In tennis , an ace is a legal serve that is not touched by the receiver, winning the point for the server.[ 1] In professional tennis, aces are generally seen on a player's first serve, where the server can strike the ball with maximum force and take more chances with ball placement, such as the far corners of the service box .[ 2] According to the International Tennis Hall of Fame , this term was coined by the sports journalist Allison Danzig .[ 3]
Professional singles records
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Aces have been officially recorded by the top-level professional tennis circuits since 1991,[ 4] so these records start at that time.
Only main draw singles matches are included here.
Key
W
F
SF
QF
#R
RR
Q#
DNQ
A
NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
John Isner holds the professional records for most aces in a match Wimbledon 2010, an entire tournament Wimbledon 2018, and also first on the most aces in career list .
John Isner has the most aces in a tournament with 214 during the 2018 Wimbledon ,[ 5] and he has the most in a single match with 113 during his 11-hour encounter with Nicolas Mahut in 2010. John Isner has served the most aces with 14,470.[ 6] [ 7]
Milos Raonic hit 47 aces in 2024 Queen's , the most in a best-of-three-set match.[ 8] Ivo Karlović became the only player to hit at least 40 aces in three consecutive matches during 2015 Wimbledon .[ 9]
Goran Ivanišević has the most in a single season with 1,477 in 1996.[ 10] He also has the second most in a tournament with 213 when he won the 2001 Wimbledon title.[ 5]
Roger Federer hit 50 aces in the 2009 Wimbledon final, the record for a Grand Slam final.[ 11] He is also third on the career list.[ 6]
No.
Career aces [ 12] [ 13]
14,470
John Isner
13,728
Ivo Karlović
11,478
Roger Federer
10,261
Feliciano López
10,237
Goran Ivanišević
9,074
Andy Roddick
8,879
Sam Querrey
8,858
Pete Sampras
8,445
Milos Raonic
8,138
Ivan Ljubičić
No.
Aces in a season
Year
1,477
Goran Ivanišević
1996
1,447
Ivo Karlović
2015
1,318
Ivo Karlović
2007
1,260
John Isner
2015
1,213
John Isner
2018
1,185
Ivo Karlović
2014
1,159
John Isner
2016
1,156
Goran Ivanišević
1994
1,131
Ivo Karlović
2016
1,123
John Isner
2017
Top 10 most aces served in a match
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Most aces in a US Open match
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Most aces in a clay-court tournament
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Note: This marked the third time that Isner had hit 100+ aces in a clay-court tournament.
Most aces in a one-week tournament
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Most aces served in a three-set match
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Most combined aces in a three-set match
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Most consecutive aces
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Serving five consecutive aces from 0–40 down
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Most aces without a double fault
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Seasons with 1000+ aces
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Most seasons finished as ace leader
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Serena Williams holds the record for most aces in a tournament with 102 en route to winning the 2012 Wimbledon title.[ 56]
Most aces in a match
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There have been 32 matches played in which a player has served 20 or more aces, since 2008.[ 57]
Most seasons finished as ace leader
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Note: Most aces served in a season since 2010. [ 65]
Seasons with 500+ aces
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Karolína Plíšková has the most aces in a single season with 530 in 2016,[ 69] which broke her own record of 517 in 2015.[ 70] She has also served the most aces in a match on clay, with 21 in her second round victory over Jeļena Ostapenko at Stuttgart in 2021.[ 71]
Most aces in WTA 1000s in a season
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Elena Rybakina has served the most aces in WTA 1000 events in a season with 235 in 2023 , the most since 2009. Followed by Karolína Plíšková with 234 and Serena Williams with 233.[ 73]
In 1999, the Swedish artist and writer Kjell Höglund proposed a term for when an opponent manages to hit the ball without it actually entering into play. He suggested it should be called a "half-ace".[ 74]
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