Rankings as of: Dec 28, 2020

WTA 2020 Performance Stats, Serve & Return Leaders

Serve, return, and point-level leaders for the 2020 WTA season.

Simona Halep leads the 2020 WTA performance sample in total points won at 55.4% (minimum 10 matches with detailed stats).

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Performance Stats

Serve and return metrics for the 2020 season.

94 players with 10+ stat matches.

Detailed serve and return statistics available for 1,078/1,086 (99.3%) of WTA main draw matches in 2020.

# 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 Simona Halep ROU 26 2.1 2.9 69.2% 66.6% 45.2% 58.2% 56.0% 60.0% 51.0% 55.4%
2 Serena Williams USA 20 8.9 2.7 61.3% 73.3% 50.7% 71.0% 49.7% 64.3% 44.9% 54.8%
3 Petra Kvitova CZE 26 4.8 4.2 63.5% 69.7% 53.3% 54.9% 46.8% 63.5% 46.3% 54.5%
4 Madison Keys USA 13 4.8 0.9 67.7% 72.9% 51.8% 55.6% 48.6% 66.2% 44.1% 54.4%
5 Ashleigh Barty AUS 14 5.6 1.9 60.7% 73.5% 49.9% 60.4% 53.0% 64.4% 44.0% 54.3%
6 Elise Mertens BEL 45 3.2 3.5 61.0% 70.2% 48.1% 62.3% 52.8% 61.5% 47.3% 54.2%
7 Iga Swiatek POL 18 1.9 2.3 57.8% 63.8% 53.6% 54.6% 46.5% 59.4% 48.9% 54.0%
8 Naomi Osaka JPN 18 7.8 2.5 59.0% 76.0% 53.0% 64.2% 43.2% 66.5% 42.5% 54.0%
9 Victoria Azarenka BLR 24 2.7 2.5 69.0% 64.4% 45.7% 54.5% 52.5% 58.7% 48.8% 53.7%
10 Aryna Sabalenka BLR 37 4.5 4.5 62.2% 68.5% 48.4% 52.0% 51.2% 61.0% 46.1% 53.5%
11 Paula Badosa ESP 11 3.5 3.5 65.7% 65.8% 45.1% 48.4% 51.4% 58.6% 47.5% 53.2%
12 Garbiñe Muguruza ESP 30 5.3 3.5 64.2% 70.5% 46.0% 57.2% 45.6% 61.3% 45.4% 53.2%
13 Jennifer Brady USA 28 5.3 1.9 57.8% 70.0% 53.6% 59.1% 45.0% 63.0% 42.8% 53.1%
14 Kiki Bertens NED 19 4.2 3.8 63.7% 68.3% 43.5% 59.6% 57.0% 59.1% 47.0% 53.1%
15 Anett Kontaveit EST 31 3.5 2.3 62.2% 67.6% 48.2% 53.1% 53.1% 60.2% 45.4% 52.9%
16 Patricia Maria Tig ROU 16 1.4 4.8 61.4% 64.4% 43.6% 54.4% 59.3% 56.0% 49.3% 52.8%
17 Danielle Collins USA 16 3.5 3.5 58.9% 71.1% 48.3% 61.6% 48.3% 61.3% 43.8% 52.7%
18 Elena Rybakina KAZ 39 4.9 3.4 59.8% 70.7% 49.6% 60.2% 46.7% 62.2% 43.3% 52.7%
19 Eugenie Bouchard CAN 14 2.8 1.8 65.5% 65.3% 49.8% 61.5% 49.6% 59.8% 45.5% 52.7%
20 Karolina Pliskova CZE 22 5.6 4.0 61.4% 70.4% 46.7% 58.2% 46.1% 61.2% 43.7% 52.4%
21 Ekaterina Alexandrova RUS 30 4.1 4.3 61.1% 68.5% 44.5% 50.4% 50.8% 59.1% 45.1% 52.0%
22 Ons Jabeur TUN 32 3.9 3.3 52.1% 68.5% 50.5% 51.1% 48.5% 59.8% 44.5% 51.8%
23 Maria Sakkari GRE 31 4.6 3.9 60.8% 67.5% 50.3% 52.5% 44.3% 60.6% 43.3% 51.8%
24 Saisai Zheng CHN 10 1.3 2.0 70.3% 62.9% 43.1% 43.5% 45.9% 57.5% 46.4% 51.7%
25 Jil Teichmann SUI 20 2.7 2.9 62.6% 64.0% 49.0% 60.6% 49.2% 58.2% 45.6% 51.6%
26 Leylah Fernandez CAN 17 1.6 4.9 61.7% 63.9% 49.2% 52.2% 51.0% 58.3% 44.9% 51.6%
27 Nao Hibino JPN 15 1.1 2.7 65.5% 62.6% 45.8% 52.9% 41.8% 56.6% 46.8% 51.6%
28 Alizé Cornet FRA 22 2.2 4.7 62.6% 66.3% 42.6% 56.0% 51.4% 57.5% 44.4% 51.5%
29 Qiang Wang CHN 13 1.3 1.8 60.2% 63.2% 53.7% 51.1% 44.2% 59.4% 43.6% 51.4%
30 Sofia Kenin USA 31 2.1 2.9 68.8% 65.6% 47.6% 62.0% 51.6% 59.8% 42.8% 51.3%
31 Aliaksandra Sasnovich BLR 19 1.5 3.5 66.2% 61.3% 48.0% 57.3% 50.1% 56.2% 45.9% 51.3%
32 Marketa Vondrousova CZE 18 1.6 4.9 57.7% 61.9% 46.4% 57.3% 44.7% 55.5% 47.0% 51.3%
33 Barbora Krejcikova CZE 14 3.5 3.5 63.9% 67.2% 41.3% 52.9% 43.0% 57.9% 45.1% 51.2%
34 Elina Svitolina UKR 27 2.6 2.3 60.8% 65.5% 45.9% 57.9% 41.9% 57.9% 44.6% 51.2%
35 Fiona Ferro FRA 15 2.0 2.4 61.0% 60.2% 48.7% 59.5% 57.5% 55.8% 46.5% 51.2%
36 Johanna Konta GBR 17 4.1 2.4 62.8% 72.3% 52.5% 61.1% 29.6% 64.7% 39.9% 51.1%
37 Jelena Ostapenko LAT 15 2.1 6.7 56.0% 63.0% 42.4% 52.5% 56.4% 54.3% 47.8% 51.1%
38 Jessica Pegula USA 16 2.4 2.2 61.9% 63.7% 49.2% 54.3% 45.5% 58.1% 44.4% 51.0%
39 Svetlana Kuznetsova RUS 14 3.1 2.6 66.2% 64.9% 45.0% 54.0% 55.7% 58.0% 43.6% 50.9%
40 Alison Riske-Amritraj USA 14 2.6 6.2 64.4% 64.6% 45.0% 55.3% 55.6% 57.6% 44.1% 50.8%
41 Julia Goerges GER 12 6.6 3.5 56.8% 70.9% 47.8% 60.1% 48.8% 61.0% 40.5% 50.8%
42 Marie Bouzkova CZE 19 2.2 2.3 67.0% 63.3% 48.3% 58.7% 45.6% 58.2% 43.0% 50.7%
43 Petra Martic CRO 25 3.2 2.6 61.7% 65.2% 50.7% 64.0% 39.1% 59.6% 41.7% 50.6%
44 Anastasia Potapova AUT 10 3.2 4.9 52.1% 64.6% 47.2% 46.9% 48.4% 55.8% 46.2% 50.5%
45 Coco Gauff USA 18 3.1 8.3 61.0% 69.1% 42.3% 46.5% 55.8% 58.6% 41.7% 50.4%
46 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova RUS 17 2.6 4.9 68.4% 63.0% 42.0% 43.8% 46.7% 56.8% 44.8% 50.4%
47 Dayana Yastremska UKR 26 4.5 5.7 58.9% 67.5% 46.3% 45.5% 47.4% 58.7% 42.0% 50.4%
48 Yulia Putintseva KAZ 25 0.9 2.3 69.0% 61.0% 43.7% 52.0% 49.1% 55.7% 44.9% 50.3%
49 Karolina Muchova CZE 15 3.7 2.7 64.7% 68.4% 49.8% 49.5% 43.0% 61.9% 39.5% 50.3%
50 Angelique Kerber GER 13 1.4 3.3 67.6% 61.8% 47.8% 60.6% 57.3% 57.0% 42.9% 50.1%
51 Shuai Zhang CHN 22 2.0 2.5 67.4% 61.9% 48.0% 48.9% 50.6% 57.2% 43.0% 50.0%
52 Laura Siegemund GER 19 0.9 3.6 68.5% 61.3% 46.8% 52.7% 43.6% 56.7% 43.5% 50.0%
53 Polona Hercog SLO 14 2.1 3.4 56.8% 63.2% 46.7% 52.4% 53.1% 55.6% 44.0% 50.0%
54 Kristyna Pliskova CZE 17 8.1 3.4 60.8% 72.2% 44.6% 63.9% 44.2% 61.3% 37.8% 49.9%
55 Catherine Bellis USA 14 1.5 3.1 61.3% 60.7% 46.4% 51.1% 53.7% 55.1% 44.5% 49.8%
56 Tamara Zidansek SLO 15 0.7 3.2 68.3% 59.5% 47.5% 55.0% 48.5% 55.6% 43.3% 49.8%
57 Zarina Diyas KAZ 11 1.6 2.8 74.3% 57.0% 47.6% 53.8% 48.6% 54.4% 44.2% 49.6%
58 Alison Van Uytvanck BEL 18 3.0 2.2 62.3% 66.6% 46.1% 47.0% 40.8% 58.7% 41.1% 49.6%
59 Danka Kovinic MNE 12 3.0 5.0 58.4% 69.7% 41.9% 54.5% 47.4% 59.0% 39.8% 49.6%
60 Amanda Anisimova USA 20 1.6 2.8 66.6% 60.7% 45.3% 46.4% 44.0% 55.2% 43.6% 49.5%
61 Vera Zvonareva RUS 10 2.2 2.0 63.7% 64.2% 49.2% 59.5% 54.3% 58.4% 40.2% 49.4%
62 Donna Vekic CRO 19 2.9 4.4 58.0% 65.5% 43.7% 43.4% 45.6% 56.9% 42.5% 49.4%
63 Arantxa Rus NED 18 1.1 3.2 73.7% 59.4% 46.8% 62.9% 45.0% 56.0% 41.8% 49.3%
64 Shelby Rogers USA 14 4.2 2.6 60.1% 67.3% 48.7% 55.8% 53.6% 59.4% 39.3% 49.3%
65 Daria Kasatkina AUS 20 1.0 4.3 69.2% 57.0% 38.5% 38.7% 48.0% 51.5% 47.3% 49.3%
66 Tereza Martincova CZE 11 1.2 2.2 74.4% 60.9% 43.8% 51.0% 41.6% 55.7% 42.6% 49.3%
67 Camila Giorgi ITA 19 2.7 6.7 56.5% 64.6% 47.6% 49.2% 45.0% 57.4% 41.2% 49.3%
68 Magda Linette POL 22 2.4 3.2 60.8% 65.8% 44.0% 49.4% 45.6% 57.5% 41.2% 49.2%
69 Veronika Kudermetova RUS 24 5.0 3.0 60.3% 65.4% 44.9% 51.4% 35.9% 57.3% 41.4% 49.1%
70 Heather Watson GBR 17 4.1 3.2 57.0% 64.4% 43.9% 52.1% 53.4% 55.8% 42.0% 49.1%
71 Nadia Podoroska ARG 11 0.5 1.5 68.6% 52.6% 48.3% 49.7% 43.7% 51.2% 46.7% 49.0%
72 Anna Blinkova RUS 14 3.6 6.2 60.2% 62.0% 39.0% 50.8% 53.0% 52.8% 45.3% 49.0%
73 Oceane Dodin FRA 13 6.6 6.3 55.5% 72.2% 43.4% 67.1% 56.6% 59.3% 37.1% 48.7%
74 Sara Sorribes Tormo ESP 19 0.2 3.3 70.3% 54.8% 39.6% 47.8% 54.1% 50.2% 46.9% 48.7%
75 Ajla Tomljanovic AUS 16 3.3 4.3 55.0% 64.8% 46.2% 48.0% 40.7% 56.3% 40.8% 48.5%
76 Kateryna Volodko UKR 13 2.1 6.0 59.6% 64.5% 40.3% 55.8% 53.2% 54.5% 41.4% 48.5%
77 Caroline Garcia FRA 22 3.5 2.9 62.0% 63.6% 48.2% 57.3% 43.1% 57.5% 39.4% 48.5%
78 Jasmine Paolini ITA 12 0.7 2.9 63.6% 54.1% 41.6% 49.3% 44.2% 49.7% 47.1% 48.4%
79 Lauren Davis USA 14 1.4 1.7 66.5% 57.2% 45.3% 49.9% 52.1% 53.2% 43.2% 48.3%
80 Christina Mchale USA 14 1.4 3.4 64.7% 59.9% 44.8% 46.3% 46.8% 54.5% 41.6% 48.3%
81 Sloane Stephens USA 15 2.2 2.0 69.5% 61.1% 47.1% 50.2% 44.4% 56.6% 40.0% 48.1%
82 Bernarda Pera USA 15 3.5 6.7 58.9% 65.8% 38.0% 52.4% 46.1% 54.5% 41.2% 48.0%
83 Belinda Bencic SUI 14 3.5 5.4 60.4% 65.1% 40.4% 47.6% 53.4% 55.5% 39.5% 47.8%
84 Sorana Cirstea ROU 12 2.6 2.8 63.6% 59.1% 46.9% 55.1% 50.5% 54.6% 39.8% 47.8%
85 Barbora Strycova CZE 14 1.4 2.3 68.0% 55.7% 51.2% 49.2% 46.7% 54.0% 41.1% 47.8%
86 Kristina Mladenovic FRA 13 2.8 8.2 55.6% 65.6% 36.2% 45.6% 51.6% 52.5% 42.5% 47.6%
87 Irina-Camelia Begu ROU 13 1.3 4.0 67.6% 58.9% 45.8% 46.5% 47.1% 54.9% 40.5% 47.5%
88 Kaja Juvan SLO 11 2.3 1.7 65.1% 52.8% 44.1% 47.2% 45.6% 49.7% 45.0% 47.4%
89 Greet Minnen BEL 10 3.6 3.0 58.7% 59.3% 51.2% 58.1% 41.5% 56.1% 36.4% 46.6%
90 Kirsten Flipkens BEL 10 1.2 1.6 63.6% 58.1% 48.0% 52.8% 43.6% 54.2% 37.4% 46.2%
91 Katerina Siniakova CZE 19 1.7 3.1 65.8% 55.8% 42.7% 50.3% 46.1% 51.4% 40.6% 46.1%
92 Rebecca Peterson SWE 13 1.5 2.8 66.5% 55.9% 44.5% 36.8% 30.4% 51.8% 39.5% 45.3%
93 Anastasija Sevastova LAT 10 2.4 2.3 60.0% 55.3% 43.1% 43.3% 31.6% 50.7% 37.0% 43.8%
94 Viktoria Hruncakova SVK 12 4.9 4.5 55.8% 64.3% 36.7% 40.8% 32.4% 52.1% 34.2% 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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