Rankings as of: Dec 31, 2018

WTA 2018 Performance Stats, Serve & Return Leaders

Serve, return, and point-level leaders for the 2018 WTA season.

Caroline Wozniacki leads the 2018 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 2018 season.

134 players with 10+ stat matches.

Detailed serve and return statistics available for 2,356/2,470 (95.4%) of WTA main draw matches in 2018.

# 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 Caroline Wozniacki DEN 50 3.0 2.5 64.9% 68.0% 48.4% 52.5% 54.9% 61.2% 48.3% 54.7%
2 Simona Halep ROU 55 2.0 2.6 65.6% 64.8% 48.3% 50.1% 54.4% 59.2% 50.2% 54.5%
3 Amanda Anisimova USA 16 0.9 3.0 67.0% 66.6% 51.5% 59.8% 49.3% 61.5% 46.2% 54.1%
4 Angelique Kerber GER 56 1.5 3.2 63.7% 65.7% 49.3% 54.9% 51.0% 59.7% 48.1% 53.8%
5 Naomi Osaka JPN 55 4.7 2.1 59.7% 71.1% 48.8% 55.8% 55.7% 61.9% 45.3% 53.8%
6 Petra Kvitova CZE 55 4.4 5.7 59.9% 70.0% 49.7% 60.8% 50.3% 61.8% 45.9% 53.8%
7 Serena Williams USA 24 7.1 3.4 59.2% 74.2% 48.5% 55.3% 51.9% 63.9% 44.0% 53.7%
8 Garbiñe Muguruza ESP 53 2.9 2.3 65.2% 67.6% 47.7% 57.7% 48.8% 60.7% 47.2% 53.7%
9 Elina Svitolina UKR 54 3.5 2.1 62.4% 68.3% 50.0% 48.9% 48.5% 61.2% 46.4% 53.6%
10 Madison Keys USA 42 5.3 1.6 64.0% 71.2% 47.8% 57.5% 45.0% 62.8% 44.2% 53.3%
11 Kiki Bertens NED 64 4.8 4.0 58.0% 69.1% 47.9% 51.8% 51.7% 60.0% 46.8% 53.3%
12 Ashleigh Barty AUS 58 4.9 2.9 58.4% 71.9% 53.7% 53.1% 47.3% 64.3% 42.6% 53.1%
13 Qiang Wang CHN 57 2.6 1.7 62.4% 65.2% 48.8% 52.5% 49.8% 59.1% 47.4% 53.0%
14 Dayana Yastremska UKR 16 4.1 5.7 60.7% 65.8% 49.1% 41.8% 42.8% 59.2% 46.9% 52.9%
15 Elise Mertens BEL 60 3.3 4.0 61.0% 66.0% 46.8% 53.5% 47.2% 58.6% 47.0% 52.8%
16 Sloane Stephens USA 47 0.8 1.5 69.8% 62.1% 49.9% 51.8% 51.5% 58.5% 47.2% 52.7%
17 Camila Giorgi ITA 43 3.5 5.0 59.2% 67.0% 49.8% 51.2% 49.9% 60.1% 44.6% 52.4%
18 Anastasija Sevastova LAT 62 3.0 2.2 60.8% 66.3% 47.8% 52.6% 50.3% 58.9% 46.2% 52.4%
19 Maria Sharapova RUS 31 4.6 6.3 59.4% 66.9% 44.2% 50.3% 49.0% 57.7% 47.0% 52.2%
20 Karolina Pliskova CZE 63 5.8 3.6 63.6% 69.7% 47.0% 58.1% 46.6% 61.2% 43.4% 52.1%
21 Johanna Konta GBR 47 4.8 3.1 61.3% 69.1% 49.2% 61.8% 47.7% 61.3% 43.1% 52.1%
22 Margarita Gasparyan RUS 16 2.4 3.0 65.0% 67.2% 43.0% 51.1% 53.7% 58.5% 45.7% 51.9%
23 Victoria Azarenka BLR 28 2.6 4.0 66.8% 64.3% 42.7% 51.9% 51.6% 57.1% 46.6% 51.8%
24 Aryna Sabalenka BLR 58 4.4 4.6 59.3% 69.7% 49.1% 61.4% 44.8% 61.2% 42.1% 51.7%
25 Anastasia Potapova AUT 13 2.8 4.6 53.4% 66.4% 45.1% 60.2% 45.2% 56.5% 46.3% 51.7%
26 Julia Goerges GER 65 7.4 3.7 57.7% 74.7% 49.3% 59.1% 42.7% 63.9% 39.5% 51.6%
27 Su-Wei Hsieh TPE 46 0.8 3.1 63.3% 60.9% 47.5% 57.5% 54.0% 56.0% 47.2% 51.5%
28 Alison Riske-Amritraj USA 32 2.0 4.2 66.1% 63.1% 48.5% 52.7% 45.7% 58.2% 45.3% 51.5%
29 Caroline Garcia FRA 60 4.1 2.2 67.1% 65.9% 52.1% 57.7% 47.2% 61.4% 41.3% 51.3%
30 Daria Kasatkina AUS 61 1.4 4.6 68.6% 60.2% 43.5% 50.4% 52.4% 54.8% 48.1% 51.3%
31 Mihaela Buzarnescu ROU 54 2.3 3.2 62.2% 63.4% 48.4% 50.2% 47.1% 57.8% 45.1% 51.3%
32 Dominika Cibulkova SVK 45 1.1 3.9 65.2% 63.3% 48.4% 55.6% 48.6% 58.1% 44.3% 51.3%
33 Anett Kontaveit EST 55 3.1 3.8 62.3% 63.8% 46.6% 57.8% 51.1% 57.4% 44.9% 51.3%
34 Yafan Wang CHN 23 2.0 3.0 64.4% 62.5% 48.6% 53.0% 46.3% 57.6% 45.3% 51.3%
35 Kaia Kanepi EST 22 2.6 4.5 59.6% 64.2% 47.7% 53.3% 45.4% 57.7% 44.9% 51.2%
36 Lesia Tsurenko UKR 41 1.8 4.5 64.4% 61.8% 46.5% 54.0% 47.5% 56.2% 46.0% 51.2%
37 Donna Vekic CRO 49 3.1 4.7 55.1% 67.5% 44.7% 52.0% 48.1% 57.3% 45.4% 51.2%
38 Marketa Vondrousova CZE 30 1.7 6.5 57.6% 67.1% 47.5% 54.6% 45.7% 58.3% 44.6% 51.1%
39 Petra Martic CRO 43 3.2 2.2 62.8% 66.7% 48.8% 56.4% 43.9% 60.2% 42.8% 51.1%
40 Vera Lapko BLR 24 3.6 4.2 53.7% 67.2% 44.8% 55.7% 44.1% 56.9% 45.0% 51.0%
41 Timea Babos HUN 42 4.4 4.0 60.0% 68.8% 46.8% 57.6% 44.3% 60.0% 41.8% 50.9%
42 Sachia Vickery USA 19 0.9 3.5 59.6% 58.7% 49.0% 59.5% 46.6% 54.5% 46.9% 50.8%
43 Barbora Strycova CZE 45 2.0 3.0 64.1% 64.4% 48.2% 55.6% 48.1% 58.6% 43.1% 50.7%
44 Fanny Stollar HUN 15 6.4 3.9 55.1% 69.4% 47.4% 51.5% 56.7% 59.3% 41.3% 50.7%
45 Shuai Zhang CHN 55 2.3 2.6 63.7% 63.6% 46.9% 52.4% 47.8% 57.3% 43.7% 50.7%
46 Alison Van Uytvanck BEL 39 4.2 2.6 62.4% 65.5% 48.1% 61.6% 44.8% 59.2% 42.5% 50.6%
47 Monica Puig PUR 31 3.0 3.4 61.3% 67.1% 45.7% 52.7% 48.6% 58.6% 42.1% 50.5%
48 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova RUS 40 2.6 4.3 65.0% 66.1% 43.9% 53.5% 44.9% 58.5% 42.8% 50.5%
49 Laura Siegemund GER 19 1.1 3.9 66.0% 59.6% 47.9% 49.6% 54.3% 55.6% 45.3% 50.5%
50 Tamara Zidansek SLO 14 0.6 3.5 65.4% 57.7% 42.3% 44.7% 51.2% 52.5% 48.6% 50.4%
51 Venus Williams USA 26 2.1 4.9 60.5% 63.9% 46.4% 53.6% 51.3% 56.7% 43.8% 50.4%
52 Carla Suárez Navarro ESP 42 1.4 1.6 63.9% 63.3% 48.7% 48.5% 44.2% 57.8% 42.7% 50.2%
53 Sofia Kenin USA 31 1.6 3.7 65.8% 64.6% 46.6% 50.1% 46.3% 58.4% 42.6% 50.2%
54 Monica Niculescu ROU 23 0.3 1.5 77.6% 55.6% 46.3% 46.4% 51.8% 53.0% 47.4% 50.2%
55 Catherine Bellis USA 14 1.1 3.2 64.5% 61.0% 46.1% 57.2% 48.7% 55.3% 44.9% 50.2%
56 Lucie Safarova CZE 21 3.7 3.7 64.1% 68.1% 49.9% 54.0% 42.6% 61.7% 39.4% 50.2%
57 Aliaksandra Sasnovich BLR 45 2.9 5.0 63.1% 64.4% 45.2% 48.1% 42.9% 57.3% 43.0% 50.1%
58 Belinda Bencic SUI 25 2.9 4.0 63.8% 64.7% 43.4% 54.8% 47.8% 57.2% 43.1% 50.1%
59 Andrea Petkovic GER 26 1.4 3.8 66.1% 60.2% 47.0% 58.6% 47.7% 55.6% 44.4% 50.1%
60 Alizé Cornet FRA 45 1.2 3.6 65.2% 60.9% 45.3% 52.0% 50.6% 55.5% 44.7% 50.1%
61 Sara Errani ITA 14 0.1 2.9 81.3% 57.5% 36.7% 41.9% 45.6% 53.8% 46.0% 50.0%
62 Maria Sakkari GRE 45 2.5 3.8 58.6% 63.6% 47.3% 54.1% 49.5% 56.8% 42.6% 50.0%
63 Bernarda Pera USA 25 3.2 5.0 60.4% 64.4% 47.6% 55.8% 46.9% 57.8% 42.1% 50.0%
64 Anna Karolina Schmiedlova SVK 26 1.0 3.8 61.5% 57.8% 44.5% 49.5% 47.5% 52.4% 47.5% 50.0%
65 Mandy Minella LUX 14 1.9 1.8 64.2% 60.6% 46.1% 59.5% 53.6% 55.3% 43.7% 49.8%
66 Daria Saville AUS 48 1.8 7.7 65.7% 62.8% 37.3% 53.1% 51.4% 54.1% 45.5% 49.8%
67 Lin Zhu CHN 10 1.3 2.5 60.3% 61.6% 44.3% 51.9% 52.1% 55.0% 44.2% 49.8%
68 Ajla Tomljanovic AUS 41 3.4 4.9 58.4% 64.1% 43.8% 46.4% 51.9% 55.6% 44.1% 49.8%
69 Eugenie Bouchard CAN 24 3.0 3.6 59.2% 63.1% 44.0% 57.2% 46.4% 55.5% 44.2% 49.8%
70 Zarina Diyas KAZ 32 2.2 3.0 67.3% 61.4% 48.3% 52.6% 44.3% 56.7% 42.8% 49.8%
71 Yulia Putintseva KAZ 36 1.1 2.4 69.3% 59.0% 46.2% 41.7% 48.5% 54.8% 44.7% 49.7%
72 Katerina Siniakova CZE 48 4.2 4.0 59.3% 64.0% 45.4% 48.7% 46.8% 56.4% 43.2% 49.7%
73 Denisa Satralova CZE 10 1.8 3.9 62.2% 63.6% 44.3% 57.2% 54.8% 56.3% 42.1% 49.7%
74 Heather Watson GBR 26 4.1 3.4 59.5% 64.9% 43.9% 49.2% 45.6% 56.4% 42.8% 49.7%
75 Magdalena Rybarikova SVK 37 3.3 2.4 57.2% 66.1% 46.5% 52.9% 48.3% 57.6% 42.3% 49.6%
76 Saisai Zheng CHN 21 0.9 2.0 66.8% 58.5% 45.1% 54.0% 49.2% 54.0% 45.2% 49.6%
77 Aleksandra Krunic SRB 40 1.6 2.2 63.4% 61.4% 49.2% 52.9% 39.9% 56.5% 43.2% 49.5%
78 Vera Zvonareva RUS 15 1.7 3.4 61.8% 58.9% 47.4% 51.4% 50.0% 54.3% 45.2% 49.5%
79 Dalila Jakupovic SLO 25 2.5 2.9 58.1% 61.6% 46.2% 58.8% 49.9% 55.5% 43.4% 49.5%
80 Luksika Kumkhum THA 13 1.4 3.8 63.8% 62.2% 48.9% 54.4% 47.7% 57.5% 40.6% 49.5%
81 Ons Jabeur TUN 20 3.5 3.0 51.6% 64.6% 46.6% 55.6% 54.0% 55.9% 43.1% 49.4%
82 Jennifer Brady USA 15 3.9 3.2 55.4% 65.7% 49.4% 56.4% 50.9% 57.9% 40.9% 49.4%
83 Jelena Ostapenko LAT 41 3.2 6.0 53.7% 62.2% 43.2% 44.4% 53.4% 53.9% 45.0% 49.4%
84 Elena Vesnina RUS 19 1.8 3.3 59.8% 62.3% 46.2% 59.4% 42.2% 55.8% 42.2% 49.3%
85 Lara Arruabarrena ESP 32 1.2 2.4 63.7% 60.5% 46.9% 53.2% 45.5% 55.6% 42.6% 49.2%
86 Rebecca Peterson SWE 21 3.6 3.7 63.7% 62.9% 41.3% 57.6% 50.4% 55.0% 43.1% 49.2%
87 Ekaterina Makarova RUS 34 2.4 4.1 64.4% 63.8% 43.6% 56.6% 44.0% 56.6% 41.5% 49.2%
88 Ana Bogdan ROU 28 2.8 2.6 60.9% 61.6% 46.7% 55.1% 42.6% 55.9% 42.5% 49.2%
89 Magda Linette POL 30 2.3 3.8 63.5% 62.1% 46.1% 50.1% 47.8% 55.9% 42.4% 49.1%
90 Polona Hercog SLO 34 3.2 3.9 55.6% 63.3% 48.9% 62.2% 37.8% 56.8% 41.5% 49.0%
91 Antonia Lottner GER 12 2.7 2.2 66.2% 61.0% 43.4% 51.5% 35.3% 55.4% 42.6% 49.0%
92 Kirsten Flipkens BEL 40 3.1 2.4 61.2% 61.6% 46.0% 52.8% 46.2% 55.5% 41.5% 48.7%
93 Johanna Larsson SWE 35 1.8 3.8 62.2% 60.7% 45.9% 50.0% 41.9% 55.0% 42.7% 48.7%
94 Viktoria Hruncakova SVK 27 5.3 5.1 58.0% 68.3% 44.8% 56.6% 39.9% 58.4% 38.5% 48.7%
95 Jana Fett CRO 13 2.2 7.5 50.7% 64.3% 39.7% 41.8% 40.6% 52.6% 44.2% 48.7%
96 Kristyna Pliskova CZE 35 7.5 3.5 57.3% 70.5% 43.0% 50.6% 45.1% 58.7% 38.6% 48.6%
97 Veronika Kudermetova RUS 11 6.5 3.2 58.4% 69.5% 40.6% 59.5% 41.5% 56.5% 40.7% 48.6%
98 Coco Vandeweghe USA 25 5.9 5.2 54.5% 69.3% 46.5% 55.0% 43.6% 59.1% 38.2% 48.6%
99 Yingying Duan CHN 16 3.9 3.6 67.8% 63.8% 37.4% 61.2% 47.4% 55.7% 41.0% 48.5%
100 Kristina Mladenovic FRA 44 3.4 5.3 57.6% 65.7% 44.3% 55.8% 46.0% 56.3% 40.5% 48.5%
101 Kateryna Baindl UKR 26 2.5 2.5 65.3% 60.6% 42.7% 46.1% 48.3% 54.5% 42.1% 48.4%
102 Caroline Dolehide USA 11 4.2 3.9 62.1% 63.4% 48.2% 52.4% 47.5% 57.7% 38.6% 48.3%
103 Agnieszka Radwanska POL 24 1.4 1.9 60.8% 59.8% 44.2% 45.6% 42.6% 53.4% 43.2% 48.2%
104 Veronica Cepede Royg PAR 17 1.6 3.9 61.9% 60.3% 47.2% 48.3% 50.3% 55.2% 40.7% 48.2%
105 Sorana Cirstea ROU 33 2.6 3.2 57.5% 60.5% 41.9% 51.3% 47.2% 52.7% 43.4% 48.2%
106 Mona Barthel GER 34 5.0 6.3 57.7% 66.0% 43.3% 56.9% 45.8% 56.3% 39.8% 48.2%
107 Danielle Collins USA 30 2.4 3.2 58.0% 60.3% 46.2% 47.0% 47.7% 54.1% 41.8% 48.1%
108 Samantha Stosur AUS 40 4.1 3.3 60.6% 65.0% 47.7% 50.5% 45.7% 58.2% 37.6% 48.1%
109 Pauline Parmentier FRA 31 2.4 3.7 60.1% 63.0% 43.0% 55.8% 43.6% 55.0% 40.7% 48.1%
110 Anna Blinkova RUS 19 2.3 6.7 58.7% 59.8% 43.9% 49.7% 43.5% 53.0% 43.1% 48.0%
111 Irina-Camelia Begu ROU 43 1.8 4.5 63.4% 59.3% 42.0% 50.4% 50.5% 53.0% 42.8% 48.0%
112 Evgeniya Rodina RUS 20 1.3 4.4 62.9% 59.0% 42.1% 47.6% 50.1% 52.8% 43.0% 47.9%
113 Natalia Vikhlyantseva RUS 22 2.6 4.1 62.1% 62.5% 43.8% 52.1% 41.2% 55.1% 40.2% 47.8%
114 Nao Hibino JPN 13 2.2 2.8 61.4% 60.0% 45.3% 59.2% 40.6% 54.4% 41.1% 47.8%
115 Viktorija Golubic SUI 13 0.8 5.2 62.6% 59.3% 39.1% 50.7% 41.1% 51.7% 43.9% 47.7%
116 Katie Boulter GBR 12 4.3 2.5 57.6% 63.2% 48.6% 49.8% 43.7% 56.6% 39.4% 47.7%
117 Svetlana Kuznetsova RUS 17 2.1 5.1 68.6% 60.5% 38.3% 56.5% 49.4% 53.4% 41.7% 47.7%
118 Beatriz Haddad Maia BRA 14 1.7 4.2 65.1% 63.5% 40.5% 38.9% 52.0% 55.5% 40.0% 47.7%
119 Ekaterina Alexandrova RUS 22 5.6 5.5 54.6% 66.2% 39.4% 54.1% 39.9% 53.9% 41.4% 47.6%
120 Timea Bacsinszky SUI 11 1.7 3.5 63.4% 61.9% 41.4% 50.7% 50.5% 54.6% 40.5% 47.5%
121 Varvara Lepchenko USA 19 1.6 2.6 68.0% 58.5% 44.8% 56.1% 42.6% 53.9% 40.4% 47.4%
122 Stefanie Voegele SUI 26 3.3 1.9 56.8% 64.0% 47.0% 49.9% 36.3% 56.4% 38.5% 47.4%
123 Christina Mchale USA 25 1.5 4.9 60.6% 60.7% 38.8% 54.7% 50.5% 52.3% 42.1% 47.4%
124 Arantxa Rus NED 15 1.7 3.6 65.8% 59.8% 45.4% 52.7% 48.4% 55.2% 39.7% 47.3%
125 Taylor Townsend USA 12 2.7 2.6 65.7% 59.6% 46.9% 66.8% 43.8% 55.4% 39.2% 47.3%
126 Carina Witthoeft GER 23 2.5 6.0 66.2% 62.3% 40.3% 54.4% 41.6% 54.9% 39.1% 47.2%
127 Fiona Ferro FRA 13 1.5 3.1 54.7% 58.9% 38.1% 47.5% 41.0% 49.6% 44.2% 47.0%
128 Claire Liu USA 12 1.1 5.1 65.7% 56.3% 40.7% 47.9% 45.2% 50.4% 43.2% 46.8%
129 Tatjana Maria GER 34 4.0 2.7 56.2% 63.7% 43.5% 50.8% 47.7% 54.5% 38.2% 46.7%
130 Kurumi Nara JPN 13 0.6 3.6 65.3% 57.2% 43.1% 51.9% 39.6% 52.2% 40.9% 46.7%
131 Kateryna Volodko UKR 14 2.1 5.7 60.0% 60.4% 41.8% 50.4% 40.5% 53.0% 39.3% 46.5%
132 Magdalena Frech POL 13 2.4 3.1 53.9% 62.9% 42.5% 45.5% 33.5% 53.7% 38.1% 46.3%
133 Madison Brengle USA 14 0.4 2.7 66.6% 50.4% 43.5% 42.0% 45.0% 48.4% 43.5% 45.8%
134 Sara Sorribes Tormo ESP 20 0.1 7.3 61.9% 50.9% 32.5% 45.9% 46.0% 43.9% 42.0% 43.0%

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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