Top 15 fastest women's tennis serves in the history of the game

On average, the fastest tennis serves have clocked between 190km/h and 200km/h. This article will dive deep into the incredible achievements of women in the sport of tennis. Dig in and learn more about the fastest women's tennis serve ever.

How fast do female tennis players serve? Reports indicate that female players' fastest tennis serve speeds are usually marked around 170 to 180 km/h or 105 to 111 mph. Discover professional players who surpassed the standard mark and broke historical records.

Who has the fastest serve in women's tennis history?

Numerous professional female players have served with over 200km/h speeds. However, governing bodies such as the Women's Tennis Association officially recognise few of the records.

Official recognition requires match officials to use WTA-certified tennis radar guns to measure serve speeds. In addition, hits made during minor matches, such as qualifiers, are not recognised. This article will highlight some of the most talented players who surpassed the average female tennis serve speed.

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15. Aleksandra Krunic - 188km/h (117 mph)

Krunick starts the ranking off with a 117 miles per hour serve against Victoria Azarenka during the women's singles match at the U.S. Open tournament in 2014. Although the rising star had won three qualifying matches, she lost to Azarenka 4-6, 6-4, 6-4.

14. Beatriz Haddad Maia - 189.9km/h (118 mph)

Records by Statista reveal that Haddad Mai held the fastest average serve record in women's tennis in 2022. Although she hit the speed at the start of the Wimbledon Championships at Wimbledon, her U.S. counterpart, Coco Gauff, beat the record after hitting two of the highest speeds, 122 mph, and 124 mph, at the games. Other stunners at the games include Petra Kvitová and Elena Rybakina, who launched 119mph serves.

13. Kristina Mladenovic - 198.5km/h (124.3 mph)

Mladenovic's 198.5km/h hit catapults her to the top 15 women's tennis players with the fastest serves. The thirteenth fastest record came during the 2009 French Open tournament.

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12. Ana Ivanovic - 201 km/h (124.9 mph)

Ivanovic launched the twelfth fastest women's tennis serve of all time during the 2007 French Open final match against seven-time Grand Slam champion Justine Hennin. Although Ivanovic eventually lost to Hennin, she took the 2007 record.

11. Anna-Lena Groenefeld - 201.1km/h (125.0mph)

Various players, including Naomi Osaka and Lucie Hradecka, join the rank at the eleventh spot with record speeds of up to 125 miles per hour. Groenefeld retired in 2019 and hit the record at the 2009 Indian Wells in a match against French player Amélie Mauresmo. Here is a summary of other players who share this spot with Groenefeld.

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10. Nadiia Kichenok - 202.0 km/h (125.5mph)

Nadiia and her sister Lyudmila Kichenok have distinguished themselves as skilled tennis pros, ranking highly on WTA. However, Nadiia's prowess at launching impossibly fast hits set her apart. Although she lost to Ayumi Morita during the first round of the 2014 Australian Opens, she set the record for the swiftest hit, the highest in 2014.

9. Brenda Schultz-McCarthy - 202.7 km/h (126.0 mph)

Who is the best female tennis server of all time? As one of the hardest hitters in WTA, Dutch player Brenda Shultz has a 57% winning record in over 1000 singles and doubles matches. Although her second fastest hit was 126.0 mph, the retired pro recalls her fastest hit was 130mph.

8. Julia Görges - 202.9 km/h (126.1 mph)

Görges set the record in 2012 when she played against Lucie Hradecka at the French Open during the first round of the match. Alongside French tennis pro Carolina Gracia, Görges still holds one of the highest records in the game.

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7. Coco Gauff - 205.5 km/h (128 mph)

Who has the fastest women's tennis serve in 2023? Coco Gauff's serve during the 2023 Australian Open clocked speeds of 195 kph (121 mph), the fastest in the tournament.

In addition, her 128 mph record at the 2022 U.S. Open is the second-highest speed in the United States after Venus Williams. Gauff, who could not believe her performance, later told the press,

"I did see the clock later, and it said 128. I looked at it, and I did not know how that happened. It did not feel like I hit it that hard. Sometimes, when you try to hit hard, it still goes fast, but that was not supposed to be that hard."

6. Serena Williams - 207.0 km/h (128.6 mph)

What is Serena Williams's fastest serve speed? During the 2013 Australian Open, Williams hit two 128.6 mph records in a match against Garbine Muguruza. She ranks sixth alongside Ivana Jorović, who clocked the same speeds at the 2017 Fed Cup.

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5. Venus Williams - 207.6 km/h (129.0 mph)

What is Venus Williams's fastest serve ever? The legendary tennis player clocked 129 mph speeds twice during her 2007 U.S. Open first-round match against Kira Nagy and her 2008 Wimbledon final match against her sister Serena. Here is a summary of other athletes who clocked at the same speeds.

4. Brenda Schultz-McCarthy - 209.2 km/h (130 mph)

Although Schultz recounts her record as 130 mph, reports state that her second record (129mph) came during her match against U.S. player Julia Cohen. Schultz, who had taken a six-year absence from active competition, returned with vigor to break Venus' standing record.

3. Sabine Lisicki - 210.8 km/h (131.0 mph)

What is the fastest women's tennis serve ever recorded? Sabine set the highest WTA-recognised record of 131 mph during the first round in the Bank of the West Classic in Stanford, US, against Ana Ivanovic. Although Ivanovic went on to win 7-6, 6-1, she set a standing record on the fastest women's tennis serve ever recorded on the WTA tour.

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2. Aryna Sabalenka - 214 km/h (133 mph)

As of March 2023, Sabalenka occupies second place in the WTA singles ranking. The Belarussian player hit a record 214 km/hr speed during the 2018 WTA Elite Trophy tournament.

1. Georgina García Pérez - 220 km/h (136.7 mph)

Who is the fastest female server of all time? Popularly known as El Huracán (the Hurricane), Georgina García holds the Guinness World Record for the fastest serve by a female player in tennis history. During the 2018 Hungarian Ladies Open in Budapest, Pérez fired a 220 km/h (136.7 mph) serve in the final qualifying round against Patty Schnyder.

On average, male players record 27 km/hr speeds higher than their female counterparts. However, studies indicate that the fastest women's tennis serve records are consistently improving compared to male serving speeds.

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