Rankings as of: Dec 30, 2019

WTA 2019 Performance Stats, Serve & Return Leaders

Serve, return, and point-level leaders for the 2019 WTA season.

Serena Williams leads the 2019 WTA performance sample in total points won at 55.6% (minimum 10 matches with detailed stats).

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Performance Stats

Serve and return metrics for the 2019 season.

144 players with 10+ stat matches.

Detailed serve and return statistics available for 2,416/2,477 (97.5%) of WTA main draw matches in 2019.

# 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 31 6.6 2.8 59.2% 76.5% 50.4% 50.4% 45.6% 65.5% 46.7% 55.6%
2 Ashleigh Barty AUS 54 6.5 3.2 57.5% 73.7% 52.1% 54.7% 47.4% 64.4% 45.3% 54.6%
3 Karolina Pliskova CZE 63 7.6 3.1 65.9% 74.0% 46.0% 57.9% 48.3% 64.3% 45.1% 54.4%
4 Simona Halep ROU 52 1.6 2.5 69.2% 63.9% 48.6% 52.0% 53.8% 59.5% 49.3% 54.2%
5 Petra Kvitova CZE 45 4.9 4.2 61.9% 71.7% 52.0% 60.5% 44.4% 64.4% 44.3% 54.0%
6 Bianca Andreescu CAN 40 2.9 4.1 62.2% 67.2% 48.9% 62.8% 45.6% 60.4% 47.3% 53.8%
7 Naomi Osaka JPN 50 7.0 1.9 60.2% 73.1% 47.9% 56.3% 51.0% 63.1% 44.4% 53.6%
8 Marketa Vondrousova CZE 36 1.6 3.8 61.8% 65.4% 48.4% 48.4% 49.9% 58.6% 48.4% 53.3%
9 Elena Rybakina KAZ 33 3.6 3.0 58.5% 68.8% 51.2% 56.1% 51.2% 61.4% 45.5% 53.3%
10 Aryna Sabalenka BLR 56 4.4 6.2 61.4% 69.5% 46.4% 58.6% 48.7% 60.6% 45.2% 53.1%
11 Madison Keys USA 40 6.9 2.5 62.0% 71.3% 47.2% 59.7% 46.2% 62.0% 43.9% 52.9%
12 Johanna Konta GBR 48 3.9 1.8 66.7% 68.3% 51.8% 65.4% 47.3% 62.7% 43.1% 52.9%
13 Belinda Bencic SUI 64 3.0 4.8 62.0% 68.6% 46.9% 51.4% 47.6% 60.3% 45.5% 52.8%
14 Elise Mertens BEL 57 2.8 4.3 61.2% 67.3% 48.5% 56.8% 46.6% 59.8% 46.2% 52.7%
15 Amanda Anisimova USA 35 1.4 3.8 65.4% 63.1% 48.2% 61.3% 48.8% 57.6% 47.7% 52.6%
16 Alizé Cornet FRA 44 1.5 3.2 63.1% 63.5% 46.3% 51.5% 50.0% 57.1% 47.8% 52.5%
17 Kiki Bertens NED 76 5.6 4.4 57.1% 72.6% 47.2% 58.5% 48.8% 61.8% 43.6% 52.4%
18 Petra Martic CRO 52 2.6 2.7 64.0% 66.8% 49.8% 59.9% 49.1% 60.7% 44.2% 52.4%
19 Donna Vekic CRO 59 3.6 4.3 57.1% 69.9% 47.5% 48.2% 52.0% 60.4% 45.0% 52.4%
20 Karolina Muchova CZE 39 4.3 1.9 64.5% 68.2% 49.6% 57.3% 43.4% 61.6% 43.6% 52.3%
21 Sofia Kenin USA 68 2.0 3.9 65.7% 67.2% 49.2% 60.0% 48.7% 61.0% 43.5% 52.2%
22 Patricia Maria Tig ROU 12 1.9 4.3 64.8% 63.3% 46.2% 65.0% 47.8% 57.7% 46.2% 52.2%
23 Angelique Kerber GER 45 1.4 3.2 62.3% 64.1% 49.7% 56.1% 51.1% 58.4% 46.2% 52.1%
24 Victoria Azarenka BLR 38 3.2 4.2 61.4% 65.0% 44.4% 52.8% 47.9% 57.2% 47.2% 52.1%
25 Jil Teichmann SUI 22 1.9 1.6 63.6% 64.4% 50.3% 57.3% 52.8% 59.2% 45.0% 52.0%
26 Elina Svitolina UKR 56 3.4 3.1 60.0% 66.9% 44.9% 53.6% 49.3% 58.3% 45.4% 51.8%
27 Ekaterina Alexandrova RUS 53 5.9 5.3 56.9% 69.7% 44.6% 52.1% 51.0% 58.8% 45.4% 51.8%
28 Iga Swiatek POL 25 3.6 3.2 54.2% 64.5% 50.8% 54.2% 49.8% 58.2% 45.4% 51.8%
29 Beatriz Haddad Maia BRA 12 2.1 4.9 72.9% 65.6% 47.3% 68.8% 38.1% 60.3% 42.3% 51.7%
30 Dayana Yastremska UKR 51 3.8 5.1 60.2% 65.2% 48.7% 60.0% 48.4% 58.4% 44.8% 51.7%
31 Monica Puig PUR 33 3.3 3.6 62.5% 66.1% 48.0% 60.1% 51.9% 59.1% 44.1% 51.5%
32 Anett Kontaveit EST 38 3.5 2.6 63.1% 66.8% 48.3% 61.3% 45.3% 59.5% 43.2% 51.5%
33 Garbiñe Muguruza ESP 36 2.9 2.7 64.0% 64.2% 47.7% 59.0% 52.9% 58.4% 44.5% 51.5%
34 Bernarda Pera USA 30 3.0 4.0 61.8% 66.4% 48.8% 58.7% 51.6% 59.7% 42.8% 51.5%
35 Julia Goerges GER 46 6.7 4.1 55.4% 73.0% 48.9% 58.3% 42.8% 62.1% 40.8% 51.4%
36 Maria Sakkari GRE 51 4.0 4.1 58.3% 65.3% 47.4% 54.0% 48.7% 58.1% 44.7% 51.3%
37 Caroline Wozniacki DEN 35 2.8 1.8 65.3% 63.2% 50.1% 51.6% 50.7% 58.5% 44.4% 51.3%
38 Nina Stojanovic SRB 14 3.9 4.7 56.2% 64.5% 46.6% 47.5% 49.7% 56.7% 45.9% 51.2%
39 Veronika Kudermetova RUS 46 5.0 2.8 56.7% 68.1% 46.1% 56.1% 47.5% 58.5% 43.9% 51.2%
40 Natalia Vikhlyantseva RUS 19 1.5 5.7 61.9% 65.1% 46.0% 61.8% 52.2% 57.8% 44.0% 51.2%
41 Magda Linette POL 40 4.0 2.9 57.0% 66.2% 48.4% 55.6% 51.6% 58.7% 43.3% 51.1%
42 Svetlana Kuznetsova RUS 27 2.3 2.5 67.0% 64.4% 49.4% 55.1% 44.6% 59.0% 43.9% 51.1%
43 Anastasija Sevastova LAT 48 2.5 2.0 58.8% 64.8% 50.3% 52.2% 46.3% 58.7% 44.1% 51.1%
44 Sorana Cirstea ROU 34 2.3 2.5 60.7% 63.2% 46.6% 51.9% 47.1% 56.6% 45.4% 50.9%
45 Alison Van Uytvanck BEL 42 3.2 2.0 64.8% 63.0% 47.3% 55.8% 46.2% 57.4% 44.5% 50.9%
46 Rebecca Peterson SWE 42 2.2 2.8 67.1% 61.9% 50.4% 57.2% 44.5% 58.0% 43.3% 50.8%
47 Maria Sharapova RUS 15 3.2 5.5 63.8% 64.3% 43.2% 53.1% 40.4% 56.9% 44.9% 50.8%
48 Jennifer Brady USA 31 5.2 2.9 55.6% 71.2% 46.8% 57.5% 43.8% 59.9% 41.4% 50.8%
49 Yafan Wang CHN 45 2.3 3.2 59.0% 64.8% 46.2% 48.7% 44.3% 57.1% 44.6% 50.7%
50 Su-Wei Hsieh TPE 53 0.7 3.2 64.4% 61.9% 46.6% 51.7% 47.6% 56.5% 44.9% 50.7%
51 Qiang Wang CHN 40 2.4 2.1 61.7% 63.9% 49.5% 56.1% 52.1% 58.0% 43.6% 50.7%
52 Yulia Putintseva KAZ 49 1.6 2.5 66.5% 61.6% 47.9% 49.5% 51.6% 56.8% 44.4% 50.6%
53 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova RUS 43 2.3 4.7 62.3% 64.5% 43.4% 52.8% 52.7% 56.5% 44.2% 50.5%
54 Nao Hibino JPN 11 2.6 2.8 64.0% 64.7% 45.9% 56.5% 43.7% 57.7% 43.6% 50.5%
55 Katerina Siniakova CZE 47 2.8 2.9 60.4% 62.6% 46.1% 50.1% 46.4% 56.0% 45.3% 50.5%
56 Irina-Camelia Begu ROU 26 1.7 4.3 63.2% 61.8% 47.1% 46.3% 53.2% 56.5% 44.4% 50.4%
57 Anna Blinkova RUS 27 2.1 5.3 63.8% 62.7% 43.6% 54.2% 50.9% 55.7% 44.9% 50.3%
58 Monica Niculescu ROU 18 0.4 1.5 79.1% 56.5% 45.6% 37.0% 46.4% 54.6% 46.2% 50.3%
59 Kristina Mladenovic FRA 50 3.2 5.3 57.4% 66.9% 40.9% 52.3% 52.3% 55.8% 44.9% 50.3%
60 Alison Riske-Amritraj USA 48 2.3 4.1 66.3% 62.9% 47.4% 52.0% 45.7% 57.7% 43.1% 50.2%
61 Kaia Kanepi EST 18 3.5 4.7 58.4% 66.1% 42.5% 47.5% 39.9% 56.0% 44.6% 50.2%
62 Sloane Stephens USA 39 1.0 1.7 69.4% 59.9% 47.7% 47.6% 43.1% 56.2% 44.2% 50.2%
63 Ajla Tomljanovic AUS 53 3.5 4.3 57.9% 66.8% 41.5% 49.1% 46.9% 56.3% 44.0% 50.1%
64 Shelby Rogers USA 12 4.9 3.4 58.6% 62.2% 47.5% 50.8% 52.1% 56.2% 43.6% 50.1%
65 Barbora Strycova CZE 39 1.7 2.6 64.2% 62.6% 48.2% 52.2% 41.8% 57.3% 42.8% 50.0%
66 Kristyna Pliskova CZE 39 8.6 4.2 59.6% 73.0% 44.9% 63.1% 37.5% 61.7% 38.3% 50.0%
67 Greet Minnen BEL 12 3.5 3.0 59.2% 67.6% 41.8% 56.1% 52.0% 57.1% 42.5% 50.0%
68 Venus Williams USA 34 1.8 3.7 63.2% 63.3% 43.3% 54.0% 45.9% 56.0% 43.6% 50.0%
69 Caroline Garcia FRA 48 4.0 2.1 67.3% 64.4% 50.8% 55.3% 43.5% 59.7% 39.7% 49.9%
70 Kateryna Baindl UKR 28 1.8 3.1 64.8% 59.1% 43.5% 45.1% 53.4% 53.6% 46.1% 49.8%
71 Camila Giorgi ITA 25 2.7 6.0 55.8% 62.6% 46.0% 48.7% 52.2% 55.2% 44.3% 49.8%
72 Carla Suárez Navarro ESP 34 1.3 1.7 64.4% 61.0% 44.3% 53.0% 50.2% 54.9% 44.9% 49.8%
73 Shuai Peng CHN 16 1.6 2.1 67.6% 62.3% 44.1% 51.6% 41.3% 56.1% 43.6% 49.8%
74 Marie Bouzkova CZE 19 1.4 1.7 61.6% 61.2% 50.4% 55.6% 54.2% 56.6% 43.8% 49.8%
75 Polona Hercog SLO 39 3.5 4.3 55.9% 67.1% 48.4% 54.9% 46.8% 58.6% 40.7% 49.7%
76 Lesia Tsurenko UKR 28 1.6 3.3 69.7% 59.1% 43.8% 51.0% 54.3% 54.4% 44.8% 49.5%
77 Jelena Ostapenko LAT 50 2.6 8.5 54.2% 65.5% 40.4% 49.4% 49.8% 53.8% 44.9% 49.4%
78 Kristie Ahn USA 16 1.1 2.6 60.0% 59.4% 48.8% 51.6% 46.9% 55.8% 42.4% 49.4%
79 Aliona Bolsova ESP 12 1.9 2.5 63.2% 61.8% 44.4% 47.7% 48.9% 55.3% 44.0% 49.3%
80 Astra Sharma AUS 17 4.5 4.3 60.3% 66.1% 47.3% 46.0% 46.4% 58.9% 39.7% 49.3%
81 Danielle Collins USA 35 3.2 3.1 59.4% 62.0% 47.0% 51.0% 52.5% 56.2% 41.8% 49.3%
82 Taylor Townsend USA 15 3.3 2.3 64.6% 64.5% 49.1% 59.2% 49.1% 59.0% 39.5% 49.3%
83 Christina Mchale USA 17 1.4 3.5 63.6% 58.8% 41.6% 49.6% 48.0% 52.4% 46.3% 49.2%
84 Coco Gauff USA 16 2.8 4.8 65.0% 63.7% 42.2% 52.0% 54.1% 56.1% 42.0% 49.2%
85 Viktoria Hruncakova SVK 47 5.4 4.2 55.9% 68.1% 44.3% 52.6% 44.6% 57.8% 41.0% 49.1%
86 Shuai Zhang CHN 41 2.1 2.8 62.7% 62.5% 44.0% 51.7% 47.7% 55.7% 41.9% 49.1%
87 Timea Bacsinszky SUI 13 1.7 1.7 63.4% 59.2% 45.7% 48.6% 52.5% 54.3% 44.2% 49.1%
88 Andrea Petkovic GER 35 2.0 3.9 63.0% 60.8% 44.2% 50.1% 44.5% 54.7% 43.1% 49.1%
89 Fiona Ferro FRA 33 1.1 1.8 62.0% 60.0% 47.9% 45.6% 44.7% 55.2% 42.8% 48.9%
90 Lauren Davis USA 21 1.6 3.4 61.4% 60.2% 48.6% 60.3% 50.7% 55.7% 41.3% 48.8%
91 Laura Siegemund GER 35 1.1 3.7 68.9% 59.9% 48.7% 53.5% 42.0% 56.5% 41.2% 48.8%
92 Jessica Pegula USA 22 2.0 2.5 61.1% 60.0% 45.9% 51.0% 45.5% 54.7% 42.7% 48.7%
93 Saisai Zheng CHN 44 1.4 2.7 64.7% 59.2% 44.3% 49.7% 45.7% 53.7% 43.6% 48.7%
94 Anna-Lena Friedsam GER 16 1.4 3.6 67.0% 62.6% 46.2% 56.0% 50.1% 56.9% 39.8% 48.6%
95 Ons Jabeur TUN 33 4.3 3.0 54.7% 64.4% 44.6% 51.6% 51.8% 55.4% 41.5% 48.5%
96 Viktorija Golubic SUI 25 0.6 4.3 65.4% 54.2% 41.8% 55.5% 61.5% 50.1% 47.0% 48.5%
97 Zarina Diyas KAZ 20 0.9 2.4 69.6% 59.4% 44.8% 45.3% 36.7% 55.0% 42.1% 48.5%
98 Caty Mcnally USA 11 2.5 6.6 56.8% 61.6% 42.4% 52.2% 57.4% 53.3% 42.8% 48.4%
99 Priscilla Hon AUS 13 3.8 3.6 57.6% 65.9% 40.4% 51.6% 43.4% 55.1% 41.6% 48.4%
100 Mihaela Buzarnescu ROU 36 1.6 4.5 61.7% 62.7% 42.7% 53.3% 52.5% 54.9% 41.4% 48.4%
101 Kirsten Flipkens BEL 37 2.3 1.9 63.8% 62.3% 45.3% 50.6% 45.7% 56.2% 40.3% 48.4%
102 Antonia Lottner GER 10 1.8 2.2 69.9% 65.7% 35.3% 43.2% 49.0% 56.7% 39.6% 48.3%
103 Margarita Gasparyan RUS 33 2.6 4.2 62.3% 59.5% 44.2% 47.9% 47.9% 53.6% 43.3% 48.3%
104 Tamara Zidansek SLO 33 1.2 2.8 68.5% 58.2% 42.0% 53.9% 44.6% 53.1% 42.8% 48.3%
105 Paula Badosa ESP 16 3.8 3.5 57.7% 68.3% 45.9% 53.9% 37.6% 58.1% 37.8% 48.2%
106 Lara Arruabarrena ESP 20 1.2 2.4 67.7% 58.1% 47.3% 48.7% 43.4% 54.2% 42.0% 48.2%
107 Arantxa Rus NED 10 2.2 2.5 65.3% 57.6% 48.2% 51.1% 40.4% 54.5% 41.9% 48.1%
108 Ana Bogdan ROU 18 2.2 2.2 60.0% 58.6% 49.3% 50.0% 40.2% 55.0% 41.5% 48.1%
109 Misaki Doi JPN 22 0.9 3.1 59.9% 60.8% 46.1% 50.0% 54.7% 54.8% 40.3% 47.9%
110 Eugenie Bouchard CAN 14 1.3 4.0 60.7% 60.7% 42.3% 50.0% 54.0% 53.3% 42.9% 47.9%
111 Aliaksandra Sasnovich BLR 32 2.7 4.3 61.1% 61.6% 43.4% 46.8% 42.6% 54.2% 42.1% 47.9%
112 Samantha Stosur AUS 30 4.2 4.5 58.8% 65.9% 40.1% 52.8% 41.5% 55.3% 40.2% 47.9%
113 Sara Sorribes Tormo ESP 30 0.5 5.1 66.1% 55.8% 38.3% 42.1% 46.9% 49.9% 45.7% 47.8%
114 Madison Brengle USA 18 0.2 2.2 73.8% 51.9% 37.5% 39.8% 54.6% 48.3% 47.2% 47.8%
115 Heather Watson GBR 14 3.4 3.4 57.0% 63.2% 43.4% 56.7% 37.8% 54.7% 40.9% 47.8%
116 Daria Kasatkina AUS 32 1.0 6.4 64.8% 57.0% 37.9% 45.7% 48.4% 50.2% 45.0% 47.6%
117 Mona Barthel GER 19 4.1 6.3 57.6% 67.5% 41.5% 48.3% 42.4% 56.3% 38.3% 47.5%
118 Anastasia Potapova AUT 30 2.1 6.0 51.4% 60.6% 41.1% 53.0% 45.4% 51.0% 43.6% 47.4%
119 Chloe Paquet FRA 14 4.9 4.7 56.8% 65.6% 43.8% 45.5% 45.1% 56.2% 38.2% 47.4%
120 Sachia Vickery USA 11 1.6 4.2 60.1% 59.9% 43.1% 45.5% 41.1% 53.0% 42.6% 47.4%
121 Tamara Korpatsch GER 11 1.0 4.4 61.0% 57.9% 42.9% 49.3% 40.0% 52.1% 42.3% 47.3%
122 Vera Lapko BLR 13 3.4 3.8 56.1% 66.3% 42.1% 55.3% 43.0% 55.4% 39.3% 47.3%
123 Anna Kalinskaya RUS 14 1.6 4.3 60.3% 61.3% 43.6% 54.5% 43.2% 54.2% 40.1% 47.3%
124 Ysaline Bonaventure BEL 26 1.5 7.2 63.4% 59.3% 39.7% 54.0% 45.2% 52.2% 41.8% 47.3%
125 Pauline Parmentier FRA 32 2.2 3.0 58.0% 63.2% 43.8% 52.3% 41.7% 55.0% 39.9% 47.3%
126 Anna Karolina Schmiedlova SVK 19 1.6 4.6 63.0% 55.3% 40.1% 49.9% 48.5% 49.6% 44.9% 47.2%
127 Jasmine Paolini ITA 15 0.7 3.2 66.2% 56.5% 45.9% 54.7% 50.4% 52.8% 41.7% 47.2%
128 Stefanie Voegele SUI 21 2.2 2.8 56.8% 62.3% 40.6% 44.6% 46.9% 53.0% 41.5% 47.2%
129 Vera Zvonareva RUS 13 1.6 4.3 65.3% 61.5% 43.8% 53.7% 46.1% 55.2% 38.6% 47.1%
130 Liudmila Samsonova RUS 10 2.4 3.5 55.1% 58.6% 44.1% 58.7% 38.7% 52.0% 40.7% 47.0%
131 Mandy Minella LUX 14 1.9 2.1 66.3% 58.8% 46.3% 42.2% 40.4% 54.7% 39.4% 47.0%
132 Tatjana Maria GER 31 3.4 2.7 54.1% 63.3% 42.7% 48.7% 43.2% 54.0% 39.1% 46.9%
133 Lin Zhu CHN 19 0.7 2.3 67.0% 54.9% 42.5% 40.5% 50.0% 50.7% 42.8% 46.7%
134 Dominika Cibulkova SVK 10 0.9 4.5 66.1% 58.8% 45.1% 54.3% 40.4% 54.2% 38.4% 46.7%
135 Daria Saville AUS 21 1.0 4.2 66.4% 56.8% 43.9% 45.7% 46.5% 52.4% 41.3% 46.7%
136 Ivana Jorovic SRB 15 4.1 4.5 61.7% 58.4% 42.4% 51.1% 34.9% 52.4% 40.5% 46.7%
137 Timea Babos HUN 22 3.9 4.5 58.6% 64.9% 40.5% 59.3% 38.6% 54.7% 37.9% 46.6%
138 Aleksandra Krunic SRB 19 1.1 2.1 63.0% 56.1% 47.8% 53.8% 36.9% 52.9% 39.4% 46.4%
139 Dalila Jakupovic SLO 20 1.1 2.9 63.5% 53.9% 41.3% 46.8% 48.3% 49.1% 42.3% 45.8%
140 Magdalena Rybarikova SVK 14 3.4 2.6 57.1% 63.4% 45.2% 55.4% 43.0% 55.7% 35.2% 45.6%
141 Varvara Lepchenko USA 12 1.2 2.6 63.6% 58.2% 37.6% 50.1% 46.0% 50.8% 37.5% 44.4%
142 Evgeniya Rodina RUS 19 0.6 2.9 68.9% 53.9% 37.9% 39.9% 40.4% 48.9% 39.3% 44.2%
143 Harriet Dart GBR 14 2.0 3.1 56.1% 56.6% 41.3% 49.5% 37.8% 50.0% 36.5% 43.5%
144 Johanna Larsson SWE 16 1.5 3.2 64.3% 55.9% 42.5% 50.7% 41.2% 51.1% 34.7% 43.5%

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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