KICKSERVEmodel room
← Rankings

Records

Career leaderboards across both tours, built from every tour-level match on file — 1990 onward for the men, 1997 for the women. Serve and return figures come from the matches that have point-by-point statistics recorded, which is not all of them, so they are rates rather than totals and carry a minimum sample.

Most Grand Slam titles

Singles titles at the four majors. Novak Djokovic leads the ATP list at 24. Serena Williams leads the WTA list at 23.

ATP

#PlayerCareerFigure
1SRB Novak Djokovic2004–202624
2Rafael Nadal2001–202422
3Roger Federer1998–202120
4ESP Carlos Alcaraz2019–20267
5ITA Jannik Sinner2019–20265
6Andy Murray2002–20243
7SUI Stan Wawrinka2002–20263
8GER Alexander Zverev2011–20262
9Lleyton Hewitt1997–20162
10Andy Roddick2000–20121

WTA

#PlayerCareerFigure
1Serena Williams1997–202623
2USA Venus Williams1997–20267
3POL Iga Swiatek2019–20266
4Maria Sharapova2002–20205
5Martina Hingis1997–20075
6BLR Aryna Sabalenka2016–20264
7Kim Clijsters1999–20214
8JPN Naomi Osaka2013–20264
9Angelique Kerber2003–20243
10Ashleigh Barty2011–20223

Most tour-level titles

Every singles title at tour level or above. Roger Federer leads the ATP list at 103. Serena Williams leads the WTA list at 73.

ATP

#PlayerCareerFigure
1Roger Federer1998–2021103
2SRB Novak Djokovic2004–2026102
3Rafael Nadal2001–202492
4Andy Murray2002–202446
5Andy Roddick2000–201232
6ITA Jannik Sinner2019–202631
7Lleyton Hewitt1997–201630
8GER Alexander Zverev2011–202627
9ESP Carlos Alcaraz2019–202627
10David Ferrer2002–201927

WTA

#PlayerCareerFigure
1Serena Williams1997–202673
2USA Venus Williams1997–202649
3Martina Hingis1997–200742
4Kim Clijsters1999–202141
5Maria Sharapova2002–202036
6Petra Kvitova2007–202531
7Caroline Wozniacki2005–202430
8POL Iga Swiatek2019–202627
9BLR Aryna Sabalenka2016–202624
10Simona Halep2009–202524

Most weeks at No. 1

Weeks at the top of the official ranking, counted from 2003. Novak Djokovic leads the ATP list at 376. Serena Williams leads the WTA list at 253.

ATP

#PlayerCareerFigure
1SRB Novak Djokovic2004–2026376
2Roger Federer1998–2021268
3Rafael Nadal2001–2024184
4ITA Jannik Sinner2019–202673
5ESP Carlos Alcaraz2019–202657
6Andy Murray2002–202436
7Lleyton Hewitt1997–201618
8RUS Daniil Medvedev2013–202613
9Andy Roddick2000–20129
10Juan Carlos Ferrero1999–20128

WTA

#PlayerCareerFigure
1Serena Williams1997–2026253
2Ashleigh Barty2011–2022104
3POL Iga Swiatek2019–2026104
4BLR Aryna Sabalenka2016–202687
5Caroline Wozniacki2005–202463
6Simona Halep2009–202557
7Victoria Azarenka2005–202546
8Angelique Kerber2003–202430
9JPN Naomi Osaka2013–202621
10Kim Clijsters1999–202118

Highest win rate

Share of tour-level singles matches won. Novak Djokovic leads the ATP list at 83.1%. Serena Williams leads the WTA list at 83.0%.

ATP

#PlayerCareerFigure
1SRB Novak Djokovic2004–202683.1%
2Rafael Nadal2001–202481.9%
3Roger Federer1998–202181.8%
4ESP Carlos Alcaraz2019–202681.4%
5ITA Jannik Sinner2019–202679.2%
6Andy Roddick2000–201274.2%
7Andy Murray2002–202472.7%
8Juan Martin Del Potro2005–202271.7%
9RUS Daniil Medvedev2013–202670.5%
10GER Alexander Zverev2011–202670.3%

WTA

#PlayerCareerFigure
1Serena Williams1997–202683.0%
2Martina Hingis1997–200782.1%
3POL Iga Swiatek2019–202679.7%
4Kim Clijsters1999–202178.5%
5Maria Sharapova2002–202077.7%
6Ashleigh Barty2011–202273.2%
7USA Venus Williams1997–202672.9%
8BLR Aryna Sabalenka2016–202672.9%
9USA Cori Gauff2018–202672.3%
10RUS Mirra Andreeva2022–202672.1%

Highest peak Elo

The highest overall rating our model ever gave a player. It replays from late 2011, so a peak before then is understated or missing. Novak Djokovic leads the ATP list at 2696. Serena Williams leads the WTA list at 2811.

ATP

#PlayerCareerFigure
1SRB Novak Djokovic2004–20262696
2Rafael Nadal2001–20242562
3Andy Murray2002–20242560
4Roger Federer1998–20212547
5JPN Kei Nishikori2007–20262397
6Milos Raonic2008–20242367
7Tomas Berdych2003–20192365
8David Ferrer2002–20192364
9ITA Jannik Sinner2019–20262358
10Juan Martin Del Potro2005–20222358

WTA

#PlayerCareerFigure
1Serena Williams1997–20262811
2Maria Sharapova2002–20202653
3Victoria Azarenka2005–20252649
4Na Li2000–20142545
5Simona Halep2009–20252486
6Agnieszka Radwanska2005–20182483
7Ana Ivanovic2003–20162463
8POL Iga Swiatek2019–20262445
9Ashleigh Barty2011–20222442
10Caroline Wozniacki2005–20242441

Most aces per match

Aces per match, over matches with point-by-point statistics on file. John Isner leads the ATP list at 18.4. Serena Williams leads the WTA list at 7.1.

ATP

#PlayerCareerFigure
1John Isner2007–202318.4
2USA Reilly Opelka2015–202617.4
3FRA Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard2020–202616.2
4Milos Raonic2008–202415.5
5AUS Nick Kyrgios2012–202614.9
6Maxime Cressy2019–202413.8
7Sam Querrey2005–202212.7
8Kevin Anderson2006–202312.5
9Andy Roddick2000–201212.4
10Ivan Ljubicic1996–201212.4

WTA

#PlayerCareerFigure
1Serena Williams1997–20267.1
2CAN Rebecca Marino2006–20267.0
3CZE Karolina Pliskova2006–20266.7
4USA Alycia Parks2021–20266.6
5CHN Qinwen Zheng2019–20266.6
6KAZ Elena Rybakina2017–20266.2
7Coco Vandeweghe2006–20236.0
8JPN Naomi Osaka2013–20265.8
9Ashleigh Barty2011–20225.5
10Sabine Lisicki2005–20235.4

Best first-serve percentage

Share of first serves that went in. Hugo Dellien leads the ATP list at 72.0%. Sara Errani leads the WTA list at 77.3%.

ATP

#PlayerCareerFigure
1BOL Hugo Dellien2014–202672.0%
2ARG Sebastian Baez2021–202672.0%
3John Isner2007–202369.0%
4IND Sumit Nagal2014–202668.5%
5FRA Kenny de Schepper2011–201968.2%
6Juan Monaco2002–201767.9%
7USA Christopher Eubanks2012–202567.8%
8Rafael Nadal2001–202467.8%
9Nikolay Davydenko2000–201467.7%
10GER Alexander Zverev2011–202667.2%

WTA

#PlayerCareerFigure
1Sara Errani2003–202577.3%
2USA Katie Volynets2019–202675.2%
3UKR Daria Snigur2020–202673.8%
4Monica Niculescu2005–202373.3%
5EGY Mayar Sherif2020–202672.9%
6ITA Lucrezia Stefanini2019–202672.4%
7MEX Renata Zarazua2016–202672.2%
8Irina Maria Bara2015–202571.5%
9TUR Cagla Buyukakcay2005–202371.4%
10BRA Laura Pigossi2013–202671.2%

Best points won behind the first serve

How often a landed first serve turned into a point. Milos Raonic leads the ATP list at 81.5%. Serena Williams leads the WTA list at 74.2%.

ATP

#PlayerCareerFigure
1Milos Raonic2008–202481.5%
2Sam Querrey2005–202279.0%
3USA Reilly Opelka2015–202679.0%
4Andy Roddick2000–201279.0%
5John Isner2007–202378.7%
6Maxime Cressy2019–202478.4%
7FRA Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard2020–202678.1%
8Roger Federer1998–202178.0%
9FRA Quentin Halys2013–202678.0%
10JoWilfried Tsonga2003–202277.6%

WTA

#PlayerCareerFigure
1Serena Williams1997–202674.2%
2CHN Qinwen Zheng2019–202673.9%
3KAZ Elena Rybakina2017–202672.0%
4Ashleigh Barty2011–202272.0%
5JPN Naomi Osaka2013–202671.6%
6Coco Vandeweghe2006–202370.8%
7CZE Karolina Pliskova2006–202670.4%
8CZE Linda Noskova2020–202670.0%
9RUS Liudmila Samsonova2019–202669.9%
10NZL Lulu Sun2018–202669.8%

Best break points saved

Break points faced that did not become a break. John Isner leads the ATP list at 70.3%. Serena Williams leads the WTA list at 62.4%.

ATP

#PlayerCareerFigure
1John Isner2007–202370.3%
2USA Reilly Opelka2015–202669.8%
3USA Ben Shelton2021–202669.4%
4Milos Raonic2008–202469.3%
5ITA Matteo Berrettini2017–202668.2%
6Roger Federer1998–202167.9%
7FRA Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard2020–202667.7%
8ITA Jannik Sinner2019–202667.4%
9Andy Roddick2000–201267.1%
10AUS Nick Kyrgios2012–202667.0%

WTA

#PlayerCareerFigure
1Serena Williams1997–202662.4%
2KAZ Elena Rybakina2017–202661.9%
3CZE Karolina Pliskova2006–202660.3%
4BLR Aryna Sabalenka2016–202660.2%
5Kim Clijsters1999–202160.1%
6NZL Lulu Sun2018–202660.1%
7USA Taylor Townsend2011–202659.9%
8CZE Karolina Muchova2016–202659.8%
9Lucie Safarova2004–202459.6%
10Johanna Konta2010–202159.5%

Best break point conversion

Break points taken, out of those created. Bernabe Zapata Miralles leads the ATP list at 46.0%. Simona Halep leads the WTA list at 50.7%.

ATP

#PlayerCareerFigure
1Bernabe Zapata Miralles2015–202646.0%
2Rafael Nadal2001–202444.9%
3Matteo Viola2010–202244.2%
4SRB Novak Djokovic2004–202644.0%
5Yuki Bhambri2007–202344.0%
6Diego Sebastian Schwartzman2011–202544.0%
7Steven Diez2008–202443.9%
8JPN Shintaro Mochizuki2021–202643.7%
9Nikolay Davydenko2000–201443.7%
10David Ferrer2002–201943.6%

WTA

#PlayerCareerFigure
1Simona Halep2009–202550.7%
2Sesil Karatantcheva2004–202350.7%
3RUS Mirra Andreeva2022–202650.6%
4ESP Sara Sorribes Tormo2012–202650.4%
5Tereza Mrdeza2012–202650.0%
6Agnieszka Radwanska2005–201850.0%
7ITA Lucrezia Stefanini2019–202649.8%
8Sara Errani2003–202549.8%
9Monica Niculescu2005–202349.7%
10UKR Yuliia Starodubtseva2023–202649.7%

Best return points won

Points won on the opponent’s serve. Rafael Nadal leads the ATP list at 42.2%. Sara Errani leads the WTA list at 48.4%.

ATP

#PlayerCareerFigure
1Rafael Nadal2001–202442.2%
2David Ferrer2002–201942.1%
3Diego Sebastian Schwartzman2011–202541.8%
4ESP Carlos Alcaraz2019–202641.8%
5SRB Novak Djokovic2004–202641.8%
6Matteo Viola2010–202241.6%
7David Nalbandian2000–201341.2%
8Nikolay Davydenko2000–201441.2%
9Andy Murray2002–202441.2%
10Juan Monaco2002–201741.0%

WTA

#PlayerCareerFigure
1Sara Errani2003–202548.4%
2Kim Clijsters1999–202148.3%
3Victoria Azarenka2005–202548.2%
4Simona Halep2009–202548.0%
5Maria Sharapova2002–202047.9%
6POL Iga Swiatek2019–202647.9%
7Tereza Mrdeza2012–202647.8%
8ITA Lucrezia Stefanini2019–202647.8%
9Sesil Karatantcheva2004–202347.8%
10ESP Sara Sorribes Tormo2012–202647.8%

Best tie-break record

Tie-breaks won, minimum 50 played. Learner Tien leads the ATP list at 67.1%. Martina Hingis leads the WTA list at 66.7%.

ATP

#PlayerCareerFigure
1USA Learner Tien2022–202667.1%
2SRB Novak Djokovic2004–202665.6%
3Roger Federer1998–202165.2%
4ITA Jannik Sinner2019–202664.3%
5SVK Alex Molcan2021–202663.2%
6Andy Roddick2000–201262.6%
7FRA Arthur Fils2021–202661.7%
8ESP Carlos Alcaraz2019–202661.7%
9Aisam Qureshi2000–201761.2%
10Bradley Klahn2010–202361.2%

WTA

#PlayerCareerFigure
1Martina Hingis1997–200766.7%
2Serena Williams1997–202666.3%
3USA Cori Gauff2018–202665.3%
4CZE Karolina Muchova2016–202664.2%
5BLR Aryna Sabalenka2016–202664.1%
6CZE Linda Noskova2020–202663.0%
7Danielle Rose Collins2014–202562.3%
8Lauren Davis2010–202562.1%
9USA Sachia Vickery2011–202661.4%
10Marion Bartoli2001–201361.2%

Best deciding-set record

Matches won that went to a deciding set, minimum 50 played. Novak Djokovic leads the ATP list at 81.9%. Ashleigh Barty leads the WTA list at 73.2%.

ATP

#PlayerCareerFigure
1SRB Novak Djokovic2004–202681.9%
2Rafael Nadal2001–202480.4%
3ESP Carlos Alcaraz2019–202678.5%
4ITA Jannik Sinner2019–202678.1%
5Roger Federer1998–202176.9%
6Andy Murray2002–202472.5%
7Andy Roddick2000–201272.2%
8Juan Martin Del Potro2005–202271.9%
9JPN Kei Nishikori2007–202671.8%
10JoWilfried Tsonga2003–202268.0%

WTA

#PlayerCareerFigure
1Ashleigh Barty2011–202273.2%
2Maria Sharapova2002–202073.0%
3Serena Williams1997–202672.2%
4Simona Halep2009–202566.5%
5Nicole Vaidisova2004–201566.3%
6CHN Qinwen Zheng2019–202666.0%
7USA Cori Gauff2018–202665.6%
8JPN Naomi Osaka2013–202665.0%
9Kim Clijsters1999–202163.9%
10POL Iga Swiatek2019–202663.4%

Best record after losing the first set

Matches won from a set down, minimum 50 played. Jannik Sinner leads the ATP list at 46.1%. Serena Williams leads the WTA list at 48.3%.

ATP

#PlayerCareerFigure
1ITA Jannik Sinner2019–202646.1%
2SRB Novak Djokovic2004–202645.9%
3ESP Carlos Alcaraz2019–202645.6%
4Rafael Nadal2001–202441.4%
5Roger Federer1998–202141.3%
6Lleyton Hewitt1997–201639.3%
7JPN Kei Nishikori2007–202637.0%
8Andy Murray2002–202436.7%
9USA Ben Shelton2021–202636.6%
10GER Alexander Zverev2011–202636.5%

WTA

#PlayerCareerFigure
1Serena Williams1997–202648.3%
2Maria Sharapova2002–202038.5%
3RUS Mirra Andreeva2022–202638.3%
4Ashleigh Barty2011–202237.9%
5POL Iga Swiatek2019–202637.4%
6Kim Clijsters1999–202136.4%
7KAZ Elena Rybakina2017–202635.9%
8USA Cori Gauff2018–202634.3%
9BLR Aryna Sabalenka2016–202633.5%
10CHN Qinwen Zheng2019–202631.6%

Best record against the top 10

Matches won against a top-10 opponent, minimum 30 played. Novak Djokovic leads the ATP list at 69.2%. Serena Williams leads the WTA list at 70.9%.

ATP

#PlayerCareerFigure
1SRB Novak Djokovic2004–202669.2%
2ESP Carlos Alcaraz2019–202668.3%
3Roger Federer1998–202166.7%
4ITA Jannik Sinner2019–202664.4%
5Rafael Nadal2001–202463.0%
6Andy Murray2002–202451.7%
7RUS Daniil Medvedev2013–202649.1%
8DEN Holger Rune2020–202645.5%
9AUS Nick Kyrgios2012–202642.0%
10ARG Francisco Cerundolo2019–202641.5%

WTA

#PlayerCareerFigure
1Serena Williams1997–202670.9%
2Kim Clijsters1999–202164.2%
3POL Iga Swiatek2019–202663.3%
4BLR Aryna Sabalenka2016–202659.6%
5Maria Sharapova2002–202057.1%
6KAZ Elena Rybakina2017–202654.1%
7Ashleigh Barty2011–202253.2%
8Kiki Bertens2011–202149.0%
9Garbine Muguruza2008–202348.8%
10USA Cori Gauff2018–202648.1%

A note on what is here

Fifteen leaderboards, each split by tour, not a hundred mixed ones. Ultimate Tennis Statistics — the site that did this best, and which is now offline — kept a Records Book of around a hundred categories, and its pressure categories are the model for the ones here. We have taken the definitions and not the code: a win-loss record in deciding sets is a fact, while its own formulas are licensed NonCommercial. Splitting fifteen good tables into a hundred thin ones would earn nothing and cost crawl budget, so they share a page until one of them proves it deserves its own.

To weigh these against each other rather than read them one at a time, the GOAT calculator puts thirteen of them on sliders.