In tennis, if the serving player makes two mistakes in the same point, it is called a double fault, and they lose the point and the point is awarded to their opponent. [1]
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 double faults in a row in her second-round encounter against Berna Thung. De Amorin took a set off her opponent, but eventually lost the match. [3]
Double faults have been officially recorded by the top-level professional tennis circuits since 1991. [4]
Only main draw singles matches are included here.
W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | P# | DNQ | A | Z# | PO | G | S | B | NMS | NTI | P | NH |
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]
# | Player | W/L | Opponent | Round | Event | Sets | Surface | Ref. |
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30 | Marc Rosset | L | Arnaud Clément | QF | 2001 Davis Cup | 5 | Carpet (i) | [6] |
27 | Goran Ivanišević | L | Leander Paes | PO | 1995 Davis Cup | 5 | Grass | [7] |
26 | Marc Rosset | L | Michael Joyce | 1R | 1995 Wimbledon | 4 | Grass | [8] |
Alexander Bublik | W | Thomas Fabbiano | 2R | 2019 US Open | 5 | Hard | [9] | |
Pierre-Hugues Herbert | L | Pablo Andújar | 1R | 2021 Wimbledon | 5 | Grass | [10] |
# | Player | W/L | Opponent | Round | Event | Surface | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
25 | Maxime Cressy | L | Felix Auger-Aliassime | 1R | 2023 Dubai | Hard | [11] |
# | Player | W/L | Opponent | Round | Event | Surface | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
16 | Guillermo Coria | L | Alessio di Mauro | 1R | 2006 Acapulco | Clay | [12] |
# | Player | W/L | Opponent | Round | Event | Surface | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
5 | Greg Rusedski | W | Mikhail Youzhny | 1R | 2006 Miami | Hard | [13] |
Player | W/L | Opponent | Round | Event | Surface | Ref. |
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Boris Becker | W | Jean-Philippe Fleurian | SF | 1995 Hopman Cup | Hard | [14] |
Cédric Pioline | L | Vladimir Voltchkov | 2R | 2000 Wimbledon | Grass | [15] |
Guillermo Coria | W | Nicolas Kiefer | 3R | 2006 Monte Carlo | Clay | [16] |
Fernando Verdasco | L | Teymuraz Gabashvili | 2R | 2014 Australian Open | Hard | [17] |
Mischa Zverev | L | Grigor Dimitrov | 2R | 2017 Montreal | Hard | [18] |
Benoît Paire | L | Fabio Fognini | RR | 2021 ATP Cup | Hard | [19] |
Maxime Cressy | W | Geoffrey Blancaneaux | 1R | 2023 Marseille | Hard (i) | [20] |
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]
# | Player | W/L | Opponent | Round | Event | Sets | Surface | Ref. |
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31 | Anna Kournikova | W | Miho Saeki | 2R | 1999 Australian Open | 3 | Hard | [22] |
28 | Raffaella Reggi | L | Helen Kelesi | QF | 1988 Rome | 2 | Clay | [23] [24] |
Jelena Dokic | L | Julia Schruff | 1R | 2006 Auckland | 3 | Hard | [25] | |
27 | Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova | L | Galina Voskoboeva | QF | 2011 Baku | 3 | Hard | [26] |
# | Player | W/L | Opponent | Round | Event | Sets | Surface | Ref. |
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7 | Jeļena Ostapenko | W | Alison Riske | 2R | 2019 US Open | 2 | Hard | [27] |
Zheng Qinwen | W | Ashlyn Krueger | 1R | 2024 Australian Open | 3 | Hard | [28] | |
6 | Danielle Collins | L | Ons Jabeur | 3R | 2021 Indian Wells | 2 | Hard | [29] |
Aryna Sabalenka | W | Xinyu Wang | 2R | 2022 Australian Open | 2 | Hard | [30] | |
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