While the fastest tennis serves don’t guarantee success on the court, they can serve as a useful weapon, and at the very least they’re incredibly fun to watch.
Realizing when to slice the ball and when to pound it over the court is the distinction between the beginners and the experts. Concentrating on the power side, a few players pack their vitality in their serve. They smack the ball as hard as they can over the net with the end goal to perplex their rival. This rundown is made out of the top 5 men with quickest serves ever of. At the point when control meets direction, you get serves that will make your head turn.
Top 5 World’s Fastest Men’s tennis serves Ever Recorded
Samuel Groth
Australian Samuel Groth hit the worlds fastest serve at 163.7 mph (263.4 kph). This serve came during his second round match against his opponent Uladzimir Ignatik from Belarus which he lost 4-6, 3-6. Aussie Samuel Groth is currently ranked #139 in the world.
He was on the news again for his serving at Wimbledon in 2015, picking the greatest stage of all. Focus Court at Wimbledon against Roger Federer, to flame in a 147mph serve. Federer has a notoriety for killing quick serves, however this, the quickest serve of 2015 and the second quickest in Wimbledon history, went straight through him.
Albano Olivetti
The 26-year-old Frenchman Albano Olivetti has been known as one of the tallest players in the world and a giant server with a booming initial shot that gave him six Futures titles and led him to two Challenger finals. At the 2012 Internazionali Trofeo Lame Perrel-Faip, Albano overwhelmed everybody when he fired a tennis ball at 160 mph. Expect much from this youthful player, as he has the right stuff and ability to wind up a superstar…and to pummel some more tennis balls at high speeds.
IVO KARLOVIC
Croatia’s Ivo Karlovic broke the fastest serve world record when he fired a 251 kmph (156mph) blast during his country’s 2011Davis Cup tie against Germany in Zagreb. Karlovic and Ivan Dodig lost the doubles against Christopher Kas and Philipp Petzschner of Germany 3-6, 5-7, 6-3, 6-4. Germany leads the Davis Cup first-round series 2-1.
JERZY JANOWICZ
It’s been an intense go for Poland’s Jerzy Janowicz, the unpredictable previous world No. 14 who has been battling with injuries for a long time. The 26-year-old remained at No. 280 toward the start of 2017, however has sliced that down the middle.
In his breakout year on the ATP World Tour in 2012, the youthful and searing Pole handled a serve not at all like any he had hit previously. Playing at the Pekao Sczcecin Open in his nation of origin of Poland, Jerzy whacked a serve at 156 mph against his adversary.
MILOS RAONIC
Raonic hit his quickest career serve front of an eager and energized home fans at the Rogers Cup in 2012 faster than Andy Roddick’s serve, which held record of 249 km/h.
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