Rankings as of: Nov 20, 2017

WTA 2017 Performance Stats, Serve & Return Leaders

Serve, return, and point-level leaders for the 2017 WTA season.

Elina Svitolina leads the 2017 WTA performance sample in total points won at 54.7% (minimum 10 matches with detailed stats).

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Performance Stats

Serve and return metrics for the 2017 season.

137 players with 10+ stat matches.

Detailed serve and return statistics available for 2,471/2,533 (97.6%) of WTA main draw matches in 2017.

# 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 Elina Svitolina UKR 60 3.0 3.1 59.9% 68.3% 49.2% 57.8% 50.7% 60.6% 49.0% 54.7%
2 Karolina Pliskova CZE 65 6.7 2.8 58.2% 75.6% 48.3% 58.6% 46.6% 64.3% 44.9% 54.4%
3 Ashleigh Barty AUS 43 4.9 2.8 60.9% 72.4% 50.1% 58.6% 51.5% 63.5% 44.3% 54.0%
4 Caroline Wozniacki DEN 76 2.6 2.2 67.6% 65.7% 49.4% 56.8% 51.6% 60.2% 47.8% 54.0%
5 Marketa Vondrousova CZE 14 3.0 5.0 55.4% 70.6% 48.2% 45.9% 49.7% 60.7% 46.9% 53.7%
6 Simona Halep ROU 58 1.5 2.3 68.2% 64.3% 48.2% 58.8% 50.3% 59.2% 48.0% 53.5%
7 Aleksandra Krunic SRB 33 2.2 1.9 63.8% 63.9% 49.4% 50.2% 51.5% 59.0% 48.1% 53.4%
8 Maria Sharapova RUS 22 5.6 5.5 57.6% 71.2% 46.3% 58.5% 49.4% 60.8% 46.0% 53.4%
9 Johanna Konta GBR 51 4.4 2.4 62.3% 70.1% 51.3% 57.9% 46.4% 63.0% 44.3% 53.3%
10 Timea Bacsinszky SUI 24 1.8 2.0 65.9% 62.6% 52.8% 52.0% 48.6% 59.5% 47.6% 53.2%
11 Petra Kvitova CZE 28 5.6 5.9 58.0% 74.6% 47.5% 51.2% 46.1% 63.3% 43.9% 53.1%
12 Petra Martic CRO 10 3.4 2.7 68.9% 66.1% 50.3% 55.1% 51.5% 61.0% 45.4% 53.0%
13 Venus Williams USA 46 3.5 5.2 60.9% 69.2% 46.3% 59.1% 46.0% 60.2% 46.0% 53.0%
14 Madison Keys USA 27 4.5 2.9 62.7% 69.2% 49.3% 59.9% 47.8% 62.0% 43.9% 52.9%
15 Aryna Sabalenka BLR 12 5.3 3.7 58.2% 67.6% 47.5% 61.1% 52.8% 59.8% 45.6% 52.8%
16 Garbiñe Muguruza ESP 61 2.8 2.5 65.0% 66.3% 48.5% 56.7% 52.9% 59.8% 45.9% 52.7%
17 Kiki Bertens NED 54 4.5 4.4 55.5% 71.4% 43.7% 54.1% 50.0% 59.1% 45.9% 52.6%
18 Anett Kontaveit EST 45 3.2 3.8 64.0% 68.8% 48.4% 54.2% 44.0% 61.4% 44.3% 52.5%
19 Svetlana Kuznetsova RUS 49 2.9 3.6 66.5% 64.3% 49.0% 55.0% 54.1% 59.1% 46.1% 52.5%
20 Lucie Safarova CZE 53 6.1 3.9 61.7% 71.2% 47.6% 59.4% 46.6% 62.4% 42.8% 52.5%
21 Julia Goerges GER 64 5.8 3.4 57.0% 72.1% 49.1% 56.1% 50.6% 62.3% 42.7% 52.4%
22 Shuai Peng CHN 57 1.7 2.2 63.7% 63.7% 47.7% 55.3% 49.4% 57.8% 47.0% 52.3%
23 Samantha Stosur AUS 40 4.0 3.0 62.5% 67.5% 48.9% 53.8% 47.4% 60.5% 43.9% 52.3%
24 Qiang Wang CHN 43 2.7 1.8 63.1% 63.9% 50.5% 55.7% 49.0% 58.9% 46.3% 52.2%
25 Caroline Garcia FRA 66 5.0 2.9 63.6% 67.4% 50.7% 56.8% 46.3% 61.4% 42.6% 52.2%
26 Zarina Diyas KAZ 11 3.3 3.5 68.1% 64.5% 46.2% 53.5% 57.0% 58.7% 45.1% 52.1%
27 Agnieszka Radwanska POL 42 2.0 1.6 61.8% 64.9% 45.8% 53.6% 46.7% 57.5% 46.3% 51.9%
28 Coco Vandeweghe USA 47 5.3 4.3 54.7% 74.4% 50.5% 61.6% 43.8% 63.6% 41.3% 51.9%
29 Carla Suárez Navarro ESP 49 1.0 1.3 69.0% 61.2% 46.6% 51.4% 50.3% 56.7% 47.3% 51.9%
30 Barbora Strycova CZE 66 2.2 2.1 65.7% 62.6% 47.3% 54.7% 53.0% 57.2% 46.7% 51.8%
31 Jelena Ostapenko LAT 57 3.0 6.0 52.4% 66.3% 44.4% 52.2% 49.7% 55.7% 47.9% 51.7%
32 Alison Van Uytvanck BEL 14 4.9 2.8 55.4% 69.1% 53.4% 64.4% 41.5% 62.4% 41.1% 51.6%
33 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova RUS 64 3.0 4.5 62.3% 65.3% 46.2% 57.3% 45.7% 58.2% 45.1% 51.6%
34 Jana Fett CRO 15 3.0 6.7 56.2% 67.7% 41.3% 52.3% 49.1% 55.9% 46.6% 51.4%
35 Dominika Cibulkova SVK 48 0.8 3.0 66.1% 61.9% 48.2% 55.0% 49.4% 57.2% 45.4% 51.4%
36 Carina Witthoeft GER 36 1.4 4.0 67.8% 63.2% 47.3% 54.6% 43.1% 57.9% 45.1% 51.3%
37 Daria Saville AUS 54 2.7 4.8 62.9% 64.0% 45.6% 46.7% 50.8% 57.1% 45.6% 51.3%
38 Anastasija Sevastova LAT 61 2.1 2.3 61.2% 63.4% 47.9% 48.5% 54.1% 57.3% 45.3% 51.3%
39 Elise Mertens BEL 49 2.8 3.7 61.8% 62.7% 44.6% 52.5% 52.3% 55.8% 46.7% 51.3%
40 Beatriz Haddad Maia BRA 26 1.6 3.6 68.1% 65.7% 47.9% 57.3% 43.6% 60.1% 42.2% 51.2%
41 Magdalena Rybarikova SVK 30 3.8 2.1 57.2% 66.5% 44.9% 55.5% 51.5% 57.4% 44.2% 51.1%
42 Tatjana Maria GER 30 3.2 2.2 56.2% 69.6% 44.9% 57.7% 48.4% 58.7% 42.3% 51.0%
43 Shuai Zhang CHN 46 3.0 2.8 63.5% 65.3% 44.1% 53.1% 50.1% 57.6% 44.3% 51.0%
44 Kristina Mladenovic FRA 59 4.5 5.4 60.9% 67.6% 43.9% 53.1% 46.7% 58.0% 44.2% 50.9%
45 Daria Kasatkina AUS 52 1.4 2.9 67.8% 59.3% 47.2% 49.7% 47.9% 55.1% 46.6% 50.8%
46 Angelique Kerber GER 51 1.4 3.5 65.8% 64.5% 48.3% 50.4% 42.5% 59.0% 43.1% 50.7%
47 Sorana Cirstea ROU 47 2.4 2.7 57.6% 64.8% 45.8% 51.2% 45.7% 56.8% 44.5% 50.7%
48 Kristyna Pliskova CZE 45 8.2 3.8 57.7% 72.0% 47.1% 53.8% 46.9% 61.6% 40.4% 50.6%
49 Heather Watson GBR 27 3.5 4.9 58.6% 66.8% 45.4% 61.4% 49.9% 57.8% 43.0% 50.6%
50 Lesia Tsurenko UKR 44 1.6 4.1 65.6% 61.5% 44.4% 49.1% 52.0% 55.6% 45.4% 50.6%
51 Monica Puig PUR 40 3.3 3.5 59.9% 65.6% 47.5% 54.0% 45.2% 58.5% 42.6% 50.5%
52 Ana Konjuh CRO 40 3.6 4.7 57.7% 67.7% 44.6% 52.8% 52.3% 57.9% 43.3% 50.5%
53 Kirsten Flipkens BEL 36 2.5 2.3 58.5% 64.4% 46.1% 43.2% 46.2% 57.0% 43.6% 50.4%
54 Kateryna Volodko UKR 27 2.5 5.4 62.8% 62.9% 43.6% 47.7% 57.9% 55.7% 45.0% 50.3%
55 Elena Vesnina RUS 50 2.4 4.0 62.4% 63.6% 46.7% 55.5% 48.7% 57.1% 43.3% 50.2%
56 Shelby Rogers USA 42 3.5 2.5 61.9% 65.1% 48.5% 54.7% 52.4% 58.9% 41.6% 50.1%
57 Kateryna Baindl UKR 19 2.1 1.8 68.8% 58.9% 46.1% 51.0% 50.3% 54.9% 45.8% 50.1%
58 Laura Siegemund GER 25 1.0 4.7 68.6% 58.8% 42.7% 56.2% 45.2% 53.7% 46.7% 50.1%
59 Camila Giorgi ITA 27 2.9 6.5 56.0% 64.5% 47.9% 50.1% 45.3% 57.4% 42.1% 50.1%
60 Lin Zhu CHN 14 2.5 4.4 57.6% 67.5% 43.8% 48.6% 41.3% 57.3% 43.2% 50.1%
61 Ekaterina Makarova RUS 48 2.9 3.0 65.6% 64.1% 45.3% 51.6% 46.5% 57.6% 43.0% 50.1%
62 Lauren Davis USA 41 1.4 5.6 60.5% 59.3% 40.8% 50.4% 56.0% 52.1% 47.6% 50.0%
63 Natalia Vikhlyantseva RUS 30 3.2 3.8 61.4% 66.1% 45.6% 56.5% 47.6% 57.8% 42.1% 50.0%
64 Alizé Cornet FRA 45 1.2 4.5 63.5% 60.0% 41.1% 52.2% 51.0% 53.1% 46.9% 49.9%
65 Timea Babos HUN 46 4.6 3.5 62.3% 68.8% 43.7% 54.7% 49.3% 59.4% 40.0% 49.9%
66 Christina Mchale USA 45 2.6 4.2 60.5% 62.9% 43.2% 57.0% 51.7% 55.0% 44.5% 49.9%
67 Irina-Camelia Begu ROU 42 2.2 4.6 63.4% 61.5% 45.8% 54.8% 53.9% 55.7% 44.0% 49.7%
68 Ana Bogdan ROU 14 3.4 2.9 59.5% 64.0% 46.9% 57.1% 49.8% 57.3% 41.6% 49.7%
69 Sara Errani ITA 32 0.2 1.3 78.5% 52.6% 41.0% 40.6% 55.5% 50.3% 49.1% 49.7%
70 Jennifer Brady USA 24 4.3 3.8 53.6% 66.8% 47.8% 54.3% 46.6% 58.3% 40.7% 49.6%
71 Francesca Schiavone ITA 25 2.0 4.3 56.5% 64.3% 46.8% 53.8% 46.2% 57.0% 42.1% 49.6%
72 Bethanie Mattek-Sands USA 14 1.9 2.9 55.2% 61.6% 45.6% 57.7% 47.8% 54.0% 44.9% 49.6%
73 Mona Barthel GER 34 4.1 5.1 61.2% 65.8% 43.6% 53.5% 46.5% 56.9% 42.2% 49.6%
74 Yafan Wang CHN 10 1.1 3.5 57.8% 58.4% 43.0% 57.8% 57.8% 51.5% 47.0% 49.5%
75 Ons Jabeur TUN 20 3.8 3.1 50.0% 65.2% 48.3% 62.4% 37.6% 56.8% 42.1% 49.5%
76 Pauline Parmentier FRA 34 3.0 4.3 57.0% 62.7% 44.2% 53.0% 48.5% 54.7% 43.6% 49.5%
77 Magda Linette POL 40 2.6 2.5 67.9% 63.5% 46.3% 43.8% 40.5% 57.7% 41.5% 49.5%
78 Mirjana Lucic-Baroni CRO 36 3.2 6.6 57.5% 64.6% 41.2% 51.9% 58.5% 54.6% 43.6% 49.5%
79 Katerina Siniakova CZE 46 2.2 3.8 62.5% 62.0% 42.5% 54.8% 48.7% 54.8% 43.7% 49.4%
80 Yulia Putintseva KAZ 47 1.7 2.8 65.8% 59.2% 44.4% 47.1% 49.5% 54.2% 44.3% 49.3%
81 Sloane Stephens USA 22 1.1 1.5 67.7% 61.0% 47.2% 59.8% 54.5% 56.6% 41.8% 49.2%
82 Tsvetana Pironkova BUL 16 1.8 1.9 61.3% 60.2% 44.4% 54.9% 55.7% 54.5% 42.8% 49.2%
83 Catherine Bellis USA 32 1.3 3.5 59.5% 63.8% 44.6% 56.4% 49.3% 56.0% 41.8% 49.2%
84 Alison Riske-Amritraj USA 43 1.1 3.3 68.0% 61.9% 43.7% 51.6% 44.0% 56.0% 42.4% 49.1%
85 Maria Sakkari GRE 34 2.0 2.3 66.5% 59.8% 45.7% 47.5% 48.3% 55.0% 43.1% 49.1%
86 Andrea Petkovic GER 29 0.5 3.3 69.4% 56.2% 42.3% 48.1% 42.0% 52.1% 46.1% 49.0%
87 Naomi Osaka JPN 40 4.2 2.5 55.9% 67.2% 45.7% 45.6% 46.3% 57.5% 40.2% 48.9%
88 Aliaksandra Sasnovich BLR 25 2.1 4.9 62.7% 61.0% 43.6% 45.7% 45.7% 54.7% 43.2% 48.8%
89 Veronica Cepede Royg PAR 25 1.2 3.9 63.7% 59.5% 44.3% 48.8% 47.7% 53.8% 43.6% 48.7%
90 Xinyun Han CHN 15 1.1 6.0 62.8% 59.8% 38.5% 55.3% 39.1% 52.0% 44.8% 48.7%
91 Taylor Townsend USA 12 1.8 2.3 69.4% 58.5% 44.9% 49.7% 44.3% 54.2% 43.2% 48.6%
92 Kurumi Nara JPN 25 0.5 2.4 67.5% 55.1% 44.4% 45.2% 50.1% 51.5% 45.8% 48.6%
93 Donna Vekic CRO 37 3.9 5.3 56.0% 65.0% 45.6% 57.2% 47.8% 56.3% 40.4% 48.5%
94 Varvara Lepchenko USA 38 2.1 2.4 69.9% 60.4% 48.5% 47.0% 50.2% 56.9% 40.2% 48.5%
95 Richel Hogenkamp NED 13 1.8 2.9 59.1% 62.5% 49.4% 47.9% 42.7% 57.2% 39.2% 48.4%
96 Viktorija Golubic SUI 26 1.0 3.7 66.0% 57.1% 45.1% 48.9% 47.8% 52.9% 43.8% 48.3%
97 Yanina Wickmayer BEL 25 3.3 3.4 62.7% 65.5% 43.0% 59.3% 40.7% 57.0% 38.8% 48.1%
98 Monica Niculescu ROU 27 0.4 1.2 82.8% 52.1% 47.0% 51.7% 49.9% 51.2% 44.9% 48.1%
99 Roberta Vinci ITA 30 2.0 1.9 60.4% 60.7% 45.7% 47.6% 40.5% 55.0% 40.9% 48.0%
100 Evgeniya Rodina RUS 27 1.3 3.8 65.5% 59.4% 42.2% 53.8% 49.2% 53.7% 42.0% 47.9%
101 Eugenie Bouchard CAN 29 2.4 3.6 58.5% 58.9% 44.7% 48.9% 47.4% 53.1% 42.7% 47.9%
102 Naomi Broady GBR 17 9.6 4.1 57.9% 74.7% 44.9% 49.7% 46.1% 62.0% 33.3% 47.9%
103 Lara Arruabarrena ESP 33 1.2 3.0 59.2% 61.0% 42.5% 46.0% 48.5% 53.2% 42.2% 47.7%
104 Francoise Abanda CAN 10 2.9 2.5 66.0% 58.8% 46.8% 59.3% 38.8% 54.7% 40.0% 47.7%
105 Tereza Martincova CZE 12 1.3 2.8 67.4% 58.3% 45.0% 56.9% 42.9% 53.5% 41.4% 47.6%
106 Yingying Duan CHN 28 2.6 3.1 67.2% 61.1% 42.7% 52.1% 48.3% 55.1% 39.7% 47.6%
107 Johanna Larsson SWE 36 1.4 3.5 67.2% 59.2% 43.0% 50.3% 38.8% 53.9% 41.3% 47.6%
108 Belinda Bencic SUI 11 2.4 4.7 59.2% 64.6% 40.9% 52.1% 53.3% 55.3% 38.8% 47.5%
109 Jelena Jankovic SRB 25 3.4 5.0 60.6% 61.5% 42.6% 54.0% 57.1% 54.2% 39.9% 47.5%
110 Misaki Doi JPN 26 1.2 1.9 62.5% 59.6% 47.1% 45.7% 44.0% 54.6% 40.0% 47.4%
111 Su-Wei Hsieh TPE 23 1.1 2.7 63.4% 56.9% 39.7% 45.0% 49.8% 50.5% 44.3% 47.4%
112 Yaroslava Shvedova KAZ 14 2.3 2.6 63.8% 60.8% 53.3% 43.1% 46.9% 58.1% 37.1% 47.4%
113 Arina Rodionova AUS 12 0.6 3.3 67.9% 59.2% 46.7% 44.0% 34.9% 54.9% 40.6% 47.4%
114 Jana Cepelova SVK 28 1.0 2.9 62.6% 60.1% 38.9% 43.3% 43.7% 52.2% 42.9% 47.4%
115 Oceane Dodin FRA 27 4.1 6.6 52.8% 67.8% 40.1% 53.5% 50.3% 54.7% 39.8% 47.4%
116 Madison Brengle USA 28 0.1 2.5 73.3% 54.5% 39.2% 43.7% 45.2% 50.6% 44.1% 47.3%
117 Mariana Duque-Mariño COL 13 0.2 5.8 59.9% 56.5% 41.0% 45.6% 51.7% 50.3% 44.2% 47.3%
118 Mandy Minella LUX 22 2.9 1.7 61.2% 61.3% 43.0% 50.3% 53.3% 54.0% 39.7% 47.2%
119 Nao Hibino JPN 26 1.8 3.6 64.7% 58.6% 45.9% 54.7% 42.0% 53.9% 38.7% 47.2%
120 Ekaterina Alexandrova RUS 18 4.1 5.8 53.4% 65.3% 38.3% 48.1% 51.6% 52.4% 40.9% 46.9%
121 Denisa Satralova CZE 15 1.8 5.5 60.5% 61.9% 41.8% 37.1% 43.3% 54.1% 40.0% 46.8%
122 Risa Ozaki JPN 26 0.9 2.3 69.7% 54.4% 44.8% 49.7% 48.1% 51.4% 41.3% 46.5%
123 Sara Sorribes Tormo ESP 33 0.1 8.4 62.5% 56.7% 33.4% 44.9% 54.0% 47.7% 45.0% 46.5%
124 Nicole Gibbs USA 18 1.1 3.3 60.2% 58.8% 42.9% 52.5% 38.7% 52.3% 40.6% 46.5%
125 Ajla Tomljanovic AUS 15 2.1 5.7 58.1% 61.2% 36.9% 45.7% 39.5% 50.7% 41.8% 46.2%
126 Danka Kovinic MNE 19 3.5 4.1 53.8% 59.7% 40.7% 52.5% 41.1% 51.0% 39.9% 45.8%
127 Julia Boserup USA 12 2.0 4.8 61.8% 63.0% 40.8% 56.8% 38.3% 54.4% 37.2% 45.7%
128 Annika Beck GER 24 0.3 2.8 72.3% 50.1% 42.2% 42.9% 47.1% 48.2% 42.5% 45.6%
129 Miyu Kato JPN 12 0.7 1.7 66.5% 55.7% 42.5% 48.9% 39.1% 51.4% 39.8% 45.4%
130 Marina Erakovic NZL 10 2.0 5.6 57.0% 65.1% 39.1% 48.2% 43.8% 54.1% 36.1% 45.4%
131 Cagla Buyukakcay TUR 14 0.8 1.9 72.2% 51.3% 46.6% 50.0% 44.8% 50.5% 39.6% 45.3%
132 Irina Khromacheva RUS 10 3.2 4.5 55.5% 60.9% 39.4% 43.8% 32.0% 51.2% 39.4% 45.0%
133 Saisai Zheng CHN 15 1.2 2.2 65.3% 54.2% 43.1% 51.6% 58.7% 49.8% 38.9% 44.5%
134 Patricia Maria Tig ROU 11 0.8 4.0 55.1% 57.8% 42.5% 43.5% 28.3% 51.4% 38.3% 44.5%
135 Kristina Kucova SVK 14 0.8 2.4 65.7% 51.7% 43.6% 42.7% 48.0% 48.3% 39.5% 43.8%
136 Louisa Chirico USA 11 1.3 4.0 59.5% 54.9% 37.5% 46.3% 51.4% 47.2% 39.4% 43.4%
137 Kai-Chen Chang TPE 11 2.0 7.5 57.6% 55.9% 34.9% 51.1% 38.8% 46.9% 39.9% 43.4%

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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