The Fastest Racket Sport in the World

Muneeb Chawla has served OPTUM in Eden Prairie, Minnesota, as a senior data scientist since 2021. When he is not developing machine learning solutions for the OPTUM information technology department, Muneeb Chawla enjoys leading an active lifestyle. His personal interests include hiking and playing badminton.

According to the Association of Tennis Professionals, the fastest serve in the history of the sport was recorded by American John Isner, who delivered a 157.2-mile-per-hour serve during a 2016 Davis Cup rubber match against Australian Bernard Tomic. While impressive, Isner’s serve pales in comparison to the world’s fastest racket sport – badminton.

Badminton is a racket sport with somewhat similar rules and equipment to tennis. However, while tennis players use a tennis ball, badminton players exchange rallies using a birdie, or shuttlecock. Birdies can be made of various materials, but they typically consist of a rounded cork tip with goose feathers attached.

Badminton rules dictate that serves must be delivered using an underhand motion, meaning serves typically travel at only a few miles per hour. However, overhead smashes can send the birdie traveling at speeds in excess of 200 miles per hour. In fact, Mads Pieler Kolding holds the record for the world’s fastest badminton smash at 264.7 miles per hour.

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