In tennis, if the serving player makes two mistakes in the same point, it is called a double fault, and they lose the point and the point is awarded to their opponent.^[1]

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.^[2]

At the 1957 Wimbledon Championships, Maria de Amorin committed 17 doubles faults in a row in his second-round encounter against Berna Thung. De Amorin took a set off her opponent, but eventually lost the match.^[3]

Open Era singles records

Double faults have been officially recorded by the top-level professional tennis circuits since 1991.^[4]

Only main draw singles matches are included here.

ATP Tour

Alexander Bublik is one of only three players to have committed more than 26 double faults in a Grand Slam match.

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.^[5]

Most double faults in a match

#	Player	W/L	Opponent	Round	Event	Sets	Surface	Ref.
30	Marc Rosset	L	Arnaud Clément	QF	2001 Davis Cup	5	Carpet (i)	[6]
27	Goran Ivanišević	L	Leander Paes	PO	1995 Davis Cup	5	Grass	[7]
26	Marc Rosset	L	Michael Joyce	1R	1995 Wimbledon	4	Grass	[8]
	Alexander Bublik	W	Thomas Fabbiano	2R	2019 US Open	5	Hard	[9]
	Pierre-Hugues Herbert	L	Pablo Andújar	1R	2021 Wimbledon	5	Grass	[10]

Most double faults in a three-setter

#	Player	W/L	Opponent	Round	Event	Surface	Ref.
25	Maxime Cressy	L	Felix Auger-Aliassime	1R	2023 Dubai	Hard	[11]

Most double faults in a two-setter

#	Player	W/L	Opponent	Round	Event	Surface	Ref.
16	Guillermo Coria	L	Alessio di Mauro	1R	2006 Acapulco	Clay	[12]

Most consecutive double faults

#	Player	W/L	Opponent	Round	Event	Surface	Ref.
5	Greg Rusedski	W	Mikhail Youzhny	1R	2006 Miami	Hard	[13]

Committing four consecutive double faults in a single game

Player	W/L	Opponent	Round	Event	Surface	Ref.
Boris Becker	W	Jean-Philippe Fleurian	SF	1995 Hopman Cup	Hard	[14]
Cédric Pioline	L	Vladimir Voltchkov	2R	2000 Wimbledon	Grass	[15]
Guillermo Coria	W	Nicolas Kiefer	3R	2006 Monte Carlo	Clay	[16]
Fernando Verdasco	L	Teymuraz Gabashvili	2R	2014 Australian Open	Hard	[17]
Mischa Zverev	L	Grigor Dimitrov	2R	2017 Montreal	Hard	[18]
Benoît Paire	L	Fabio Fognini	RR	2021 ATP Cup	Hard	[19]
Maxime Cressy	W	Geoffrey Blancaneaux	1R	2023 Marseille	Hard (i)	[20]

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".^[21]

Most double faults in a match

#	Player	W/L	Opponent	Round	Event	Sets	Surface	Ref.
31	Anna Kournikova	W	Miho Saeki	2R	1999 Australian Open	3	Hard	[22]
28	Raffaella Reggi	L	Helen Kelesi	QF	1988 Rome	2	Clay	[23][24]
	Jelena Dokic	L	Julia Schruff	1R	2006 Auckland	3	Hard	[25]
27	Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova	L	Galina Voskoboeva	QF	2011 Baku	3	Hard	[26]

Most double faults in a game

#	Player	W/L	Opponent	Round	Event	Sets	Surface	Ref.
7	Jeļena Ostapenko	W	Alison Riske	2R	2019 US Open	2	Hard	[27]
6	Danielle Collins	L	Ons Jabeur	3R	2021 Indian Wells	2	Hard	[28]
	Aryna Sabalenka	W	Xinyu Wang	2R	2022 Australian Open	2	Hard	[29]

See also

• Ace (tennis)

References