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Who has the greatest 2nd serve of all-time?

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#1 ·
Official ATP stats as of today, 2nd service points won:

1. Rafael Nadal 8269 / 14376 58%
2. Roger Federer 16006 / 28327 57%
3. Andy Roddick 11011 / 19562 56%
4. John Isner 3217 / 5826 55%
5. Juan Carlos Ferrero 10899 / 19864 55%
6. Wayne Arthurs 5723 / 10473 55%
7. Andre Agassi 13386 / 24803 54%
8. Novak Djokovic 7194 / 13383 54%
9. Thomas Muster 9426 / 17571 54%
10. Jam Courier 9168 / 17222 53%

I would say Sampras, personally.
 
#47 ·
On a big serve in a big match to win a critical break point on second serve, Sampras is your man. No doubt.

For any "random" second serve, who the hell cares. Probably Isner. But if he was serving second serve on break point in a US Open final, he'd choke on his own tongue after shitting his pants.
 
#14 ·
This statistics doesn't tell anything . Majority of these guys on the list is here because they defend the second serve best, not because of quality of the serve . Just because of quality of the serve on this list are Roddick, Isner, Arthurs and maybe Federer . 2nd serve from other guys is just comic
 
#17 ·
Official ATP stats as of today, 2nd service points won:

1. Rafael Nadal 8269 / 14376 58%
2. Roger Federer 16006 / 28327 57%
3. Andy Roddick 11011 / 19562 56%
4. John Isner 3217 / 5826 55%
5. Juan Carlos Ferrero 10899 / 19864 55%
6. Wayne Arthurs 5723 / 10473 55%
7. Andre Agassi 13386 / 24803 54%
8. Novak Djokovic 7194 / 13383 54%
9. Thomas Muster 9426 / 17571 54%
10. Jam Courier 9168 / 17222 53%

I would say Sampras, personally.
This stats is not about serve but about rallies capacity .. but look how high are Arthurs and Isner on that list. Surely considering their weak games besides the serve, one of them has got to have the best 2nd serve of all time.
 
#24 · (Edited)
And you obviously didn't see Hewitt destroy the Sampras serve.

Get real you can't compare the bounce, the speed and the angle that Isner gets with Sampras. If the surfaces would have been as fast as the ones in the 90's Isner would probably have around 70% 2nd serves won.
 
#30 · (Edited)
Isner.

Sampras hit two first serves.
:yeah:

Nadal did very well on his serve in 2010 (USO was :worship:), but right now he serves two second serves. :eek:
 
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