Tommy Paul
ATP No. 16 · 2,375 ptsESPN ATP feed 24 Sep 2026Right-handed36 charted matches · 11 Jan 2024 to 25 Mar 2026
Ranking
No. 16
2025 year-end 20 · best 12 in 2024
Serve points won
62.9%
−4.6 pts vs US peers
Return points won
38.8%
+4.8 pts vs US peers
Charted record
18–18
DR 1.05 · 6,552 points charted
Ranking trajectory
year-end ranking, log scale · grey lines are the other fourServe profile
3,270 service points charted| Measure | Paul | US men top 5 | Count |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st serve in | 63.0% | 63.7% | |
| 1st serve points won | 69.3% | 73.6% | |
| 2nd serve points won | 51.9% | 53.8% | |
| Ace rate | 5.7% | 9.8% | 186 aces |
| Double fault rate | 2.1% | 2.8% | 69 double faults |
| Break points saved | 63.2% | 62.3% | 189 of 299 |
First serves in, by target
2,058 servesSecond serves in, by target
1,142 servesSeen from behind the server. Shading and the big figure are the share of serves into each third of the box; pills are points won and serve count. Green and red mark the best and worst zone with 25 or more serves.
Return and rally
3,270 return points · 74.4% of returns put in playPoints won by rally length
serve counts as shot one; double faults left outReturn depth
returns in play with a recorded depth22%
47%
31%
Shallow
459 returns · 41.8% won
Deep
961 returns · 49.9% won
Very deep
631 returns · 55.2% won
Shallow lands inside the service line, deep in the front half of the backcourt, very deep in the back half. Won is the share of those return points the player went on to win.
Rally-shot direction
every charted forehand and backhand after the returnForehand
Backhand
Seen from behind Tommy. Arrow width and the white pill are that direction's share of the wing; the coloured pill is the share of points won when the shot was hit (green best, red worst, grey under 60 shots).
Surface splits
charted matches since Jan 2024| Surface | Matches | W–L | Serve won | Return won | DR | Service pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hard | 21 | 9–12 | 63.9% | 39.3% | 1.09 | 1,754 |
| Clay | 10 | 6–4 | 60.7% | 39.7% | 1.01 | 1,033 |
| Grass | 5 | 3–2 | 63.8% | 34.7% | 0.96 | 483 |
Recent charted matches · 12 of 36
newest first · each links to its Tennis Abstract chart| Date | Event | Rd | Opponent | Result | Serve won | Return won | Aces | DF | W / UE | Chart |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 Mar 2026 | Miami Masters · Hard | QF | Arthur Fils | L 7-6 6-7 6-7 | 78.2% | 24.4% | 6 | 0 | 33 / 35 | chart |
| 9 Mar 2026 | Indian Wells Masters · Hard | R32 | Joao Fonseca | L 2-6 3-6 | 50.0% | 30.0% | 2 | 2 | 28 / 27 | chart |
| 6 Jan 2026 | Brisbane · Hard | R32 | Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard | L 6-7 6-3 6-7 | 80.2% | 28.2% | 6 | 1 | 28 / 16 | chart |
| 3 Jun 2025 | Roland Garros · Clay | QF | Carlos Alcaraz | L 0-6 1-6 4-6 | 50.6% | 12.7% | 3 | 2 | 13 / 27 | chart |
| 1 Jun 2025 | Roland Garros · Clay | R16 | Alexei Popyrin | W 6-3 6-3 6-3 | 70.5% | 42.3% | 1 | 1 | 28 / 17 | chart |
| 30 May 2025 | Roland Garros · Clay | R32 | Karen Khachanov | W 6-3 3-6 7-6 3-6 6-3 | 59.1% | 40.0% | 8 | 4 | 56 / 54 | chart |
| 25 May 2025 | Roland Garros · Clay | R128 | Elmer Moller | W 6-7 6-2 6-3 6-1 | 61.1% | 47.9% | 4 | 4 | 31 / 51 | chart |
| 16 May 2025 | Rome Masters · Clay | SF | Jannik Sinner | L 6-1 0-6 3-6 | 54.1% | 36.1% | 0 | 3 | 13 / 31 | chart |
| 15 May 2025 | Rome Masters · Clay | QF | Hubert Hurkacz | W 7-6 6-3 | 61.5% | 45.1% | 1 | 1 | 16 / 26 | chart |
| 26 Apr 2025 | Madrid Masters · Clay | R64 | Joao Fonseca | W 7-6 7-6 | 65.7% | 33.7% | 9 | 1 | 46 / 32 | chart |
| 5 Apr 2025 | Houston · Clay | SF | Jenson Brooksby | L 6-7 6-3 6-7 | 62.2% | 41.3% | 6 | 5 | 38 / 47 | chart |
| 12 Mar 2025 | Indian Wells Masters · Hard | R16 | Daniil Medvedev | L 4-6 0-6 | 43.6% | 39.2% | 4 | 4 | 22 / 36 | chart |
Glossary
- Charted matches
- · matches of this player coded point by point for the Match Charting Project since 1 Jan 2024; a volunteer-chosen sample, heavier on big events
- vs US peers
- · difference from the other four top US men, pooled over their charted points (serve 67.5%, return 34.0%)
- US top 5
- · the five players in this tour group including this one, pooled
- 2nd serve points won
- · points won after a missed first serve, double faults counted as lost
- Serve target
- · the chart's serve direction code (wide, body, T) on the deuce or ad side, taken from the score before the point
- Rally length
- · serve plus every shot that landed in; the error that ends a point is not counted
- Rally-shot direction
- · the project's own crosscourt / middle / down-the-line / inside-out / inside-in classification of rally forehands and backhands
- Result, unfinished
- · set scores rebuilt from the point log; a chart that stops early (retirement or partial chart) shows no result and is left out of W–L
- DR
- · dominance ratio: return points won divided by serve points lost