Karlovic hits 251 kph!

Posted on March 5, 2011 by Voo de Mar
Zagreb. Ivo Karlovic established today a new record in the fastest serve, delivering a 251 kph serve in a Davis Cup doubles match between Croatia and Germany. Karlovic along with Ivan Dodig, lost to the German pair, Christopher Kas and Philipp Petzschner 3-6, 6-3, 7-5, 3-6, 4-6. Karlovic has the weakest 5-set record among active players (3-13) but his 5-set record in doubles is decent (2-2). The Croat has overcome the Andy Roddick’s unbeaten record through more than six years. Below the ten players who notched the fastest serves (the first number in mph, the second one in kph… bold the number which appeared on the radar-gun):
1. Ivo Karlovic – 156 – 251 – Zagreb 2011 (Davis Cup)
2. Andy Roddick – 155 – 249 – Charleston 2004 (Davis Cup)
3. Milos Raonic – 153 – 246 – Mexico 2011 (Davis Cup)
4. Joachim Johansson – 152 – 245 – Adelaide 2004 (Davis Cup)
5. Taylor Dent – 149 – 241 – Rotterdam 2006
6. Greg Rusedski – 149 – 239 – Indian Wells 1998
7. Gael Monfils – 146 – 235 – Washington 2007
8. Ivan Ljubicic – 145 – 233 – Indian Wells 2007
9. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga – 144 – 232 – Paris 2004
10. Fernando Verdasco – 144 – 232 – Roland Garros 2009
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9 Responses to Karlovic hits 251 kph!

  1. Wanaro Evernden says:
    March 5, 2011 at 6:49 pm

    Waouh !

  2. Joca says:
    March 5, 2011 at 8:34 pm

    Milos Raonic for sure hit 147 miles in Memphis, many times

  3. Voo de Mar says:
    March 6, 2011 at 1:32 am

    Added 🙂

  4. Joca says:
    March 6, 2011 at 10:49 am

    You can add Roscoe Tanner as well, he stormed blistering 153 mp/h in February 1978

    http://sportsthenandnow.com/2009/08/09/looking-back-roscoe-tanner-tennis-bad-boy/

  5. Voo de Mar says:
    March 6, 2011 at 11:36 am

    At the time radar-guns weren’t very precise thus these records from the 70’s are dubious 😉

  6. Brad Green - The Barn says:
    March 8, 2011 at 4:18 pm

    Well done Ivo! I wonder when we will reach the limit of the speed that is physically possible. I doubt it could be much higher than it is now. I’m sure it will be broken a couple of times in the next decade. But the big question is, by how much?

    Brad

  8. Voo de Mar says:
    March 10, 2011 at 6:27 pm

    Thanks Steve, updated 🙂 It’s probable Pim-Pim served so fast 7 years ago. I used for my stats the last ATP guide-book, but they missed Rusedski in there, so why shouldn’t have missed also Pim-Pim?

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