Fastest recorded tennis serves
Men
Not recognized by ATP Not formally recognized by ATP and/or unsourced In the match, Groth also hit serves recorded at 255.7 km/h (158.9 mph) and 253.5 km/h (157.5 mph) His fastest verified serve clocked in at 149.3 mph (240 km/h) in the 2013 Davis Cup and he produced a 150.4 mph (242 km/h) serve during his run in the 2012 Paris Masters, but it was a let.

Fastest recorded tennis serves

Section Title: Men
Table Section Text: Not recognized by ATP Not formally recognized by ATP and/or unsourced In the match, Groth also hit serves recorded at 255.7 km/h (158.9 mph) and 253.5 km/h (157.5 mph) His fastest verified serve clocked in at 149.3 mph (240 km/h) in the 2013 Davis Cup and he produced a 150.4 mph (242 km/h) serve during his run in the 2012 Paris Masters, but it was a let.

Rank	Player	Speed	Event	Type	Round	Source

1	Australia Sam Groth	263.4 km/h (163.7 mph)	2012 Busan Open Challenger Tennis	Singles	2R

2	France Albano Olivetti	257.5 km/h (160 mph)	2012 Internazionali Trofeo Lame Perrel–Faip	1R

3	United States John Isner	253 km/h (157.2 mph)	2016 Davis Cup	1R

4	Croatia Ivo Karlović	251 km/h (156.0 mph)	2011 Davis Cup	Doubles	1R

Poland Jerzy Janowicz	2012 Pekao Szczecin Open	Singles	1R

6	United States Andy Roddick	249.4 km/h (155 mph)	2004 Davis Cup	SF

Canada Milos Raonic	2012 SAP Open	SF

8	Sweden Joachim Johansson	244.6 km/h (152 mph)	2004 Davis Cup	Doubles	1R

Spain Feliciano López	2014 Aegon Championships	Singles	1R

10	Romania Marius Copil	244 km/h (151.6 mph)	2016 European Open	QF

11	Poland Hubert Hurkacz	243 km/h (151.0 mph)	2016 Davis Cup	1R

12	United States Taylor Dent	240 km/h (149.1 mph)	2010 French Open	1R

Argentina Juan Martín del Potro	2017 Stockholm Open	F

14	United Kingdom Greg Rusedski	239.8 km/h (149 mph)	1998 Newsweek Champions Cup	SF

15	Russia Dmitry Tursunov	237 km/h (147.3 mph)	2006 Davis Cup	SF

France Jo-Wilfried Tsonga	2014 Rogers Cup	QF

United States Frances Tiafoe	2018 Estoril Open	F

18	Chile Fernando González	236 km/h (146.6 mph)	2007 Italian Open (tennis)	SF

19	France Gaël Monfils	235 km/h (146 mph)	2007 Legg Mason Tennis Classic	QF

Serbia Dušan Vemić	2008 Countrywide Classic	?

Croatia Marin Čilić	2016 Davis Cup	1R

22	Croatia Ivan Ljubičić	234 km/h (145.4 mph)	2005 Mutua Madrileña Masters Madrid	F

Switzerland Stan Wawrinka	2014 Davis Cup	Doubles	F

24	Bulgaria Grigor Dimitrov	233.4 km/h (145 mph)	2013 Aegon Championships	Singles	?

United States Reilly Opelka	2016 U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships	?	?

Serbia Viktor Troicki	2017 Davis Cup	?	?

27	Chile Nicolás Jarry	233 km/h (144.8 mph)	2018 Davis Cup	?	1R

28	Spain Fernando Verdasco	232 km/h (144.2 mph)	2009 French Open	?	?

Austria Dominic Thiem	2017 Gerry Weber Open	?	?

30	United States Mardy Fish	231.7 km/h (144 mph)	2007 Pacific Life Open	?	1R

Poland Marcin Matkowski	2009 ATP World Tour Finals	?	?

32	Netherlands Martin Verkerk	230 km/h (143 mph)	2003 Breil Milano Indoor	?	?

Sweden Robin Söderling	2010 ATP World Tour Finals	?	?

Germany Daniel Brands	2011 Intersport Heilbronn Open	?	?

Czech Republic Jiří Veselý	2014 Wimbledon	?	?

Spain Nicolás Almagro	2016 Argentina Open	?	?

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John Isner holds the ATP's record for the fastest serve at 253 km/h (157.2 mph).

final_sentence: John Isner holds the ATP's record for the fastest serve at 253 km/h (157.2 mph).