ATP Ace Leaders in 2006

[jmsx521]

From ATPs site, Ljubicic hit the most aces this year, with 929 in 78 matches. Didn't Ivanisevic have about 1400 aces many, many years ago? And look at Karlovic is #5 with 647 aces, but played only 36 matches!

1. Ljubicic, Ivan 929 aces in 78 matches
2. Roddick, Andy 705 63
3. Federer, Roger 656 95
4. Ancic, Mario 653 72
5. Karlovic, Ivo 647 36
6. Tursunov, Dmitry 627 72
7. Berdych, Tomas 511 69
8. Blake, James 482 78
9. Haas, Tommy 473 67
10. Lopez, Feliciano 468 48
11. Safin, Marat 459 55
12. Mirnyi, Max 438 45
13. Gonzalez, Fernando 424 68
14. Srichaphan, Paradorn 407 58
15. Stepanek, Radek 393 45
16. Baghdatis, Marcos 390 53
17. Vliegen, Kristof 381 53
18. Fish, Mardy 378 40
19. Soderling, Robin 366 55
20. Malisse, Xavier 353 55
21. Calleri, Agustin 341 49
22. Hewitt, Lleyton 337 46
23. Acasuso, Jose 337 50
24. Bracciali, Daniele 335 42
25. Wawrinka, Stanislas 326 54
26. Melzer, Jurgen 323 57
27. Moya, Carlos 318 51
28. Almagro, Nicolas 314 47
29. Moodie, Wesley 312 30
30. Arthurs, Wayne 308 16
31. Davydenko, Nikolay 297 94
32. Grosjean, Sebastien 296 47
33. Murray, Andy 295 62
34. Ginepri, Robby 287 50
35. Massu, Nicolas 287 63
36. Nieminen, Jarkko 287 76
37. Waske, Alexander 285 28
38. Djokovic, Novak 285 52
39. Muller, Gilles 283 31
40. Philippoussis, Mark 279 20
41. Johansson, Thomas 265 26
42. Monfils, Gael 252 39
43. Gasquet, Richard 250 52
44. Benneteau, Julien 247 46
45. Henman, Tim 242 51
46. Hrbaty, Dominik 242 57
47. Robredo, Tommy 241 75
48. Nadal, Rafael 240 69
49. Mahut, Nicolas 238 30
50. Gimelstob, Justin 238 34
51. Clement, Arnaud 235 47
52. Kohlschreiber, Philipp 233 44
53. Verdasco, Fernando 228 58
54. Carlsen, Kenneth 227 32
55. Becker, Benjamin 217 17
56T. Ferrero, Juan Carlos 212 51
56T. Mathieu, Paul-Henri 212 51
58. Mayer, Florian 202 45
59. Horna, Luis 199 38
60. Gicquel, Marc 196 29
61. Querrey, Sam 194 17
62. Ramirez Hidalgo, Ruben 192 45
63. Simon, Gilles 191 48
64. Kiefer, Nicolas 188 25
65. Santoro, Fabrice 179 42
66. Nalbandian, David 178 57
67. Tipsarevic, Janko 177 25
68. Seppi, Andreas 173 47
69. Youzhny, Mikhail 172 44
70. Sanguinetti, Davide 169 36
71. Sluiter, Raemon 168 23
72. Serra, Florent 164 49
73. Agassi, Andre 162 18
74. Ferrer, David 161 64

 

[J-man]

There you go Querry!!!

 

[Andres]

Look at Arthurs at 30.

30. Arthurs, Wayne 308 16

Averaging almost 20 a match

 

[Moose Malloy]

Didn't Ivanisevic have about 1400 aces many, many years ago?

Goran:
1994-1,169
1996-1,477(broke his own record)
1998-1,065

Roddick in '04:1,017 aces

 

[ceejay]

Perhaps interestingly, the top 3 ace leaders are also the top 3 "first serve points won" leaders too.

The other players are letting my comparison down though. Ancic only makes it to number 7 on this list.

1. Ljubicic, Ivan 79 78 (percentage / matches)
2. Roddick, Andy 79 63
3. Federer, Roger 77 95
4. Haas, Tommy 76 67
5. Calleri, Agustin 76 49
6. Mirnyi, Max 76 45
7. Ancic, Mario 75 72
8. Berdych, Tomas 75 69
9. Soderling, Robin 75 55
10. Lopez, Feliciano 75 48

 

[vive le beau jeu !]

Goran:
1994-1,169
1996-1,477(broke his own record)
1998-1,065

Roddick in '04:1,017 aces

in reality even more than 1477 for goran in 1996, as this total total doesn't include several matches...
http://tt.tennis-warehouse.com/showthread.php?t=88070&page=3&highlight=1600+aces#56

 

[jmsx521]

Wow, Nalbandian, at #66 in aces, with 178 aces in 57 matches; it basically shows you how good he is... to be a top player without relying much on first serve; if Fed was 66th in aces with 178 aces, would he be #1 in the world?

 

[Bottle Rocket]

I am guessing there is not a stat out there on unreturnable serves, is there?

I think that would be very interesting.

 

[superman1]

What is more interesting to me is the average # of aces per match. Ljubicic has 12 per match, Roddick has 11 per match, Federer has 7, Nadal's average is 3.5, Agassi has 9. Karlovic has 18. Looks like Arthurs is the best with 19.

I still think Roddick has the best serve. I'm sure he would lead the unreturnables category, and that's what counts. He can also back up his serve a hell of a lot better than Karlovic.

 

[croatian sensation]

Goran:
1994-1,169
1996-1,477(broke his own record)
1998-1,065

Roddick in '04:1,017 aces

Look at the years...I think we won't be seeing new records in most aces in a season. Not in a season where Wimbledon is turned into green clay.
I think Goran can be pretty sure nobody will break his record ever. No mather how many matches he played.
It's sad to see what has happened to tennis. But I guess that's a different subject... :-(

 

[Shabazza]

Wow, Nalbandian, at #66 in aces, with 178 aces in 57 matches; it basically shows you how good he is... to be a top player without relying much on first serve; if Fed was 66th in aces with 178 aces, would he be #1 in the world?

Yes. 7 aces per match aren't that much.

 

[federer_nadal]

I am not too sure, but i think in a game in an AO a few years ago agassi got 41 aces fired against him and still won in 3 or 4 sets. Who was it that was serving them? Joachim Johansson? And if my memory serves me right, agassi didnt have any unforces errors in the last set which he won.

edit: I just checked it and it was round of 16, Australian Open 2005, Johansson fired 51 aces against agassi. 6-7(4) 7-6(5) 7-6(3) 6-4 was the score.

 

[sypl]

Meh, Agassi used to get aced loads. Doesn't matter though as he was more interested in getting a good hit on the ball rather than just getting it back in.

 

[WayneCM]

I am not too sure, but i think in a game in an AO a few years ago agassi got 41 aces fired against him and still won in 3 or 4 sets. Who was it that was serving them? Joachim Johansson? And if my memory serves me right, agassi didnt have any unforces errors in the last set which he won.

edit: I just checked it and it was round of 16, Australian Open 2005, Johansson fired 51 aces against agassi. 6-7(4) 7-6(5) 7-6(3) 6-4 was the score.

Agassi hasd the same thing with karlovic a few years back 2... I would love 2 c a stat on the server with the most unreturned serves...

 

[JohnS]

Look at Arthurs at 30.

30. Arthurs, Wayne 308 16

Averaging almost 20 a match

I know!!! I just did some math (it's been a while and I'll suffer next semester for it) and he and karlovic are very close to the 20's per match.

Arthurs edges him out by like .5 aces per match.

 

[JohnS]

To be honest, I dont think this is clear enough who is the better Acer. I think a stat for ace per service game is more appropriate. Some players get into to many 4-5 setters which would grant them more aces. You have to think that players who only play minimal amount of sets per match and still have a lot of aces are the actual better Acers.