Rankings as of: Dec 28, 2015

WTA 2015 Performance Stats, Serve & Return Leaders

Serve, return, and point-level leaders for the 2015 WTA season.

Serena Williams leads the 2015 WTA performance sample in total points won at 57.9% (minimum 10 matches with detailed stats).

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Performance Stats

Serve and return metrics for the 2015 season.

119 players with 10+ stat matches.

Detailed serve and return statistics available for 1,941/2,521 (77.0%) of WTA main draw matches in 2015.

# 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 50 9.5 3.5 59.9% 76.7% 55.9% 67.3% 54.5% 68.4% 47.8% 57.9%
2 Maria Sharapova RUS 37 4.1 5.3 62.2% 72.8% 54.6% 61.7% 46.1% 65.8% 46.6% 55.9%
3 Victoria Azarenka BLR 39 2.4 4.4 70.2% 67.9% 48.3% 55.9% 56.0% 61.9% 48.2% 54.8%
4 Agnieszka Radwanska POL 49 2.5 1.3 66.7% 68.4% 51.3% 56.8% 54.6% 62.7% 46.7% 54.7%
5 Petra Kvitova CZE 38 4.2 3.6 63.4% 73.6% 54.7% 56.3% 49.5% 66.5% 42.6% 54.3%
6 Simona Halep ROU 48 2.2 3.5 66.3% 66.5% 51.9% 52.0% 53.6% 61.4% 47.1% 54.1%
7 Caroline Wozniacki DEN 51 2.0 1.9 69.9% 65.3% 52.6% 50.4% 51.3% 61.5% 46.7% 54.0%
8 Samantha Stosur AUS 43 4.7 3.4 60.4% 69.7% 59.1% 58.6% 45.0% 65.5% 41.4% 53.3%
9 Venus Williams USA 35 4.6 2.9 58.6% 70.6% 49.7% 50.2% 48.0% 62.1% 45.0% 53.2%
10 Anna Karolina Schmiedlova SVK 44 1.7 3.9 67.2% 63.7% 52.3% 47.4% 54.1% 60.1% 46.2% 53.2%
11 Johanna Konta GBR 13 3.2 2.5 68.7% 68.4% 54.6% 56.3% 39.5% 64.3% 42.4% 53.1%
12 Lucie Safarova CZE 47 5.4 3.6 64.5% 72.2% 55.2% 59.9% 43.2% 66.2% 41.1% 53.0%
13 Angelique Kerber GER 53 1.3 2.2 70.2% 64.1% 50.9% 52.5% 50.1% 60.0% 46.2% 52.9%
14 Garbiñe Muguruza ESP 41 4.0 3.9 59.1% 70.4% 50.5% 53.0% 50.5% 62.0% 44.0% 52.8%
15 Madison Keys USA 38 7.3 2.2 62.2% 71.5% 51.3% 61.5% 48.1% 64.1% 41.2% 52.7%
16 Camila Giorgi ITA 36 3.1 10.5 60.2% 68.8% 54.7% 56.5% 54.2% 63.0% 41.9% 52.6%
17 Ekaterina Makarova RUS 36 2.1 1.8 66.0% 65.8% 54.1% 55.9% 53.9% 61.6% 43.2% 52.5%
18 Teliana Pereira BRA 19 1.1 1.8 78.5% 58.9% 54.1% 47.5% 60.2% 57.5% 47.4% 52.4%
19 Ana Ivanovic SRB 35 4.1 5.0 62.1% 68.3% 47.4% 54.4% 46.4% 60.3% 44.5% 52.3%
20 Sloane Stephens USA 44 2.4 2.3 61.6% 65.6% 54.6% 58.0% 54.1% 61.5% 42.6% 52.3%
21 Lesia Tsurenko UKR 31 1.5 4.3 69.1% 63.2% 53.5% 55.0% 49.7% 59.5% 44.8% 52.2%
22 Timea Bacsinszky SUI 44 1.9 3.0 67.9% 63.4% 52.1% 51.8% 51.3% 59.8% 44.9% 52.2%
23 Sara Errani ITA 54 0.1 1.4 83.3% 54.9% 50.0% 49.2% 55.4% 54.2% 49.7% 52.0%
24 Karolina Pliskova CZE 58 6.9 3.3 61.3% 72.1% 49.2% 58.3% 52.8% 63.4% 40.3% 51.8%
25 Ana Konjuh CRO 17 3.2 3.8 58.4% 65.2% 50.4% 56.8% 59.7% 58.7% 44.3% 51.6%
26 Andrea Petkovic GER 40 1.6 3.1 66.0% 61.4% 50.5% 51.1% 49.4% 57.6% 45.3% 51.5%
27 Sabine Lisicki GER 38 6.1 5.5 61.7% 68.6% 49.6% 51.9% 45.5% 61.2% 41.8% 51.3%
28 Elina Svitolina UKR 51 2.5 2.4 63.7% 63.7% 48.2% 43.8% 49.8% 58.1% 44.5% 51.2%
29 Elizaveta Kulichkova RUS 13 3.8 5.5 58.8% 68.3% 52.4% 59.6% 43.4% 61.6% 41.6% 51.2%
30 Svetlana Kuznetsova RUS 30 3.0 3.5 65.2% 65.1% 52.8% 49.9% 46.5% 61.0% 41.5% 51.1%
31 Mariana Duque-Mariño COL 10 3.8 3.6 59.3% 69.7% 55.1% 64.6% 37.1% 63.6% 38.4% 51.1%
32 Roberta Vinci ITA 39 2.4 1.6 61.9% 63.8% 49.1% 50.3% 50.0% 57.9% 43.9% 51.0%
33 Kristina Mladenovic FRA 45 4.8 3.4 60.1% 67.7% 51.0% 49.7% 46.0% 61.1% 40.6% 50.9%
34 Irina-Camelia Begu ROU 38 2.7 3.8 65.1% 64.1% 50.2% 52.0% 58.6% 59.1% 42.3% 50.9%
35 Belinda Bencic SUI 50 2.1 3.0 66.1% 65.0% 50.9% 49.8% 46.0% 60.1% 42.0% 50.8%
36 Olga Govortsova BLR 16 1.3 3.4 67.7% 63.6% 52.1% 54.0% 46.2% 59.3% 43.1% 50.7%
37 Polona Hercog SLO 37 2.8 3.1 63.8% 65.6% 52.4% 50.3% 53.0% 60.8% 40.6% 50.7%
38 Alizé Cornet FRA 42 1.8 5.9 65.7% 62.3% 48.9% 48.9% 51.7% 57.7% 44.1% 50.7%
39 Jelena Jankovic SRB 41 3.2 4.0 63.4% 64.1% 52.6% 53.5% 47.2% 59.9% 41.6% 50.5%
40 Barbora Strycova CZE 45 2.2 2.6 62.8% 63.8% 49.0% 56.2% 50.8% 57.8% 43.0% 50.5%
41 Julia Goerges GER 30 4.7 2.5 60.0% 67.8% 47.7% 49.3% 50.2% 59.9% 40.7% 50.5%
42 Bethanie Mattek-Sands USA 21 1.7 3.3 61.5% 63.6% 51.1% 55.5% 52.4% 58.9% 41.4% 50.5%
43 Annika Beck GER 30 0.8 3.5 77.3% 55.7% 45.9% 50.5% 54.6% 53.3% 47.3% 50.5%
44 Heather Watson GBR 31 3.5 3.5 58.9% 64.6% 48.5% 54.7% 52.9% 58.0% 42.4% 50.4%
45 Johanna Larsson SWE 30 1.5 2.9 69.7% 59.8% 54.4% 50.8% 52.3% 57.9% 43.3% 50.4%
46 Karin Knapp ITA 41 2.5 4.2 64.1% 61.4% 48.0% 52.5% 49.5% 56.7% 43.8% 50.4%
47 Caroline Garcia FRA 43 4.3 4.2 65.3% 67.1% 54.0% 53.7% 49.4% 62.2% 38.3% 50.3%
48 Coco Vandeweghe USA 34 6.8 3.6 54.9% 70.6% 56.0% 60.3% 42.3% 63.9% 37.0% 50.3%
49 Flavia Pennetta ITA 32 2.4 3.9 59.5% 64.2% 48.1% 55.2% 48.8% 58.0% 42.1% 50.2%
50 Lucie Hradecka CZE 29 6.0 4.9 56.8% 71.5% 49.2% 49.7% 47.5% 61.6% 39.5% 50.2%
51 Lara Arruabarrena ESP 27 1.0 2.3 70.3% 61.2% 50.2% 51.6% 49.6% 57.6% 42.8% 50.1%
52 Daria Saville AUS 31 2.5 4.6 66.2% 62.3% 49.2% 54.6% 52.2% 57.6% 41.8% 50.0%
53 Katerina Siniakova CZE 26 1.7 5.5 66.1% 62.0% 50.4% 53.7% 47.1% 58.1% 41.4% 49.9%
54 Carina Witthoeft GER 24 2.8 4.9 63.3% 62.1% 47.8% 50.1% 46.2% 56.8% 42.9% 49.9%
55 Dominika Cibulkova SVK 24 1.0 4.1 67.0% 61.0% 48.2% 53.0% 43.9% 56.6% 43.0% 49.9%
56 Carla Suárez Navarro ESP 53 1.1 2.2 68.4% 59.9% 49.2% 52.3% 44.1% 56.5% 43.7% 49.9%
57 Misaki Doi JPN 18 2.4 2.5 62.7% 61.7% 46.2% 51.4% 59.2% 56.2% 42.3% 49.9%
58 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova RUS 38 2.3 5.4 65.0% 65.0% 49.8% 53.2% 46.1% 59.4% 40.5% 49.9%
59 Tsvetana Pironkova BUL 35 2.7 2.0 58.5% 61.9% 48.0% 49.0% 53.4% 56.1% 43.2% 49.7%
60 Tatjana Maria GER 23 3.2 2.9 54.7% 68.0% 50.1% 58.5% 46.8% 59.8% 39.4% 49.7%
61 Magdalena Rybarikova SVK 31 3.4 2.6 60.4% 64.8% 48.5% 49.4% 50.0% 58.7% 40.5% 49.6%
62 Monica Niculescu ROU 32 1.1 2.8 70.4% 60.4% 46.2% 47.8% 43.9% 55.9% 43.1% 49.6%
63 Mona Barthel GER 35 3.5 3.7 59.3% 64.0% 49.5% 47.1% 42.6% 58.1% 41.4% 49.6%
64 Vera Zvonareva RUS 15 2.2 4.7 62.9% 61.5% 44.9% 53.8% 49.2% 55.1% 44.1% 49.6%
65 Zarina Diyas KAZ 41 1.2 3.3 71.2% 57.9% 47.0% 48.3% 51.6% 54.7% 44.1% 49.5%
66 Anna-Lena Friedsam GER 13 3.2 4.8 62.7% 64.0% 48.7% 45.1% 40.6% 58.1% 40.1% 49.5%
67 Elena Vesnina RUS 22 2.5 4.5 64.1% 63.6% 46.8% 50.6% 46.0% 57.8% 41.1% 49.4%
68 Kaia Kanepi EST 18 3.5 4.7 55.8% 66.6% 45.7% 55.4% 59.7% 57.3% 41.0% 49.3%
69 Madison Brengle USA 35 1.7 1.9 66.0% 61.5% 48.8% 42.8% 46.6% 57.2% 41.3% 49.3%
70 Eugenie Bouchard CAN 25 1.7 4.0 60.1% 62.4% 47.7% 49.2% 48.0% 56.8% 41.5% 49.3%
71 Evgeniya Rodina RUS 21 1.3 4.0 67.5% 61.3% 47.0% 59.2% 45.7% 56.5% 41.4% 49.2%
72 Magda Linette POL 10 2.3 3.3 63.7% 62.2% 50.9% 51.9% 48.3% 58.0% 40.1% 49.2%
73 Danka Kovinic MNE 20 4.3 4.0 56.8% 65.8% 53.1% 48.2% 46.4% 60.0% 38.8% 49.1%
74 Kateryna Volodko UKR 14 1.5 5.3 69.1% 62.2% 47.4% 59.2% 56.9% 57.6% 39.7% 49.1%
75 Monica Puig PUR 32 4.4 4.0 60.7% 65.2% 51.0% 50.2% 49.1% 59.4% 38.4% 49.1%
76 Nicole Gibbs USA 11 1.1 5.0 55.5% 58.8% 49.3% 51.0% 46.2% 54.6% 43.3% 49.1%
77 Yaroslava Shvedova KAZ 22 3.9 4.1 70.8% 63.1% 53.3% 52.9% 46.3% 60.4% 37.2% 49.0%
78 Ajla Tomljanovic AUS 33 4.1 4.3 62.9% 64.1% 48.0% 47.9% 47.0% 58.1% 39.9% 49.0%
79 Marina Erakovic NZL 21 3.8 3.6 61.0% 66.3% 50.9% 53.1% 41.0% 60.4% 38.0% 48.9%
80 Denisa Satralova CZE 15 1.5 4.9 66.0% 61.1% 52.7% 52.1% 50.2% 58.2% 39.8% 48.9%
81 Alison Riske-Amritraj USA 34 1.5 3.6 70.0% 59.7% 52.0% 48.2% 37.9% 57.4% 40.3% 48.9%
82 Francesca Schiavone ITA 22 2.1 4.2 55.3% 61.7% 49.2% 48.0% 45.8% 56.1% 42.0% 48.9%
83 Shuai Zhang CHN 14 1.6 2.8 66.9% 60.1% 45.8% 51.2% 59.4% 55.0% 42.9% 48.8%
84 Lauren Davis USA 29 1.0 4.4 64.0% 63.0% 46.0% 43.8% 54.2% 56.8% 40.7% 48.6%
85 Irina Falconi Hartman USA 22 1.2 5.2 62.8% 61.2% 46.1% 48.4% 59.7% 55.8% 40.7% 48.5%
86 Daniela Hantuchova SVK 32 2.1 3.9 66.6% 62.2% 47.7% 44.5% 46.3% 57.3% 39.7% 48.5%
87 Varvara Lepchenko USA 31 2.2 2.8 69.3% 59.5% 51.1% 44.3% 43.0% 56.4% 40.3% 48.4%
88 Casey Dellacqua AUS 24 2.0 3.3 62.4% 61.9% 50.1% 52.0% 50.0% 57.4% 39.6% 48.4%
89 Jarmila Wolfe AUS 25 4.2 3.7 59.2% 65.8% 47.6% 45.6% 40.9% 58.3% 38.4% 48.3%
90 Kirsten Flipkens BEL 25 2.7 2.4 61.2% 62.2% 46.6% 49.6% 42.2% 56.2% 40.2% 48.2%
91 Klara Koukalova CZE 31 0.7 5.5 55.6% 60.9% 46.7% 43.3% 48.1% 54.4% 42.6% 48.1%
92 Yulia Putintseva KAZ 23 1.1 2.6 63.3% 58.5% 53.3% 52.7% 39.7% 56.4% 40.3% 48.1%
93 Sesil Karatantcheva BUL 16 1.7 6.3 69.1% 59.4% 42.2% 44.4% 57.1% 55.1% 40.5% 48.1%
94 Yanina Wickmayer BEL 23 2.8 4.7 64.6% 63.4% 46.1% 56.5% 41.3% 57.4% 38.2% 48.0%
95 Kurumi Nara JPN 31 0.4 2.5 73.2% 57.8% 49.3% 49.8% 50.8% 55.5% 39.5% 48.0%
96 Timea Babos HUN 25 3.3 3.3 67.1% 62.8% 48.2% 50.8% 42.4% 57.7% 38.1% 47.9%
97 Bojana Jovanovski Petrovic SRB 25 1.8 4.0 64.7% 59.1% 43.8% 47.5% 51.8% 53.4% 41.9% 47.8%
98 Urszula Radwanska POL 21 1.6 2.5 67.3% 57.1% 45.4% 46.9% 51.4% 52.9% 43.0% 47.8%
99 Mirjana Lucic-Baroni CRO 29 3.6 6.9 56.7% 63.3% 46.8% 46.1% 48.6% 56.4% 38.2% 47.8%
100 Tereza Smitkova CZE 23 4.6 3.9 62.5% 65.5% 49.5% 55.9% 48.7% 59.4% 34.9% 47.7%
101 Shuai Peng CHN 13 3.0 3.2 63.2% 59.9% 44.5% 44.8% 38.1% 54.2% 41.2% 47.6%
102 Alison Van Uytvanck BEL 23 4.4 2.2 58.9% 64.4% 48.6% 53.1% 49.1% 57.9% 36.7% 47.5%
103 Lin Zhu CHN 10 1.5 3.5 57.3% 60.4% 48.5% 50.0% 54.0% 55.4% 38.8% 47.4%
104 Andreea Mitu ROU 18 1.8 4.2 66.6% 58.4% 48.2% 56.4% 39.9% 55.1% 39.2% 47.4%
105 Christina Mchale USA 30 2.3 3.0 62.9% 62.3% 47.3% 54.8% 44.4% 56.7% 37.6% 47.3%
106 Kiki Bertens NED 19 1.9 5.1 63.9% 59.1% 51.6% 53.8% 57.3% 56.1% 36.8% 46.5%
107 Cagla Buyukakcay TUR 10 1.1 1.4 70.7% 56.7% 44.8% 46.6% 42.1% 53.2% 39.2% 46.4%
108 Alexandra Dulgheru ROU 23 0.7 4.2 72.7% 54.9% 44.6% 47.6% 47.4% 52.3% 40.3% 46.3%
109 Aleksandra Krunic SRB 23 2.6 2.6 57.1% 60.9% 48.4% 49.1% 45.7% 54.9% 37.5% 46.3%
110 Donna Vekic CRO 14 3.9 5.6 57.9% 63.2% 43.0% 40.1% 45.4% 54.1% 38.4% 46.2%
111 María-Teresa Torró-Flor ESP 12 1.0 6.4 70.0% 58.0% 39.2% 50.5% 53.9% 52.2% 39.4% 46.1%
112 Stefanie Voegele SUI 17 3.1 2.3 60.4% 60.0% 45.8% 54.8% 47.5% 54.2% 37.1% 46.1%
113 Saisai Zheng CHN 20 0.9 2.2 66.6% 52.7% 45.0% 41.5% 52.4% 50.4% 40.2% 45.6%
114 Pauline Parmentier FRA 11 2.7 4.6 58.6% 60.2% 50.4% 45.1% 41.8% 55.7% 35.3% 45.3%
115 Qiang Wang CHN 10 2.5 3.0 64.1% 59.0% 45.4% 48.0% 33.2% 53.6% 37.0% 45.2%
116 Shelby Rogers USA 13 1.8 4.1 61.1% 58.1% 48.5% 48.5% 41.6% 54.1% 35.9% 44.7%
117 Jana Cepelova SVK 12 0.4 2.6 69.0% 51.6% 43.2% 43.7% 42.8% 48.3% 40.4% 44.6%
118 Sílvia Soler-Espinosa ESP 17 1.2 2.4 64.6% 55.0% 45.9% 46.8% 32.9% 51.7% 34.8% 44.0%
119 Vitalia Diatchenko RUS 10 1.2 5.7 66.3% 57.2% 44.3% 48.7% 36.8% 51.6% 35.6% 43.8%

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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