Speed and Spin in the Current Women's Game

Jim Fawcette

Compared with last month's piece on men's groundstrokes, (Click Here) average speeds for the top pro women don't seem to have changed much over the years. But spin rates may have–although it is difficult to say for certain due to the lack of data compared with what we found for the men.

While the ATP provides average speeds and spins for groundstrokes, the WTA does not. So to get women's data I had to resort to getting speed and spin in a limited way from the majors, which have widely varying reporting systems. The speed data shown here comes from the French Open in 2023.

Speed Averages at Roland Garros 2023