{"id":661,"date":"2021-10-06T08:31:37","date_gmt":"2021-10-06T08:31:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/toomanyrackets.com\/?p=661"},"modified":"2023-10-13T21:25:11","modified_gmt":"2023-10-13T21:25:11","slug":"best-tennis-servers-of-all-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/toomanyrackets.com\/best-tennis-servers-of-all-time\/","title":{"rendered":"Best Tennis Servers of All Time"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

This article will look at who are considered the best tennis servers of all time.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The below list is based on how effective the player’s serve was in terms of helping them win the biggest tournaments like grand slams<\/a> and not necessarily the player with the most aces<\/a> or fastest speed<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Therefore notable servers like John Isner<\/a> and Ivo Karlovic<\/a> have not been included in the list as they haven’t won any grand slam tournaments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Five Best Tennis Servers of All Time<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1. Roger Federer<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Roger Federer<\/strong> is proof that you don’t need the fastest speed to have a very effective serve.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What made Roger Federer’s serve so effective is that it was very difficult for his opponents to read as he uses the same ball toss location regardless of whether he was hitting it flat, slicing it, or hitting it with heavy topspin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Federer’s average first serve speed<\/a> is around 200km\/h (124mph) and he has won an average of 90% of his service games throughout his career.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Federer’s fastest recorded serve<\/a> was 230km\/h (143mph) which he hit at the 2010 Gerry Weber Open<\/a> in Halle, Germany.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At the time of writing this article, Federer had hit a total of 11,478 over the 1,462 matches he has played in his career, which works out at an average of just under 8 aces per match<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Federer’s serve was a major strength of his game and it is especially effective on grass and hard courts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Therefore it is no surprise that 19 out of the 20 grand slams that Federer<\/a> has won have been on these surfaces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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