Double fault (tennis)

In tennis, if the serving player makes two mistakes in the same point, it is called a double fault, and they lose the point.[1]

Amateur Era singles records

Gerald Patterson allegedly holds the record for the most double faults committed in a Grand Slam final: he committed 27 double faults in a 71-game match against John Hawkes in the 1927 Australian Championships, but still managed to clinch the victory.[2]

At the 1957 Wimbledon Championships, Maria de Amorin committed 17 doubles faults in a row in his second-round encounter against Berna Thung. De Amorin took a set off her opponent, but eventually lost the match.[3]

Open Era singles records

Double faults have been officially recorded by the top-level professional tennis circuits since 1991.[4]

Only main draw singles matches are included here.

Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# P# DNQ A Z# PO G S B NMS NTI P NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

ATP Tour
Alexander Bublik is one of only three players to have committed more than 26 double faults in a Grand Slam match.

Among all players, active or retired, the worst average of double faults per match, shared between Henrik Holm and Radomír Vašek, is 7.2, while Gilbert Schaller has the best average, at 1.0.[5]

Most double faults in a match
#PlayerW/LOpponentRoundEventSetsSurfaceRef.
30Switzerland Marc RossetLFrance Arnaud ClémentQF2001 Davis Cup5Carpet (i)[6]
27Croatia Goran IvaniševićLIndia Leander PaesPO1995 Davis Cup5Grass[7]
26Switzerland Marc RossetLUnited States Michael Joyce1R1995 Wimbledon4Grass[8]
Kazakhstan Alexander BublikWItaly Thomas Fabbiano2R2019 US Open5Hard[9]
France Pierre-Hugues HerbertLSpain Pablo Andújar1R2021 Wimbledon5Grass[10]

Most double faults in a three-setter
#PlayerW/LOpponentRoundEventSurfaceRef.
25United States Maxime CressyLCanada Felix Auger-Aliassime1R2023 DubaiHard[11]

Most double faults in a two-setter
#PlayerW/LOpponentRoundEventSurfaceRef.
16Argentina Guillermo CoriaLItaly Alessio di Mauro1R2006 AcapulcoClay[12]

Most consecutive double faults
#PlayerW/LOpponentRoundEventSurfaceRef.
5United Kingdom Greg RusedskiWRussia Mikhail Youzhny1R2006 MiamiHard[13]

Committing four consecutive double faults in a single game
PlayerW/LOpponentRoundEventSurfaceRef.
Germany Boris BeckerWFrance Jean-Philippe FleurianSF1995 Hopman CupHard[14]
France Cédric PiolineLBelarus Vladimir Voltchkov2R2000 WimbledonGrass[15]
Argentina Guillermo CoriaWGermany Nicolas Kiefer3R2006 Monte CarloClay[16]
Spain Fernando VerdascoLRussia Teymuraz Gabashvili2R2014 Australian OpenHard[17]
Germany Mischa ZverevLBulgaria Grigor Dimitrov2R2017 MontrealHard[18]
France Benoît PaireLItaly Fabio FogniniRR2021 ATP CupHard[19]
United States Maxime CressyWFrance Geoffrey Blancaneaux1R2023 MarseilleHard (i)[20]

WTA Tour

Anna Kournikova holds the record for the most double faults in a match with 31, in a clash against Miho Saeki that has been labeled as "one of most feeble and unintentionally comical matches of all time".[21]

Most double faults in a match
#PlayerW/LOpponentRoundEventSetsSurfaceRef.
31Russia Anna KournikovaWJapan Miho Saeki2R1999 Australian Open3Hard[22]
28Italy Raffaella ReggiLCanada Helen KelesiQF1988 Rome2Clay[23][24]
Australia Jelena DokicLGermany Julia Schruff1R2006 Auckland3Hard[25]
27Russia Anastasia PavlyuchenkovaLKazakhstan Galina VoskoboevaQF2011 Baku3Hard[26]

Most double faults in a game
#PlayerW/LOpponentRoundEventSetsSurfaceRef.
7Latvia Jeļena OstapenkoWUnited States Alison Riske2R2019 US Open2Hard[27]
6United States Danielle CollinsLTunisia Ons Jabeur3R2021 Indian Wells2Hard[28]
Belarus Aryna SabalenkaWChina Xinyu Wang2R2022 Australian Open2Hard[29]

See also

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