Rankings as of: Dec 26, 2016

WTA 2016 Performance Stats, Serve & Return Leaders

Serve, return, and point-level leaders for the 2016 WTA season.

Serena Williams leads the 2016 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 2016 season.

138 players with 10+ stat matches.

Detailed serve and return statistics available for 2,393/2,654 (90.2%) of WTA main draw matches in 2016.

# 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 41 7.9 2.8 62.3% 77.4% 51.9% 58.8% 50.6% 68.0% 49.0% 57.9%
2 Victoria Azarenka BLR 27 2.4 4.4 65.4% 73.5% 46.9% 64.1% 51.5% 64.3% 52.3% 57.8%
3 Simona Halep ROU 51 1.8 2.0 66.5% 64.3% 51.4% 48.5% 54.4% 60.0% 51.1% 55.4%
4 Agnieszka Radwanska POL 60 2.8 1.8 62.4% 67.3% 47.7% 60.1% 57.3% 60.0% 49.8% 54.9%
5 Petra Kvitova CZE 57 3.8 4.2 61.7% 70.6% 50.9% 56.2% 49.0% 62.8% 45.5% 54.2%
6 Johanna Konta GBR 58 4.6 2.5 61.5% 69.0% 53.3% 59.0% 49.3% 63.0% 45.6% 53.8%
7 Caroline Wozniacki DEN 44 2.1 2.1 67.7% 66.5% 46.3% 57.0% 56.3% 59.9% 47.8% 53.8%
8 Madison Keys USA 49 5.5 1.9 64.4% 70.5% 52.7% 60.1% 52.6% 64.1% 43.8% 53.7%
9 Angelique Kerber GER 62 1.5 2.6 64.6% 65.4% 50.6% 55.3% 51.0% 60.3% 47.5% 53.6%
10 Garbiñe Muguruza ESP 42 3.9 3.8 60.9% 70.6% 47.4% 60.1% 52.9% 61.4% 45.6% 53.4%
11 Karolina Pliskova CZE 52 8.8 2.7 58.4% 75.5% 46.8% 58.8% 45.4% 63.3% 43.9% 53.3%
12 Dominika Cibulkova SVK 67 1.0 3.2 66.4% 62.7% 47.5% 54.7% 50.3% 57.8% 48.0% 52.9%
13 Venus Williams USA 37 3.1 3.9 61.5% 65.5% 48.1% 52.8% 52.7% 58.4% 46.8% 52.8%
14 Carla Suárez Navarro ESP 53 1.5 2.2 67.9% 65.0% 48.9% 55.9% 46.3% 59.6% 46.1% 52.6%
15 Jelena Jankovic SRB 37 2.7 3.2 62.2% 65.3% 45.6% 58.3% 52.0% 57.9% 47.4% 52.4%
16 Kiki Bertens NED 45 3.8 3.4 60.1% 67.4% 47.6% 55.6% 44.9% 59.0% 46.0% 52.4%
17 Timea Bacsinszky SUI 47 1.1 2.0 68.4% 62.2% 48.3% 52.0% 47.0% 57.6% 46.8% 52.1%
18 Sloane Stephens USA 29 2.0 1.8 65.8% 64.5% 49.5% 52.7% 47.8% 59.4% 44.8% 52.0%
19 Monica Puig PUR 52 3.1 3.6 62.0% 64.8% 49.8% 58.7% 46.5% 59.0% 44.7% 52.0%
20 Naomi Osaka JPN 33 4.8 2.5 55.2% 69.6% 48.3% 54.8% 51.5% 59.9% 43.8% 51.9%
21 Monica Niculescu ROU 41 1.3 1.9 71.6% 57.0% 43.8% 43.2% 51.4% 53.4% 50.0% 51.7%
22 Coco Vandeweghe USA 38 5.9 3.7 54.7% 72.8% 49.4% 54.0% 45.2% 62.3% 41.9% 51.7%
23 Elina Svitolina UKR 50 2.7 2.6 62.6% 64.8% 45.9% 49.9% 51.7% 57.7% 45.7% 51.6%
24 Barbora Strycova CZE 55 2.4 2.2 66.8% 62.2% 48.0% 54.2% 52.3% 57.6% 45.7% 51.5%
25 Yulia Putintseva KAZ 43 1.1 1.9 71.0% 58.8% 49.6% 55.4% 51.1% 56.2% 46.9% 51.5%
26 Alison Riske-Amritraj USA 40 1.5 4.0 66.6% 63.8% 46.0% 52.4% 43.0% 58.2% 45.0% 51.5%
27 Daria Kasatkina AUS 44 2.0 3.2 62.9% 62.1% 47.3% 49.9% 51.8% 56.7% 46.2% 51.4%
28 Svetlana Kuznetsova RUS 48 3.5 2.9 64.6% 65.9% 44.5% 52.7% 49.4% 58.1% 45.0% 51.4%
29 Ana Ivanovic SRB 29 2.7 4.2 59.8% 67.3% 42.7% 49.4% 48.5% 57.4% 45.0% 51.3%
30 Julia Goerges GER 36 5.0 3.4 56.9% 71.9% 49.2% 58.3% 41.9% 61.9% 40.6% 51.3%
31 Timea Babos HUN 57 4.5 3.6 62.3% 66.7% 46.0% 50.8% 46.3% 58.9% 43.2% 51.1%
32 Eugenie Bouchard CAN 50 2.3 3.2 60.4% 63.6% 48.8% 50.2% 45.9% 57.8% 44.7% 51.1%
33 Elena Vesnina RUS 43 2.7 3.0 63.9% 62.4% 48.1% 53.2% 47.4% 57.3% 44.9% 51.1%
34 Shelby Rogers USA 25 3.5 3.0 59.2% 65.0% 50.8% 53.1% 54.6% 59.3% 43.0% 51.1%
35 Mirjana Lucic-Baroni CRO 31 2.5 6.3 55.5% 65.0% 41.4% 44.4% 54.4% 54.7% 47.6% 51.1%
36 Lara Arruabarrena ESP 30 1.5 2.0 67.7% 60.8% 50.6% 52.8% 46.7% 56.9% 45.2% 51.1%
37 Ana Konjuh CRO 28 3.9 5.1 53.6% 70.2% 45.2% 57.5% 47.1% 58.3% 43.6% 51.1%
38 Jelena Ostapenko LAT 41 3.2 6.0 55.9% 63.9% 44.3% 46.5% 47.3% 55.3% 47.0% 51.1%
39 Kateryna Baindl UKR 23 1.4 2.3 69.0% 60.2% 46.4% 48.2% 50.7% 56.0% 46.4% 51.1%
40 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova RUS 42 2.8 4.0 62.7% 65.6% 43.7% 49.9% 53.7% 57.3% 45.0% 51.0%
41 Laura Siegemund GER 43 1.0 2.7 71.0% 59.9% 46.9% 51.7% 50.6% 56.1% 46.0% 51.0%
42 Heather Watson GBR 33 4.2 3.8 58.5% 65.2% 46.2% 57.8% 51.6% 57.3% 45.0% 51.0%
43 Ekaterina Makarova RUS 40 2.5 2.8 65.6% 65.1% 47.3% 58.4% 53.6% 59.0% 42.4% 50.8%
44 Lucie Safarova CZE 29 4.8 3.9 62.8% 72.1% 47.2% 54.8% 40.2% 62.5% 39.9% 50.8%
45 Viktorija Golubic SUI 28 0.8 2.8 67.8% 58.2% 50.1% 47.4% 46.4% 55.6% 46.5% 50.8%
46 Yingying Duan CHN 14 3.6 3.9 65.4% 66.2% 44.5% 56.6% 43.4% 58.7% 42.0% 50.6%
47 Christina Mchale USA 44 2.9 3.8 59.8% 63.9% 43.4% 51.5% 50.6% 55.7% 45.2% 50.6%
48 Andrea Petkovic GER 38 1.9 3.9 64.0% 62.4% 44.9% 48.5% 47.6% 56.1% 45.2% 50.5%
49 Caroline Garcia FRA 48 4.1 2.9 60.5% 65.9% 50.1% 48.2% 44.0% 59.7% 41.3% 50.5%
50 Risa Ozaki JPN 13 0.4 1.6 67.6% 56.4% 48.8% 52.4% 45.1% 53.9% 47.1% 50.5%
51 Tsvetana Pironkova BUL 22 1.4 1.9 59.6% 62.1% 47.0% 43.8% 48.9% 56.0% 45.0% 50.5%
52 Lauren Davis USA 19 1.6 2.9 59.7% 62.9% 44.5% 51.5% 50.5% 55.7% 45.3% 50.4%
53 Anett Kontaveit EST 29 4.3 4.8 58.9% 66.1% 45.4% 54.5% 51.5% 57.6% 42.4% 50.4%
54 Yaroslava Shvedova KAZ 29 3.4 4.0 60.8% 66.9% 44.5% 58.1% 49.7% 57.9% 42.5% 50.4%
55 Shuai Zhang CHN 38 0.9 1.7 66.2% 58.7% 48.2% 49.5% 56.1% 55.2% 45.5% 50.3%
56 Vania King USA 24 1.4 2.8 63.1% 64.2% 43.8% 58.8% 50.1% 56.6% 44.1% 50.3%
57 Kristyna Pliskova CZE 24 11.4 4.5 56.7% 73.6% 46.6% 56.4% 50.6% 61.9% 39.1% 50.3%
58 Daria Saville AUS 37 1.9 3.9 63.1% 62.0% 47.1% 52.1% 44.7% 56.5% 44.0% 50.3%
59 Lesia Tsurenko UKR 35 1.6 5.0 64.8% 60.5% 44.8% 50.5% 53.2% 54.9% 45.5% 50.2%
60 Nicole Gibbs USA 25 1.3 3.1 61.3% 63.6% 43.8% 50.2% 48.1% 55.9% 44.7% 50.2%
61 Veronica Cepede Royg PAR 14 1.3 2.4 68.4% 59.8% 48.3% 42.8% 51.5% 56.3% 44.4% 50.2%
62 Cagla Buyukakcay TUR 23 0.9 2.1 72.8% 60.3% 44.0% 51.9% 53.3% 56.2% 43.8% 50.1%
63 Mandy Minella LUX 15 2.1 2.9 63.0% 62.2% 46.3% 52.9% 50.1% 56.2% 43.4% 50.0%
64 Kristina Mladenovic FRA 48 3.6 4.7 57.9% 65.9% 43.6% 52.9% 43.9% 56.5% 42.9% 50.0%
65 Irina-Camelia Begu ROU 42 3.6 4.4 61.2% 63.7% 45.3% 54.4% 49.3% 56.6% 43.1% 50.0%
66 Sorana Cirstea ROU 22 1.7 2.5 58.2% 60.1% 46.4% 44.0% 50.6% 54.7% 44.9% 49.9%
67 Roberta Vinci ITA 48 2.3 1.7 60.6% 63.9% 45.9% 53.4% 46.3% 56.7% 43.0% 49.9%
68 Danka Kovinic MNE 38 3.0 3.7 52.2% 65.7% 48.0% 54.6% 50.3% 57.6% 41.9% 49.9%
69 Kateryna Volodko UKR 31 2.5 4.5 64.8% 62.1% 43.6% 51.6% 52.0% 55.3% 44.4% 49.8%
70 Alizé Cornet FRA 35 1.5 5.5 63.1% 62.7% 41.0% 58.8% 51.0% 54.5% 44.7% 49.8%
71 Sara Errani ITA 38 0.1 1.2 85.4% 52.9% 43.6% 51.6% 52.4% 51.5% 48.0% 49.8%
72 Marina Erakovic NZL 18 2.3 4.4 64.7% 61.7% 44.5% 51.8% 50.1% 56.1% 43.0% 49.7%
73 Margarita Gasparyan RUS 20 3.2 3.9 60.8% 64.2% 39.5% 53.2% 47.1% 54.7% 45.2% 49.7%
74 Francesca Schiavone ITA 26 1.8 5.2 52.7% 64.1% 42.5% 39.1% 50.0% 53.8% 45.6% 49.7%
75 Johanna Larsson SWE 53 2.3 3.6 63.4% 60.9% 45.5% 49.9% 47.1% 55.3% 43.8% 49.7%
76 Oceane Dodin FRA 13 7.0 3.8 57.5% 69.7% 41.6% 44.6% 38.5% 58.6% 41.3% 49.7%
77 Anastasija Sevastova LAT 39 2.1 2.6 56.4% 64.3% 45.3% 57.0% 48.6% 56.1% 43.1% 49.6%
78 Kurumi Nara JPN 32 0.6 2.5 70.0% 56.4% 47.0% 55.2% 50.1% 53.8% 45.3% 49.6%
79 Katerina Siniakova CZE 34 2.7 4.0 58.7% 63.5% 43.7% 51.7% 50.0% 55.3% 43.5% 49.6%
80 Kristina Kucova SVK 20 0.5 3.9 63.1% 58.5% 44.8% 49.6% 45.3% 52.8% 45.8% 49.6%
81 Zarina Diyas KAZ 20 2.6 2.6 70.3% 60.5% 41.6% 48.5% 49.8% 54.9% 43.9% 49.5%
82 Varvara Lepchenko USA 32 2.6 2.9 64.5% 63.3% 45.7% 55.2% 43.4% 57.0% 42.0% 49.5%
83 Carina Witthoeft GER 25 1.9 6.0 62.3% 62.1% 40.4% 54.6% 44.5% 54.1% 45.0% 49.5%
84 Sílvia Soler-Espinosa ESP 11 1.2 3.4 67.1% 59.9% 46.4% 55.7% 42.7% 55.3% 43.8% 49.4%
85 Anna-Lena Friedsam GER 29 4.1 2.7 64.0% 66.8% 48.7% 55.2% 47.6% 60.2% 38.8% 49.4%
86 Su-Wei Hsieh TPE 24 1.1 2.6 58.5% 61.5% 47.9% 48.7% 43.8% 55.8% 43.3% 49.4%
87 Ana Bogdan ROU 12 1.2 2.5 68.5% 60.0% 41.4% 54.0% 47.0% 53.8% 45.0% 49.4%
88 Sabine Lisicki GER 30 4.1 5.1 56.7% 65.7% 45.0% 54.8% 50.2% 57.0% 42.3% 49.4%
89 Pauline Parmentier FRA 28 3.0 3.7 58.0% 62.4% 47.0% 55.3% 47.8% 55.8% 43.1% 49.3%
90 Annika Beck GER 46 0.7 2.6 72.1% 56.3% 40.6% 48.1% 55.2% 51.9% 46.6% 49.3%
91 Catherine Bellis USA 10 1.8 3.9 54.6% 57.7% 46.6% 41.8% 39.9% 52.6% 46.2% 49.2%
92 Denisa Satralova CZE 29 1.9 4.9 62.8% 61.9% 42.9% 46.8% 46.2% 55.0% 43.2% 49.2%
93 Kirsten Flipkens BEL 41 2.2 2.1 60.8% 62.0% 47.5% 53.5% 46.8% 56.7% 41.6% 49.2%
94 Sachia Vickery USA 11 2.5 2.8 56.8% 59.9% 48.2% 58.0% 41.4% 54.8% 43.4% 49.1%
95 Camila Giorgi ITA 32 2.0 6.9 56.7% 62.8% 45.8% 51.5% 46.0% 55.4% 42.1% 49.0%
96 Yanina Wickmayer BEL 35 3.9 3.6 62.9% 65.8% 43.4% 43.8% 49.2% 57.4% 40.9% 49.0%
97 Irina Falconi Hartman USA 22 1.7 3.2 62.1% 59.8% 47.1% 55.0% 53.3% 54.8% 43.0% 49.0%
98 Samantha Stosur AUS 40 3.5 4.8 60.5% 64.9% 45.1% 52.4% 46.1% 57.1% 40.0% 48.8%
99 Qiang Wang CHN 18 2.2 2.9 63.0% 62.4% 44.4% 53.3% 46.6% 55.9% 41.6% 48.8%
100 Jana Cepelova SVK 21 1.0 3.5 64.5% 59.8% 43.9% 45.0% 50.4% 54.1% 43.3% 48.8%
101 Belinda Bencic SUI 35 2.2 4.9 60.9% 65.0% 43.9% 55.0% 39.1% 56.6% 39.7% 48.4%
102 Madison Brengle USA 37 0.9 2.2 68.5% 56.8% 45.7% 46.0% 54.9% 53.2% 43.1% 48.3%
103 Magda Linette POL 25 2.2 3.5 62.7% 62.0% 44.8% 47.4% 37.4% 55.3% 39.1% 48.3%
104 Nao Hibino JPN 39 1.4 2.8 65.7% 58.2% 49.2% 50.1% 54.8% 54.9% 41.0% 48.3%
105 Polona Hercog SLO 26 2.0 3.4 58.7% 59.2% 43.1% 50.2% 52.7% 52.7% 43.8% 48.3%
106 Bethanie Mattek-Sands USA 20 2.2 4.2 56.6% 62.3% 45.1% 47.9% 43.6% 54.9% 41.5% 48.2%
107 Patricia Maria Tig ROU 19 1.9 6.6 58.4% 60.6% 43.5% 52.1% 43.8% 53.4% 42.6% 48.2%
108 Saisai Zheng CHN 34 0.9 2.1 63.7% 56.5% 46.6% 51.9% 45.9% 52.5% 44.2% 48.2%
109 Alison Van Uytvanck BEL 17 4.3 3.5 56.8% 67.4% 44.6% 54.9% 47.7% 57.8% 38.5% 48.2%
110 Mona Barthel GER 18 3.8 5.6 55.2% 66.7% 43.9% 50.0% 46.3% 56.8% 39.4% 48.2%
111 Stefanie Voegele SUI 24 2.6 1.8 56.8% 61.1% 42.5% 48.6% 43.8% 53.2% 42.7% 48.0%
112 Maria Sakkari GRE 17 2.2 1.9 70.8% 59.0% 39.3% 49.2% 38.2% 53.2% 43.5% 48.0%
113 Misaki Doi JPN 42 1.9 2.2 59.9% 61.9% 47.1% 57.8% 41.6% 56.1% 39.3% 47.9%
114 Lucie Hradecka CZE 18 4.4 5.5 49.6% 69.1% 44.0% 48.8% 38.7% 56.2% 39.4% 47.8%
115 Mariana Duque-Mariño COL 25 2.7 3.1 57.7% 64.7% 44.7% 48.8% 40.0% 56.4% 38.8% 47.7%
116 Aleksandra Krunic SRB 15 1.3 2.3 63.0% 58.0% 43.8% 35.6% 38.2% 52.8% 42.1% 47.6%
117 Louisa Chirico USA 23 2.2 4.4 56.3% 60.6% 42.3% 51.4% 51.7% 52.8% 41.8% 47.5%
118 Sara Sorribes Tormo ESP 15 0.8 7.5 58.2% 56.0% 38.9% 41.3% 57.3% 49.1% 45.5% 47.3%
119 Tamira Paszek AUT 15 1.9 3.4 65.1% 56.6% 36.7% 43.8% 48.3% 49.8% 44.4% 47.2%
120 Anna Tatishvili USA 11 1.7 5.0 64.2% 61.3% 45.2% 54.1% 42.5% 54.8% 39.2% 47.1%
121 Naomi Broady GBR 23 8.4 4.8 57.9% 70.2% 39.9% 50.5% 38.0% 57.4% 36.1% 47.1%
122 Magdalena Rybarikova SVK 12 4.6 3.8 54.2% 63.0% 40.9% 57.0% 47.0% 52.9% 40.3% 47.0%
123 Karin Knapp ITA 14 2.7 4.9 56.1% 61.7% 41.1% 46.8% 45.0% 52.8% 40.7% 46.9%
124 Tereza Martincova CZE 10 2.1 2.2 68.0% 56.7% 44.1% 44.9% 53.3% 52.8% 40.5% 46.8%
125 Evgeniya Rodina RUS 21 0.6 3.9 67.5% 55.5% 39.8% 46.5% 45.7% 50.4% 42.8% 46.8%
126 Donna Vekic CRO 20 2.9 6.3 49.8% 64.6% 39.8% 54.2% 52.4% 52.2% 40.3% 46.5%
127 Samantha Crawford USA 15 4.9 4.1 53.3% 67.6% 42.3% 58.6% 43.2% 55.8% 36.5% 46.5%
128 Shuai Peng CHN 14 2.0 1.8 61.4% 60.2% 45.4% 54.0% 45.8% 54.7% 36.8% 46.4%
129 Tatjana Maria GER 18 3.2 2.2 60.4% 59.2% 45.0% 47.9% 47.3% 53.6% 38.9% 46.4%
130 Elizaveta Kulichkova RUS 12 2.8 6.5 51.8% 62.5% 37.6% 46.9% 41.9% 50.1% 42.4% 46.3%
131 Aliaksandra Sasnovich BLR 19 2.2 4.9 61.1% 56.0% 37.9% 45.7% 50.7% 48.9% 43.4% 46.2%
132 Olga Govortsova BLR 13 1.5 2.9 64.4% 56.4% 39.4% 44.8% 47.9% 50.7% 39.8% 45.0%
133 Anna Karolina Schmiedlova SVK 25 1.4 5.8 61.8% 55.1% 35.3% 45.2% 38.9% 47.6% 41.4% 44.7%
134 Lourdes Domínguez Lino ESP 11 0.7 3.0 61.2% 54.4% 41.7% 50.1% 47.0% 49.7% 38.3% 44.1%
135 Teliana Pereira BRA 22 0.7 1.6 66.6% 53.2% 40.9% 41.4% 37.7% 48.7% 38.6% 43.7%
136 Andreea Mitu ROU 10 1.2 4.6 59.7% 61.0% 39.9% 52.3% 37.7% 53.3% 34.6% 43.6%
137 Alexandra Dulgheru ROU 12 1.0 4.8 68.3% 52.1% 34.9% 39.5% 38.4% 46.3% 40.1% 43.3%
138 Elitsa Kostova BUL 11 1.0 1.8 64.9% 51.8% 36.8% 35.5% 67.5% 46.3% 39.0% 43.1%

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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