Rankings as of: Dec 29, 2014

WTA 2014 Performance Stats, Serve & Return Leaders

Serve, return, and point-level leaders for the 2014 WTA season.

Serena Williams leads the 2014 WTA performance sample in total points won at 57.3% (minimum 10 matches with detailed stats).

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Performance Stats

Serve and return metrics for the 2014 season.

125 players with 10+ stat matches.

Detailed serve and return statistics available for 2,225/2,476 (89.9%) of WTA main draw matches in 2014.

# 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 56 7.7 3.5 59.3% 76.5% 51.6% 64.4% 52.8% 66.3% 48.9% 57.3%
2 Na Li CHN 34 1.9 4.0 66.5% 66.3% 49.7% 55.6% 57.2% 60.8% 50.0% 55.5%
3 Maria Sharapova RUS 56 3.3 5.8 61.4% 68.9% 47.1% 51.5% 55.2% 60.5% 50.1% 55.2%
4 Ana Ivanovic SRB 71 3.3 3.1 60.6% 67.9% 49.8% 57.6% 51.0% 60.8% 48.4% 54.6%
5 Simona Halep ROU 53 2.4 3.2 60.5% 66.8% 50.7% 54.1% 56.9% 60.4% 48.8% 54.4%
6 Petra Kvitova CZE 52 4.9 4.1 62.0% 71.2% 51.8% 54.1% 46.7% 63.8% 45.2% 54.4%
7 Caroline Wozniacki DEN 61 2.3 2.6 69.6% 66.0% 48.0% 58.7% 53.3% 60.4% 48.1% 54.2%
8 Agnieszka Radwanska POL 60 2.4 1.3 65.5% 63.3% 48.2% 56.8% 52.0% 58.2% 49.8% 53.9%
9 Venus Williams USA 44 4.7 4.4 55.7% 71.6% 46.0% 56.6% 53.0% 60.4% 46.7% 53.5%
10 Jelena Jankovic SRB 56 2.6 3.3 63.2% 66.5% 49.0% 57.1% 50.7% 59.7% 47.0% 53.1%
11 Monica Niculescu ROU 34 1.2 3.1 70.2% 60.8% 41.3% 50.8% 59.1% 55.0% 51.0% 53.0%
12 Carla Suárez Navarro ESP 66 0.8 1.8 71.5% 61.3% 48.8% 59.3% 55.0% 57.6% 47.4% 52.6%
13 Samantha Stosur AUS 51 4.4 2.8 61.7% 69.1% 51.1% 55.0% 50.9% 62.3% 42.9% 52.5%
14 Eugenie Bouchard CAN 57 2.6 3.1 60.4% 66.0% 47.6% 54.0% 50.3% 58.5% 46.5% 52.4%
15 Madison Keys USA 45 4.8 1.9 60.0% 69.4% 50.0% 50.9% 48.7% 61.9% 43.5% 52.3%
16 Dominika Cibulkova SVK 51 0.8 4.3 66.5% 62.6% 45.5% 57.1% 50.5% 57.0% 47.7% 52.3%
17 Angelique Kerber GER 62 1.7 3.0 65.9% 63.7% 45.4% 57.8% 48.6% 57.3% 47.2% 52.2%
18 Svetlana Kuznetsova RUS 42 2.9 2.6 62.3% 65.6% 48.6% 51.4% 45.9% 59.0% 45.7% 52.2%
19 Garbiñe Muguruza ESP 50 3.4 4.4 60.6% 64.0% 46.6% 55.5% 50.0% 57.3% 46.8% 52.1%
20 Camila Giorgi ITA 44 3.2 8.2 53.9% 70.1% 49.0% 53.4% 44.4% 60.3% 43.8% 51.9%
21 Karolina Pliskova CZE 66 6.5 2.9 58.8% 71.6% 47.2% 53.4% 43.5% 61.4% 42.8% 51.9%
22 Mirjana Lucic-Baroni CRO 20 4.3 5.3 53.7% 68.8% 48.0% 62.8% 45.7% 59.1% 44.5% 51.8%
23 Lucie Safarova CZE 58 4.6 4.0 62.9% 70.3% 48.6% 61.4% 45.7% 62.3% 41.7% 51.8%
24 Ekaterina Makarova RUS 56 2.6 2.1 64.0% 65.1% 47.7% 59.9% 44.7% 58.9% 45.0% 51.8%
25 Alizé Cornet FRA 52 1.5 5.0 62.9% 63.4% 45.2% 49.6% 51.5% 56.5% 47.0% 51.7%
26 Andrea Petkovic GER 52 1.8 2.7 68.3% 61.4% 46.8% 48.8% 51.1% 56.9% 46.4% 51.6%
27 Victoria Azarenka BLR 22 2.9 6.0 67.5% 65.6% 39.5% 57.5% 52.4% 57.5% 45.7% 51.6%
28 Flavia Pennetta ITA 44 4.3 3.2 52.7% 66.2% 47.7% 50.5% 47.8% 57.4% 45.2% 51.3%
29 Timea Bacsinszky SUI 20 1.5 2.5 67.0% 62.6% 44.5% 56.6% 47.4% 56.7% 46.1% 51.2%
30 Coco Vandeweghe USA 36 8.5 4.6 53.3% 76.0% 47.8% 52.7% 45.7% 62.8% 40.3% 51.2%
31 Julia Goerges GER 31 6.1 4.1 59.2% 68.5% 48.8% 54.2% 44.2% 60.3% 42.5% 51.1%
32 Sara Errani ITA 54 0.1 1.2 81.3% 56.1% 45.3% 52.4% 50.1% 54.1% 48.1% 51.1%
33 Varvara Lepchenko USA 43 1.9 2.9 67.1% 62.3% 47.9% 56.8% 47.8% 57.6% 44.8% 51.0%
34 Elina Svitolina UKR 56 2.0 2.8 63.9% 64.3% 44.4% 48.5% 49.8% 57.2% 44.3% 50.8%
35 Monica Puig PUR 33 3.1 4.4 59.8% 66.4% 46.7% 51.1% 46.9% 58.4% 42.7% 50.6%
36 Zarina Diyas KAZ 32 1.6 3.1 68.2% 58.4% 47.3% 49.4% 51.1% 55.1% 45.8% 50.5%
37 Roberta Vinci ITA 41 2.6 2.9 53.1% 65.0% 46.7% 55.4% 50.4% 56.4% 44.7% 50.4%
38 Sabine Lisicki GER 44 5.3 6.0 56.2% 66.5% 42.2% 53.2% 52.3% 55.9% 44.9% 50.4%
39 Katerina Siniakova CZE 10 1.7 4.4 61.7% 63.9% 42.1% 54.2% 38.1% 55.3% 45.6% 50.3%
40 Casey Dellacqua AUS 41 1.7 3.0 59.5% 62.2% 49.4% 54.3% 48.9% 56.9% 43.5% 50.3%
41 Yaroslava Shvedova KAZ 30 3.7 4.7 67.1% 63.6% 42.8% 54.7% 52.0% 56.6% 43.7% 50.2%
42 Mona Barthel GER 43 2.5 4.0 61.4% 64.9% 45.0% 55.3% 46.4% 57.1% 43.0% 50.2%
43 Shuai Peng CHN 43 2.7 2.4 63.3% 64.2% 46.5% 53.4% 53.6% 57.5% 42.3% 50.1%
44 Tsvetana Pironkova BUL 31 2.5 1.7 59.2% 63.8% 41.8% 46.1% 49.7% 55.1% 44.9% 50.0%
45 María-Teresa Torró-Flor ESP 23 1.3 5.6 60.5% 58.6% 47.0% 52.2% 51.7% 54.0% 46.1% 50.0%
46 Francesca Schiavone ITA 36 3.1 3.6 55.5% 65.1% 47.8% 53.8% 48.8% 57.3% 42.5% 50.0%
47 Christina Mchale USA 40 2.5 4.3 59.8% 64.5% 43.8% 53.1% 46.4% 56.1% 43.8% 49.9%
48 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova RUS 38 3.9 7.4 56.4% 69.2% 39.6% 55.3% 52.4% 56.4% 42.7% 49.9%
49 Alison Riske-Amritraj USA 38 2.6 4.8 64.2% 64.1% 42.9% 56.1% 48.7% 56.5% 43.5% 49.9%
50 Virginie Razzano FRA 11 2.1 2.9 71.3% 61.8% 41.6% 54.4% 55.4% 55.9% 43.7% 49.8%
51 Shelby Rogers USA 20 3.3 3.5 59.4% 66.1% 43.5% 47.9% 39.3% 57.1% 42.8% 49.8%
52 Luksika Kumkhum THA 11 2.2 5.9 57.0% 64.8% 48.1% 47.2% 38.7% 57.6% 42.7% 49.8%
53 Anna-Lena Friedsam GER 17 4.1 4.2 59.9% 64.7% 46.0% 49.9% 55.8% 56.9% 42.6% 49.8%
54 Annika Beck GER 40 0.7 3.4 74.1% 55.2% 37.4% 49.6% 53.2% 51.1% 48.4% 49.7%
55 Kiki Bertens NED 22 2.7 4.0 58.1% 60.8% 44.5% 49.6% 41.8% 53.8% 45.8% 49.7%
56 Irina-Camelia Begu ROU 27 2.5 3.3 62.7% 62.2% 46.4% 48.9% 47.6% 56.1% 43.1% 49.6%
57 Ajla Tomljanovic AUS 32 4.2 4.3 56.7% 68.6% 43.3% 54.3% 46.9% 57.7% 41.4% 49.5%
58 Kaia Kanepi EST 36 4.1 5.5 55.7% 65.5% 43.2% 50.9% 45.3% 55.4% 43.2% 49.5%
59 Petra Cetkovska CZE 21 2.0 4.7 61.0% 60.0% 42.7% 44.8% 54.7% 52.9% 45.7% 49.4%
60 Belinda Bencic SUI 30 2.7 3.4 58.2% 63.1% 42.2% 47.6% 46.5% 54.5% 44.1% 49.4%
61 Sloane Stephens USA 37 1.7 2.4 68.3% 62.0% 46.2% 53.8% 38.4% 57.0% 41.9% 49.4%
62 Alison Van Uytvanck BEL 27 2.8 1.9 60.8% 63.0% 51.0% 51.3% 46.0% 58.1% 40.9% 49.4%
63 Lara Arruabarrena ESP 18 1.3 2.5 60.8% 63.6% 43.6% 48.5% 44.9% 55.3% 43.9% 49.3%
64 Alisa Kleybanova RUS 14 3.3 3.8 58.1% 64.7% 40.3% 64.2% 53.9% 54.8% 42.8% 49.3%
65 Jana Cepelova SVK 36 1.1 2.3 67.6% 56.9% 44.2% 52.4% 51.9% 53.1% 45.6% 49.3%
66 Marina Erakovic NZL 31 2.8 3.8 60.3% 65.6% 42.5% 49.3% 46.9% 56.3% 41.9% 49.3%
67 Jarmila Wolfe AUS 15 5.6 3.9 58.1% 67.2% 45.9% 47.1% 47.4% 57.9% 40.9% 49.3%
68 Elena Vesnina RUS 29 2.4 4.3 61.2% 59.5% 47.6% 50.9% 48.2% 54.8% 43.1% 49.1%
69 Chanelle Scheepers RSA 29 0.7 5.1 65.3% 56.8% 42.1% 48.3% 46.3% 51.4% 46.6% 49.1%
70 Karin Knapp ITA 39 3.6 4.7 57.7% 65.5% 43.2% 50.6% 51.2% 55.9% 41.9% 49.0%
71 Caroline Garcia FRA 43 3.7 4.2 59.0% 65.3% 46.8% 53.2% 37.7% 57.7% 39.9% 49.0%
72 Bethanie Mattek-Sands USA 12 2.4 3.1 58.1% 60.2% 43.1% 50.7% 45.1% 53.1% 43.9% 48.9%
73 Aleksandra Wozniak CAN 16 2.2 4.3 57.2% 62.5% 40.9% 50.7% 45.1% 53.1% 45.2% 48.9%
74 Kirsten Flipkens BEL 47 3.5 3.0 57.2% 65.2% 47.6% 54.2% 48.6% 57.5% 39.8% 48.8%
75 Jie Zheng CHN 23 0.3 2.0 70.5% 57.6% 42.9% 53.2% 57.7% 53.1% 44.0% 48.7%
76 Kimiko Date JPN 24 1.1 3.4 67.2% 57.3% 48.2% 43.4% 49.8% 54.3% 43.1% 48.7%
77 Barbora Strycova CZE 42 2.4 2.7 60.7% 62.8% 46.2% 56.3% 47.1% 56.3% 41.1% 48.6%
78 Vania King USA 25 0.7 2.4 64.2% 58.6% 47.1% 50.6% 43.5% 54.3% 42.6% 48.6%
79 Stefanie Voegele SUI 36 4.4 1.9 56.4% 64.9% 42.8% 47.4% 49.5% 55.2% 42.3% 48.6%
80 Lesia Tsurenko UKR 12 2.3 5.6 58.7% 59.9% 45.7% 52.5% 41.0% 54.5% 42.5% 48.6%
81 Kurumi Nara JPN 40 0.4 2.0 74.4% 54.1% 45.8% 51.6% 49.3% 51.9% 44.6% 48.5%
82 Shuai Zhang CHN 38 1.2 1.9 68.5% 57.4% 45.2% 51.5% 49.8% 53.8% 43.0% 48.5%
83 Shahar Peer ISR 26 0.8 4.7 62.5% 59.2% 39.5% 44.3% 48.8% 51.9% 45.1% 48.5%
84 Daniela Hantuchova SVK 37 2.3 3.8 62.5% 61.8% 44.7% 51.5% 43.1% 55.5% 41.5% 48.4%
85 Danka Kovinic MNE 14 3.7 5.7 51.1% 67.8% 44.2% 54.0% 43.4% 56.2% 40.3% 48.4%
86 Magdalena Rybarikova SVK 45 3.1 2.3 58.8% 62.6% 46.3% 55.1% 42.7% 55.9% 41.1% 48.4%
87 Donna Vekic CRO 30 3.7 4.4 53.3% 66.6% 40.9% 47.3% 54.0% 54.4% 42.1% 48.4%
88 Lauren Davis USA 38 0.8 2.9 63.1% 60.7% 42.4% 47.5% 42.8% 54.0% 42.8% 48.3%
89 Ana Konjuh CRO 14 5.4 5.8 53.2% 68.0% 43.3% 47.2% 39.0% 56.7% 40.4% 48.3%
90 Yulia Putintseva KAZ 11 1.3 3.1 63.0% 58.1% 44.3% 36.2% 51.4% 52.4% 43.5% 48.3%
91 Jovana Jaksic SRB 12 3.9 3.7 54.5% 65.3% 40.4% 49.7% 45.8% 54.1% 41.9% 48.2%
92 Teliana Pereira BRA 14 1.1 1.9 71.3% 58.1% 42.7% 55.9% 52.3% 53.4% 42.3% 48.1%
93 Sílvia Soler-Espinosa ESP 35 1.6 2.5 59.0% 61.7% 47.9% 47.6% 42.2% 56.5% 39.0% 48.1%
94 Andrea Sestini Hlavackova CZE 10 3.9 4.1 59.2% 69.3% 44.2% 54.7% 42.3% 58.7% 38.3% 48.1%
95 Kristyna Pliskova CZE 13 8.7 4.2 53.8% 70.0% 48.4% 43.9% 46.2% 60.1% 36.0% 48.0%
96 Grace Min USA 11 0.5 1.4 71.4% 56.5% 43.2% 45.6% 51.7% 52.9% 43.0% 48.0%
97 Johanna Konta GBR 10 4.8 4.7 60.9% 65.0% 42.9% 49.1% 40.9% 56.8% 38.9% 48.0%
98 Polona Hercog SLO 24 3.0 2.8 57.1% 63.5% 46.2% 54.4% 38.9% 55.9% 39.8% 48.0%
99 Sorana Cirstea ROU 30 2.3 4.3 56.8% 62.7% 43.5% 49.7% 46.8% 54.3% 41.6% 48.0%
100 Bojana Jovanovski Petrovic SRB 45 2.3 4.6 60.9% 62.5% 41.5% 46.4% 38.7% 54.1% 41.5% 47.9%
101 Timea Babos HUN 13 5.7 4.2 60.5% 65.3% 43.7% 57.7% 37.2% 56.8% 38.9% 47.8%
102 Klara Koukalova CZE 31 1.8 5.0 55.4% 61.0% 41.7% 47.6% 48.1% 51.9% 43.5% 47.8%
103 Kristina Mladenovic FRA 38 4.2 6.4 55.3% 66.7% 39.8% 52.9% 44.4% 54.8% 40.0% 47.5%
104 Misaki Doi JPN 15 1.7 2.7 60.4% 62.4% 40.8% 53.7% 46.0% 53.5% 41.4% 47.5%
105 Yvonne Meusburger AUT 29 1.0 4.0 69.7% 55.9% 37.7% 44.7% 49.2% 50.3% 44.5% 47.4%
106 Paula Ormaechea ARG 25 2.1 2.6 65.8% 58.5% 43.9% 56.3% 49.5% 53.0% 40.8% 47.2%
107 Olivia Rogowska AUS 10 3.5 4.4 56.6% 59.3% 45.0% 49.1% 39.6% 53.2% 41.3% 47.2%
108 Urszula Radwanska POL 14 0.8 2.9 62.6% 54.9% 41.5% 37.6% 52.7% 49.8% 43.6% 47.1%
109 Pauline Parmentier FRA 17 1.9 4.2 57.9% 64.1% 38.9% 43.7% 43.9% 53.9% 40.3% 47.1%
110 Alla Kudryavtseva RUS 15 2.1 4.4 62.8% 59.3% 41.1% 42.1% 43.2% 52.4% 41.7% 47.1%
111 Taylor Townsend USA 11 2.3 5.2 62.4% 59.8% 43.5% 56.2% 39.8% 53.7% 39.8% 47.1%
112 Romina Oprandi SUI 18 0.9 3.2 65.1% 58.1% 45.2% 47.9% 42.2% 53.4% 40.6% 47.1%
113 Patricia Mayr-Achleitner AUT 25 1.0 2.8 63.0% 58.5% 44.1% 51.0% 45.0% 53.0% 41.1% 47.0%
114 Dinah Pfizenmaier GER 15 2.1 5.9 62.1% 59.2% 43.3% 52.8% 38.9% 53.3% 40.6% 46.9%
115 Heather Watson GBR 24 2.9 3.4 59.3% 60.0% 42.1% 43.9% 51.4% 52.0% 40.8% 46.8%
116 Johanna Larsson SWE 18 1.5 3.3 71.1% 56.8% 43.4% 47.0% 43.4% 53.0% 40.0% 46.6%
117 Maria Kirilenko RUS 12 2.2 3.6 64.6% 59.2% 36.4% 48.8% 39.3% 50.9% 41.6% 46.1%
118 Yanina Wickmayer BEL 31 1.6 4.5 60.8% 59.2% 43.5% 46.3% 43.7% 52.5% 39.2% 46.0%
119 Su-Wei Hsieh TPE 14 0.9 2.6 61.9% 54.6% 40.0% 41.3% 41.6% 49.3% 42.3% 45.9%
120 Olga Govortsova BLR 15 2.1 3.1 65.0% 59.3% 42.7% 48.3% 53.0% 53.2% 37.6% 45.5%
121 Anna Karolina Schmiedlova SVK 19 0.8 4.5 64.5% 56.2% 37.6% 46.0% 42.1% 49.6% 41.4% 45.5%
122 Alexandra Cadantu-Ignatik ROU 19 1.0 7.5 64.8% 55.6% 37.3% 48.2% 40.3% 49.3% 41.5% 45.5%
123 Sharon Fichman CAN 10 0.0 2.6 64.4% 54.1% 43.5% 48.4% 43.2% 50.2% 39.7% 45.3%
124 Julia Glushko ISR 15 1.7 4.2 63.1% 53.8% 42.3% 42.2% 52.4% 49.8% 39.8% 44.9%
125 Katarzyna Piter POL 12 1.8 4.4 63.1% 53.8% 40.3% 51.4% 42.0% 49.0% 38.8% 44.1%

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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