Novak Djokovic and Simona Halep Are The World Fastest Tennis Players

Based on the study conducted recently Novak Djokovic and Simona Halep are the world fastest tennis players around the globe. The study conducted by Tennis Australia has indicated that Serbian Novak Djokovic and Romanian Simona Halep are the fastest players in tennis around the globe.


 The study was lean on players over three metres or more and studied their performance at the year's first Grand Slam for the last three years.

Based on the study, Djokovic had a maximum speed of 36.02kph, higher than anyone else but was second to Andy Murray in terms of average speed - the Brit scoring 15.89 kph as compared to Djokovic's 14.89 kph.

Halep, the former French Open finalist, had a maximum speed with 23.04kph while World No. 1 Angelique Kerber's average speed at 14.27 was the highest.

Top Fastet Male Players Around The World

Player - Top Speed - Average Speed

1) Novak Djokovic 36.02 and 14.89

2) Andy Murray 34.87 and 15.89

3) Lleyton Hewitt 31.24 and 15.24

4) Gilles Simon 30.76 and 14.93

5) Grigor Dimitrov 28.91 and 15.05

Top Fastest Female Players Around The World

 Players - Top Speed - Average Speed

1) Simona Halep 23.04 and 13.69

2) Carla Suarez Navarro 22.48 and 13.56

3) Dominika Ciibulkova 21.98 and 13.43

4) Agnieszka Radwanska 21.82 and 13.79

5) Eugenie Bouchard 21.82 and 12.95

ALSO READ Tom Brandy's Win In Patriot Over Jet May Be A Welcome Back

Brief History of Novak Djokovic

Novak Djokovic was born May 22 1987  often known  by the hypocorism Nole, is a Serbian professional tennis player who is currently ranked world No. 2 in men's singles tennis by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP). He is considered one of the greatest tennis players of all time.

 He is been coached by former Slovak tennis player Marián Vajda and former German tennis player and six-time Grand Slam champion Boris Becker. Djokovic holds the best match winning rate (83.00%) in Open Era, as of August 2016.

Djokovic has won all to himself 12 Grand Slam singles titles, the fourth most in history, and held the No. 1 spot in the ATP rankings for a total of 223 weeks.

 At the majors, Djokovic has won six Australian Open titles, three Wimbledon titles, two US Open titles and one French Open title.

 In 2016, he became the eighth player in history to achieve the Career Grand Slam; by winning the 2016 French Open, Djokovic became the third man to hold all four major titles at once, the first since Rod Laver in 1969, and the first ever to do so on three different surfaces.

 He is currently married to Jelena Djokovic.

Brief History Of Simona Halep

Simona Halep was born September 27, 1991 (age 25), is a professional tennis player from Constanta Romania.

 Halep first broke into the world's top 50 at the end of 2012, and reached the top 20 in August 2013 and finally the top 10 in January 2014.