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Fastest Tennis Serve EverAndy Roddick set the record for fastest serve in a match by whipping one 155 mph Friday night in Davis Cup play.

Andy Roddick matched his own new record with his serve against Stefan Koubek. By John Spivey, AP

The American did it in the eighth game of a 6-4, 6-4, 6-2 victory over Stefan Koubek of Austria. Koubek actually got his racket on the record-setting serve, but he couldn't put the ball over the net.

Fastest serves

The fastest recorded serves in tennis history:

Andy Roddick, U.S., 155mph, 2004 Davis Cup

Ivo Karlovic, Croatia, 153mph, 2007 Nottingham

Andy Roddick, U.S., 149 mph, 2003 Queen's Club

Greg Rusedski, Britain, 149 mph, 1998 Indian Wells

Taylor Dent, U.S., 148 mph, 2010 Wimbledon

Taylor Dent, U.S., 144 mph, 2001 Wimbledon

Mark Philippoussis, Australia, 142.3 mph, 1997 Dusseldorf

Gilles Elseneer, Belgium, 140 mph, 2003 Basel

Julian Alonso, Spain, 140 mph, 1997 Long Island

Earlier, Roddick's second serve of the match also registered 150 mph on the courtside speed meter, but the ball landed out for a fault - which doesn't count as a record.

Karlovic did hit a 144 miles per hour (232 km/h) second serve on 3 August 2007, which is the fastest second serve on record.

The former U.S. Open champion broke the record of 149 mph that he shared with Greg Rusedski. Roddick hit a serve at that speed during a victory over Andre Agassi at the Queen's Club tournament in June. Rusedski set that standard in 1998.

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