Rankings as of: Dec 31, 2012

WTA 2012 Performance Stats, Serve & Return Leaders

Serve, return, and point-level leaders for the 2012 WTA season.

Serena Williams leads the 2012 WTA performance sample in total points won at 58.7% (minimum 10 matches with detailed stats).

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Performance Stats

Serve and return metrics for the 2012 season.

125 players with 10+ stat matches.

Detailed serve and return statistics available for 2,118/2,471 (85.7%) of WTA main draw matches in 2012.

# 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 Serena Williams USA 48 8.2 2.3 59.0% 78.7% 54.8% 66.6% 53.2% 68.8% 49.8% 58.7%
2 Victoria Azarenka BLR 65 1.7 4.1 67.6% 68.9% 48.0% 58.2% 54.9% 62.2% 52.6% 57.1%
3 Maria Sharapova RUS 58 3.2 4.8 66.3% 68.4% 48.4% 62.4% 51.3% 61.8% 49.9% 55.7%
4 Kim Clijsters BEL 18 2.5 3.4 66.3% 71.8% 49.0% 57.8% 43.7% 64.1% 47.1% 55.0%
5 Petra Kvitova CZE 51 3.5 3.5 63.9% 69.6% 51.7% 55.0% 48.8% 63.1% 47.0% 54.6%
6 Agnieszka Radwanska POL 68 2.4 1.2 67.3% 66.3% 46.7% 56.9% 56.1% 59.9% 49.0% 54.4%
7 Sara Errani ITA 63 0.3 1.1 76.1% 60.2% 49.9% 54.1% 56.5% 57.5% 51.5% 54.4%
8 Kaia Kanepi EST 34 4.0 4.7 57.0% 70.7% 48.0% 55.5% 51.0% 61.0% 47.8% 54.3%
9 Na Li CHN 49 2.3 3.0 68.7% 65.1% 53.5% 57.5% 51.0% 61.2% 47.8% 54.2%
10 Caroline Wozniacki DEN 60 1.8 1.6 66.8% 63.6% 51.4% 59.5% 52.9% 59.4% 47.5% 53.6%
11 Yaroslava Shvedova KAZ 26 3.2 4.6 60.9% 67.0% 49.4% 56.5% 49.7% 59.9% 47.3% 53.1%
12 Angelique Kerber GER 69 1.8 2.8 64.7% 65.8% 50.1% 56.8% 51.8% 60.0% 46.3% 53.1%
13 Ana Ivanovic SRB 47 3.2 3.7 55.8% 69.3% 47.9% 51.3% 48.8% 59.9% 46.2% 52.8%
14 Mona Barthel GER 50 4.2 5.7 53.8% 70.4% 46.7% 53.9% 50.1% 59.2% 46.4% 52.8%
15 Su-Wei Hsieh TPE 29 0.6 2.5 64.5% 63.4% 48.2% 50.2% 45.6% 58.1% 47.7% 52.7%
16 Venus Williams USA 28 4.5 4.8 53.9% 68.9% 47.8% 50.7% 50.7% 59.2% 46.0% 52.6%
17 Samantha Stosur AUS 57 3.8 3.2 64.6% 68.1% 51.2% 59.1% 44.5% 62.1% 43.0% 52.5%
18 Roberta Vinci ITA 64 3.0 2.3 56.2% 66.8% 48.5% 56.0% 53.1% 58.7% 46.3% 52.5%
19 Dominika Cibulkova SVK 52 1.5 4.2 54.2% 66.3% 45.8% 50.4% 53.3% 56.4% 48.0% 52.3%
20 Nadia Petrova RUS 45 6.0 3.0 55.3% 70.5% 46.7% 51.0% 48.8% 60.0% 44.4% 52.0%
21 Svetlana Kuznetsova RUS 22 3.6 2.2 62.6% 62.8% 48.5% 44.1% 52.1% 57.5% 46.2% 51.9%
22 Flavia Pennetta ITA 30 2.4 2.8 55.3% 61.9% 47.5% 54.7% 49.4% 55.4% 48.6% 51.9%
23 Marion Bartoli FRA 63 2.7 6.7 57.6% 66.8% 43.6% 52.6% 52.1% 56.9% 46.9% 51.8%
24 Kirsten Flipkens BEL 16 3.8 4.0 58.0% 70.9% 48.0% 57.4% 37.4% 61.4% 42.1% 51.7%
25 Julia Goerges GER 56 3.9 2.9 57.7% 67.0% 48.1% 54.3% 47.8% 59.1% 43.6% 51.4%
26 Maria Kirilenko RUS 41 2.6 3.2 65.0% 65.3% 44.9% 52.7% 49.7% 58.2% 44.6% 51.4%
27 Ekaterina Makarova RUS 45 2.1 2.0 62.9% 64.9% 50.6% 55.1% 49.3% 59.5% 43.6% 51.4%
28 Sesil Karatantcheva BUL 14 1.4 7.1 64.9% 58.2% 41.0% 49.1% 49.2% 52.2% 50.6% 51.3%
29 Petra Cetkovska CZE 26 1.6 4.8 63.8% 63.7% 39.5% 52.2% 50.3% 55.1% 47.3% 51.3%
30 Misaki Doi JPN 19 1.7 3.0 62.4% 62.6% 48.8% 48.0% 42.8% 57.5% 45.5% 51.3%
31 Aleksandra Wozniak CAN 32 2.4 3.8 62.5% 63.4% 45.3% 51.3% 51.2% 56.5% 46.3% 51.3%
32 Jelena Jankovic SRB 53 2.7 4.6 60.5% 63.6% 43.8% 55.9% 48.2% 56.1% 46.5% 51.2%
33 Laura Pous-Tio ESP 14 0.6 3.1 59.3% 61.5% 43.4% 55.3% 52.5% 54.0% 47.9% 51.1%
34 Laura Robson GBR 28 4.2 5.8 57.1% 68.1% 44.4% 51.4% 44.3% 57.9% 43.5% 51.0%
35 Mathilde Johansson FRA 25 0.4 6.1 64.7% 58.6% 43.1% 49.3% 51.5% 53.0% 48.8% 50.8%
36 Andrea Petkovic GER 18 1.1 1.9 74.6% 57.5% 48.1% 47.6% 43.6% 55.2% 46.9% 50.8%
37 Lucie Safarova CZE 43 3.4 4.1 62.6% 67.6% 49.4% 64.0% 44.8% 60.5% 40.9% 50.7%
38 Galina Voskoboeva KAZ 30 3.7 2.3 56.4% 66.8% 49.7% 50.6% 42.7% 59.3% 42.1% 50.6%
39 Jie Zheng CHN 38 0.5 2.4 68.6% 60.5% 46.7% 49.0% 51.9% 56.3% 44.8% 50.6%
40 Marina Erakovic NZL 38 3.8 3.4 54.4% 68.8% 46.5% 53.9% 42.7% 58.3% 42.6% 50.5%
41 Yanina Wickmayer BEL 48 1.6 3.8 64.8% 60.4% 47.6% 48.1% 50.4% 55.7% 45.3% 50.5%
42 Sofia Arvidsson SWE 44 1.6 2.1 68.2% 58.5% 45.3% 51.9% 48.4% 54.3% 46.9% 50.5%
43 Alizé Cornet FRA 36 1.2 4.7 61.0% 60.7% 40.8% 49.1% 53.9% 52.8% 48.2% 50.5%
44 Sloane Stephens USA 36 1.7 3.6 62.4% 61.6% 46.4% 48.6% 43.2% 55.6% 45.1% 50.3%
45 Shuai Peng CHN 40 2.8 2.3 66.8% 64.1% 47.3% 44.4% 52.1% 58.4% 42.4% 50.2%
46 Vera Zvonareva RUS 17 1.8 4.5 63.3% 63.7% 45.6% 53.7% 57.2% 56.9% 43.2% 50.1%
47 Vania King USA 33 0.7 1.7 64.1% 62.4% 47.4% 51.5% 43.8% 57.0% 43.5% 50.1%
48 Stephanie Foretz Gacon FRA 18 2.6 3.6 55.5% 63.4% 44.5% 58.3% 46.7% 55.2% 44.8% 50.1%
49 Jelena Dokic AUS 11 2.8 8.5 52.4% 68.4% 48.0% 49.7% 48.6% 58.5% 41.0% 50.0%
50 Carla Suárez Navarro ESP 44 0.7 2.8 61.3% 57.8% 45.9% 47.7% 47.8% 53.5% 46.8% 50.0%
51 Coco Vandeweghe USA 12 5.7 5.1 48.8% 74.1% 45.6% 66.1% 63.0% 59.6% 40.2% 49.9%
52 Magdalena Rybarikova SVK 25 3.6 2.3 53.9% 66.3% 42.2% 52.5% 55.8% 55.1% 44.3% 49.9%
53 Jamie Hampton USA 23 2.6 3.6 55.0% 64.3% 47.0% 52.0% 42.2% 56.4% 42.8% 49.8%
54 Lucie Hradecka CZE 35 6.5 4.9 53.4% 73.2% 46.3% 54.8% 44.6% 60.8% 38.8% 49.7%
55 Urszula Radwanska POL 49 2.0 2.4 65.4% 60.6% 42.6% 50.7% 48.2% 54.2% 45.3% 49.6%
56 Pauline Parmentier FRA 28 3.4 3.8 58.8% 64.3% 46.8% 57.9% 50.1% 57.1% 41.7% 49.6%
57 Heather Watson GBR 30 2.8 2.9 65.0% 63.4% 43.8% 48.6% 46.6% 56.4% 42.9% 49.6%
58 Kristina Mladenovic FRA 10 4.9 5.2 53.3% 69.2% 44.2% 42.1% 56.0% 57.7% 40.3% 49.6%
59 Varvara Lepchenko USA 42 2.6 3.0 63.3% 63.2% 48.3% 51.9% 50.2% 57.7% 41.5% 49.5%
60 Anabel Medina Garrigues ESP 46 1.5 1.3 64.2% 60.7% 46.8% 54.9% 42.5% 55.9% 42.8% 49.5%
61 Timea Babos HUN 26 5.0 4.3 60.5% 65.8% 43.9% 52.1% 43.9% 57.0% 41.9% 49.4%
62 Chanelle Scheepers RSA 48 0.6 5.3 61.5% 58.4% 43.7% 46.8% 50.2% 52.6% 46.1% 49.4%
63 Romina Oprandi SUI 23 0.8 2.2 64.1% 59.4% 47.4% 46.5% 42.7% 54.8% 44.1% 49.4%
64 Irina-Camelia Begu ROU 37 2.2 3.4 66.2% 59.6% 45.3% 48.2% 50.8% 55.0% 43.8% 49.4%
65 Daniela Hantuchova SVK 38 2.4 3.7 62.2% 63.6% 45.7% 53.2% 51.4% 56.9% 41.3% 49.3%
66 Camila Giorgi ITA 16 1.7 7.4 53.8% 66.1% 42.4% 53.5% 42.4% 55.1% 43.4% 49.3%
67 Sabine Lisicki GER 29 4.6 5.3 56.4% 65.4% 43.5% 48.7% 49.9% 55.8% 42.5% 49.3%
68 Tsvetana Pironkova BUL 35 2.6 2.8 54.1% 63.0% 46.1% 47.9% 45.3% 55.3% 43.0% 49.3%
69 Elena Vesnina RUS 30 2.0 3.5 64.9% 62.1% 44.5% 45.7% 50.9% 56.0% 42.3% 49.2%
70 Christina Mchale USA 40 2.7 2.3 64.6% 62.9% 45.5% 51.7% 44.6% 56.6% 41.7% 49.2%
71 Lauren Davis USA 10 1.0 2.2 66.5% 59.2% 48.6% 48.5% 36.9% 55.6% 42.9% 49.1%
72 Kiki Bertens NED 23 2.9 4.1 60.5% 65.3% 41.1% 49.3% 48.2% 55.7% 42.3% 49.1%
73 Sorana Cirstea ROU 51 3.5 3.5 53.5% 65.2% 44.8% 56.7% 45.4% 55.5% 42.3% 49.1%
74 Francesca Schiavone ITA 39 2.4 5.5 51.1% 65.0% 47.0% 51.3% 42.6% 56.0% 41.6% 49.0%
75 Simona Halep ROU 42 1.1 3.2 66.2% 57.6% 45.9% 52.4% 51.2% 53.5% 44.3% 49.0%
76 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova RUS 40 2.4 5.6 59.2% 64.5% 41.9% 50.5% 46.8% 55.0% 42.7% 49.0%
77 Shahar Peer ISR 35 1.2 3.5 63.2% 59.5% 42.5% 41.1% 48.8% 53.4% 44.7% 49.0%
78 Melinda Czink HUN 25 2.7 4.2 59.6% 64.5% 48.9% 53.6% 46.3% 58.1% 39.5% 49.0%
79 Andrea Sestini Hlavackova CZE 21 4.0 4.1 61.0% 69.4% 43.6% 63.3% 48.4% 59.2% 38.0% 48.9%
80 Monica Niculescu ROU 33 1.3 1.1 67.1% 58.0% 47.7% 51.8% 46.0% 54.3% 43.3% 48.8%
81 Eva Birnerova CZE 11 1.5 7.4 59.1% 59.7% 41.6% 57.7% 57.0% 53.1% 44.0% 48.7%
82 Kai-Chen Chang TPE 18 1.8 5.3 59.7% 62.2% 41.6% 43.4% 47.6% 54.1% 43.1% 48.7%
83 Bojana Jovanovski Petrovic SRB 31 1.7 4.1 64.2% 58.4% 41.2% 46.6% 51.7% 52.1% 45.3% 48.6%
84 Petra Martic CRO 35 4.6 4.3 57.8% 65.0% 45.4% 53.3% 48.4% 56.5% 40.2% 48.6%
85 Tamira Paszek AUT 38 2.0 3.7 60.6% 59.3% 44.2% 56.2% 49.2% 53.5% 43.1% 48.5%
86 Estrella Cabeza Candela ESP 13 0.2 3.5 65.2% 55.0% 41.3% 39.7% 48.6% 50.6% 46.6% 48.5%
87 Bethanie Mattek-Sands USA 13 3.1 2.8 51.1% 68.5% 44.4% 54.8% 52.0% 56.7% 40.9% 48.5%
88 Melanie Oudin USA 15 1.3 1.9 63.7% 58.7% 46.8% 50.7% 43.6% 54.6% 42.1% 48.4%
89 Ksenia Pervak RUS 33 1.0 4.4 64.0% 59.8% 43.8% 48.2% 53.6% 54.1% 42.7% 48.4%
90 Nina Bratchikova RUS 18 1.8 2.5 58.7% 60.0% 41.4% 54.3% 54.7% 52.7% 43.7% 48.4%
91 Edina Gallovits Hall ROU 13 1.1 3.0 64.9% 55.6% 47.1% 44.8% 37.1% 52.8% 43.8% 48.4%
92 Anna Tatishvili USA 31 1.6 4.4 67.1% 57.4% 43.7% 48.3% 51.0% 52.5% 43.6% 48.2%
93 Karin Knapp ITA 14 1.6 6.0 59.3% 60.0% 40.5% 49.9% 43.5% 52.0% 44.1% 48.2%
94 Julia Cohen USA 11 0.3 2.2 80.0% 53.8% 38.9% 52.0% 42.2% 51.0% 44.5% 47.9%
95 Olga Govortsova BLR 28 1.2 4.8 63.1% 56.2% 39.4% 44.0% 49.3% 49.9% 45.6% 47.8%
96 Casey Dellacqua AUS 22 1.0 3.8 62.7% 59.3% 39.5% 49.5% 47.4% 51.8% 43.4% 47.8%
97 Lesia Tsurenko UKR 17 0.6 6.3 61.4% 56.3% 38.9% 40.3% 55.0% 49.7% 45.7% 47.7%
98 Michaella Krajicek NED 16 5.6 6.9 52.9% 67.5% 45.5% 45.1% 33.8% 57.1% 38.4% 47.7%
99 Anna Chakvetadze RUS 11 2.5 3.4 60.5% 62.6% 40.0% 44.4% 57.5% 53.5% 41.2% 47.7%
100 Garbiñe Muguruza ESP 12 1.7 5.8 58.7% 55.7% 40.6% 38.4% 43.8% 49.2% 46.3% 47.7%
101 Alberta Brianti ITA 24 1.2 3.7 63.0% 58.5% 41.5% 49.7% 45.7% 52.4% 42.5% 47.6%
102 Virginie Razzano FRA 13 1.5 3.5 62.9% 59.8% 41.7% 56.8% 54.0% 53.0% 41.7% 47.6%
103 Alexandra Panova RUS 26 2.7 2.5 63.5% 59.5% 45.1% 55.3% 40.3% 54.1% 40.7% 47.5%
104 Polona Hercog SLO 33 2.2 2.4 60.0% 62.3% 44.3% 46.0% 48.7% 54.8% 40.5% 47.5%
105 Sílvia Soler-Espinosa ESP 29 1.8 3.3 51.9% 63.3% 45.1% 43.9% 43.4% 54.2% 40.8% 47.4%
106 Johanna Larsson SWE 30 2.2 3.4 59.5% 58.3% 45.2% 49.6% 46.8% 52.6% 41.5% 47.3%
107 Kateryna Volodko UKR 17 1.7 6.8 64.1% 61.2% 35.3% 50.6% 44.1% 51.9% 42.7% 47.3%
108 Kimiko Date JPN 15 0.8 3.3 61.9% 58.2% 43.5% 48.8% 55.9% 52.0% 42.0% 47.1%
109 Mandy Minella LUX 24 1.7 3.1 60.8% 57.7% 41.7% 55.6% 49.8% 51.6% 41.9% 47.1%
110 Ayumi Morita JPN 26 0.5 1.5 61.4% 57.6% 46.3% 48.3% 47.0% 52.8% 41.2% 47.0%
111 Vera Dushevina RUS 20 2.5 3.9 62.1% 56.4% 43.4% 53.6% 41.2% 51.6% 41.9% 46.9%
112 Irina Falconi Hartman USA 19 0.9 3.0 64.4% 54.4% 40.5% 47.1% 51.9% 50.0% 43.9% 46.8%
113 Greta Arn HUN 21 2.5 4.4 56.0% 63.7% 43.2% 50.7% 44.1% 55.0% 38.2% 46.7%
114 Stéphanie Dubois CAN 11 1.2 3.2 68.0% 55.0% 43.3% 52.9% 44.9% 51.6% 42.0% 46.5%
115 Barbora Strycova CZE 30 2.2 2.6 63.3% 56.4% 41.9% 50.2% 51.0% 50.9% 42.0% 46.3%
116 Anastasia Rodionova AUS 16 1.5 3.0 63.5% 59.4% 41.7% 50.9% 45.6% 53.1% 38.4% 46.1%
117 Arantxa Rus NED 23 1.3 4.7 69.3% 56.0% 37.9% 42.7% 46.8% 50.1% 41.9% 46.1%
118 Tamarine Tanasugarn THA 11 1.0 3.5 64.1% 52.1% 45.1% 43.9% 58.9% 49.2% 41.3% 45.8%
119 Eleni Daniilidou GRE 26 1.5 5.7 64.5% 58.1% 41.4% 45.5% 40.1% 52.2% 39.0% 45.6%
120 Akgul Amanmuradova UZB 13 4.4 1.0 65.9% 59.9% 47.7% 48.7% 30.7% 56.1% 34.6% 45.2%
121 Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez ESP 14 2.3 3.8 57.0% 57.8% 42.5% 47.2% 44.7% 51.4% 38.8% 45.1%
122 Elena Baltacha GBR 15 1.5 2.9 60.0% 58.4% 42.9% 47.2% 40.1% 52.3% 37.6% 45.0%
123 Alexandra Cadantu-Ignatik ROU 26 0.7 5.2 65.9% 55.5% 39.2% 45.1% 44.7% 50.0% 39.3% 44.8%
124 Jill Craybas USA 10 0.5 3.1 65.4% 54.2% 35.3% 44.1% 56.6% 47.6% 41.2% 44.7%
125 Anne Keothavong GBR 21 2.6 4.3 53.8% 57.4% 40.5% 43.9% 41.0% 49.7% 39.4% 44.5%

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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