Ace (tennis): Difference between revisions

[[John Isner]] has the most aces in a tournament with 214 during the [[2018 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles|2018 Wimbledon]],<ref name="most_tourn">{{Cite web |date=13 July 2018 |title=Five takeaways from Anderson's marathon win over Isner at Wimbledon |url=http://www.tennis.com/pro-game/2018/07/five-takeaways-kevin-anderson-marathon-win-over-john-isner-wimbledon-atp-tour-record-six-hours-semifinals-mens-tennis/75287/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20220915185602/https://www.tennis.com/news/articles/five-takeaways-from-anderson-s-marathon-win-over-isner-at-wimbledon |archive-date=15 September 2022 |website=tennis.com}}</ref> and he has the most in a single match with 113 during his [[Isner–Mahut match at the 2010 Wimbledon Championships|11-hour encounter]] with [[Nicolas Mahut]] in 2010. John Isner has served the most aces with 14,470.<ref name="atpcareer">{{Cite web |title=Ultimate Tennis Statistics – Aces |url=https://www.ultimatetennisstatistics.com/statsLeaders |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20220915185645/https://www.ultimatetennisstatistics.com/statsLeaders |archive-date=15 September 2022 |website=www.ultimatetennisstatistics.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Aces &#124; ATP Tour &#124; Tennis |url=http://www.atptour.com/en/stats/aces |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20220915185807/https://www.atptour.com/en/stats/aces |archive-date=15 September 2022 |website=ATP Tour}}</ref>

 

 

[[Goran Ivanišević]] has the [[ATP Tour records#Aces|most in a single season]] with 1,477 in 1996.<!--NOTE: only the official ATP data is listed here--><ref>{{Cite web |title=Goran Ivanisevic – Player Stats – ATP Tour – Tennis |url=http://www.atptour.com/en/players/goran-ivanisevic/i034/player-stats?year=1996&surfaceType=all |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20220915190017/https://www.atptour.com/en/players/goran-ivanisevic/i034/player-stats?year=1996&surfaceType=all |archive-date=15 September 2022 |website=atptour.com}}</ref> He also has the second most in a tournament with 213 when he won the [[2001 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles|2001 Wimbledon]] title.<ref name="most_tourn" />

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|{{flagicon|CRO}} [[Ivo Karlović]] || style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="#CCFFCC" | W ||{{flagicon|TPE}} [[Lu Yen-hsun]]|| bgcolor="#afeeee" style="text-align:center;"| 1R

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|{{Flagicon|RSA}} [[Kevin Anderson (tennis)|Kevin Anderson]]

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|[[2021 US Open – Men's singles|2021 US Open]]

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|[[2019 US Open – Men's singles|2019 US Open]]

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==== Most aces in a clay-court tournament ====

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|{{flagicon|CRO}} Ivo Karlović

|{{Flagicon|GER}} [[Daniel Brands]]

|[[2014 PBZ Zagreb Indoors – Singles|2014 Zagreb]]

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|{{Flagicon|AUS}} [[Nick Kyrgios]]

|{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Ryan Harrison]]

|[[2019 Brisbane International – Men's singles|2019 Brisbane]]

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|{{flagicon|USA}} [[John Isner]]

|{{Flagicon|CHN}} [[Wu Yibing]]

|bgcolor="thistle" style="text-align:center"|F

|[[2023 Dallas Open – Singles|2023 Dallas Open]]

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|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Mardy Fish]]

|{{Flagicon|BEL}} [[Olivier Rochus]]

|[[2007 Grand Prix de Tennis de Lyon – Singles|2007 Lyon]]

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|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Reilly Opelka]]

|{{flagicon|USA}} John Isner

|bgcolor=yellow style="text-align:center"|SF

| rowspan="2" |[[2019 New York Open – Singles|2019 New York]]

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|{{flagicon|USA}} Reilly Opelka

|bgcolor="thistle" style="text-align:center"|F

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|{{Flagicon|CRO}} [[Goran Ivanišević]]

|{{Flagicon|SWE}} [[Magnus Norman]]

|[[1997 Croatian Indoors – Singles|1997 Zagreb]]

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|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Reilly Opelka]]

|{{flagicon|USA}} [[John Isner]]

|bgcolor=yellow style="text-align:center;"|SF

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|{{Flagicon|AUS}} [[Nick Kyrgios]]

|{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Ryan Harrison]]

|[[2019 Brisbane International – Men's singles|2019 Brisbane]]

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|{{flagicon|USA}} [[John Isner]]

|{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Bernard Tomic]]

|[[2016 Davis Cup World Group|2016 Davis Cup]]

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|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Reilly Opelka]]

|{{flagicon|USA}} John Isner

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|{{flagicon|USA}} John Isner

|{{flagicon|POL}} [[Jerzy Janowicz]]

|[[2016 Australian Open – Men's singles|2016 Australian Open]]

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|{{flagicon|CRO}} [[Ivo Karlović]]

|{{flagicon|CHI}} [[Nicolás Massú]]

|[[2007 If Stockholm Open – Singles|2007 Stockholm]]

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|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Andy Roddick]]

|{{flagicon|CHI}} [[Fernando González]]

|[[2010 Australian Open – Men's singles|2010 Australian Open]]

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|{{flagicon|RUS}} [[Marat Safin]]

|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Andre Agassi]]

|bgcolor=yellow style="text-align:center;"| SF

 

=== WTA Tour ===

[[Serena Williams]] holds the record for most aces in a tournament with 102 en route to winning the [[2012 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles|2012 Wimbledon]] title.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2012-07-07 |title=Serena taken to 3 sets, wins 5th Wimbledon |url=https://www.espn.com/tennis/wimbledon12/story/_/id/8138336/wimbledon-2012-serena-williams-stretched-three-sets-wins-5th-title |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20220915165018/https://www.espn.com/tennis/wimbledon12/story/_/id/8138336/wimbledon-2012-serena-williams-stretched-three-sets-wins-5th-title |archive-date=15 September 2022 |website=ESPN.com |language=en}}</ref>

 

==== Most aces in a match ====

| {{flagicon|CZE}} Karolína Plíšková || style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="#CCFFCC" | W || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Amanda Anisimova]] || bgcolor="#afeeee" style="text-align:center;"| 2R || [[2021 US Open – Women's Singles|2021 US Open]] || 3 ||style="text-align:center|Hard ||<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-09-03 |title=Pliskova saves match point, sets US Open ace record to beat Anisimova; Andreescu advances |url=https://www.wtatennis.com/news/2242788/pliskova-saves-match-point-sets-us-open-ace-record-to-beat-anisimova-andreescu-advances |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20220915165319/https://www.wtatennis.com/news/2242788/pliskova-saves-match-point-sets-us-open-ace-record-to-beat-anisimova-andreescu-advances |archive-date=15 September 2022 |website=Women's Tennis Association |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=31 August 2021 |title=US Open Day 2 by the numbers: Zheng's ace record, Pliskova's tiebreaks and more |url=https://www.wtatennis.com/news/2770634/us-open-day-2-by-the-numbers-zheng-s-ace-record-pliskova-s-tiebreaks-and-more |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221001014556/https://www.wtatennis.com/news/2770634/us-open-day-2-by-the-numbers-zheng-s-ace-record-pliskova-s-tiebreaks-and-more |archive-date=1 October 2022 |website=Women's Tennis Association |language=en}}</ref>

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|<ref>{{Cite web |title=WTA Match Stats |url=https://www.wtatennis.com/tournament/2075/guadalajara/2022/scores/LS023 |access-date=21 October 2022 |website=Women's Tennis Association}}</ref>

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|| {{flagicon|CZE}} Kristýna Plíšková || style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="#FFCFCF" | L || {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Océane Dodin]] || bgcolor="#afeeee" style="text-align:center;"| 1R || [[2016 Generali Ladies Linz – Singles|2016 Linz]] || 3 ||style="text-align:center|Hard (i)

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| rowspan="5" |22 || {{flagicon|NED}} [[Brenda Schultz]] || style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="#CCFFCC" | W || {{flagicon|CRO}} [[Iva Majoli]] || bgcolor="#ffebcd" style="text-align:center;"| QF || [[1994 DFS Classic – Singles|1994 Birmingham]] || 3 ||style="text-align:center|Grass

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| {{flagicon|BEL}} [[Alison Van Uytvanck]] || style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="#FFCFCF" | L || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Sofia Kenin]] || bgcolor="yellow" style="text-align:center;"| SF || [[2020 Lyon Open (WTA) – Singles|2020 Lyon]] || 3

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==== Seasons with 500+ aces ====

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|<ref>{{Cite web |title=2015 – Serve Stats |url=https://www.wtatennis.com/stats/2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20220915170157/https://www.wtatennis.com/stats/2015 |archive-date=15 September 2022 |website=WTA Tennis}}</ref><ref name=":5">{{Cite web |title=2016 – Serve Stats |url=https://www.wtatennis.com/stats/2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20220915170139/https://www.wtatennis.com/stats/2016 |archive-date=15 September 2022 |website=WTA Tennis}}</ref>

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== Half-ace ==