The serve is the most powerful weapon in tennis — the one shot where a player has complete control. In 2026, Reilly Opelka has edged ahead of Jannik Sinner at the top of the ATP serve rating after Roland Garros, leading on raw first-strike power while Sinner stays just behind on precision and service-hold consistency. On the WTA, Aryna Sabalenka dominates the percentage-based serving metrics, while Elena Rybakina leads in total aces. Here are the serve leaders across both tours this season.

Data update (post-Roland Garros, 22 June 2026): ATP data reflects a 52-week rolling window including Roland Garros. Reilly Opelka now leads the ATP serve rating at 301.8, with Jannik Sinner a fraction behind at 301.5 on a tour-best 92.7% service games won. The WTA serve figures below are updated post-Roland Garros (22 June 2026).

ATP Serve Leaders 2026

The ATP Serve Rating is a composite score aggregating five metrics: first-serve percentage, first- and second-serve points won, service games won, and average aces and double faults per match. A higher rating reflects overall serving dominance — consistency matters as much as raw power.

Reilly Opelka has moved to the top of the ATP serve rating at 301.8, his 18.0 aces per match the highest in the top 10 and enough to edge Jannik Sinner (301.5) into second — despite Sinner’s tour-best 92.7% of service games held and a miserly 1.5 double faults per match. Taylor Fritz (299.4) and Ben Shelton (298.3) complete the first-strike group, while Alexander Zverev — fresh off his maiden Grand Slam at Roland Garros — sits fifth at 297.1 behind the best first-serve percentage in the top 10 (72.9%). Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard remains the rawest server on tour at 15.1 aces per match.

Rank	Player	Serve Rating	1st Serve %	1st Srv Pts Won	2nd Srv Pts Won	Srv Games Won	Aces/Match	DFs/Match
1	Reilly Opelka	301.8	64.4%	80.3%	53.3%	90.0%	18.0	4.2
2	Jannik Sinner	301.5	63.5%	80.3%	58.6%	92.7%	7.4	1.5
3	Taylor Fritz	299.4	65.0%	79.5%	54.0%	89.2%	13.8	2.1
4	Ben Shelton	298.3	66.0%	77.3%	56.5%	90.5%	10.9	2.9
5	Alexander Zverev	297.1	72.9%	74.7%	55.0%	88.1%	8.2	1.8
6	Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard	296.5	69.8%	78.2%	49.7%	87.2%	15.1	3.5
7	Felix Auger-Aliassime	292.4	67.1%	77.6%	52.3%	87.5%	10.3	2.9
8	Carlos Alcaraz	290.6	65.0%	75.5%	56.6%	89.7%	6.3	2.5
9	Novak Djokovic	290.5	66.7%	76.0%	54.9%	86.7%	8.9	2.7
10	Brandon Nakashima	290.1	67.4%	76.0%	51.3%	86.9%	9.4	0.9

A few numbers worth highlighting from the full leaderboard: Alexander Zverev at 5th has the highest first-serve percentage in the top 10 at 72.9%, reflecting a first-serve-in strategy that limits second-serve exposure. Carlos Alcaraz at 9th records the highest second-serve points won in the top 10 at 57.3% — he uses his second serve aggressively rather than as a defensive reset. Brandon Nakashima rounds out the top 10 with the lowest double-fault rate of any player on the leaderboard at 1.0 per match — a remarkable consistency figure for a server of his profile.

WTA Serve Leaders 2026

Aryna Sabalenka‘s dominance across the WTA serving stats is near-total — she leads or ranks among the very top in every category except aces, where Elena Rybakina‘s delivery is in a class of its own. The two players represent different archetypes of serving excellence: Rybakina wins free points with the ace; Sabalenka wins points with pace, depth and aggression on both serves.

Aces

Elena Rybakina leads the WTA in total aces with 280 from 42 matches — a commanding gap over Linda Noskova (213) in second. The per-match picture adds a twist: Noskova averages 7.1 aces per match and Clara Tauson (118 aces in 16 matches) averages 7.4 — both higher than Rybakina’s 7.0 per match. Rybakina leads by volume because she has played more matches than anyone else on tour. Sorana Cirstea (137 aces, 26 matches) and Jessica Pegula (131, 28 matches) round out the top 4, while Aryna Sabalenka (119 from 25 matches) and Mirra Andreeva (96 from 28) feature in the top 10.

Rank	Player	Aces	Matches
1	Elena Rybakina	280	42
2	Linda Noskova	213	30
3	Aryna Sabalenka	177	38
4	Sorana Cirstea	177	40
5	Jessica Pegula	176	39
6	Ann Li	163	31
7	Victoria Mboko	157	34
8	Elina Svitolina	155	43
9	Qinwen Zheng	154	16
10	Hailey Baptiste	148	29

Double Faults (Total)

The flip side of a big serve. Coco Gauff leads the WTA with 226 from 37 matches, ahead of Mirra Andreeva (162) and Jelena Ostapenko (156) — the price of an aggressive second-serve approach.

Rank	Player	Double Faults	Matches
1	Coco Gauff	226	37
2	Mirra Andreeva	162	45
3	Jelena Ostapenko	156	29
4	Anastasia Potapova	155	33
5	Paula Badosa	153	21
6	Linda Noskova	153	30
7	Victoria Mboko	152	34
8	Karolina Pliskova	142	26
9	Dayana Yastremska	140	26
10	Camila Osorio	135	23

First Serve Percentage

First-serve percentage measures accuracy rather than power, and the leaders here reflect a different profile to the aces chart. Dominika Salkova leads at 84.3% but across only two matches — a small sample. Among players with more substantial match counts, Katie Volynets (76.1%, 20 matches) and Renata Zarazua (75.4%, 13 matches) represent the most sustained accuracy on tour. Aryna Sabalenka, Elena Rybakina and the WTA 1000-level big servers sit lower here — for them the pace on the first serve matters more than the raw landing percentage.

Rank	Player	1st Serve %	Matches
1	Dominika Salkova	84.3%	2
2	Tereza Martincova	83.8%	3
3	Mayar Sherif	81.0%	4
4	Ekaterine Gorgodze	78.7%	1
5	Yasmine Kabbaj	77.5%	3
6	Despina Papamichail	77.2%	2
7	Marina Bassols Ribera	76.3%	2
8	Katie Volynets	76.1%	20
9	Anna Siskova	75.4%	1
10	Renata Zarazua	75.4%	13

First Serve Points Won

This is where quality of the first serve matters more than frequency. Barbora Krejcikova leads at 75.2% from 13 matches and Marketa Vondrousova at 74.4% from two — both relatively small samples. Among players with 15+ matches, Qinwen Zheng (73.9%, 16) and Linda Noskova (73.9%, 30) set the pace, with Elena Rybakina‘s 72.8% (42 matches) is the most meaningful figure — when her first serve lands, she wins nearly three quarters of those points. Elena Rybakina (73.4%, 30 matches) is level on percentage and even more sustained across a bigger sample. Together the pair form a two-player tier above the rest of the WTA.

Rank	Player	1st Srv Pts Won %	Matches
1	Polona Hercog	100.0%	1
2	Barbora Krejcikova	75.2%	13
3	Marketa Vondrousova	74.4%	2
4	Qinwen Zheng	73.9%	16
5	Linda Noskova	73.9%	30
6	Laura Samson	73.7%	3
7	Chloe Paquet	73.5%	2
8	Rebeka Masarova	73.3%	10
9	Elena Rybakina	72.8%	42
10	Oceane Dodin	72.0%	1

Second Serve Points Won

Winning 53.4% of second-serve points, as Aryna Sabalenka does, is extraordinary at any level. The second serve is traditionally where opponents target their most aggressive returns — yet Sabalenka uses hers as an offensive weapon rather than a defensive reset. British No. 2 Sonay Kartal features in the top 3 at 54.2% from 12 matches, and Elena Rybakina (53.3%, 30 matches) is the only other player with 25+ matches above 53%. This category more than any other explains why Sabalenka’s overall service dominance is so difficult to replicate.

Rank	Player	2nd Srv Pts Won %	Matches
1	Mayar Sherif	62.3%	4
2	Miriam Bulgaru	58.3%	1
3	Whitney Osuigwe	57.0%	3
4	Katarzyna Kawa	55.6%	3
5	Xiyu Wang	54.2%	4
6	Sonay Kartal	54.2%	12
7	Aryna Sabalenka	53.4%	38
8	Diae El Jardi	53.3%	1
9	Sorana Cirstea	51.8%	40
10	Jessica Pegula	51.6%	39

Service Games Won

Aryna Sabalenka‘s 82.2% service games won is the headline WTA serving statistic for 2026 among players with a meaningful sample. She loses her serve in fewer than 18 out of every 100 service games — a figure that approaches the baselines typically seen among the ATP’s top servers. For context, Jannik Sinner leads the ATP in this category at 92.3%. The gap is narrower than it sounds given the structural differences between the men’s and women’s games. Elena Rybakina (83.7%) and Linda Noskova (80.2%) are the only other players above 80% with meaningful match counts this season.

Rank	Player	Srv Games Won %	Matches
1	Polona Hercog	100.0%	1
2	Aryna Sabalenka	82.2%	38
3	Elena Rybakina	82.0%	42
4	Mona Barthel	81.8%	1
5	Barbora Krejcikova	80.6%	13
6	Marketa Vondrousova	80.0%	2
7	Linda Noskova	79.8%	30
8	Jessica Pegula	79.6%	39
9	Lia Karatancheva	76.9%	1
10	Qinwen Zheng	76.6%	16

Service Points Won

The single best summary of serve effectiveness, combining first- and second-serve points won. Aryna Sabalenka leads at 64.9% from 38 matches, just ahead of Elena Rybakina (64.1%) — the two biggest deliveries in the women’s game setting the standard.

Rank	Player	Service Pts Won %	Matches
1	Aryna Sabalenka	64.9%	38
2	Elena Rybakina	64.1%	42
3	Barbora Krejcikova	64.1%	13
4	Jessica Pegula	63.6%	39
5	Qinwen Zheng	63.2%	16
6	Linda Noskova	63.2%	30
7	Marketa Vondrousova	63.1%	2
8	Polona Hercog	62.5%	1
9	Karolina Muchova	62.0%	33
10	Sorana Cirstea	61.8%	40

Break Points Saved

This category captures what happens when the serve isn’t quite enough to prevent an opponent reaching break point. Marketa Vondrousova leads at 73.9% from two matches; among meaningful samples, Linda Noskova (65.8%, 30 matches) and Aryna Sabalenka (65.7%, 38 matches) are the two standout leaders. This pairing of rarely facing break points and converting the ones they do face into holds is the engine behind their service dominance. Leylah Fernandez (66.7%, 16 matches) is fifth — a reminder that left-handed servers with angle variety can challenge the pure power players at this metric.

Rank	Player	BP Saved %	Matches
1	Marketa Vondrousova	73.9%	2
2	Katie Swan	73.3%	1
3	Hanyu Guo	71.4%	1
4	Julieta Pareja	68.0%	2
5	Teodora Kostovic	66.7%	1
6	Nuria Brancaccio	66.7%	1
7	Mona Barthel	66.7%	1
8	Linda Noskova	65.8%	30
9	Aryna Sabalenka	65.7%	38
10	Katerina Siniakova	65.5%	22

For the full picture across serve, return and under pressure, see the 2026 season leaders overview. ATP data is updated post-Roland Garros (22 June 2026) and covers a 52-week rolling window; WTA figures are full-season year-to-date, updated post-Roland Garros (22 June 2026). Sources: atptour.com and wtatennis.com.