3% 54.7% 43.0% 49.0%
74 Anne Keothavong GBR 12 2.4 3.5 57.9% 61.2% 40.5% 43.7% 40.4% 52.6% 45.2% 48.9%
75 Yung Jan Chan TPE 29 1.3 3.2 61.2% 58.0% 45.7% 51.3% 45.1% 53.4% 44.0% 48.9%
76 Edina Gallovits Hall ROU 20 1.0 2.7 69.1% 59.1% 44.2% 43.3% 43.0% 54.7% 42.3% 48.9%
77 Yaroslava Shvedova KAZ 14 3.1 2.9 62.5% 60.4% 48.9% 50.9% 42.9% 56.2% 42.2% 48.9%
78 Ashley Harkleroad USA 19 0.8 3.4 68.3% 57.6% 42.7% 48.2% 45.4% 52.9% 44.6% 48.8%
79 Ekaterina Makarova RUS 30 2.6 2.5 60.2% 62.5% 44.2% 40.5% 45.0% 55.1% 43.0% 48.7%
80 Elena Vesnina RUS 28 2.8 5.0 61.2% 59.1% 42.8% 52.2% 49.7% 53.0% 44.3% 48.7%
81 Alona Bondarenko UKR 41 1.1 3.4 66.5% 58.0% 45.7% 43.8% 48.8% 53.8% 43.7% 48.7%
82 Kateryna Volodko UKR 33 2.4 3.7 57.4% 64.2% 46.1% 49.9% 47.7% 56.6% 40.0% 48.7%
83 Aravane Rezai FRA 26 2.3 4.9 56.6% 64.4% 44.2% 46.3% 52.5% 55.5% 41.6% 48.6%
84 Akgul Amanmuradova UZB 30 5.5 2.7 61.3% 65.6% 42.2% 60.2% 45.6% 56.6% 39.9% 48.6%
85 Angelique Kerber GER 17 0.9 3.0 66.6% 56.4% 40.9% 45.9% 45.4% 51.0% 46.3% 48.5%
86 Melinda Czink HUN 16 2.8 5.2 62.8% 66.0% 42.4% 50.4% 55.5% 57.1% 39.5% 48.5%
87 Pauline Parmentier FRA 31 4.3 4.1 56.0% 67.3% 43.8% 55.5% 44.4% 56.8% 40.6% 48.5%
88 Tatiana Perebiynis UKR 19 2.7 2.5 60.7% 62.2% 43.8% 47.5% 52.7% 55.1% 41.2% 48.5%
89 Lucie Safarova CZE 23 3.3 5.7 60.1% 66.6% 41.4% 55.8% 37.6% 56.4% 40.7% 48.4%
90 Nathalie Dechy FRA 26 1.7 4.7 64.9% 59.5% 41.5% 48.8% 54.7% 53.0% 43.2% 48.2%
91 Vera Dushevina RUS 22 2.7 3.0 60.0% 59.6% 42.1% 53.7% 46.8% 52.5% 43.6% 48.2%
92 Karin Knapp ITA 21 2.1 5.0 60.9% 60.3% 40.5% 48.7% 51.3% 52.6% 43.1% 48.0%
93 Su-Wei Hsieh TPE 11 1.1 3.7 53.2% 62.4% 43.3% 51.4% 38.7% 53.6% 42.4% 47.9%
94 Stéphanie Dubois CAN 19 0.9 3.4 65.8% 60.3% 43.0% 43.0% 44.6% 54.0% 41.7% 47.8%
95 Tamira Paszek AUT 34 0.5 4.5 63.8% 56.6% 41.0% 47.4% 50.0% 50.9% 44.7% 47.8%
96 Zi Yan HKG 20 0.9 3.6 63.5% 56.5% 41.5% 49.7% 43.3% 51.0% 44.6% 47.8%
97 Vania King USA 25 1.5 1.7 66.0% 61.8% 43.9% 51.8% 42.8% 55.6% 39.5% 47.7%
98 Tathiana Garbin ITA 29 1.8 3.2 60.8% 59.0% 43.8% 47.8% 44.7% 52.8% 42.5% 47.7%
99 Stéphanie Cohen-Aloro FRA 13 2.5 6.8 54.6% 63.7% 40.3% 51.1% 43.6% 53.1% 42.2% 47.7%
100 Sorana Cirstea ROU 32 2.8 2.6 55.0% 61.7% 43.3% 53.3% 47.7% 53.3% 41.2% 47.5%
101 Melanie South GBR 10 3.9 3.6 61.9% 59.8% 46.0% 45.3% 43.2% 55.0% 40.2% 47.4%
102 Olga Govortsova BLR 39 1.3 3.0 64.5% 56.7% 40.9% 47.8% 47.8% 51.2% 43.5% 47.4%
103 Galina Voskoboeva KAZ 14 2.7 3.4 56.3% 63.7% 40.8% 50.2% 37.1% 53.7% 40.6% 47.3%
104 Virginia Ruano Pascual ESP 19 0.4 1.9 71.2% 54.2% 42.7% 44.4% 41.5% 51.2% 43.7% 47.2%
105 Ayumi Morita JPN 14 0.4 2.3 61.8% 54.5% 44.0% 46.0% 45.0% 50.0% 43.4% 47.0%
106 Barbora Strycova CZE 13 1.5 1.6 70.6% 55.6% 41.6% 47.5% 42.6% 51.2% 42.5% 46.8%
107 Lilia Osterloh USA 12 1.3 4.6 58.3% 60.2% 37.4% 55.9% 42.2% 50.7% 42.9% 46.7%
108 Monica Niculescu ROU 19 1.3 1.9 72.5% 54.5% 38.0% 41.9% 45.0% 49.9% 43.0% 46.3%
109 Meng Yuan CHN 15 0.9 4.1 67.9% 54.0% 39.2% 46.0% 59.0% 49.3% 43.1% 46.3%
110 Eleni Daniilidou GRE 14 1.2 4.9 64.4% 57.6% 32.9% 33.2% 66.8% 48.9% 42.0% 46.1%
111 Michaella Krajicek NED 16 3.5 4.8 60.6% 61.0% 45.5% 39.9% 46.1% 54.8% 37.2% 45.9%
112 Olga Savchuk UKR 21 1.9 4.8 57.3% 59.0% 39.1% 44.8% 45.7% 50.3% 41.2% 45.9%
113 Anastasia Rodionova AUS 24 1.5 3.4 60.0% 57.0% 40.4% 47.2% 45.2% 50.9% 40.3% 45.9%
114 Ekaterina Bychkova RUS 12 5.1 3.1 50.3% 67.9% 38.0% 55.9% 59.4% 53.4% 37.7% 45.9%
115 Martina Müller GER 16 0.3 3.5 66.6% 54.4% 35.6% 44.3% 51.8% 48.1% 43.3% 45.6%
116 Raluca Olaru ROU 15 1.6 4.6 59.9% 55.8% 41.3% 56.3% 44.5% 50.5% 40.2% 45.6%
117 Yvonne Meusburger AUT 15 0.3 2.9 71.2% 51.6% 43.0% 50.1% 48.4% 48.8% 41.0% 45.0%
118 Julie Ditty USA 16 0.9 4.5 66.4% 55.6% 42.3% 47.3% 44.5% 51.2% 38.3% 44.9%
119 Rossana De Los Ríos PAR 15 0.3 3.5 65.7% 52.5% 39.4% 54.9% 40.9% 48.3% 41.3% 44.9%
120 Emilie Loit FRA 15 2.0 2.9 66.4% 55.8% 37.9% 40.8% 41.0% 49.6% 39.2% 44.3%
121 Maria Elena Camerin ITA 13 0.5 4.5 63.7% 54.4% 41.2% 36.3% 47.4% 49.5% 38.7% 44.3%
122 Julia Vakulenko UKR 12 2.3 4.8 52.6% 61.4% 37.3% 49.5% 37.6% 49.5% 38.1% 43.8%
123 Aiko Nakamura JPN 16 0.9 3.3 63.7% 55.8% 37.9% 44.0% 43.5% 49.4% 36.9% 43.7%

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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