ATP & WTA rankings

[ashkor87]

looking back on 2025, who were the best servers and returners? Data from wta and atp official sites:

Men - Serve

Points won on first serve:
Sinner 79.5%
Fritz 79.4%
Djokovic 76.7%
FAA 76.5
Draper 75.6
Alcaraz 74.1
Zverev 73.8

Points won on second serve ('you are only as good as your second serve')

Sinner 59.1%
Alcaraz 56.8
Djokovic 55.7
Draper 54.7
Fritz 54.4
Zverev 53.5
FAA 52.1

Returners?

First serve returns won

Alcaraz 35%
Navone 34%
Sinner 33.6
Djokovic 31.7
Zverev 30

the real surprise (to me) is Navone!

[ashkor87]

and the women:

Serve
First serve points won:
Rybakina 74.6%
Osaka 73.3
Swiatek 69.4%
Sabalenka 68.4

Second serve:
Rybakina 64.4
Osaka 63
Sabalenka 61.8
Swiatek 61.7

RETURNS

return points won

Gauff 48.8%
Swiatek 47.5
Sabalenka 45.6
Andreeva 45.6
Alexandrova 45.3
Paolini 45.2
Pegula 45.1
Anisimov 45.1

First serve return point won:

Gauff 43.1
Swiatek 40.1
Andreeva 39.4
Paolini 38.9
Alexandrova 38.8
Anisimova 37.8
Sabalenka 37.8

Gauff is clearly the best returner of serve, just as Rybakina is clearly the best server. I am a bit surprised at how well Osaka has served, that is not my mental recollection, especially on second serve.

[ponchi101]

Osaka maybe has such a good percentage because of a lower number of matches?