3 Gonzaga
2 UCLA
Mar 23
9 FAU
4 Tennessee
62
55
Final
1 Houston
5 Miami
Mar 24
6 Creighton
15 Princeton
Mar 24
3 Kansas St
7 Michigan St
98
93
Final
8 Arkansas
4 UConn
65
88
Final
3 Xavier
2 Texas
Mar 24
1 Alabama
5 San Diego St
Mar 24
Masters
Spieth
E
Apr 6
Masters
Johnson
E
Apr 6
Masters
Thomas
E
Apr 6
Masters
Schauffele
E
Apr 6
Masters
Matsuyama
E
Apr 6
Masters
Morikawa
E
Apr 6
Masters
Rahm
E
Apr 6
Masters
McIlroy
E
Apr 6
Masters
Scheffler
E
Apr 6
Djokovic
Tsitsipas
def
Australian Open
Bombing serves doesn’t make you a great player, but it is fun to track. Sam Groth reached a career-high of 53rd in the world a few years ago, but is a name many tennis fans know because he hit the fastest modern serve on record. Certainly, there were powerful servers years ago that didn’t have the benefit of modern equipment. As you will see most of this list is the more recent players that while powerful or tall were using modern alloys and not wood or steel rackets. A player like Groth was built more like a linebacker than your typical tennis player. He stood 6-4, 220lbs which is incredibly heavy for a tennis player. His physique allowed him to generate great power. In 2011 he was a member of an Australian Rules Football club in his tennis hiatus.
As you can see from these highlights even his typical serve was usually well in the 140’s and gave him a powerful weapon and tennis career.
Men | |
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Sam Groth | 263.0 km/h 163.4 mph |
Albano Olivetti | 257.5 km/h 160.0 mph |
John Isner | 253.0 km/h 157.2 mph |
Alejandro Davidovich Fokina | 252.0 km/h 156.6 mph |
Ivo Karlović | 251.0 km/h 156.0 mph |
Jerzy Janowicz | 251.0 km/h 156.0 mph |
Milos Raonic | 249.9 km/h 155.3 mph |
Andy Roddick | 249.4 km/h 155.0 mph |
Chris Guccione | 248.0 km/h 154.1 mph |
Joachim Johansson | 244.6 km/h 152.0 mph |
Ryan Harrison | 244.6 km/h 152.0 mph |
Feliciano López | 244.6 km/h 152.0 mph |
Marius Copil | 244.0 km/h 151.6 mph |
Hubert Hurkacz | 243.0 km/h 151.0 mph |
Oscar Otte | 243.0 km/h 151.0 mph |
Taylor Dent | 241.0 km/h 149.8 mph |
Ernests Gulbis | 240.3 km/h 149.3 mph |
Juan Martín del Potro | 240.0 km/h 149.1 mph |
Greg Rusedski | 239.8 km/h 149.0 mph |
Dmitry Tursunov | 237.0 km/h 147.3 mph |
Marat Safin | 237.0 km/h 147.3 mph |
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga | 237.0 km/h 147.3 mph |
Frances Tiafoe | 237.0 km/h 147.3 mph |
Reilly Opelka | 237.0 km/h 147.3 mph |
Bernabé Zapata Miralles | 237.0 km/h 147.3 mph |
Taylor Fritz | 236.6 km/h 147.0 mph |
Fernando González | 236.0 km/h 146.6 mph |
Gaël Monfils [note 3] | 235.0 km/h 146.0 mph |
Dušan Vemić | 235.0 km/h 146.0 mph |
Marin Čilić | 235.0 km/h -146.0 mph |
Matteo Berrettini | 235.0 km/h -146.0 mph |
Alexander Zverev | 235.0 km/h 146.0 mph |
Ivan Ljubičić | 234.0 km/h 145.4 mph |
Ričardas Berankis | 234.0 km/h 145.4 mph |
Stan Wawrinka | 234.0 km/h 145.4 mph |
Andy Murray | 233.4 km/h 145.0 mph |
Grigor Dimitrov | 233.4 km/h 145.0 mph |
Viktor Troicki | 233.4 km/h 145.0 mph |
Nicolás Jarry | 233.0 km/h 144.8 mph |
Nicolas Massu | 232.4 km/h 144.4 mph |
Fernando Verdasco | 232.0 km/h -144.2 mph |
Dominic Thiem | 232.0 km/h -144.2 mph |
Mardy Fish | 231.7 km/h 144.0 mph |
Marcin Matkowski | 231.7 km/h 144.0 mph |
Stefanos Tsitsipas | 231.0 km/h 143.5 mph |
Jose Acasuso | 230.3 km/h 143.1 mph |
Agustin Calleri | 230.1 km/h 143.0 mph |
Robin Söderling | 230.1 km/h 143.0 mph |
Daniel Brands | 230.1 km/h 143.0 mph |
Jiri Vesely | 230.1 km/h 143.0 mph |
Nikoloz Basilashvili | 230.1 km/h 143.0 mph |
Nick Kyrgios | 230.1 km/h 143.0 mph |
Alexander Bublik | 230.1 km/h 143.0 mph |
Martin Verkerk | 230.0 km/h 142.9 mph |
Roger Federer | 230.0 km/h 142.9 mph |
Nicolás Almagro | 230.0 km/h 142.9 mph |
Casper Ruud | 230.0 km/h 142.9 mph |
Rafael Nadal | 230.0 km/h 142.9 mph |
Laslo Djere | 230.0 km/h 142.9 mph |
Mats Rosenkranz | 230.0 km/h 142.9 mph |