what was the fastest tennis serve in recorded history?
Speed Facts found here: Top Tennis Facts & Trivia – The Fastest Serves Fastest Tennis Serve- The fastest tennis service by a man is by Andy Roddick when he blasted a whopping serve of 155mph during the Davis Cup against Belarus in September 2004. He had clocked 153 mph earlier in the year at Queen’s Club in London during a Stella Artois Championship match against Paradorn Srichaphan (Thailand). Fastest Tennis Serve by a Woman – The fastest serve by a woman is by Brenda Schultz-McCarthy when she hit a serve at 130 mph during qualifying for the Cincinnati tournament last year, and the WTA said May 30, 2007, it considers that to be the fastest serve in women’s tennis history. The second fastest serve made by a woman was made by Venus Williams (USA) when she hit the fastest recorded serve in a women’s tour main-draw match, reaching 128 mph at the French Open on May 30, 2007. Venus also recorded a serve of 127.4 mph during the European Indoor Championships at Zürich, Switzerland, on October
