{"id":933,"date":"2024-07-19T10:38:27","date_gmt":"2024-07-19T10:38:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/?p=933"},"modified":"2024-07-22T13:10:16","modified_gmt":"2024-07-22T13:10:16","slug":"top-5-fastest-tennis-serves-ever-recorded","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/news\/top-5-fastest-tennis-serves-ever-recorded\/","title":{"rendered":"Top 5 Fastest Tennis Serves Ever Recorded"},"content":{"rendered":"

The effectiveness of a strong service game in tennis can not be understated, and for these select few, even attempting to return one would prove troublesome. Below Sportscasting<\/a> take a look at some of the fastest tennis serves ever recorded.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Top 5 Fastest Tennis Serves Ever Recorded<\/h2>\n

5. Milos Raonic – 155.3mph (249.9km\/h)<\/h4>\n

Few have a serve reel as emphatic as Milos Raonic, who is widely heralded for having one of the biggest serves the Tour has ever witnessed.<\/p>\n

The Canadian’s career might be entering its twilight, but he is still proving a considerable uphill battle for opponents . Just ask Cameron Norrie, who faced a barrage of aces at Queens in June with little retort – in fact, Raonic registered 47 aces which set a new record for a best-of-three ATP match.<\/p>\n

Although his average first serves sits at around 125mph across his career, the fastest came at the SAP Open in 2012 where he crashed a 155.3mph serve past Viktor Troicki.<\/p>\n

=4. Ivo Karlovic & Jerzy Janowicz – 156mph (251km\/h)<\/h4>\n

Ivo Karlovic and Jerzy Janowicz are forced to share the number four spot, with both hitting 156mph serves within a year of each other.<\/p>\n

Interestingly, the former’s came in a doubles match at the 2011 Davis Cup, making it the only non-singles serve to crack the top five.<\/p>\n

As for the latter, his came in his native Poland at the 2012 Pekao Szczecin Open in a relatively low stakes first round match.<\/p>\n

3. John Isner – 157.2mph (253km\/h)<\/h4>\n

John Isner is perhaps best remembered for featuring in the longest tennis match of all time at Wimbledon in 2010, but the American is also revered for his monstrous serve.<\/p>\n

His unbreakable service game is one of the reasons why that match with Nicolas Mahut lasted for over 11 hours, and the now-39-year-old averages 125mph on his first serves across a long career.<\/p>\n

His 157.2mph serve in a Davis Cup first round match in 2016 remains the official fastest serve on the ATP Tour – you can see footage of it below.<\/p>\n

Blink and you’ll miss it.<\/p>\n