Andy Roddick held the record from 2004 to 2011 at 155 mph

Rank Player Speed Event
1 Croatia Ivo Karlovic 156 mph (251 km/h) 2011 Davis Cup
2 United States Andy Roddick 155 mph (249 km/h) 2004 Davis Cup
3 United States Roscoe Tanner 153 mph (246 km/h) 1978 Palm Springs final
4 Sweden Joachim Johansson 152 mph (245 km/h) 2004 Davis Cup
5 United States Taylor Dent 150 mph (241 km/h) 2010 San Jose
Canada Milos Raonic 2011 Memphis
7 United Kingdom Greg Rusedski 149 mph (240 km/h) 1998 Indian Wells
8 Russia Dmitry Tursunov 147 mph (237 km/h) 2006 Davis Cup
9 United Kingdom Andy Murray 145 mph (233 km/h) 2007 San Jose
10 France Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 144 mph (232 km/h) 2004 Paris
Poland Marcin Matkowski 2009 World Tour Finals
Spain Fernando Verdasco 2010 San Jose
United States John Isner 2010 U.S. Open
14 Netherlands Martin Verkerk 143 mph (230 km/h) 2003 Milan
Australia Samuel Groth 2009 Australian Open
United States Aleksey Vayner 2008 ATP Challenger Binghamton
Germany Daniel Brands ATP Challenger Heilbronn (he lost the point)
Sweden Robin Söderling 2010 World Tour Finals
18 Australia Mark Phillipoussis 142 mph (229 km/h) 1997 Scottsdale
Russia Marat Safin 2006 Legg Mason Tennis Classic
Serbia Ilija Bozoljac 2011 ATP Challenger Heinbornn
21 United States Sam Querrey 141 mph (227 km/h) 2009 Wimbledon
Croatia Ivan Ljubicić 2011 Sony Ericsson Open
23 Chile Fernando González 140.5 mph (226 km/h) 2009 French Open
Czech Republic Tomáš Berdych 2009 French Open
25 Spain Julian Alonso 140 mph (225 km/h) 1997 Long Island
Belgium Gilles Elseneer 2003 Basel
Spain Nicolas Almagro 2009 French Open
Cyprus Marcos Baghdatis 2010 Munich Open
Netherlands Thiemo de Bakker 2010 Halle Open
Spain Feliciano López 2010 U.S. Open
  • The 153 mph 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.
  • Only a player’s fastest serve is recorded here. For example, Andy Roddick has many 140 mph (225 km/h) or better serves but we are only including his personal best of 155 mph (249 km/h).
  • All serves must be recorded at or over 140 mph (225 km/h) minimum standard speed. Within a group at a particular speed the serves are ordered with the first or oldest at that speed at the top on down to the most recent serve recorded at that speed.

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