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Fastest recorded tennis serves
This article lists the fastest record serve speeds for men's and women's professional tennis. The fastest, biggest recorded serve is by Sam Groth, at 263.4 km/h (163.7 mph) at a Challenger event. However, because radars are not strictly calibrated for Challenger events, the ATP does not recognize Sam Groth's serve as the official, tour-level record. This list is not historically complete. There are reports from the 1920s, at a time when service motions were regulated differently (with mandatory one foot on the ground), that Bill Tilden had a serve that was clocked at 262.81 km/h (163.3 mph) but there is nothing to verify that. "Big Bill" Tilden also delivered another serve claimed to be officially measured at 163.61 mph (73.14 m/s / 263.30 km/h) in 1931. Britain's Mike Sangster had a serve allegedly timed at 154 mph (247.84 km/h) in 1963. Ellsworth Vines was clocked at 128 mph (206 km/h) and his 1930s contemporary Lester Rollo Stoefen sent down a serve timed at 131 mph (210.82 km/h). Also...
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