Rankings as of: Dec 27, 2010

WTA 2010 Performance Stats, Serve & Return Leaders

Serve, return, and point-level leaders for the 2010 WTA season.

Kim Clijsters leads the 2010 WTA performance sample in total points won at 56.4% (minimum 10 matches with detailed stats).

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Performance Stats

Serve and return metrics for the 2010 season.

124 players with 10+ stat matches.

Detailed serve and return statistics available for 2,175/2,447 (88.9%) of WTA main draw matches in 2010.

# 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 42 2.9 4.5 62.0% 69.3% 51.6% 61.4% 53.0% 62.6% 50.3% 56.4%
2 Serena Williams USA 29 8.6 2.9 62.3% 77.4% 47.5% 66.0% 51.5% 66.4% 46.8% 56.1%
3 Maria Sharapova RUS 41 4.0 5.6 63.1% 73.2% 46.4% 53.5% 50.3% 63.1% 47.9% 55.3%
4 Venus Williams USA 44 4.6 4.5 56.7% 73.5% 46.9% 53.7% 49.0% 61.9% 47.4% 54.7%
5 Justine Henin BEL 38 3.7 4.9 55.6% 71.7% 51.6% 54.2% 53.7% 62.9% 47.0% 54.5%
6 Caroline Wozniacki DEN 71 1.8 1.9 68.9% 65.3% 50.2% 59.5% 50.1% 60.6% 48.1% 54.3%
7 Victoria Azarenka BLR 53 1.5 3.8 70.6% 65.5% 44.8% 53.2% 57.4% 59.2% 50.1% 54.3%
8 Flavia Pennetta ITA 64 3.0 2.4 56.2% 67.7% 51.7% 59.1% 54.0% 60.4% 47.8% 54.0%
9 Elena Dementieva RUS 51 1.5 4.7 64.7% 63.3% 47.4% 56.6% 54.7% 57.9% 50.0% 54.0%
10 Agnieszka Radwanska POL 49 1.6 1.2 65.6% 64.1% 50.5% 51.5% 47.9% 59.2% 48.8% 53.9%
11 Vera Zvonareva RUS 62 2.2 3.1 65.1% 67.0% 48.5% 55.9% 50.3% 60.6% 47.7% 53.7%
12 Na Li CHN 48 2.3 2.9 68.5% 65.7% 49.2% 50.4% 51.7% 60.4% 47.3% 53.7%
13 Kaia Kanepi EST 42 3.7 5.1 59.4% 68.5% 44.9% 53.1% 44.3% 59.0% 47.2% 53.0%
14 Marion Bartoli FRA 51 3.3 4.7 59.7% 70.0% 47.7% 48.2% 50.8% 60.8% 45.5% 53.0%
15 Ana Ivanovic SRB 48 3.7 4.5 59.0% 70.2% 44.2% 49.7% 50.1% 59.9% 46.0% 52.9%
16 Samantha Stosur AUS 59 4.8 3.2 60.0% 70.7% 51.5% 57.8% 49.4% 63.0% 42.8% 52.9%
17 Nadia Petrova RUS 47 6.2 3.3 57.1% 71.5% 48.2% 63.1% 51.9% 61.5% 43.1% 52.6%
18 Agnes Szavay HUN 47 2.0 3.0 68.3% 62.5% 46.0% 49.4% 52.7% 57.3% 48.0% 52.6%
19 Francesca Schiavone ITA 54 1.9 3.5 57.5% 65.7% 49.4% 57.4% 50.9% 58.8% 46.4% 52.6%
20 Maria Kirilenko RUS 56 1.6 2.7 65.1% 64.4% 48.9% 51.5% 46.6% 59.0% 46.4% 52.6%
21 Jelena Jankovic SRB 51 2.4 3.6 65.3% 63.1% 46.0% 53.7% 54.0% 57.2% 47.6% 52.3%
22 Tamarine Tanasugarn THA 22 1.0 3.1 68.1% 58.7% 51.5% 55.0% 56.2% 56.1% 48.3% 52.2%
23 Shahar Peer ISR 63 1.5 3.1 64.4% 64.7% 46.9% 55.5% 49.4% 58.4% 45.9% 52.2%
24 Yanina Wickmayer BEL 49 3.2 4.0 65.2% 65.8% 50.0% 55.9% 47.0% 60.1% 44.2% 52.1%
25 Bethanie Mattek-Sands USA 26 2.2 2.0 61.3% 64.4% 51.1% 59.0% 47.7% 59.3% 45.0% 52.1%
26 Regina Kulikova RUS 14 1.9 3.7 65.0% 61.2% 51.4% 68.4% 49.4% 57.9% 46.0% 52.1%
27 Svetlana Kuznetsova RUS 38 3.6 3.9 60.8% 69.9% 44.6% 54.0% 42.7% 60.0% 44.5% 52.0%
28 Tamira Paszek AUT 16 1.4 4.7 60.8% 64.2% 47.1% 48.2% 50.7% 57.5% 46.6% 52.0%
29 Carla Suárez Navarro ESP 32 0.5 2.6 69.2% 60.2% 45.3% 57.5% 52.8% 55.6% 48.5% 51.9%
30 Aravane Rezai FRA 51 3.5 5.2 58.1% 68.7% 44.5% 51.3% 46.8% 58.5% 44.9% 51.6%
31 Alisa Kleybanova RUS 50 3.2 3.6 57.2% 66.1% 48.1% 56.6% 48.4% 58.4% 44.4% 51.6%
32 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova RUS 54 2.6 5.3 59.2% 64.8% 45.4% 54.3% 46.6% 56.8% 46.4% 51.5%
33 Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez ESP 37 4.4 2.8 53.9% 69.4% 47.4% 58.5% 46.3% 59.1% 44.1% 51.4%
34 Angelique Kerber GER 38 1.7 3.4 62.9% 63.0% 43.8% 49.4% 51.5% 55.9% 46.2% 51.1%
35 Daniela Hantuchova SVK 49 2.7 2.6 64.9% 64.3% 46.9% 52.9% 49.4% 58.1% 43.8% 51.1%
36 Shuai Peng CHN 24 1.0 1.7 70.1% 61.3% 50.6% 44.9% 43.8% 58.0% 44.3% 51.1%
37 Alona Bondarenko UKR 41 0.7 2.4 71.0% 58.3% 46.9% 52.4% 54.5% 55.1% 46.9% 51.0%
38 Julia Goerges GER 49 4.2 3.5 61.2% 66.7% 45.8% 58.1% 48.1% 58.5% 43.3% 51.0%
39 Andrea Petkovic GER 53 3.9 2.8 63.6% 62.9% 48.4% 58.6% 46.9% 57.5% 44.4% 50.9%
40 Elena Vesnina RUS 42 2.3 3.5 62.8% 64.3% 47.1% 51.9% 44.2% 57.9% 44.1% 50.9%
41 Sabine Lisicki GER 13 4.5 5.5 52.1% 66.4% 47.9% 56.4% 41.1% 57.5% 44.1% 50.7%
42 Vera Dushevina RUS 36 2.6 3.2 57.6% 64.2% 46.7% 47.5% 52.2% 56.7% 44.9% 50.7%
43 Simona Halep ROU 14 2.1 3.6 61.8% 57.8% 51.1% 56.0% 57.5% 55.3% 46.1% 50.6%
44 Sara Errani ITA 59 0.4 1.5 75.4% 56.2% 44.0% 55.5% 51.2% 53.4% 47.7% 50.6%
45 Gisela Dulko ARG 39 2.3 3.8 60.6% 60.6% 46.5% 50.4% 51.1% 55.0% 46.3% 50.5%
46 Tsvetana Pironkova BUL 27 2.9 2.3 54.7% 65.0% 47.7% 51.2% 45.0% 57.3% 43.6% 50.4%
47 Anna Chakvetadze RUS 33 1.7 5.0 61.2% 60.5% 45.7% 53.6% 50.7% 55.1% 45.8% 50.4%
48 Anastasija Sevastova LAT 34 1.9 3.1 59.7% 61.0% 48.4% 50.1% 50.5% 56.0% 44.6% 50.4%
49 Polona Hercog SLO 46 2.2 2.7 62.0% 64.2% 48.6% 54.1% 48.1% 58.3% 42.8% 50.4%
50 Anabel Medina Garrigues ESP 40 1.1 1.8 63.9% 59.5% 46.7% 50.2% 45.9% 54.8% 46.0% 50.4%
51 Alexandra Dulgheru ROU 52 1.1 2.3 69.3% 58.1% 47.6% 48.6% 44.6% 55.2% 45.5% 50.3%
52 Johanna Larsson SWE 16 3.0 2.8 60.5% 67.0% 45.2% 65.3% 43.3% 58.2% 42.3% 50.2%
53 Alizé Cornet FRA 32 2.3 3.6 60.6% 63.2% 40.3% 52.0% 47.3% 54.3% 45.9% 50.1%
54 Kimiko Date JPN 33 0.9 3.4 63.8% 59.3% 47.5% 49.2% 52.3% 54.8% 45.1% 49.9%
55 Dominika Cibulkova SVK 50 1.1 3.7 63.2% 60.8% 46.2% 53.9% 50.9% 55.6% 43.9% 49.8%
56 Vania King USA 29 0.6 2.7 65.9% 61.5% 41.9% 49.4% 41.0% 55.1% 44.8% 49.8%
57 Petra Kvitova CZE 35 2.8 4.7 62.7% 64.0% 44.8% 52.6% 50.6% 56.9% 42.7% 49.8%
58 Sofia Arvidsson SWE 27 2.0 2.0 67.2% 61.0% 41.4% 50.7% 43.6% 54.5% 44.8% 49.7%
59 Melanie Oudin USA 37 1.0 3.0 66.3% 58.7% 45.2% 47.5% 64.6% 54.2% 45.1% 49.7%
60 Karolina Sprem CRO 19 4.6 4.8 51.2% 70.9% 48.0% 46.1% 35.3% 59.7% 39.9% 49.6%
61 Timea Bacsinszky SUI 38 2.3 3.7 58.8% 61.1% 45.5% 58.0% 53.3% 54.4% 44.8% 49.6%
62 Kristina Barrois GER 24 2.9 3.3 61.0% 62.6% 47.8% 57.3% 51.6% 57.0% 41.8% 49.6%
63 Dinara Safina RUS 27 1.7 5.8 65.5% 61.4% 39.4% 49.1% 48.9% 53.9% 45.1% 49.5%
64 Lucie Safarova CZE 49 3.8 3.8 64.8% 67.9% 42.6% 53.4% 44.5% 58.9% 40.0% 49.4%
65 Patty Schnyder SUI 44 2.2 2.3 63.9% 60.2% 47.9% 54.6% 45.7% 55.7% 43.1% 49.4%
66 Barbora Strycova CZE 36 1.5 1.9 66.1% 59.3% 47.9% 56.1% 43.5% 55.5% 43.7% 49.4%
67 Jie Zheng CHN 39 0.5 2.8 69.7% 57.6% 43.9% 55.1% 47.7% 53.4% 45.3% 49.4%
68 Kirsten Flipkens BEL 30 3.1 2.3 58.3% 64.8% 45.9% 53.9% 45.2% 56.8% 41.2% 49.3%
69 Yaroslava Shvedova KAZ 41 3.2 4.4 60.1% 62.0% 43.5% 48.1% 41.2% 54.6% 44.1% 49.2%
70 Sania Mirza IND 14 2.1 4.4 56.1% 60.7% 43.9% 41.3% 42.4% 53.3% 45.2% 49.2%
71 Mariana Duque-Mariño COL 10 1.1 2.5 73.8% 59.0% 39.0% 56.2% 52.5% 54.3% 43.9% 49.1%
72 Edina Gallovits Hall ROU 16 1.0 2.6 67.5% 59.4% 44.7% 56.6% 50.3% 54.3% 43.3% 49.1%
73 Ksenia Pervak RUS 16 0.3 3.4 72.5% 57.9% 37.8% 48.6% 44.8% 53.1% 44.9% 49.0%
74 Alla Kudryavtseva RUS 36 2.1 2.6 58.7% 60.6% 44.4% 50.8% 44.2% 53.9% 44.1% 49.0%
75 Roberta Vinci ITA 46 2.3 1.7 59.1% 60.5% 49.2% 52.3% 44.8% 55.7% 42.0% 48.9%
76 Yvonne Meusburger AUT 18 0.4 2.4 74.8% 56.8% 40.7% 49.2% 47.6% 52.6% 44.8% 48.8%
77 Chanelle Scheepers RSA 13 0.4 5.2 65.2% 58.3% 43.7% 55.9% 45.4% 52.9% 44.2% 48.8%
78 Anastasia Rodionova AUS 30 1.8 3.3 62.3% 60.2% 44.7% 48.7% 56.1% 54.8% 42.4% 48.8%
79 Sesil Karatantcheva BUL 15 1.4 3.8 67.8% 57.8% 43.1% 52.5% 44.7% 52.9% 44.5% 48.6%
80 Sybille Bammer AUT 31 1.2 4.1 68.9% 58.1% 42.5% 49.1% 51.1% 53.7% 43.5% 48.6%
81 Olga Savchuk UKR 10 1.5 3.1 62.4% 61.2% 45.0% 41.4% 40.3% 55.0% 43.0% 48.6%
82 Anne Keothavong GBR 21 1.7 3.1 57.4% 58.4% 44.8% 44.3% 48.3% 52.3% 44.6% 48.4%
83 Akgul Amanmuradova UZB 26 4.7 1.8 66.9% 64.3% 45.4% 50.3% 42.3% 58.0% 38.7% 48.4%
84 Ekaterina Makarova RUS 31 2.5 2.1 59.6% 59.5% 47.6% 57.5% 52.7% 54.8% 41.5% 48.3%
85 Magdalena Rybarikova SVK 32 4.3 2.7 59.0% 64.9% 43.4% 44.4% 43.2% 55.9% 40.8% 48.2%
86 Virginie Razzano FRA 23 2.1 4.1 64.6% 59.7% 41.3% 49.3% 54.3% 53.2% 42.9% 48.1%
87 Kai-Chen Chang TPE 22 1.6 6.8 58.9% 58.6% 41.8% 54.0% 46.2% 51.7% 44.6% 48.1%
88 Varvara Lepchenko USA 13 2.8 2.8 63.9% 59.9% 45.7% 44.4% 44.4% 54.9% 41.7% 48.1%
89 Olga Govortsova BLR 34 1.7 5.6 59.3% 60.8% 41.0% 48.9% 49.1% 52.9% 43.2% 48.1%
90 Arantxa Parra Santonja ESP 32 3.8 3.8 49.4% 65.2% 44.6% 44.8% 41.3% 54.3% 41.3% 47.9%
91 Ayumi Morita JPN 25 1.3 1.7 68.1% 58.6% 46.8% 47.8% 47.3% 54.6% 41.4% 47.8%
92 Alicia Molik AUS 18 4.0 3.7 60.6% 60.4% 45.8% 56.5% 51.9% 54.8% 39.6% 47.8%
93 Coco Vandeweghe USA 11 4.5 5.5 58.9% 63.3% 38.8% 49.9% 47.6% 53.0% 42.0% 47.8%
94 Stefanie Voegele SUI 30 2.8 2.4 56.1% 60.6% 44.0% 42.9% 45.1% 53.4% 42.3% 47.8%
95 Alberta Brianti ITA 28 0.4 3.0 66.2% 58.5% 43.7% 46.2% 42.1% 53.4% 42.1% 47.7%
96 Sandra Zahlavova CZE 23 0.7 2.7 65.1% 58.3% 42.7% 53.1% 49.5% 52.7% 42.7% 47.7%
97 Kateryna Volodko UKR 21 2.7 4.4 60.6% 59.9% 41.6% 45.5% 43.5% 52.7% 43.1% 47.7%
98 Christina Mchale USA 16 2.8 1.8 61.7% 62.7% 41.5% 46.7% 42.5% 54.2% 41.0% 47.6%
99 Elena Baltacha GBR 28 3.0 2.9 58.3% 63.1% 45.7% 57.1% 45.9% 55.8% 39.1% 47.6%
100 Renata Voracova CZE 17 1.1 3.4 67.5% 57.2% 38.8% 43.8% 56.7% 50.8% 43.5% 47.5%
101 Lucie Hradecka CZE 22 4.8 6.0 50.2% 68.4% 45.5% 49.2% 38.3% 56.1% 38.8% 47.5%
102 Pauline Parmentier FRA 17 3.8 4.5 56.9% 63.7% 42.1% 49.9% 45.9% 54.4% 40.2% 47.3%
103 Aleksandra Wozniak CAN 28 2.0 3.5 65.3% 59.1% 40.1% 52.1% 44.8% 52.6% 41.5% 47.2%
104 Nuria Llagostera Vives ESP 10 0.7 4.3 54.1% 62.1% 42.3% 53.8% 48.4% 53.4% 39.3% 47.0%
105 Katarina Srebotnik SLO 12 2.3 4.5 63.1% 62.2% 43.3% 51.9% 36.2% 55.5% 38.2% 46.9%
106 Anna-Lena Groenefeld GER 14 2.8 7.0 55.0% 63.7% 38.6% 47.6% 48.2% 52.7% 40.9% 46.9%
107 Monica Niculescu ROU 12 0.3 1.0 73.4% 53.0% 39.4% 47.7% 45.0% 49.3% 43.9% 46.8%
108 Anna Tatishvili USA 10 0.4 4.5 72.1% 54.8% 41.7% 48.4% 43.7% 51.0% 42.6% 46.8%
109 Jill Craybas USA 34 1.1 2.9 64.2% 58.1% 40.4% 43.9% 50.1% 52.0% 41.2% 46.7%
110 Raluca Olaru ROU 17 2.1 5.9 57.2% 61.1% 42.8% 50.2% 32.9% 53.3% 40.0% 46.5%
111 Petra Martic CRO 18 2.4 4.3 62.9% 60.8% 45.8% 55.5% 38.6% 55.0% 37.5% 46.5%
112 Yung Jan Chan TPE 14 1.4 2.8 68.1% 61.8% 33.7% 50.1% 42.3% 52.5% 40.1% 46.3%
113 Bojana Jovanovski Petrovic SRB 17 1.3 2.6 65.7% 56.8% 37.9% 47.3% 48.4% 50.8% 41.4% 46.2%
114 Sorana Cirstea ROU 33 2.5 2.8 55.3% 61.2% 39.5% 47.5% 50.4% 51.2% 40.9% 46.2%
115 Arantxa Rus NED 13 1.7 2.8 66.3% 51.7% 43.2% 50.6% 41.4% 48.9% 43.2% 46.2%
116 Rossana De Los Ríos PAR 13 0.4 2.5 73.2% 54.7% 37.1% 50.7% 44.5% 49.7% 42.0% 46.1%
117 Michelle Larcher De Brito POR 12 0.3 5.8 57.0% 55.8% 42.9% 50.3% 48.5% 50.7% 39.7% 45.7%
118 Melinda Czink HUN 19 2.8 6.3 61.0% 61.3% 39.9% 46.1% 28.6% 52.9% 38.0% 45.6%
119 Tathiana Garbin ITA 22 2.2 2.0 62.9% 56.2% 42.1% 50.0% 38.2% 51.0% 39.3% 45.3%
120 Maria Elena Camerin ITA 14 1.0 5.9 63.1% 54.9% 38.3% 36.0% 51.1% 48.7% 40.7% 44.8%
121 Julie Coin FRA 17 3.6 4.5 52.4% 62.8% 41.1% 57.5% 45.4% 52.1% 36.2% 44.6%
122 Greta Arn HUN 17 3.5 4.1 58.9% 58.2% 45.6% 47.5% 45.1% 52.3% 35.8% 44.4%
123 Shenay Perry USA 11 4.2 4.5 54.2% 63.0% 40.4% 52.4% 49.1% 52.5% 33.9% 43.7%
124 Mariya Koryttseva UKR 10 0.4 6.1 65.0% 51.0% 34.4% 39.6% 45.3% 45.1% 40.6% 42.7%

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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