Best servers — full ATP & WTA ranking

Leader

Martin Damm

+6.6 points per 100 serve points above the tour

963 players

#	Player	Value	Pctl	Sample
1	Martin Damm#100	+6.6	100.0	119
2	JM Johannus Monday	+6.1	99.9	75
3	Alec Deckers	+5.5	99.8	53
4	DS Dhakshineswar Suresh	+5.2	99.7	42
5	Thiago Monteiro	+5.0	99.6	115
6	GL George Loffhagen	+4.9	99.5	67
7	Soon Woo Kwon	+4.8	99.4	48
8	Borna Gojo	+4.8	99.3	76
9	Marc Andrea Huesler	+4.7	99.2	126
10	Keegan Smith	+4.7	99.1	137
11	Leandro Riedi#128	+4.5	99.0	82
12	MR Mats Rosenkranz	+4.5	98.9	91
13	HS Hamish Stewart	+4.5	98.8	119
14	LC Luca Castelnuovo	+4.5	98.6	79
15	JK Jason Kubler	+4.4	98.5	56
16	August Holmgren	+4.3	98.4	108
17	Patrick Kypson#112	+4.3	98.3	131
18	JK Jerome Kym	+4.3	98.2	100
19	LH Lloyd Harris	+4.3	98.1	90
20	JT James Trotter	+4.2	98.0	131
21	DM Dragos Nicolae Madaras	+4.2	97.9	31
22	Henry Searle	+4.1	97.8	111
23	Gustavo Heide#131	+4.1	97.7	112
24	JL Joris De Loore	+4.1	97.6	61
25	LM Lilian Marmousez	+4.0	97.5	78
26	NV Niels Visker	+3.9	97.4	85
27	MK Milos Karol	+3.9	97.3	96
28	BZ Beibit Zhukayev	+3.9	97.2	133
29	BD Branko Djuric	+3.9	97.1	74
30	OM Ognjen Milic	+3.9	97.0	69
31	Carlo Alberto Caniato	+3.9	96.9	67
32	Tuncay Duran	+3.8	96.8	51
33	MS Marat Sharipov	+3.8	96.7	99
34	TT Thiago Tirante	+3.8	96.6	160
35	JW James Watt	+3.8	96.5	42
36	Stefanos Sakellaridis	+3.8	96.4	116
37	MC Maxime Cressy	+3.8	96.3	59
38	MA Mateus Alves	+3.7	96.2	110
39	LP Lucas Pouille	+3.7	96.0	59
40	Petr Bar Biryukov	+3.7	95.9	105
41	AG Alastair Gray	+3.7	95.8	90
42	IM Igor Ribeiro Marcondes	+3.7	95.7	72
43	FB Florian Broska	+3.7	95.6	83
44	DS Dominic Stricker	+3.7	95.5	70
45	TC Tibo Colson	+3.7	95.4	93
46	Florent Bax	+3.7	95.3	129
47	Anton Shepp	+3.7	95.2	49
48	Toby Samuel#109	+3.7	95.1	85
49	NA Nicolas Moreno De Alboran	+3.6	95.0	94
50	FP Francesco Passaro	+3.6	94.9	133

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 serve points above the tour

963 players

#	Player	Value	Pctl	Sample
1	Martin Damm#100	+6.6	100.0	119
2	JM Johannus Monday	+6.1	99.9	75
3	Alec Deckers	+5.5	99.8	53
4	DS Dhakshineswar Suresh	+5.2	99.7	42
5	Thiago Monteiro	+5.0	99.6	115
6	GL George Loffhagen	+4.9	99.5	67
7	Soon Woo Kwon	+4.8	99.4	48
8	Borna Gojo	+4.8	99.3	76
9	Marc Andrea Huesler	+4.7	99.2	126
10	Keegan Smith	+4.7	99.1	137
11	Leandro Riedi#128	+4.5	99.0	82
12	MR Mats Rosenkranz	+4.5	98.9	91
13	HS Hamish Stewart	+4.5	98.8	119
14	LC Luca Castelnuovo	+4.5	98.6	79
15	JK Jason Kubler	+4.4	98.5	56
16	August Holmgren	+4.3	98.4	108
17	Patrick Kypson#112	+4.3	98.3	131
18	JK Jerome Kym	+4.3	98.2	100
19	LH Lloyd Harris	+4.3	98.1	90
20	JT James Trotter	+4.2	98.0	131
21	DM Dragos Nicolae Madaras	+4.2	97.9	31
22	Henry Searle	+4.1	97.8	111
23	Gustavo Heide#131	+4.1	97.7	112
24	JL Joris De Loore	+4.1	97.6	61
25	LM Lilian Marmousez	+4.0	97.5	78
26	NV Niels Visker	+3.9	97.4	85
27	MK Milos Karol	+3.9	97.3	96
28	BZ Beibit Zhukayev	+3.9	97.2	133
29	BD Branko Djuric	+3.9	97.1	74
30	OM Ognjen Milic	+3.9	97.0	69
31	Carlo Alberto Caniato	+3.9	96.9	67
32	Tuncay Duran	+3.8	96.8	51
33	MS Marat Sharipov	+3.8	96.7	99
34	TT Thiago Tirante	+3.8	96.6	160
35	JW James Watt	+3.8	96.5	42
36	Stefanos Sakellaridis	+3.8	96.4	116
37	MC Maxime Cressy	+3.8	96.3	59
38	MA Mateus Alves	+3.7	96.2	110
39	LP Lucas Pouille	+3.7	96.0	59
40	Petr Bar Biryukov	+3.7	95.9	105
41	AG Alastair Gray	+3.7	95.8	90
42	IM Igor Ribeiro Marcondes	+3.7	95.7	72
43	FB Florian Broska	+3.7	95.6	83
44	DS Dominic Stricker	+3.7	95.5	70
45	TC Tibo Colson	+3.7	95.4	93
46	Florent Bax	+3.7	95.3	129
47	Anton Shepp	+3.7	95.2	49
48	Toby Samuel#109	+3.7	95.1	85
49	NA Nicolas Moreno De Alboran	+3.6	95.0	94
50	FP Francesco Passaro	+3.6	94.9	133

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.