Rankings as of: Dec 28, 2009

WTA 2009 Performance Stats, Serve & Return Leaders

Serve, return, and point-level leaders for the 2009 WTA season.

Kim Clijsters leads the 2009 WTA performance sample in total points won at 55.9% (minimum 10 matches with detailed stats).

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Performance Stats

Serve and return metrics for the 2009 season.

120 players with 10+ stat matches.

Detailed serve and return statistics available for 2,137/2,433 (87.8%) of WTA main draw matches in 2009.

# 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 16 2.8 4.1 63.0% 69.2% 54.9% 62.5% 54.3% 63.7% 48.5% 55.9%
2 Victoria Azarenka BLR 55 1.5 3.2 71.8% 65.3% 45.5% 54.3% 55.0% 59.9% 51.5% 55.3%
3 Serena Williams USA 57 6.2 2.8 60.8% 75.0% 50.7% 54.5% 48.2% 65.3% 46.2% 55.3%
4 Venus Williams USA 48 5.4 4.7 57.3% 73.4% 49.9% 59.5% 51.4% 63.3% 46.1% 54.5%
5 Elena Dementieva RUS 67 1.9 5.8 60.2% 67.3% 47.2% 57.5% 53.7% 59.5% 49.3% 54.3%
6 Dinara Safina RUS 68 2.5 5.5 65.6% 68.0% 44.9% 55.6% 53.7% 59.9% 48.6% 54.1%
7 Caroline Wozniacki DEN 86 2.0 1.7 68.9% 64.2% 50.0% 52.2% 49.6% 59.7% 48.6% 54.1%
8 Vera Zvonareva RUS 43 2.1 4.0 62.9% 68.5% 46.8% 60.9% 52.8% 60.7% 47.6% 53.9%
9 Agnieszka Radwanska POL 64 1.5 1.5 66.3% 62.9% 48.9% 52.1% 56.0% 58.2% 48.9% 53.5%
10 Flavia Pennetta ITA 72 2.6 3.7 54.7% 67.6% 49.8% 57.2% 52.1% 59.5% 47.8% 53.4%
11 Svetlana Kuznetsova RUS 53 3.8 2.8 61.8% 67.8% 51.2% 57.2% 47.5% 61.4% 45.3% 53.2%
12 Marion Bartoli FRA 61 2.2 4.3 61.0% 65.9% 45.5% 45.9% 51.9% 58.1% 48.7% 53.2%
13 Jelena Jankovic SRB 53 2.0 3.5 63.7% 64.2% 49.0% 53.7% 51.3% 58.7% 47.8% 53.2%
14 Maria Sharapova RUS 37 3.6 7.7 64.4% 65.2% 42.0% 48.7% 52.0% 56.9% 49.2% 52.9%
15 Na Li CHN 47 2.1 2.9 63.9% 65.4% 51.1% 45.7% 50.4% 59.9% 46.1% 52.7%
16 Andrea Petkovic GER 18 3.1 2.5 64.4% 64.3% 48.7% 51.8% 45.7% 58.4% 46.5% 52.5%
17 Samantha Stosur AUS 52 4.8 3.5 58.8% 68.8% 50.7% 61.2% 53.9% 61.1% 43.5% 52.5%
18 Yanina Wickmayer BEL 47 2.3 4.2 64.9% 65.0% 47.0% 48.0% 51.3% 58.7% 46.6% 52.5%
19 Ana Ivanovic SRB 32 3.2 4.6 60.8% 65.9% 49.8% 59.1% 53.4% 59.2% 45.1% 52.3%
20 Yaroslava Shvedova KAZ 33 3.5 3.2 60.1% 67.7% 49.4% 54.7% 45.7% 60.4% 44.5% 52.2%
21 Shahar Peer ISR 48 1.5 2.1 65.2% 61.3% 47.9% 52.4% 48.8% 56.5% 47.1% 52.0%
22 Lucie Hradecka CZE 24 4.7 5.7 53.4% 71.1% 49.0% 48.0% 44.0% 60.8% 42.9% 52.0%
23 Amélie Mauresmo FRA 34 4.0 5.5 60.2% 67.0% 45.7% 55.9% 48.6% 58.9% 45.1% 52.0%
24 Lucie Safarova CZE 50 3.5 3.6 61.3% 70.3% 50.0% 54.0% 48.5% 62.4% 42.0% 51.8%
25 Aleksandra Wozniak CAN 52 2.5 3.8 59.7% 63.7% 48.1% 51.3% 55.3% 57.4% 46.2% 51.8%
26 Jie Zheng CHN 44 0.6 2.2 70.2% 61.5% 47.3% 51.4% 52.7% 57.3% 45.8% 51.6%
27 Francesca Schiavone ITA 55 2.5 3.9 54.7% 67.4% 47.5% 51.6% 50.5% 58.4% 45.2% 51.6%
28 Sabine Lisicki GER 41 4.9 6.3 54.0% 70.6% 44.5% 47.2% 52.2% 58.6% 44.7% 51.5%
29 Dominika Cibulkova SVK 36 0.6 3.3 67.4% 60.0% 49.3% 52.6% 53.6% 56.4% 46.9% 51.5%
30 Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez ESP 41 3.6 2.5 53.0% 68.2% 48.5% 56.6% 51.7% 59.1% 45.0% 51.5%
31 Anabel Medina Garrigues ESP 47 1.1 1.7 65.4% 63.4% 45.4% 46.8% 51.9% 56.9% 46.0% 51.3%
32 Elena Vesnina RUS 47 3.0 4.4 61.7% 64.1% 45.6% 51.2% 46.2% 56.9% 45.6% 51.2%
33 Nadia Petrova RUS 47 6.2 3.7 58.3% 70.3% 46.5% 50.8% 44.7% 60.2% 42.2% 51.1%
34 Aravane Rezai FRA 38 2.0 4.5 57.7% 63.7% 45.1% 48.2% 53.9% 55.6% 46.4% 51.0%
35 Virginie Razzano FRA 47 1.8 3.5 64.6% 63.0% 48.1% 53.6% 45.8% 57.8% 43.8% 51.0%
36 Timea Bacsinszky SUI 23 3.2 2.4 59.3% 64.1% 45.7% 57.5% 50.2% 56.6% 45.3% 51.0%
37 Petra Kvitova CZE 30 1.8 5.1 59.8% 60.5% 45.4% 55.0% 48.3% 54.5% 47.3% 50.9%
38 Alisa Kleybanova RUS 53 4.1 3.5 57.0% 64.0% 48.4% 53.8% 49.8% 57.1% 44.6% 50.9%
39 Gisela Dulko ARG 44 2.7 4.2 58.1% 66.0% 44.8% 56.5% 48.7% 56.8% 44.9% 50.8%
40 Julia Goerges GER 19 5.2 2.4 60.4% 68.6% 50.1% 58.4% 43.6% 61.4% 40.4% 50.8%
41 Shuai Peng CHN 42 1.6 1.9 67.7% 60.9% 47.4% 48.7% 47.7% 56.5% 44.5% 50.6%
42 Melinda Czink HUN 44 3.5 5.5 61.7% 64.9% 47.8% 49.9% 51.8% 58.1% 42.7% 50.5%
43 Daniela Hantuchova SVK 57 2.4 2.4 63.3% 63.3% 46.3% 49.7% 49.1% 57.1% 43.5% 50.3%
44 Alona Bondarenko UKR 51 0.6 2.4 71.4% 58.8% 46.2% 52.5% 52.4% 55.1% 45.5% 50.3%
45 Melanie Oudin USA 20 1.1 3.6 62.7% 62.1% 42.1% 52.4% 47.2% 54.6% 46.0% 50.2%
46 Roberta Vinci ITA 42 1.5 2.5 59.1% 62.6% 45.3% 54.1% 48.2% 55.6% 44.7% 50.1%
47 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova RUS 43 2.0 5.1 58.9% 64.8% 43.9% 52.3% 46.7% 56.0% 44.0% 50.1%
48 Vera Dushevina RUS 39 1.5 2.5 62.4% 58.8% 45.1% 44.2% 49.4% 53.8% 46.1% 50.1%
49 Sania Mirza IND 30 2.1 4.1 55.3% 62.2% 44.1% 50.7% 47.9% 54.1% 46.0% 50.0%
50 Anne Keothavong GBR 24 2.6 3.0 58.7% 62.7% 45.1% 56.9% 43.0% 55.3% 44.6% 50.0%
51 Kateryna Volodko UKR 41 2.0 3.5 63.5% 62.3% 44.6% 49.5% 49.1% 55.7% 43.8% 49.9%
52 Olga Govortsova BLR 44 1.3 3.5 63.1% 61.9% 43.9% 48.2% 50.5% 55.1% 44.8% 49.9%
53 Kristina Barrois GER 21 4.4 3.6 57.4% 68.1% 48.4% 53.3% 52.0% 59.5% 40.4% 49.9%
54 Patty Schnyder SUI 42 2.5 2.5 61.8% 61.6% 51.0% 56.5% 52.6% 57.4% 42.2% 49.8%
55 Maria Kirilenko RUS 42 1.8 3.2 63.3% 61.6% 45.0% 49.9% 46.5% 55.6% 43.5% 49.6%
56 Alberta Brianti ITA 19 1.1 3.4 63.0% 58.0% 46.2% 55.8% 52.7% 54.2% 44.7% 49.6%
57 Agnes Szavay HUN 38 1.7 4.8 63.0% 59.6% 44.4% 47.3% 43.7% 54.0% 45.5% 49.6%
58 Anastasiya Yakimova BLR 16 0.3 3.2 64.4% 54.4% 41.5% 45.4% 50.0% 49.5% 49.4% 49.5%
59 Tathiana Garbin ITA 23 1.8 2.4 62.1% 59.4% 43.7% 56.0% 51.1% 53.5% 45.1% 49.5%
60 Carla Suárez Navarro ESP 44 0.6 2.3 68.3% 58.3% 43.5% 48.8% 57.2% 53.5% 45.2% 49.5%
61 Akgul Amanmuradova UZB 16 5.9 2.0 62.8% 66.7% 45.3% 56.1% 37.2% 58.6% 39.6% 49.4%
62 Magdalena Rybarikova SVK 46 3.7 4.0 58.8% 64.9% 43.5% 52.9% 49.3% 56.0% 42.7% 49.4%
63 Alizé Cornet FRA 43 1.9 4.9 55.0% 59.8% 44.5% 47.9% 44.7% 52.9% 45.0% 49.3%
64 Viktoriya Kutuzova UKR 18 1.3 6.9 59.8% 59.7% 42.0% 51.8% 45.4% 52.4% 45.6% 49.2%
65 Anna Chakvetadze RUS 31 1.8 5.7 63.5% 60.6% 41.0% 48.9% 53.9% 53.4% 44.7% 49.2%
66 Kaia Kanepi EST 35 3.1 5.3 52.3% 64.9% 42.8% 47.9% 52.3% 54.2% 43.8% 49.2%
67 Sybille Bammer AUT 39 1.1 3.8 68.8% 58.1% 45.5% 54.4% 46.5% 54.3% 44.1% 49.1%
68 Ekaterina Makarova RUS 39 2.2 4.0 58.6% 64.0% 40.9% 48.2% 50.2% 54.2% 43.9% 49.1%
69 Tamarine Tanasugarn THA 20 0.8 3.4 65.8% 60.5% 46.3% 57.5% 47.3% 55.3% 42.6% 49.0%
70 Anna-Lena Groenefeld GER 39 3.6 5.4 58.2% 64.9% 46.1% 54.3% 54.9% 56.5% 41.2% 48.9%
71 Stefanie Voegele SUI 19 2.7 3.2 55.6% 66.8% 41.1% 47.3% 48.0% 55.2% 43.4% 48.9%
72 Jelena Dokic AUS 14 3.4 7.6 60.2% 66.2% 44.7% 51.6% 53.6% 57.6% 40.1% 48.8%
73 Alexa Glatch USA 15 4.3 2.4 58.0% 65.2% 40.3% 53.5% 54.6% 54.8% 42.5% 48.8%
74 Michaella Krajicek NED 11 2.6 5.6 59.8% 65.4% 48.9% 58.8% 39.7% 58.8% 37.8% 48.8%
75 Varvara Lepchenko USA 15 1.2 2.5 70.0% 59.4% 49.2% 53.3% 49.4% 55.7% 41.6% 48.7%
76 Tsvetana Pironkova BUL 29 2.2 1.6 59.9% 59.9% 39.9% 46.7% 44.8% 51.7% 45.5% 48.7%
77 Sara Errani ITA 44 0.3 2.5 69.2% 55.6% 44.7% 50.9% 45.1% 52.5% 44.6% 48.6%
78 Kimiko Date JPN 13 0.8 4.3 67.1% 59.1% 41.4% 54.1% 46.2% 53.0% 43.8% 48.6%
79 Sorana Cirstea ROU 43 2.9 2.6 55.6% 63.7% 43.5% 48.6% 48.6% 54.6% 42.3% 48.6%
80 Petra Martic CRO 12 2.0 3.0 60.5% 63.9% 45.2% 60.5% 50.2% 57.0% 40.2% 48.5%
81 Kirsten Flipkens BEL 17 2.7 2.9 59.3% 62.6% 40.8% 48.1% 45.0% 54.0% 42.6% 48.3%
82 Jill Craybas USA 31 0.5 3.7 62.0% 58.5% 41.9% 45.7% 48.8% 52.3% 43.6% 48.2%
83 Tamira Paszek AUT 13 1.4 6.1 62.6% 58.8% 40.1% 46.8% 44.9% 52.1% 44.4% 48.2%
84 Yung Jan Chan TPE 19 1.4 3.3 65.6% 57.2% 41.3% 50.4% 59.2% 51.7% 44.3% 48.2%
85 Polona Hercog SLO 13 2.1 2.8 61.8% 62.6% 45.1% 51.3% 42.4% 55.6% 39.8% 48.1%
86 Vania King USA 20 0.8 1.9 63.1% 58.0% 46.4% 47.2% 37.3% 53.7% 42.1% 48.1%
87 Pauline Parmentier FRA 17 2.9 4.2 58.2% 63.3% 43.6% 50.6% 40.6% 55.0% 40.8% 48.1%
88 Stéphanie Cohen-Aloro FRA 10 1.9 4.0 61.0% 58.8% 42.5% 52.2% 68.4% 53.0% 43.0% 48.1%
89 Petra Cetkovska CZE 16 1.0 5.3 63.0% 59.8% 42.7% 47.3% 47.1% 53.3% 42.7% 48.1%
90 Urszula Radwanska POL 34 2.2 2.6 61.6% 60.4% 41.4% 49.8% 45.7% 53.2% 43.1% 48.0%
91 Monica Niculescu ROU 30 1.0 1.4 71.6% 55.9% 46.3% 44.0% 48.4% 52.8% 43.8% 48.0%
92 Anastasija Sevastova LAT 13 1.9 3.8 57.7% 60.9% 42.7% 46.5% 52.6% 53.4% 42.2% 47.8%
93 Michelle Larcher De Brito POR 10 0.3 8.7 61.7% 56.7% 39.7% 45.7% 58.6% 50.2% 44.9% 47.8%
94 Karolina Sprem CRO 10 3.9 6.2 53.2% 66.7% 44.2% 44.0% 40.1% 56.3% 38.6% 47.8%
95 Nuria Llagostera Vives ESP 21 1.2 5.7 50.7% 63.1% 40.0% 53.6% 47.6% 51.6% 43.8% 47.7%
96 Marta Domachowska POL 16 2.6 6.4 56.6% 61.9% 40.3% 52.9% 50.6% 52.3% 42.5% 47.7%
97 Marina Erakovic NZL 11 3.8 4.9 57.0% 64.8% 38.5% 56.9% 55.6% 53.7% 40.2% 47.5%
98 Raluca Olaru ROU 25 2.1 4.1 62.0% 61.5% 43.2% 50.0% 35.9% 54.4% 40.4% 47.4%
99 Julie Coin FRA 20 5.4 2.9 50.9% 67.3% 44.7% 47.8% 42.4% 56.4% 38.9% 47.3%
100 Bethanie Mattek-Sands USA 20 1.7 2.4 63.3% 57.7% 45.5% 46.1% 46.9% 52.9% 41.6% 47.3%
101 Barbora Strycova CZE 24 1.0 2.1 68.2% 56.5% 46.4% 49.1% 49.5% 53.3% 41.7% 47.3%
102 Maria Elena Camerin ITA 17 0.7 4.3 61.7% 54.9% 39.8% 40.4% 51.9% 49.0% 45.3% 47.3%
103 Severine Beltrame FRA 14 3.0 2.7 57.8% 62.3% 43.7% 43.2% 48.0% 54.8% 39.2% 47.2%
104 Mathilde Johansson FRA 17 0.9 8.2 57.7% 57.6% 41.7% 49.6% 49.0% 50.9% 43.2% 47.2%
105 Nicole Vaidisova CZE 18 3.3 4.8 56.2% 63.8% 37.8% 48.5% 47.7% 52.5% 41.8% 47.1%
106 Masa Zec-Peskiric SLO 10 0.8 6.9 57.4% 63.1% 38.6% 56.6% 51.3% 52.6% 41.0% 47.0%
107 Ai Sugiyama JPN 26 0.8 4.9 65.4% 58.3% 42.7% 43.8% 45.1% 52.8% 41.1% 46.9%
108 Alla Kudryavtseva RUS 29 1.6 3.4 60.8% 54.9% 44.6% 47.5% 51.3% 51.5% 42.0% 46.9%
109 Nathalie Dechy FRA 15 1.3 3.5 68.6% 58.7% 41.0% 48.6% 48.4% 53.2% 39.3% 46.8%
110 Ayumi Morita JPN 28 0.9 2.4 63.9% 56.7% 43.1% 46.5% 49.0% 51.7% 41.1% 46.5%
111 Anastasia Rodionova AUS 13 1.1 1.6 65.0% 55.0% 41.5% 36.4% 48.0% 50.3% 42.9% 46.5%
112 Edina Gallovits Hall ROU 17 0.5 2.5 66.2% 55.4% 42.8% 35.6% 40.4% 50.7% 41.1% 46.1%
113 Mariana Duque-Mariño COL 10 0.6 3.3 67.1% 56.0% 37.3% 50.8% 42.7% 49.6% 41.2% 45.4%
114 Camille Pin FRA 11 0.1 2.5 71.9% 50.7% 40.8% 43.1% 42.2% 47.8% 41.4% 45.1%
115 Mariya Koryttseva UKR 22 0.9 4.3 65.8% 52.3% 35.7% 40.2% 45.9% 46.4% 43.6% 45.1%
116 Arantxa Rus NED 10 2.8 4.3 54.6% 61.4% 44.6% 54.3% 35.9% 53.6% 35.9% 45.0%
117 Galina Voskoboeva KAZ 22 2.4 2.3 58.2% 58.0% 37.9% 46.1% 50.9% 49.4% 40.3% 44.9%
118 Chanelle Scheepers RSA 12 1.3 3.5 65.7% 55.7% 41.8% 51.0% 48.2% 50.9% 38.0% 44.9%
119 Rossana De Los Ríos PAR 14 0.3 3.7 63.5% 54.2% 40.3% 51.9% 41.5% 48.5% 38.3% 43.6%
120 Stéphanie Dubois CAN 10 0.5 4.2 61.2% 58.1% 32.1% 43.6% 44.6% 48.3% 36.9% 43.0%

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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