The best server athlete is one who not only fires aces, but
also wins most important points especially when it matters. The following are top eight servers in
2013. These positions are given purely
on the basis of statistics. Here are
these big servers.
8) Andy Murray:
Andy Murray has a pretty good season so far. He has won at Brisbane and Miami .
He was also runner up in Australian open 2013. In 2013 he fired 161 aces, committed 53
double faults. His first serve percentage
was 62%, out of which he won 75% points.
He won only 48% of points on his second serve. Due to which he faced 129 break points so
far, out of which he saved 65% of break points.
He played total of 266 service games, out of which he won 83% of service
games. He won 69% of total service
points he played in 2013 so far. Murray ’s weak portion of
serve was his weak second serve and many double faults, as compared to other
top players.
7) David Ferrer:
David Ferrer is displaying a good tennis with increasing age
interestingly. He has given no 7
position because of his grinding hard work on his service points. He fights for each and every point. Although Ferrer is not a big server yet he
has 82 aces in 2013 so far. His double
faults are little behind Murray
51. His first serve percentage is 64%,
out of which he won 70% of points. He
also did hard work on his second serve point and won 52% of second serve
points. He faced 179 break points and
saved 59% of them. He played most of 350
service games and he won 79% of these service games. Also he won 63% of total points on his
serve. He has won two titles and was
runner up at Miami
in 2013 so far.
6) Juan Martin Del Potro:
Juan Martin Del Potro has huge serve due to his great
height. He is also improving day by
day. He won Rotterdam and was runner up at Indian Wells
masters in 2013. In 2013 he fired 156
aces, committed 39 double faults. His
first serve percentage was 65%, out of which he won 75% points. He also won 55% of his second serve points. He faced 103 break points in 2013 so far, out
of which he saved 72% of break points.
He played total of 249 service games, and won 88% of them. He won total of 68% service points that he
played.
5) Jo Wilfried Tsonga:
Tsonga the French veteran could not perform well this
year. But he tried to maintain his good
serve in 2013. He fired 174 aces,
committed 37 double faults. His first
serve percentage was 63%, out of which he won 76% points. He also won 53% of his second serve
points. He faced 102 break points in
2013 so far, out of which he saved 74% of break points. He played total of 240 service games, and won
89% of them. He won total of 68% service
points that he played.
4) Roger Federer:
Federer is facing problems this season so far. He could not qualify for a final in even a
single tournament so far. However he
displayed good serve as compared to other player in era. . He
fired 109 aces, committed 36 double faults.
His first serve percentage was 63%, out of which he won 78% points. He also won 53% of his second serve
points. He faced only 77 break points in
2013 so far, out of which he saved 66% of break points. He played total of 226 service games, and won
88% of them. He won total of 69% service
points that he played.
3) Tomas Berdych:
Tomas Berdych is also improving this year. He defeated Federer in Dubai by saving two match points. He was runner up in Dubai
and also performed well in Indian wells and Miami .
The big serving Czech fired 186 aces, committed 52 double faults. His first serve percentage was 59%, out of
which he won 78% points. He also won 54%
of his second serve points. He faced
only 136 break points in 2013 so far, out of which he saved 71% of break
points. He played total of 299 service
games, and won 87% of them. He won total
of 68% service points that he played.
2) Novak Djokovic:
Novak Djokovic is currently ranked no 1 and he finished 2012
as top player in the world. Now he is in
good position to maintain no ranking for coming few months at least. He won Australian open 4th time in
his career this year. The Serbian ace
fired 117 aces, committed 32 double faults.
His first serve percentage was 64%, out of which he won 77% points. He also won 60% of his second serve points. He faced only 81 break points in 2013 so far,
out of which he saved 68% of break points.
He played total of 252 service games, and won 90% of them. He won total of 71% service points that he
played.
1) Rafael Nadal:
Rafael Nadal has come back in action this year after eight
months rest. He is performing very well
this season. He won three titles in
2013. He won at Indian Wells by beating
Federer and Berdych. He is not a big
server, he don’t fire big aces as other players but he plays each and every
point with great courage. He has huge
heart. Therefore he lost least service
games this year so far. He fired 48
aces, committed 32 double faults. His
first serve percentage was 68%, out of which he won 75% points. He also won 56% of his second serve
points. He faced only 61 break points in
2013 so far, out of which he saved 72% of break points. He played total of 195 service games, and won
91% of them. He won total of 69% service
points that he played.
All time smoothest servers list would be: Nastase, Noah,Federer,Wawrinka,Ferrer,Berdych,Amritraj,Edberg,Haas,Sampras and the list goes on.
ReplyDeleteThese are my picks for technically correct effortless and accurate serves. These are also the guys that generate topspin at the top of the swing and all the way through when they want to.