Tennis Serve and Return Analytics (ATP data)

1. SERVE+RETURN ANALYTICS:
Fun Facts, Oddities and
Useful Data

2. FIRST SERVE PERCENTAGE
• At 2020 Australian Open:
• 12 of 13 women with the highest percentage of 1st serves in
LOST in the first round
• 8 of 12 men with the highest percentage of 1st serves in LOST
in the first round

5. WHAT’S THE HARDEST SERVE TO HIT?
WTA and Juniors: Ad Court Wide Serve

6. WHAT SERVE+1 SEEMS EASY BUT ISN’T?
Deuce Court Wide Serve + Return to Backhand + Backhand Crosscourt
Most juniors can’t get the backhand wide enough and end up neutral
rallying

7. DEUCE COURT 2nd SERVE – righty vs righty
NAME T SERVE WIDE SERVE Wide+ to FH
% of total % won % of total % won
Djokovic 37.9 60.2 38.4 61.8 +1.6
Federer 48.8 60.3 27.0 64.4 +4.1
Thiem 50.6 58.4 28.1 59.5 +1.1
Medvedev 42.3 57.4 33.8 65.0 +7.6
Wawrinka 52.8 57.5 26.3 57.0 -0.5
Tsitsipas 30.0 56.2 19.1 55.0 -1.2
Kyrgios 53.0 62.9 32.2 63.9 +1.0
Dimitrov 57.2 56.8 14.1 63.6 +6.8
Khachanov 50.7 56.6 9.0 65.4 +8.8
Fognini 51.9 51.3 18.4 60.3 +9.0
Monfils 44.2 54.9 32.9 59.3 +4.4

8. AD COURT 2nd SERVE – RIGHTY VS RIGHTY
NAME WIDE SERVE T SERVE T+ to FH
% of total % won % of total % won
Djokovic 30.5 61.1 36.9 64.8 +3.7
Federer 48.8 62.2 28.6 59.6 -2.6
Thiem 24.7 59.1 37.2 55.7 +3.4
Medvedev 61.6 55.2 13.0 63.6 +8.4
Wawrinka 61.5 56.6 16.0 55.1 -1.5
Tsitsipas 18.8 52.6 22.7 55.7 +3.1
Kyrgios 54.6 54.0 28.1 59.8 +5.8
Dimitrov 42.7 57.6 14.8 58.1 +0.5
Khachanov 22.7 51.1 24.0 55.2 +4.1
Fognini 30.9 53.4 21.9 55.6 +2.2
Monfils 38.1 56.2 25.1 60.5 +4.3