Ben Kibler, an orthopaedic surgeon from Lexington, Kentucky, serves as medical consultant for the WTA, and has worked with the tour in observing, analysing and quantifying effective service technique. WTA officials have recognised the deficiencies in the serving of their constituents. "That's why it didn't change the mentality." The Williams sisters' serving prowess is more often seen as superhuman, rather than as a model for other women players to aspire to. Venus Williams serves to Jana Kandarr of Germany during their match at the 2017 French Open in May. "They're from another planet, those two, that's what people were thinking." "Everybody thought they were different," he said. Her coach, Patrick Mouratoglou, said coaches of lower-ranked players would normally try to model their players' games after the best, but the Williams sisters' dominance with their serves was seen as an outlier by many players on tour. The need to emphasise strong serving might seem surprising given that Serena Williams, whose serve is considered one of the best ever, has dominated tennis for most of the past two decades. "You should take pride in holding your serve." Neglected weapon "Why are you fine with getting broken?" she said. Many coaches are making it a point of emphasis and the WTA Tour is commissioning studies on how players can serve better.ĭavenport said she believed many top women had become too blasé about their service weaknesses. But there is a growing sentiment within women's tennis that the standard of serving can and should improve. This sort of disparity has existed for decades and is often attributed to the physiological differences in height and strength between men and women. On second serves, six women won at least 50 per cent of their points, compared with 57 men. Seven women and 57 men won more than 70 per cent of their first serve points. In 2016, only one woman, Serena Williams, won more than 80 per cent of her service games 35 ATP players broke that threshold. Williams, whose serve is considered one of the best ever, has dominated tennis for most of the past two decades. Serena Williams serves to her sister, Venus, during the women's singles final at the 2017 Australian Open.
The serve, often seen as a vulnerability in the women's game, is a strength of most top men on the ATP Tour, which leads to striking statistical discrepancies. They don't take pride in it, and it's the one shot you have complete control of."
"It is appalling to me, so often, to go watch these ladies serve," Davenport said.
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