Serve vs return map
ATP hold and break percentage: the serve vs return map
PickFinder Team•Updated:
Jannik Sinner has the best combined hold and break percentage on the ATP tour over the last 52 weeks: 93.4% of service games held and 28.4% of return games broken. No one holds more, and Dalibor Svrcina breaks the most at 36.7%. The average is 79.5% hold and 20.6% break over 3,729 matches.
- ATP hold %
- 79.5%
- ATP break %
- 20.6%
- Best hold + break: Jannik Sinner
- 121.8
- Players with 20+ matches
- 149
Tour level only: ATP events, the Grand Slams and the Finals. Challenger and WTA 125 matches have their own view, because mixing them would flatter anyone who plays down a level. Minimum 20 finished matches in the last 52 weeks.
Who sits where
Complete (24)
Above average on both serve and return.
- Jannik Sinner93 / 28
- Carlos Alcaraz88 / 31
- Daniil Medvedev85 / 29
- Alexander Zverev90 / 22
- Rafael Jodar81 / 30
Big server (53)
Holds above average, breaks below it.
- Hubert Hurkacz90 / 16
- Taylor Fritz90 / 16
- Ben Shelton89 / 15
- Jiri Lehecka88 / 19
- Stefanos Tsitsipas88 / 16
Returner (48)
Breaks above average, holds below it.
- Dalibor Svrcina64 / 37
- Liam Draxl68 / 30
- Francisco Cerundolo78 / 29
- Shintaro Mochizuki66 / 29
- Michael Zheng78 / 28
Grinder (24)
Below average on both.
- Roberto Bautista Agut74 / 14
- Valentin Royer74 / 16
- Marton Fucsovics76 / 15
- Adrian Mannarino74 / 18
- Camilo Ugo Carabelli74 / 18
ATP hold and break, sorted by hold + break
Using serve vs return map on a prop
Find both players
Say Hubert Hurkacz (89.8% hold, 15.7% break) meets Dalibor Svrcina (63.5% hold, 36.7% break). One is a big server, the other a returner.
Compare the return with the average
Dalibor Svrcina breaks 16.1 points more often than the 20.6% average. Take that off Hubert Hurkacz's 89.8% hold and you get about 73.7%. A rough read, not a model.
Use it on a prop
Fewer holds for the server mean more break points and shorter service games, which matters for break points won, games won and aces. Check the ace matchups page for the ace side of the same pairing.
Then check the surface
Switch to a surface view. Hold and break rates move a lot between clay and grass, and the all-surface number can hide it. Today's line and the hit rate against it are in PickFinder.
How this is counted
Counts finished singles matches, Nov 2, 2025 to Nov 2, 2026, the same 52-week span the rankings use. Hold % is service games won divided by service games played. Break % is return games won divided by the opponent's service games, with tiebreaks left out of both, the same way the Game Lines cards count them. Retired matches and walkovers are left out. Tour level means ATP events, the Grand Slams and the Finals, qualifying included. Challenger and WTA 125 matches are left out and have their own view, because they would flatter anyone who plays down a level. Team cups are left out too. A player needs 20+ matches to appear. Hard includes indoor hard. The dashed lines are the average of the players shown (80.1% hold, 20.8% break), and the four types are named from those lines.
Serve vs return map FAQ
Who has the highest hold percentage on the ATP tour?
Jannik Sinner at 93.4% over 51 matches. The average is 79.5%.
Who breaks serve most often on the ATP tour?
Dalibor Svrcina at 36.7% of return games over 35 matches. The average is 20.6%.
What does hold plus break mean?
Add a player's hold % and break %. Above 100 means winning more games than they lose. 85 of the 149 players here are above 100. Jannik Sinner is highest at 121.8, and Roberto Bautista Agut is lowest at 87.9.
What are complete players, big servers, returners and grinders?
The four corners of the chart, split at the average of the players shown (80.1% hold, 20.8% break). Complete players beat both, big servers beat only the hold number, returners beat only the break number, and grinders beat neither.
Are Challenger matches included?
No. Challenger and WTA 125 matches have their own views, so a player who plays down a level isn't flattered here.
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