Double fault (tennis)

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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]

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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 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]

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 SFQF#RRRQ#P#DNQAZ#POGSBNMSNTIPNH
(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. Bublik WM19 (34) (48522041177).jpg
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.
30 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Marc Rosset L Flag of France.svg Arnaud Clément QF 2001 Davis Cup 5Carpet (i) [6]
27 Flag of Croatia.svg Goran Ivanišević L Flag of India.svg Leander Paes PO 1995 Davis Cup 5Grass [7]
26 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Marc RossetL Flag of the United States.svg Michael Joyce 1R 1995 Wimbledon 4Grass [8]
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Alexander Bublik W Flag of Italy.svg Thomas Fabbiano 2R 2019 US Open 5Hard [9]
Flag of France.svg Pierre-Hugues Herbert L Flag of Spain.svg Pablo Andújar 1R 2021 Wimbledon 5Grass [10]

Most double faults in a three-setter

#PlayerW/LOpponentRoundEventSurfaceRef.
25 Flag of the United States.svg Maxime Cressy L Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Felix Auger-Aliassime 1R 2023 Dubai Hard [11]

Most double faults in a two-setter

#PlayerW/LOpponentRoundEventSurfaceRef.
16 Flag of Argentina.svg Guillermo Coria L Flag of Italy.svg Alessio di Mauro 1R 2006 Acapulco Clay [12]

Most consecutive double faults

#PlayerW/LOpponentRoundEventSurfaceRef.
5 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Greg Rusedski W Flag of Russia.svg Mikhail Youzhny 1R 2006 Miami Hard [13]

Committing four consecutive double faults in a single game

PlayerW/LOpponentRoundEventSurfaceRef.
Flag of Germany.svg Boris Becker W Flag of France.svg Jean-Philippe Fleurian SF 1995 Hopman Cup Hard [14]
Flag of France.svg Cédric Pioline L Flag of Belarus.svg Vladimir Voltchkov 2R 2000 Wimbledon Grass [15]
Flag of Argentina.svg Guillermo Coria W Flag of Germany.svg Nicolas Kiefer 3R 2006 Monte Carlo Clay [16]
Flag of Spain.svg Fernando Verdasco L Flag of Russia.svg Teymuraz Gabashvili 2R 2014 Australian Open Hard [17]
Flag of Germany.svg Mischa Zverev L Flag of Bulgaria.svg Grigor Dimitrov 2R 2017 Montreal Hard [18]
Flag of France.svg Benoît Paire L Flag of Italy.svg Fabio Fognini RR 2021 ATP Cup Hard [19]
Flag of the United States.svg Maxime Cressy W Flag of France.svg Geoffrey Blancaneaux 1R 2023 Marseille Hard (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.
31 Flag of Russia.svg Anna Kournikova W Flag of Japan.svg Miho Saeki 2R 1999 Australian Open 3Hard [22]
28 Flag of Italy.svg Raffaella Reggi L Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Helen Kelesi QF 1988 Rome 2Clay [23] [24]
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jelena Dokic L Flag of Germany.svg Julia Schruff 1R 2006 Auckland 3Hard [25]
27 Flag of Russia.svg Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova L Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Galina Voskoboeva QF 2011 Baku 3Hard [26]

Most double faults in a game

#PlayerW/LOpponentRoundEventSetsSurfaceRef.
7 Flag of Latvia.svg Jeļena Ostapenko W Flag of the United States.svg Alison Riske 2R 2019 US Open 2Hard [27]
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zheng Qinwen W Flag of the United States.svg Ashlyn Krueger 1R 2024 Australian Open 3Hard [28]
6 Flag of the United States.svg Danielle Collins L Flag of Tunisia.svg Ons Jabeur 3R 2021 Indian Wells 2Hard [29]
Flag of Belarus.svg Aryna Sabalenka W Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Xinyu Wang 2R 2022 Australian Open 2Hard [30]

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