The Frenchman hit 153 on the radar on Day 1 of Wimbledon.
By Chris Oddo | @TheFanChild | Monday June 30, 2025
Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard has a monster serve. And the numbers back it up. The Frenchman hit 153 on the radar gun during his first-round tilt with Taylor Fritz on Monday, which is the fastest officially recorded serve in Wimbledon history.
📊 Avec un service à 153 mph 💣, soit 246 km/h, il semblerait que Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard 🇫🇷 ait réalisé le service le plus rapide de Wimbledon (parmi les matchs dont les vitesses de service étaient mesurées).
✍️ L’année dernière, un service de Ben Shelton 🇺🇸 avait été… pic.twitter.com/uw5cxTPOoX
— Jeu, Set et Maths (@JeuSetMaths) June 30, 2025
Mpetshi Perricard’s serve is already listed as the ninth-fastest recorded serve of all-time, and the fastest at the majors, in Wikipedia. According to Wikipedia, the list is not “historically complete.”