Point-winning serve untouched by the receiver
In tennis , an ace is a legal serve that is not touched by the receiver, winning the point for the server.[ 1] service box .[ 2] International Tennis Hall of Fame , this term was coined by the sports journalist Allison Danzig .[ 3]
Professional singles records [ edit ] Aces have been officially recorded by the top-level professional tennis circuits since 1991,[ 4]
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] 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] 2001 Wimbledon title.[ 5]
Roger Federer hit 50 aces in the 2009 Wimbledon final, the record for a Grand Slam final.[ 11] [ 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
8,512
Marin Čilić
8,445
Milos Raonic
Top 10
No.
Aces in a season
Year
1,477
1996
1,447
2015
1,318
2007
1,260
2015
1,213
2018
1,185
2014
1,159
2016
1,156
1994
1,131
2016
1,123
2017
Top 10
Top 10 most aces served in a match since 1991 [ edit ] Most aces in a US Open match since 1991 [ edit ] Most aces in a clay-court tournament since 1991 [ edit ] Note: This marked the third time that Isner had hit 100+ aces in a clay-court tournament.
Most aces in a one-week tournament since 1991 [ edit ] Most aces served in a three-set match since 1991 [ edit ] Most combined aces in a three-set match since 1991 [ edit ] Most consecutive aces since 1991 [ edit ] [ edit ] Most aces without a double fault since 1991 [ edit ]
[ edit ]
Most seasons since 1991 finished as ace leader [ edit ]
Serena Williams holds the record for most aces in a tournament with 102 en route to winning the 2012 Wimbledon title.[ 58]
No.
Career aces
4,116
Karolina Pliskova
3,056
Serena Williams
2,880
Carolina Garcia
2,802
Petra Kvitova
2,692
Julia Goerges
2,589
Madison Keys
2,198
Elena Rybakina
2,188
Aryna Sabalenka
2,090
Samantha Stosur
1,795
Lucie Safarova
Top 10
Most aces in a match [ edit ] Players who have served 20 or more aces in a match since 2008 listed below.[ 59]
Most seasons finished as ace leader [ edit ] Note: Most aces served in a season since 2010. [ 68]
[ edit ] Karolína Plíšková has the most aces in a single season with 530 in 2016,[ 74] [ 75] Jeļena Ostapenko at Stuttgart in 2021.[ 76]
Most aces in WTA 1000s in a season [ edit ] 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.[ 78]
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".[ 79]
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John Isner
Ivo Karlović
Roger Federer
Feliciano López
Milos Raonic
Nicolas Mahut
Radek Štěpánek
Horacio Zeballos
Thomas Fabbiano
Ruben Bemelmans
Lu Yen-Hsun
Jan-Lennard Struff
Kei Nishikori
Matthew Barton
Richard Krajicek
Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Kevin Anderson
Alexander Bublik
Cameron Norrie
Byron Black
Wu Yibing
Kamil Majchrzak
Magnus Norman
Fernando González
Holger Rune
Andriy Medvedev
Aryna Sabalenka
