Fastest recorded Tennis serves - wikipedia Fastest recorded Tennis serves This article lists the fastest recorded tennis serves in the men 's and women 's games. This list may not be historically complete. For instance, there are reports that Bill Tilden had a serve that was clocked at 163.3 mph but there is nothing to verify that. Although the Association of Tennis Professionals does not formally recognise service speed records made in Challenger events due to the variance in radar guns, the serve of 263.4 km / h ( 163.7 mph ) recorded by Australian Sam Groth at an ATP Challenger event in Busan, South Korea in May 2012 was measured using approved equipment, and other data gathered appeared within a normal range. However, John Isner holds the official record for the fastest serve at 253 km / h ( 157.2 mph ). Ivo Karlović with a 232 km / h ( 144 mph ) second serve in the quarterfinals of the 2007 Legg Mason Tennis Classic in Washington, holds the record for the fastest second serve ever recorded. Criteria Men 's serves must be recorded at or over 232 km / h ( 144 mph ) minimum standard speed. Women 's serves must be recorded at or over 200 km / h ( 124 mph ) minimum standard speed. Only one serve per player is recorded here. For example, Andy Roddick has many 225 km / h ( 140 mph ) or faster serves on his record but only his personal best of 249 km / h ( 155 mph ) is included. In cases where more than one serve has been recorded at the same speed, the oldest recorded serve is listed first. Contents 1 Men 2 Women 3 See also 4 References Men Rank Player Speed Event Sam Groth 263 km / h ( 163.4 mph ) 2012 Busan Open Challenger Tennis Albano Olivetti 257.5 km / h ( 160 mph ) 2012 Internazionali Trofeo Lame Perrel -- Faip John Isner 253 km / h ( 157.2 mph ) 2016 Davis Cup Ivo Karlović 251 km / h ( 156 mph ) 2011 Davis Cup Jerzy Janowicz 2012 Pekao Szczecin Open 6 Milos Raonic 250 km / h ( 155.3 mph ) 2012 Rogers Cup 7 Andy Roddick 249 km / h ( 155 mph ) 2004 Davis Cup 8 Roscoe Tanner 246 km / h ( 153 mph ) 1978 American Airlines Tennis Games 9 Joachim Johansson 245 km / h ( 152 mph ) 2004 Davis Cup Feliciano López 2014 Aegon Championships 11 Marius Copil 244 km / h ( 152 mph ) 2016 European Open 12 Hubert Hurkacz 243 km / h ( 151 mph ) 2016 Davis Cup 13 Taylor Dent 241.1 km / h ( 149.8 mph ) 2006 ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament 14 Ernests Gulbis 240.3 km / h ( 149.3 mph ) 2007 St. Petersburg Open 15 Greg Rusedski 240 km / h ( 149 mph ) 1998 Newsweek Champions Cup 16 Peter Łuczak 238 km / h ( 148 mph ) 2010 Wimbledon Colin Dibley 1974 at Forest Hills 18 Dmitry Tursunov 237 km / h ( 147 mph ) 2006 Davis Cup Juan Martín del Potro 2009 Mutua Madrileña Masters Madrid Jo - Wilfried Tsonga 2014 Rogers Cup 21 Gaël Monfils 235 km / h ( 146 mph ) 2007 Legg Mason Tennis Classic Dušan Vemić 2008 Countrywide Classic Marin Čilić 2016 Davis Cup 24 Ričardas Berankis 234 km / h ( 145.5 mph ) 2011 Open d'Orléans Stanislas Wawrinka 2014 Davis Cup 26 Ivan Ljubičić 233 km / h ( 145 mph ) 2007 Pacific Life Open Grigor Dimitrov 2013 Aegon Championships Reilly Opelka 2016 U.S. Men 's Clay Court Championships Viktor Troicki 2017 Davis Cup 30 Mardy Fish 232 km / h ( 144 mph ) 2007 Pacific Life Open Fernando Verdasco 2009 French Open Marcin Matkowski 2009 ATP World Tour Finals Dominic Thiem 2017 Gerry Weber Open Women Rank Player Speed Event Sabine Lisicki 210.8 km / h ( 131.0 mph ) 2014 Stanford Classic Venus Williams 207.6 km / h ( 129.0 mph ) 2007 US Open Ivana Jorović 207 km / h ( 129 mph ) 2017 Fed Cup Serena Williams 206.4 km / h ( 128.3 mph ) 2013 Australian Open Julia Görges 203.0 km / h ( 126.1 mph ) 2012 French Open Caroline Garcia 2016 Fed Cup 7 Brenda Schultz - McCarthy 202.7 km / h ( 126.0 mph ) 2007 Indian Wells Masters 8 Nadiya Kichenok 202.0 km / h ( 125.5 mph ) 2014 Australian Open 9 Naomi Osaka 201.2 km / h ( 125.0 mph ) 2016 US Open Lucie Hradecká 2015 Wimbledon 11 Anna - Lena Grönefeld 201.1 km / h ( 125.0 mph ) 2009 Indian Wells Masters 12 Ana Ivanovic 201.0 km / h ( 124.9 mph ) 2007 French Open Denisa Allertová 2015 Australian Open 14 Kristina Mladenovic 200.0 km / h ( 124.3 mph ) 2009 French Open Jump up ^ In the match, Groth also hit serves recorded at 255.7 km / h ( 158.9 mph ) and 253.5 km / h ( 157.5 mph ) Jump up ^ The ATP does not officially recognize Janowicz 's serve due to the radar guns used. 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. Jump up ^ The serve by Roscoe Tanner in 1978 is not considered by many as an official record due to the inaccuracy of the equipment used at that time. Jump up ^ `` IDS only collects serve speed data on show courts at certain events ( 11 in 2014 ) and started doing so in 1989... Players who have had multiple Top 10 fastest serves only have their top one listed, and if they hit that top speed multiple times, just the first time they did it is listed. '' http://www.wtatennis.com/news/article/1978722/title/ids-serve-speed-leaders See also Tennis portal Ace ( tennis ) References ^ Jump up to : http://bleacherreport.com/articles/612431-pete-sampras-and-the-top-25-servers-in-the-history-of-mens-tennis Jump up ^ `` Aussie Groth Hits Speedy Serves ''. Association of Tennis Professionals Staff. 2012 - 12 - 05. Jump up ^ http://isportsweb.com/2015/10/10/tennis-ivo-karlovic-loses-but-breaks-another-record/ Jump up ^ `` IDS Serve Speed Leaders ''. Pro Tennis Internet Network. 2011 - 06 - 30. Jump up ^ `` Andy Roddick 's Serve ''. Retrieved 5 June 2012. Jump up ^ `` Fastest serve of a tennis ball ( male ) ''. Guinness World Records. Retrieved 27 Jan 2017. Jump up ^ `` Aussie smashes tennis serve speed record ''. The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved May 13, 2012. Jump up ^ `` Groth and Olivetti Top Guns of Fast Serve ''. Orange Deuce. August 11, 2012. Jump up ^ `` Ivo Karlovic sets world serve record ''. ESPN. March 6, 2011. Jump up ^ `` The final in figures ''. Fédération Française de Tennis. Retrieved 5 July 2013. Jump up ^ `` The record service speed of 251km / hour in the Challenger in Szczecin ''. Official Website of Jerzy Janowicz. August 1, 2013. Jump up ^ `` Rogers Cup tennis : Milos Raonic delivers substance and style : Cox ''. Toronto Star. August 7, 2012. Retrieved 10 August 2012. Jump up ^ `` Sports : Roddick blasts 155 mph serve in Cup victory ''. sptimes.com. ^ Jump up to : `` 2011 ATP World Tour Media Guide ''. Association of Tennis Professionals. p. 205. Retrieved 1 July 2011. Jump up ^ Botero B., Andrés ( 15 July 2014 ). `` El saque más veloz del tenis estará en el ATP 250 de Bogotá ''. eltiempo.com ( in Spanish ). Jump up ^ `` Hingis wins title ; Rusedski hits 149 mph ''. Houston Chronicle. March 15, 1998. Retrieved 27 April 2011. Jump up ^ http://www.afr.com/lifestyle/big-name-hopes-wildcard-dreams-20110116-j4w4w Jump up ^ `` GENSSE vs BERANKIS ''. Open d'Orléans. October 21, 2011. Jump up ^ `` IDS Serve Speed Leaders ''. WTA. Retrieved 13 March 2014. Jump up ^ `` Lisicki hits fastest serve ever ''. WTA. July 29, 2014. Jump up ^ `` Australian Open 2015 tournament statistics : Cornet vs. Allertova ''. ausopen.com. January 22, 2015. 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Question: who holds the world record for the fastest serve in tennis
Answer: John Isner