In tennis, if the serving player makes two mistakes in the same point, it is called a double fault, and they lose the point which is awarded to their opponent.double fault - Definition from collinsdictionary.com.
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.
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.
Open Era singles records
Double faults have been officially recorded by the top-level professional tennis circuits since 1991.
Only main draw singles matches are included here.
ATP Tour
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.
Most double faults in a match # Player / Opponent Round Event Sets Surface Ref. 30 Marc Rosset L Arnaud Clément QF 2001 Davis Cup 5 Carpet (i) 27 Goran Ivanišević L Leander Paes PO 1995 Davis Cup 5 Grass 26 Marc Rosset L Michael Joyce 1R 1995 Wimbledon 4 Grass Alexander Bublik W Thomas Fabbiano 2R 2019 US Open 5 Hard Pierre-Hugues Herbert L Pablo Andújar 1R 2021 Wimbledon 5 Grass
Most double faults in a three-setter # Player / Opponent Round Event Surface Ref. 25 Maxime Cressy L Felix Auger-Aliassime1R 2023 DubaiHard
Most double faults in a two-setter # Player / Opponent Round Event Surface Ref. 16 Guillermo Coria L Alessio di Mauro 1R 2006 Acapulco Clay
Most consecutive double faults # Player / Opponent Round Event Surface Ref. 5 Greg Rusedski W Mikhail Youzhny 1R 2006 Miami Hard
Committing four consecutive double faults in a single game Player / Opponent Round Event Surface Ref. Boris Becker W Jean-Philippe Fleurian SF1995 Hopman CupHard Cédric Pioline L Vladimir Voltchkov 2R2000 WimbledonGrass Guillermo Coria W Nicolas Kiefer 3R2006 Monte CarloClay Fernando Verdasco L Teymuraz Gabashvili2R2014 Australian OpenHard Mischa Zverev L Grigor Dimitrov2R2017 MontrealHard Benoît Paire L Fabio FogniniRR2021 ATP CupHard Maxime Cressy W Geoffrey Blancaneaux1R2023 MarseilleHard (i)
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".
Most double faults in a match # Player / Opponent Round Event Sets Surface Ref. 31 Anna Kournikova W Miho Saeki 2R 1999 Australian Open 3 Hard 28 Raffaella Reggi L Helen Kelesi QF 1988 Rome 2 Clay Jelena Dokic L Julia Schruff 1R 2006 Auckland 3 Hard 27 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova L Galina Voskoboeva QF 2011 Baku 3 Hard 23 Coco Gauff W Danielle Collins 2R 2025 Montreal 3 Hard
Most double faults in a game # Player / Opponent Round Event Sets Surface Ref.7 Jeļena Ostapenko W Alison Riske 2R 2019 US Open 2 Hard Zheng Qinwen W Ashlyn Krueger 1R 2024 Australian Open 3 Hard 6 Danielle Collins L Ons Jabeur 3R 2021 Indian Wells 2 Hard Aryna Sabalenka W Xinyu Wang 2R 2022 Australian Open 2 Hard
See also
Ace (tennis)
References