Some tennis players use their power on the service, during the match. Andy Roddick holds the fastest tennis record for couple of years but in past decade the record is broken by many players. Current fastest service record hold by (Sam Groth) in tennis, he broke the record in the (2012 Busan Open Challenger Tennis) with 263 km/h serve. In same year French tennis player (Albano Olivetti) come closer to his record but can not break it.
Player | Speed | Event |
Sam Groth | 263 km/h (163.4 mph) | 2012 Busan Open Challenger Tennis |
Albano Olivetti | 257.5 km/h (160 mph) | 2012 Internazionali Trofeo Lame Perrel–Faip |
John Isner | 253 km/h (157.2 mph) | 2016 Davis Cup |
Ivo Karlović | 251 km/h (156 mph) | 2011 Davis Cup |
Jerzy Janowicz | 251 km/h (156 mph) | 2012 Pekao Szczecin Open |
Milos Raonic | 250 km/h (155.3 mph) | 2012 Rogers Cup |
Andy Roddick | 249 km/h (155 mph) | 2004 Davis Cup |
Roscoe Tanner | 246 km/h (153 mph) | 1978 American Airlines Tennis Games |
Joachim Johansson | 245 km/h (152 mph) | 2004 Davis Cup |
In the above table you will see the players names who hit the fastest service on the tennis court. In 2016, John Isner suprise allot of people with his serve skill speed of 253 km/h (157.2 mph) at Rogers Cup. Not only men’s create history with fastest serve there are some women tennis players who served at the pace of 201.0 km upto (210.8 km/h) in tennis matches.
Player | Speed | Event |
Sabine Lisicki | 210.8 km/h (131.0 mph) | 2014 Stanford Classic |
Venus Williams | 207.6 km/h (129.0 mph) | 2007 US Open |
Ivana Jorović | 207 km/h (129 mph) | 2017 Fed Cup |
Serena Williams | 206.4 km/h (128.3 mph) | 2013 Australian Open |
Julia Görges | 203.0 km/h (126.1 mph) | 2012 French Open |
Caroline Garcia | 203.0 km/h (126.1 mph) | 2016 Fed Cup |
German women tennis player (Sabine Lisicki) made the fastest serve record in tennis during the tournament (2014 Stanford Classic) where she serve ball to her opponent with ultimate speed of (210.8 km/h), she passed Venus William record of fastest serve of (207.6 km/h).