Best returners — full ATP & WTA ranking

Leader

Dalibor Svrcina

+6.6 points per 100 return points above the tour

963 players

#	Player	Value	Pctl	Sample
1	Dalibor Svrcina#111	+6.6	100.0	146
2	Kilian Feldbausch	+5.9	99.9	85
3	HC Hyeon Chung	+5.7	99.8	82
4	Max Alcala Gurri	+5.5	99.7	121
5	Max Basing	+5.5	99.6	64
6	Andrej Nedic	+5.3	99.5	87
7	IT Inaki Montes De La Torre	+5.2	99.4	95
8	FM Filippo Moroni	+5.2	99.3	54
9	VB Viacheslav Bielinskyi	+5.1	99.2	79
10	DM Dragos Nicolae Madaras	+5.0	99.1	31
11	Toby Samuel#109	+4.8	99.0	85
12	Elmer Moller	+4.6	98.9	125
13	Juan Bautista Torres	+4.5	98.8	151
14	RB Roman Burruchaga	+4.5	98.6	179
15	Soon Woo Kwon	+4.5	98.5	48
16	Federico Coria	+4.4	98.4	88
17	IX Ioannis Xilas	+4.4	98.3	75
18	Maxim Mrva	+4.4	98.2	79
19	Rafael Jodar#15	+4.3	98.1	92
20	Andrea Guerrieri	+4.3	98.0	99
21	Radu Mihai Papoe	+4.3	97.9	65
22	Alex Molcan#75	+4.1	97.8	96
23	SK Stefan Kozlov	+4.0	97.7	112
24	Gauthier Onclin	+3.9	97.6	128
25	Adolfo Daniel Vallejo#66	+3.9	97.5	151
26	Johan Nikles	+3.9	97.4	93
27	MV Mate Valkusz	+3.9	97.3	39
28	MJ Miles Jones	+3.9	97.2	54
29	Michele Ribecai	+3.8	97.1	96
30	NH Nick Hardt	+3.8	97.0	97
31	Shintaro Mochizuki#117	+3.8	96.9	138
32	Liam Broady	+3.7	96.8	120
33	JM Juan Cruz Martin Manzano	+3.7	96.7	65
34	Carlos Taberner	+3.7	96.6	149
35	Andres Andrade	+3.7	96.5	130
36	Guido Ivan Justo	+3.6	96.4	122
37	Dino Prizmic#98	+3.6	96.3	118
38	JE Juan Estevez	+3.6	96.2	84
39	Sumit Nagal	+3.6	96.0	112
40	JK Jack Kennedy	+3.5	95.9	48
41	Arthur Gea#82	+3.5	95.8	148
42	RP Ryan Peniston	+3.5	95.7	97
43	Gianluca Cadenasso	+3.5	95.6	82
44	Luca Van Assche#49	+3.4	95.5	131
45	SA Stefan Adrian Andreescu	+3.4	95.4	78
46	AV Alexey Vatutin	+3.4	95.3	98
47	Franco Roncadelli	+3.4	95.2	100
48	Hernan Casanova	+3.3	95.1	88
49	Lucas Poullain	+3.3	95.0	134
50	MD Miguel Damas	+3.3	94.9	139

Opponent-adjusted. It is the excess over what the rest of the tour manages AGAINST THE SAME OPPONENTS, shrunk towards zero by n/(n+15). Without that adjustment the list rewards whoever never meets a good opponent: a Challenger regular topped the raw table.
Minimum 30 matches with serve statistics. Below that the figure is noise and publishing it would be faking precision. Each family of metrics carries its own counter — 200 matches is not 200 tiebreaks.
Window. Every match since 2024 — that is where serve statistics begin in this database; before that there are none.
One division at a time. A player belongs to the Challenger/ITF division when more than half of their matches since 2024 are played there. Mixing the two ranks schedules rather than players: the raw list of closers was headed by an ITF player at 100% over twenty matches.
Not a betting signal. It describes a player, not a price. Our own prediction engine is measured against the market and loses: 0.632 log loss against 0.593.

Leader

+6.6 points per 100 return points above the tour

963 players

#	Player	Value	Pctl	Sample
1	Dalibor Svrcina#111	+6.6	100.0	146
2	Kilian Feldbausch	+5.9	99.9	85
3	HC Hyeon Chung	+5.7	99.8	82
4	Max Alcala Gurri	+5.5	99.7	121
5	Max Basing	+5.5	99.6	64
6	Andrej Nedic	+5.3	99.5	87
7	IT Inaki Montes De La Torre	+5.2	99.4	95
8	FM Filippo Moroni	+5.2	99.3	54
9	VB Viacheslav Bielinskyi	+5.1	99.2	79
10	DM Dragos Nicolae Madaras	+5.0	99.1	31
11	Toby Samuel#109	+4.8	99.0	85
12	Elmer Moller	+4.6	98.9	125
13	Juan Bautista Torres	+4.5	98.8	151
14	RB Roman Burruchaga	+4.5	98.6	179
15	Soon Woo Kwon	+4.5	98.5	48
16	Federico Coria	+4.4	98.4	88
17	IX Ioannis Xilas	+4.4	98.3	75
18	Maxim Mrva	+4.4	98.2	79
19	Rafael Jodar#15	+4.3	98.1	92
20	Andrea Guerrieri	+4.3	98.0	99
21	Radu Mihai Papoe	+4.3	97.9	65
22	Alex Molcan#75	+4.1	97.8	96
23	SK Stefan Kozlov	+4.0	97.7	112
24	Gauthier Onclin	+3.9	97.6	128
25	Adolfo Daniel Vallejo#66	+3.9	97.5	151
26	Johan Nikles	+3.9	97.4	93
27	MV Mate Valkusz	+3.9	97.3	39
28	MJ Miles Jones	+3.9	97.2	54
29	Michele Ribecai	+3.8	97.1	96
30	NH Nick Hardt	+3.8	97.0	97
31	Shintaro Mochizuki#117	+3.8	96.9	138
32	Liam Broady	+3.7	96.8	120
33	JM Juan Cruz Martin Manzano	+3.7	96.7	65
34	Carlos Taberner	+3.7	96.6	149
35	Andres Andrade	+3.7	96.5	130
36	Guido Ivan Justo	+3.6	96.4	122
37	Dino Prizmic#98	+3.6	96.3	118
38	JE Juan Estevez	+3.6	96.2	84
39	Sumit Nagal	+3.6	96.0	112
40	JK Jack Kennedy	+3.5	95.9	48
41	Arthur Gea#82	+3.5	95.8	148
42	RP Ryan Peniston	+3.5	95.7	97
43	Gianluca Cadenasso	+3.5	95.6	82
44	Luca Van Assche#49	+3.4	95.5	131
45	SA Stefan Adrian Andreescu	+3.4	95.4	78
46	AV Alexey Vatutin	+3.4	95.3	98
47	Franco Roncadelli	+3.4	95.2	100
48	Hernan Casanova	+3.3	95.1	88
49	Lucas Poullain	+3.3	95.0	134
50	MD Miguel Damas	+3.3	94.9	139

Opponent-adjusted. It is the excess over what the rest of the tour manages AGAINST THE SAME OPPONENTS, shrunk towards zero by n/(n+15). Without that adjustment the list rewards whoever never meets a good opponent: a Challenger regular topped the raw table.
Minimum 30 matches with serve statistics. Below that the figure is noise and publishing it would be faking precision. Each family of metrics carries its own counter — 200 matches is not 200 tiebreaks.
Window. Every match since 2024 — that is where serve statistics begin in this database; before that there are none.
One division at a time. A player belongs to the Challenger/ITF division when more than half of their matches since 2024 are played there. Mixing the two ranks schedules rather than players: the raw list of closers was headed by an ITF player at 100% over twenty matches.
Not a betting signal. It describes a player, not a price. Our own prediction engine is measured against the market and loses: 0.632 log loss against 0.593.