Two reasons why this is arguable:
1. Tanner hit a serve at 153 mph with a wooden racket (!) Imagine what he would do with a modern one.
2. The Davis Cup speed radar is more generous than the ATP one by about 5 mph, meaning that Roddick, Karlovic and Isners record serves were at least 5 mph off the actual speed by ATP standards.
Sam Groth is the current leader with 163 mph, but I don't know if Challenger speed radar is comparable to the ATP.... I'm guessing it's not.
Is there really any doubt that the hardest serve ever struck is still by mr Tanner with all these things taken into account?
1. Tanner hit a serve at 153 mph with a wooden racket (!) Imagine what he would do with a modern one.
2. The Davis Cup speed radar is more generous than the ATP one by about 5 mph, meaning that Roddick, Karlovic and Isners record serves were at least 5 mph off the actual speed by ATP standards.
Sam Groth is the current leader with 163 mph, but I don't know if Challenger speed radar is comparable to the ATP.... I'm guessing it's not.
Is there really any doubt that the hardest serve ever struck is still by mr Tanner with all these things taken into account?
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