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Most aces hit in a match (more than 30)

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#1 · (Edited)
Ivo Karlovic - the biggest specialist of serving aces



Serve stats [.] Aces per year


35 aces or more:

* Red - clay-court

113 - John Isner (Wimbledon 2010) 5 sets, defeated Nicolas Mahut
103 - Nicolas Mahut (Wimbledon 2010) 5 sets, lost to John Isner


78 - Ivo Karlovic (Davis Cup 2009) 5 sets, lost to Radek Stepanek

55 - Ivo Karlovic (Roland Garros 2009) 5 sets, lost to Lleyton Hewitt
54 - Gary Muller (Wimbledon 1993, qualifying match) 3 sets, defeated Peter Lundgren
53 - Ivo Karlovic (Wimbledon 2015) 5 sets, defeated Alexandr Dolgopolov
52 - John Isner (Wimbledon 2014) 4 sets, lost to Feliciano Lopez
51 - Joachim Johansson (Australian Open 2005 ) 4 sets, lost to Andre Agassi
51 - Ivo Karlovic (Wimbledon 2005) 5 sets, lost to Daniele Bracciali

50 - Chris Guccione (Wimbledon 2005, qualifying match) 3 sets, defeated Olivier Patience

50 - Gregory Carraz (Andrézieux 2004 - Challenger) 3 sets, defeated Tomas Zib *
50 - Roger Federer (Wimbledon 2009) 5 sets, defeated Andy Roddick

49 - Richard Krajicek (US Open 1999) 5 sets, lost to Yevgeny Kafelnikov

48 - Marc Rosset (Davis Cup 2001) 5 sets, lost to Arnaud Clement
48 - Ivo Karlovic (Australian Open 2011) 5 sets, lost to Ivan Dodig
48 - Nicolas Almagro (Wimbledon 2012) 5 sets, defeated Olivier Rochus

47 - Gustavo Kuerten (Davis Cup 2003) 5 sets, lost to Daniel Nestor
47 - Gilles Muller (Australian Open 2009) 5 sets, defeated Feliciano Lopez
47 - Ivo Karlovic (Davis Cup 2009) 5 sets, defeated James Blake

46 - Goran Ivanisevic (Wimbledon 1997) 5 sets, lost to Magnus Norman
46 - Mark Philippoussis (Wimbledon 2003) 5 sets, defeated Andre Agassi
46 - Ivo Karlovic (Wimbledon 2009) 4 sets, defeated Jo-Wilfried Tsonga

45 - Chris Guccione (Australian Open 2007) 5 sets, lost to Olivier Rochus
45 - Ivo Karlovic (Halle 2015) 3 sets, defeated Tomas Berdych

44 - Mark Philippoussis (Kuala Lumpur 1995) 3 sets, defeated Byron Black
44 - Ivo Karlovic (Wimbledon 2003, qualifying match) 4 sets, defeated Stefano Pescosolido
44 - Alexander Waske (Wimbledon 2006) 5 sets, lost to Stefano Galvani
44 - Ivo Karlovic (Zagreb 2014) 3 sets, defeated Daniel Brands

43 - Martin Verkerk (Davis Cup 2003) 5 sets, defeated Rohan Bopanna
43 - Mardy Fish (Lyon 2007) 3 sets, lost to Olivier Rochus
43 - Andy Roddick (Wimbledon 2009) 5 sets, defeated Lleyton Hewitt
43 - John Isner (Australian Open 2012) 5 sets, defeated David Nalbandian
43 - Ivo Karlovic (US Open 2015) 5 sets, lost to Jiri Vesely

42 - Goran Ivanisevic (Grand Slam Cup 1996) 5 sets, defeated Yevgeny Kafelnikov
42 - Goran Ivanisevic (Wimbledon 1998) 4 sets, defeated Daniel Vacek
42 - Richard Krajicek (Wimbledon 1998) 5 sets, lost to Goran Ivanisevic
42 - Goran Ivanisevic (Wimbledon 2001) 4 sets, defeated Andy Roddick
42 - Andy Roddick (Australian Open 2008) 5 sets, lost to Philipp Kohlschreiber
42 - Ivo Karlovic (US Open 2008) 3 sets, defeated Florent Serra
42 - Alexandr Dolgopolov (Wimbledon 2014) 4 sets, defeated Benjamin Becker
42 - John Isner (US Open 2014) 4 sets, lost to Philipp Kohlschreiber
42 - Ivo Karlovic (Wimbledon 2015) 4 sets, defeated Elias Ymer

41 - Goran Ivanisevic (Grand Slam Cup 1994) 5 sets, lost to Pete Sampras
41 - Goran Ivanisevic (Grand Slam Cup 1995) 4 sets, defeated Yevgeny Kafelnikov
41 - Ivo Karlovic (Binghamton 2003 - Challenger) 3 sets, defeated Nicolas Thomann *
41 - Ivo Karlovic (Wimbledon 2004) 4 sets, defeated Gilles Elseneer
41 - Wayne Arthurs (Wimbledon 2007) 5 sets, defeated Thiemo De Bakker
41 - John Isner (Roland Garros 2012) 5 sets, lost to Paul-Henri Mathieu
41 - Daniel Brands (Australian Open 2014) 5 sets, lost to Gilles Simon
41 - Ivo Karlovic (Wimbledon 2015) 4 sets, defeated Jo-Wilfried Tsonga

40 - Bryan Shelton (Australian Open 1991) 4 sets, defeated Paulo Cane
40 - Goran Ivanisevic (Zagreb 1997) 3 sets, defeated Magnus Norman
40 - Ivo Karlovic (Wimbledon 2004) 4 sets, defeated Feliciano Lopez
40 - Wayne Arthurs (Wimbledon 2005) 5 sets, lost to Alexander Popp
40 - Mark Philippoussis (Wimbledon 2006) 4 sets, defeated Paul-Henri Mathieu
40 - Andis Juska (Davis Cup 2014) 5 sets, lost to Martin Klizan
40 - Ivo Karlovic (Australian Open 2015) 4 sets, lost to Nick Kyrgios
40 - Kevin Anderson (Wimbledon 2015) 5 sets, lost to Novak Djokovic

39 - Goran Ivanisevic (Australian Open 1997) 5 sets, defeated Christian Ruud
39 - Todd Martin (Australian Open 2000) 5 sets, defeated Byron Black
39 - Wayne Arthurs (Davis Cup 2000) 5 sets, defeated David Prinosil
39 - Wayne Arthurs (Australian Open 2004) 5 sets, lost to Albert Costa
39 - Joachim Johansson (Wimbledon 2004) 4 sets, defeated Jonas Bjorkman
39 - Ivo Karlovic (US Open 2004) 5 sets, lost to Tim Henman
39 - Chris Guccione (Davis Cup 2006) 3 sets, defeated George Bastl
39 - Roger Federer (Australian Open 2008) 5 sets, defeated Janko Tipsarevic
39 - Ivo Karlovic (Roland Garros 2008) 5 sets, lost to Alejandro Falla
39 - Ivo Karlovic (Davis Cup 2008) 4 sets, defeated Thomaz Bellucci
39 - John Isner (Australian Open 2009) 4 sets, lost to Dominik Hrbaty
39 - Feliciano Lopez (Australian Open 2009) 5 sets, lost to Gilles Muller
39 - Andreas Haider-Maurer (Wimbledon 2011) 3 sets, defeated Florent Serra
39 - Ernests Gulbis (Wimbledon 2012) 5 sets, lost to Jerzy Janowicz
39 - Milos Raonic (US Open 2013) 5 sets, lost to Richard Gasquet
39 - Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (Davis Cup 2014) 5 sets, lost to Peter Gojowczyk
39 - Milos Raonic (Wimbledon 2014) 5 sets, defeated Nick Kyrgios
39 - Ivo Karlovic (Bogota 2014) 3 sets, lost to Bernard Tomic
39 - John Isner (Davis Cup 2015) 5 sets, lost to James Ward

38 - Marc Rosset (Wimbledon 1998) 5 sets, defeated Cedric Pioline
38 - Mark Philippoussis (Wimbledon 1999) 4 sets, defeated Mark Woodforde
38 - Wayne Arthurs (US Open 1999) 5 sets, defeated Alex Corretja
38 - Mark Philippoussis (Wimbledon 2000) 5 sets, defeated Sjeng Schalken
38 - Markus Hipfl [!] (Wimbledon 2002) 5 sets, lost to Nicolas Thomann
38 - Andy Roddick (US Open 2003) 5 sets, defeated David Nalbandian
38 - Joachim Johansson (Australian Open 2005) 5 sets, defeated Feliciano Lopez
38 - Wesley Moodie (US Open 2006) 5 sets, defeated Max Mirnyi
38 - Ivo Karlovic (US Open 2007) 5 sets, lost to Arnaud Clement
38 - Ivo Karlovic (Basel 2007) 3 sets, defeated Tomas Berdych
38 - Gilles Muller (US Open 2008) 5 sets, defeated Nicolas Almagro
38 - John Isner (US Open 2009) 5 sets, defeated Andy Roddick
38 - John Isner (Roland Garros 2010) 4 sets, defeated Marco Chiudinelli
38 - Andy Roddick (Wimbledon 2010) 5 sets, lost to Yen-Hsun Lu
38 - Milos Raonic (Memphis 2011) 3 sets, defeated Radek Stepanek
38 - John Isner (Davis Cup 2011) 5 sets, lost to Paul Capdeville
38 - Ivo Karlovic (US Open 2013) 5 sets, defeated James Blake
38 - Gilles Muller (US Open 2014) 5 sets, lost to Paul-Henri Mathieu
38 - John Isner (Wimbledon 2015) 3 sets, defeated Go Soeda
38 - Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (Wimbledon 2015) 5 sets, defeated Gilles Muller

37 - Goran Ivanisevic (Wimbledon 1992) 5 sets, lost to Andre Agassi
37 - Greg Rusedski (Grand Slam Cup 1997) 4 sets, lost to Pete Sampras
37 - Greg Rusedski (Vienna 1997) 5 sets, lost to Goran Ivanisevic
37 - Pete Sampras (Australian Open 2000) 5 sets, lost to Andre Agassi
37 - Andy Roddick (Roland Garros 2001) 5 sets, defeated Michael Chang
37 - Julien Boutter (Australian Open 2002) 5 sets, defeated Gustavo Kuerten
37 - Alexander Waske (Tashkent 2002) 3 sets, lost to Yevgeny Kafelnikov
37 - Andy Roddick (Tokyo 2008) 3 sets, defeated Ivo Minar
37 - Thiemo De Bakker (Wimbledon 2010) 5 sets, defeated Santiago Giraldo
37 - Gilles Muller (Wimbledon 2011) 4 sets, defeated Tommy Haas
37 - Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (Wimbledon 2014) 5 sets, defeated Sam Querrey
37 - Nick Kyrgios (Wimbledon 2014) 4 sets, defeated Rafael Nadal
37 - John Isner (Wimbledon 2015) 5 sets, lost to Marin Cilic

36 - Goran Ivanisevic (Wimbledon 1992) 4 sets, defeated Pete Sampras
36 - Goran Ivanisevic (Wimbledon 1994) 4 sets, defeated Alexander Volkov
36 - Wayne Ferreira (Basel 1994) 4 sets, defeated Patrick McEnroe
36 - Goran Ivanisevic (Wimbledon 1995) 5 sets, lost to Pete Sampras
36 - Richard Krajicek (US Open 1995) 5 sets, lost to Michael Tebbutt
36 - Alex Radulescu (Wimbledon 1996) 5 sets, defeated Stefano Pescosolido
36 - Goran Ivanisevic (Vienna 1997) 5 sets, defeated Greg Rusedski
36 - Pete Sampras (Australian Open 2000) 5 sets, defeated Wayne Black
36 - John Isner (US Open 2007) 4 sets, defeated Jarkko Nieminen
36 - Andrei Pavel (Davis Cup 2007) 4 sets, defeated Go Soeda
36 - Gilles Muller (US Open 2008) 5 sets, defeated Tommy Haas
36 - Pablo Cuevas (Wimbledon 2009) 5 sets, defeated Christophe Rochus
36 - Ivo Karlovic (Davis Cup 2010) 5 sets, defeated Nicolas Lapentti
36 - Kevin Anderson (Wimbledon 2010) 5 sets, lost to Nikolay Davydenko
36 - Julien Benneteau (Wimbledon 2010) 5 sets, defeated Andreas Beck
36 - Sam Querrey (Wimbledon 2013) 5 sets, lost to Bernard Tomic

35 - Marc Rosset (Barcelona, Olympics 1992) 5 sets, defeated Jordi Arrese
35 - Goran Ivanisevic (Masters 1996) 3 sets, lost to Pete Sampras
35 - Karsten Braasch (Australian Open 1997) 4 sets, defeated Magnus Gustafsson
35 - Greg Rusedski (Wimbledon 1997) 5 sets, defeated Jonathan Stark
35 - Mark-Kevin Goellner (Wimbledon 1998) 5 sets, defeated Jordi Burillo
35 - Justin Gimelstob (US Open 2000) 4 sets, defeated Christophe Rochus
35 - Goran Ivanisevic (Wimbledon 2001) 5 sets, defeated Tim Henman
35 - Wayne Arthurs (US Open 2002) 4 sets, lost to Juan Carlos Ferrero
35 - Wayne Arthurs (Copenhagen 2003) 5 sets, defeated Andreas Vinciquerra
35 - Daniel Nestor (Davis Cup 2003) 5 sets, defeated Gustavo Kuerten
35 - Ivo Karlovic ('s-Hertogenbosch 2004) 3 sets, lost to Arnaud Clement
35 - Ivo Karlovic (Cincinnati 2004) 3 sets, defeated Wasley Moodie
35 - Ivo Karlovic (Madrid 2004) 3 sets, lost to Feliciano Lopez
35 - Wayne Arthurs (Davis Cup 2004) 3 sets, lost to Thomas Enqvist
35 - Mardy Fish (Miami 2005) 3 sets, defeated Tomas Zib
35 - Gustavo Kuerten (US Open 2005) 4 sets, defeated Paul Goldstein
35 - Ivo Karlovic (Wimbledon 2006) 5 sets, lost to Stanislas Wawrinka
35 - Ivo Karlovic (Tokyo 2007) 3 sets, defeated Hyung-Taik Lee
35 - Frank Dancevic (Stockholm 2007) 3 sets, defeated Peter Wessels
35 - Ivo Karlovic (Queens Club 2008) 3 sets, lost to Rafael Nadal
35 - Robert Kendrick (Roland Garros 2009) 5 sets, defeated Daniel Brands
35 - Ivo Karlovic (Wimbledon 2009) 4 sets, defeated Fernando Verdasco
35 - Jeremy Chardy (Wimbledon 2010) 5 sets, defeated Lucas Lacko
35 - Feliciano Lopez (Queens Club 2011) 3 sets, lost to Andy Roddick
35 - Kenny De Schepper (Wimbledon 2011) 5 sets, lost to Olivier Rochus
35 - Milos Raonic (Chennai 2012) 3 sets, defeated Janko Tipsarevic
35 - Ivo Karlovic (Queens Club 2012) 3 sets, lost to Yen-Hsen Lu
35 - Gilles Muller (US Open 2012) 5 sets, lost to Lleyton Hewitt
35 - Milos Raonic (Davis Cup 2013) 4 sets, defeated Andreas Seppi
35 - John Isner (Roland Garros 2014) 4 sets, defeated Mikhail Kukushkin
35 - Milos Raonic (Wimbledon 2014) 4 sets, defeated Kei Nishikori
35 - Milos Raonic (US Open 2014) 5 sets, lost to Kei Nishikori
35 - Marin Cilic (Wimbledon 2015) 5 sets, defeated John Isner
35 - Ivo Karlovic (Cincinnati 2015) 3 sets, defeated Gilles Simon
35 - Ivo Karlovic (Cincinnati 2015) 3 sets, lost to Stan Wawrinka


At the end of 2011
I.Karlovic served 23 times 35 aces or more!
G.Ivanisevic - 16 times
W.Arthurs - 7 times
A.Roddick & J.Isner - 6 times
M.Philippoussis - 5 times
G.Muller - 4 times
J.Johansson, & R.Krajicek - 3 times
Twice: P.Sampras, C.Guccione, F.Lopez, G.Kuerten, G.Rusedski, A.Waske, R.Federer & M.Fish.

* I've added to the list a couple of Challenger encounters because they are probably the only cases when players served more than 40 aces at this level.​
 
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#3 · (Edited)
Re: Most aces hit in a match (more then 35)

Interesting facts about serves: (the Open era) :wavey:

Fastest serve:
251 kph (156 mph) - Ivo Karlovic (Davis Cup 2011, vs. P.Petzschner)
Most aces in a match in combination:
216 -
J.Isner/113 def. N.Mahut/103 (Wimbledon 2010)
96 -
R.Stepanek/18 def. I.Karlovic/78 (Davis Cup 2009)
86 -
G.Muller/47 def. F.Lopez/39 (Australian Open 2009)
82 -
D.Nestor/35 def. G.Kuerten/47 (Davis Cup 2003)
D.Bracciali/31 def. I.Karlovic/51 (Wimbledon 2005)
Most aces in a day by one player in the best of three matches:
53 - Joachim Johansson (Toronto 2004); [30 - G.Carraz, 23 - C.Saulnier]
Most aces served in 5-setter:
113 - John Isner (Wimbledon 2010, vs. N.Mahut)
103 - Nicolas Mahut (Wimbledon 2010, vs. J.Isner)
78 - Ivo Karlovic (Davis Cup 2009, vs. R.Stepanek)
Most aces served in 4-setter:
51 - Joachim Johansson (Australian Open 2005, vs. A.Agassi)
Most aces served in 3-setter:
45 - Ivo Karlovic (Hallle '15 vs. T.Berdych)
44 - Mark Philippoussis (Kuala Lumpur '95, vs. B.Black) & Karlovic (Zagreb '14 vs. D.Brands)
Most aces served in 2-setter:
32 - Ivo Karlovic (Memphis 2010, vs. Ben.Becker)
Most aces served in a set:
20 - Ivo Karlovic (Newport 2015, vs. M.Jaziri)
19 - John Isner (Australian Open 2009, vs. D.Hrbaty)
Most aces served in a "sixth" set:
85 - John Isner (5th set vs. N.Mahut)
77 - Nicolas Mahut (5th set vs. J.Isner)
32 - Chris Guccione (3rd set vs. O.Patience - qualifying match)
28 - Ivo Karlovic (5th set vs. R.Stepanek)
Most double faults served in 5-setter:
30 - Marc Rosset (Davis Cup 2001, vs. A.Clement)
Most double faults served in 4-setter:
26 - Marc Rosset (Wimbledon 1995, vs. M.Joyce)
Most double faults served in 3-setter:
23 - Guillermo Coria (Monte Carlo 2006, vs. N.Kiefer)
Most double faults served in 2-setter:
16 - Guillermo Coria (Acapulco 2006, vs. A.Di Mauro)
Most aces in one season: 1477 (14.6 per match) - Goran Ivanisevic (1996)
Most times leading in "most aces at the end of a year": 6 - Goran Ivanisevic (1992, 94, 96-98, 01)
Highest average aces in a year: 21.1 per match - Ivo Karlovic (2004)
Most aces in one tournament: 212 - Goran Ivanisevic (Wimbledon 2001)
Most aces in a none-Grand Slam tournament: 144 - John Isner (Washington 2007)
Most matches with at least 35 aces: Ivo Karlovic (still counting)
Three consecutive matches with at least 30 aces: Ivanisevic (Wimbledon 1992), Philippoussis (Wimbledon 2003), Isner (Washington 2007)
Most aces served in a row in one game: 5 - Boris Becker (Hopman Cup 1995, vs. A.Medvedev)
Most aces served in a row: 10 - Sam Querrey (Indianapolis 2007, vs. J.Blake)
Most double faults served in a row: 5 - Steve Denton (San Francisco 1985, vs. J.Kriek) & Greg Rusedski (Miami 2006, vs. M.Youzhny)
 
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Re: Most aces hit in a match (more then 35)

Aces 34-30...


34 - Goran Ivanisevic (Wimbledon 1992) 4 sets, defeated Mark Woodforde
34 - Goran Ivanisevic (Wimbledon 1993) 5 sets, defeated Chris Bailey
34 - Richard Krajicek (Sydney Indoor 1994) 4 sets, defeated Boris Becker
34 - Andrei Olhovskiy (Tokyo Indoor 1994) 3 sets, defeated Richey Reneberg
34 - Richard Krajicek (Halle 1997) 3 sets, lost to Richey Reneberg
34 - Jonathan Stark (Wimbledon 1997) 5 sets, lost to Greg Rusedski
34 - Jan-Michael Gambill (Wimbledon 2000) 4 sets, defeated Thomas Enqvist
34 - Goran Ivanisevic (Wimbledon 2001) 4 sets, defeated Carlos Moya
34 - Wayne Arthurs (Wimbledon 2002) 3 sets, defeated Jiri Novak
34 - Ivan Ljubicic (Cincinnati 2002) 3 sets, lost to Thomas Johansson
34 - Mark Philippoussis (Wimbledon 2003) 5 sets, defeated Alexander Popp
34 - Martin Verkerk (US Open 2003) 5 sets, defeated Alex Bogomolov Jr.
34 - Mark Philippoussis (US Open 2003) 4 sets, lost to David Nalbandian
34 - Glenn Weiner (Australian Open 2004) 5 sets, defeated Jeff Salzenstein
34 - Joachim Johansson (Wimbledon 2004) 3 sets, defeated Arnaud Clement
34 - Andy Roddick (US Open 2004) 5 sets, lost to Joachim Johansson
34 - Feliciano Lopez (Australian Open 2005) 5 sets, lost to Joachim Johansson
34 - Ivan Ljubicic (Davis Cup 2006) 3 sets, defeated David Nalbandian
34 - Wayne Arthurs (Tokyo 2006) 3 sets, lost to Lars Burgsmuller
34 - Gael Monfils (Wimbledon 2007) 3 sets, defeated Thomas Johansson
34 - Sam Querrey (Indianapolis 2007) 3 sets, defeated James Blake
34 - Ivo Karlovic (Stockholm 2007) 3 sets, defeated Nicolas Massu
34 - Ivan Ljubicic (Lyon 2007) 3 sets, defeated Thierry Ascione
34 - Ivo Karlovic (Australian Open 2010) 5 sets, defeated Radek Stepanek
34 - John Isner (Australian Open 2010) 5 sets, defeated Andreas Seppi
34 - Tomas Berdych (Wimbledon 2010) 5 sets, defeated Denis Istomin
34 - Andreas Haider-Maurer (US Open 2010) 5 sets, lost to Robin Soderling
34 - Mardy Fish (Davis Cup 2011) 5 sets, lost to Feliciano Lopez
34 - Nicolas Almagro (Australian Open 2013) 5 sets, defeated Steve Johnson
34 - Milos Raonic (Davis Cup 2013) 5 sets, defeated Janko Tipsarevic
34 - Nick Kyrgios (Australian Open 2014) 4 sets, defeated Benjamin Becker
34 - Feliciano Lopez (Wimbledon 2014) 4 sets, defeated John Isner
34 - Milos Raonic (Brisbane 2015) 3 sets, defeated Kei Nishikori
34 - Kevin Anderson (Wimbledon 2015) 4 sets, defeated Marsel Ilhan
34 - Nick Kyrgios (Wimbledon 2015) 4 sets, defeated Milos Raonic

33 - Goran Ivanisevic (Wimbledon 1992) 5 sets, defeated Stefan Edberg
33 - Greg Rusedski (Wimbledon 1995) 4 sets, defeated Oliver Delaitre
33 - Greg Rusedski (London 1998) 3 sets, lost to Mark-Kevin Gollener
33 - Wayne Arthurs (Delray Beach 2001) 3 sets, lost to Jan-Michael Gambill
33 - Gustavo Kuerten (US Open 2001) 5 sets, defeated Max Mirnyi
33 - Pete Sampras (Australian Open 2002) 5 sets, defeated Nicolas Escude
33 - Pete Sampras (US Open 2002) 4 sets, defeated Andre Agassi
33 - Mark Philippoussis (Wimbledon 2002) 4 sets, defeated Nicolas Kiefer
33 - Wayne Arthurs (Wimbledon 2002) 4 sets, lost to David Nalbandian
33 - Younes El Aynaoui (Australian Open 2003) 4 sets, defeated Lleyton Hewitt
33 - Mark Philippoussis (Wimbledon 2003) 4 sets, defeated Radek Stepanek
33 - Ivo Karlovic (Australian Open 2004) 3 sets, lost to Todde Martin
33 - Marat Safin (Australian Open 2004) 5 sets, defeated Andre Agassi
33 - Marat Safin (Davis Cup 2004) 5 sets, lost to Max Mirnyi
33 - Ivo Karlovic (Queens Club 2004) 3 sets, defeated Jan-Michael Gambill
33 - Max Mirnyi (Davis Cup 2004) 4 sets, defeated Michal Tabara
33 - Gregory Carraz (Milan 2005) 3 sets, lost to Andrei Pavel
33 - Wesley Moodie (Davis Cup 2005) 5 sets, lost to Nicolas Kiefer
33 - Max Mirnyi (Wimbledon 2005) 3 sets, defeated Olivier Rochus
33 - Ivan Ljubicic (US Open 2005) 4 sets, defeated Cyril Saulnier
33 - Wayne Arthurs (San Jose 2006) 3 sets, lost to Andy Roddick
33 - Dmitry Tursunov (Davis Cup 2006) 5 sets, defeated Andy Roddick
33 - Thomas Johansson (Davis Cup 2007) 4 sets, defeated David Nalbandian
33 - Ivo Karlovic (Marseille 2008) 3 sets, defeated Feliciano Lopez
33 - Ivan Ljubicic (Wimbledon 2008) 5 sets, lost to Jurgen Melzer
33 - Bobby Reynolds (US Open 2008) 5 sets, defeated Tomas Zib
33 - Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (US Open 2008) 4 sets, lost to Carlos Moya
33 - Amer Delic (Australian Open 2009) 5 sets, defeated Paul-Henri Mathieu
33 - Ivo Karlovic (Queens Club 2009) 3 sets, defeated Julien Benneteau
33 - Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (Wimbledon 2010) 5 sets, defeated Alexandr Dolgopolov
33 - John Isner (Atlanta 2010) 3 sets, defeated Gilles Muller
33 - John Isner (US Open 2010) 4 sets, lost to Mikhail Youzhny
33 - Joachim Johansson (Davis Cup 2011) 3 sets, defeated Teimuraz Gabashvili
33 - Milos Raonic (Indian Wells 2014) 3 sets, defeated Edouard Roger-Vasselin
33 - Sam Querrey (Wimbledon 2014) 5 sets, lost to Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
33 - Marin Cilic (Wimbledon 2014) 3 sets, defeated Jeremy Chardy
33 - Ivo Karlovic (Basel 2014) 3 sets, lost to Roger Federer

32 - Goran Ivanisevic (Stuttgart Indoor 1992) 4 sets, defeated Stefan Edberg
32 - Richard Fromberg (Australian Open 1993) 5 sets, defeated Marcus Zoecke
32 - Jacco Eltingh (Australian Open 1995) 5 sets, defeated Patrick McEnroe
32 - Goran Ivanisevic (Milan 1995) 3 sets, lost to Yevgeny Kafelnikov
32 - Mark-Kevin Goellner (Wimbledon 1995) 5 sets, lost to Mats Wilander
32 - Alex Radulescu (Wimbledon 1996) 5 sets, lost to MaliVai Washington
32 - Greg Rusedski (Wimbledon 1997) 3 sets, defeated Richey Reneberg
32 - Magnus Norman (Ostrava 1997) 3 sets, defeated Sergi Bruguera
32 - Goran Ivanisevic (Wimbledon 1998) 5 sets, lost to Pete Sampras
32 - Goran Ivanisevic (Rotterdam 1999) 3 sets, lost to Bohdan Ulihrach
32 - Goran Ivanisevic (Wimbledon 1999) 4 sets, defeated Sandon Stolle
32 - Wayne Arthurs (Davis Cup 1999) 4 sets, defeated Yevgeny Kafelnikov
32 - Goran Ivanisevic (Australian Open 2000) 5 sets, defeated Cedric Pioline
32 - Richard Krajicek (Halle 2000) 3 sets, defeated Jeff Tarango
32 - Mark Philippoussis (Wimbledon 2000) 5 sets, defeated Tim Henman
32 - Wayne Arthurs (Wimbledon 2002) 4 sets, defeated Taylor Dent
32 - Richard Krajicek (Wimbledon 2002) 5 sets, defeated James Blake
32 - Wayne Arthurs (Australian Open 2003) 5 sets, defeated Marcos Daniel
32 - Scott Draper (Wimbledon 2003) 4 sets, defeated Paul-Henri Mathieu
32 - Ivo Karlovic (Washington 2005) 3 sets, defeated Kenneth Carlsen
32 - Ivo Karlovic (US Open 2005) 4 sets, defeated Mardy Fish
32 - Alexander Waske (Ho Chi Minh City) 3 sets, defeated Reamon Sluiter
32 - Mario Ancic (Lyon 2005) 3 sets, defeated Thomas Enqvist
32 - Ivan Ljubicic (Madrid 2005) 5 sets, lost to Rafael Nadal
32 - Ivo Karlovic (Memphis 2006) 3 sets, defeated Kristian Pless
32 - Marat Safin (Davis Cup 2004) 5 sets, defeated Richard Gasquet
32 - Ivan Ljubicic (Wimbledon 2006) 5 sets, defeated Feliciano Lopez
32 - Robert Kendrick (Wimbledon 2006) 5 sets, lost to Rafael Nadal
32 - Radek Stepanek (Wimbledon 2006) 5 sets, defeated Juan Carlos Ferrero
32 - Ivo Karlovic (Roland Garros 2007) 5 sets, lost to Jonas Bjorkman
32 - Philipp Kohlschreiber (Australian Open 2008) 5 sets, defeated Andy Roddick
32 - John Isner (Wimbledon 2008) 4 sets, lost to Ernests Gulbis
32 - Ilja Bozoljac (Wimbledon 2008) 5 sets, lost to Marc Gicquel
32 - Chris Guccione (US Open 2008) 4 sets, defeated Jesse Levine
32 - Nicolas Almagro (Wimbledon 2009) 5 sets, defeated Juan Monaco
32 - Ivo Karlovic (Wimbledon 2009) 3 sets, defeated Lukas Lacko
32 - Andy Roddick (Wimbledon 2009) 4 sets, defeated Jurgen Melzer
32 - Ivo Karlovic (Australian Open 2010) 4 sets, defeated Ivan Ljubicic
32 - Sam Querrey (San Jose 2010) 3 sets, lost to Andy Roddick
32 - Ivo Karlovic (Memphis 2010) 2 sets (!), defeated Benjamin Becker
32 - Victor Troicki (Wimbledon 2010) 5 sets, lost to Jurgen Melzer
32 - Thiemo de Bakker (Wimbledon 2010) 4 sets, lost to Paul-Henri Mathieu
32 - Andy Roddick (Australian Open 2011) 4 sets, defeated Robin Haase
32 - Ivo Karlovic (Zagreb 2011) 3 sets, lost to Daniel Brands
32 - Milos Raonic (Memphis 2011) 3 sets, lost to Andy Roddick
32 - Ivo Karlovic (US Open 2012) 4 sets, lost to Jimmy Wang
32 - Daniel Brands (Vienna 2012) 3 sets, lost to Juan Martin del Potro
32 - Gilles Simon (Australian Open 2014) 5 sets, defeated Daniel Brands
32 - Benoit Paire (Australian Open 2014) 5 sets, defeated Nick Kyrgios
32 - Feliciano Lopez (Davis Cup 2014) 5 sets, lost to Florian Mayer
32 - Ivo Karlovic (Wimbledon 2014) 3 sets, lost to Frank Dancevic
32 - John Isner (Wimbledon 2014) 3 sets, defeated Jarkko Nieminen
32 - Kevin Anderson (Australian Open 2015) 4 sets, defeated Diego Schwartzman
32 - Ivo Karlovic (Memphis 2015) 3 sets, lost to Austin Krajicek
32 - Feliciano Lopez (Wimbledon 2015) 5 sets, lost to Nikoloz Basilashvili
32 - Sam Groth (Davis Cup 2015) 4 sets, defeated Mikhail Kukushkin
32 - John Isner (Montreal 2015) 3 sets, lost to Jeremy Chardy
32 - Kevin Anderson (US Open 2015) 4 sets, defeated Andrey Rublev
32 - Ivo Karlovic (Basel 2015) 3 sets, lost to Richard Gasquet

31 - Guy Forget (Wimbledon 1992) 5 sets, defeated Jeremy Bates
31 - Michael Stich (Hopman Cup 1993) 3 sets, defeated Guy Forget
31 - Pete Sampras (Grand Slam Cup 1993) 5 sets, lost to Petr Korda
31 - Michael Stich (Grand Slam Cup 1993) 5 sets, lost to Petr Korda
31 - Magnus Larsson (Grand Slam Cup 1994) 4 sets, defeated Pete Sampras
31 - Goran Ivanisevic (Wimbledon 1995) 4 sets, defeated Todd Martin
31 - Goran Ivanisevic (Milan 1996) 3 sets, defeated Guy Forget
31 - Richard Krajicek (Wimbledon 1997) 5 sets, defeated Andrei Pavel
31 - Richard Fromberg (US Open 1997) 5 sets, lost to Alex Radulescu
31 - Goran Ivanisevic (Split 1998) 2 sets (!), defeated Jiri Novak
31 - Richard Krajicek (London 1999) 3 sets, defeated Greg Rusedski
31 - Goran Ivanisevic (Queens Club 1999) 3 sets, defeated Sebastien Lareau
31 - Boris Becker (Wimbledon 1999) 5 sets, defeated Mills MacLagan
31 - Greg Rusedski (Vienna 1999) 5 sets, defeated Nicolas Kiefer
31 - Mark Philippoussis (Memphis 2001) 3 sets, defeated Davide Sanguinetti
31 - Goran Ivanisevic (Stuttgart Indoor 2001) 3 sets, lost to Max Mirnyi
31 - Gregory Carraz (Marseille 2002) 3 sets, lost to Thomas Enqvist
31 - Ivan Ljubicic (Milan 2003) 3 sets, defeated Dominik Hrbaty
31 - Greg Rusedski (Wimbledon 2003) 3 sets, defeated Alexandr Waske
31 - Fredric Niemeyer (Wimbledon 2003) 4 sets, defeated Felix Mantilla
31 - Fredric Niemeyer (Davis Cup 2003) 4 sets, defeated Flavio Saretta
31 - Mark Philippoussis (Paris 2003) 3 sets, lost to Gustavo Kuerten
31 - Andy Roddick (Australian Open 2005) 4 sets, lost to Lleyton Hewitt
31 - Ivo Karlovic (Milan 2005) 3 sets, defeated Alan Mackin
31 - Daniele Bracciali (Wimbledon 2005) 5 sets, defeated Ivo Karlovic
31 - Ivo Karlovic (Australian Open 2006) 5 sets, lost to Nikolay Davydenko
31 - Ivo Karlovic (Roland Garros 2006) 5 sets, lost to Dominik Hrbaty
31 - Ivan Ljubicic (Davis Cup 2006) 5 sets, defeated Agustin Calleri
31 - Mario Ancic (Wimbledon 2006) 5 sets, defeated Novak Djokovic
31 - Ivo Karlovic (Wimbledon 2007) 5 sets, lost to Fabrice Santoro
31 - John Isner (Washington 2007) 3 sets, defeated Wayne Odesnik
31 - Nicolas Mahut (Wimbledon 2008) 5 sets, lost to Dmitry Tursunov
31 - Nicolas Almagro (Australian Open 2009) 5 sets, defeated Nicolas Massu
31 - Robin Soderling (Wimbledon 2009) 4 sets, defeated Gilles Muller
31 - Sam Querrey (Newport 2009) 3 sets, defeated Prakash Amritraj
31 - Marsel Ilhan (Wimbledon 2010) 5 sets, defeated Marcos Daniel
31 - Ilija Bozoljac (Wimbledon 2010) 4 sets, lost to Roger Federer
31 - Nicolas Almagro (US Open 2010) 4 sets, defeated Potito Starace
31 - Milos Raonic (Australian Open 2011) 4 sets, defeated Mikhail Youzhny
31 - John Isner (Wimbledon 2012) 5 sets, lost to Alejandro Falla
31 - Lukas Rosol (Davis Cup 2013) 4 sets, defeated Evgeny Korolev
31 - Marius Copil (Brisbane 2014) 3 sets, defeated Yuichi Sugita
31 - Stan Wawrinka (Wimbledon 2014) 3 sets, defeated Felicano Lopez
31 - Ivo Karlovic (US Open 2014) 5 sets, lost to Marcel Granollers
31 - John Isner (Australian Open 2015) 3 sets, defeated Jimmy Wang
31 - John Isner (Washington 2015) 3 sets, defeated Steve Johnson

30 - Guy Forget (Paris 1991) 5 sets, defeated Pete Sampras
30 - Goran Ivanisevic (Stockholm 1992) 4 sets, defeated Guy Forget
30 - Goran Ivanisevic (Stockholm 1993) 4 sets, lost to Michael Stich
30 - Boris Becker (Masters 1994) 4 sets, lost to Pete Sampras
30 - Goran Ivanisevic (Cincinnati 1995) 3 sets, lost to Thomas Enqvist
30 - Boris Becker (US Open 1995) 4 sets, defeated Patrick McEnroe
30 - Mark Philippoussis (Australian Open 1996) 3 sets, defeated Pete Sampras
30 - Goran Ivanisevic (US Open 1996) 4 sets, lost to Pete Sampras
30 - Greg Rusedski (Stockholm 1996) 3 sets, lost to Thomas Johansson
30 - Boris Becker (Masters 1996) 5 sets, lost to Pete Sampras
30 - Marcelo Rios (Australian Open 1997) 5 sets, defeated Thomas Enqvist
30 - Mark Philippoussis (Queens Club 1997) 3 sets, defeated Jonathan Stark
30 - Thomas Enqvist (Wimbledon 1998) 5 sets, defeated Daniel Nestor
30 - Tommy Haas (US Open 1998) 3 sets, defeated Jordi Burillo
30 - Greg Rusedski (US Open 1998) 5 sets, defeated Bohdan Ulihrach
30 - Daniel Nestor (US Open 1998) 5 sets, lost to Magnus Norman
30 - Mark Philippoussis (US Open 1998) 5 sets, defeated Thomas Johansson
30 - Todd Martin (Wimbledon 1999) 5 sets, defeated Hendrik Dreekmann
30 - Wayne Arthurs (Shanghai 1999) 3 sets, lost to Anthony Dupuis
30 - Gustavo Kuerten (Australian Open 2000) 5 sets, lost to Albert Portas
30 - Tim Henman (Australian Open 2000) 4 sets, defeated Jerome Golmard
30 - Wayne Arthurs (Newport 2000) 3 sets, lost to Peter Wessels
30 - Jan-Michael Gambill (US Open 2000) 5 sets, defeated Mardy Fish
30 - Goran Ivanisevic (Wimbledon 2001) 4 sets, defeated Marat Safin
30 - Patrick Rafter (Wimbledon 2001) 5 sets, defeated Andre Agassi
30 - Nicolas Escude (Davis Cup 2001) 5 sets, defeated Sjeng Schalken
30 - Julien Boutter (Basel 2001) 3 sets, defeated George Bastl
30 - Goran Ivanisevic (Australian Open 2002) 4 sets, defeated Martin Damm
30 - Fredric Niemeyer (Davis Cup 2002) 4 sets, defeated Alejandro Hernandez
30 - Wayne Arthurs (Davis Cup 2002) 4 sets, defeated Leander Paes
30 - Ivan Ljubicic (Rotterdam 2002) 3 sets, defeated Yevgeny Kafelnikov
30 - Mark Philippoussis (Wimbledon 2002) 4 sets, defeated Thomas Enqvist
30 - Paradorn Srichaphan (Stockholm 2002) 4 sets, defeated Marcelo Rios
30 - Martin Verkerk (Milan 2003) 3 sets, defeated Yevgeny Kafelnikov
30 - Ivan Ljubicic (Davis Cup 2003) 3 sets, defeated Mardy Fish
30 - Ivo Karlovic (US Open 2003) 4 sets, defeated Hicham Arazi
30 - Dmitry Tursunov (US Open 2003) 5 sets, defeated John van Lottum
30 - Feliciano Lopez (Davis Cup 2004) 4 sets, defeated Tomas Berdych
30 - Wayne Arthurs (Wimbledon 2004) 3 sets, lost to Florian Mayer
30 - Joachim Johansson (Toronto 2004) 3 sets, defeated Gregory Carraz
30 - Andy Roddick (Cincinnati 2004) 3 sets, lost to Andre Agassi
30 - Joachim Johansson (US Open 2004) 5 sets, defeated Andy Roddick
30 - Wayne Arthurs (Metz 2004) 3 sets, lost to Gregory Carraz
30 - Gregory Carraz (Australian Open 2005) 4 sets, defeated Paul-Henri Mathieu
30 - Ivo Karlovic (Miami 2005) 3 sets, lost to Olivier Rochus
30 - Ivo Karlovic (US Open 2005) 3 sets, lost to Andre Agassi
30 - Wayne Arthurs (Ho Chi Minh City 2005) 3 sets, lost to Mariano Puerta
30 - Michael Berrer (Wimbledon 2006) 5 sets, lost to Jamie Delgado
30 - Ivan Ljubicic (Masters Cup 2006) 3 sets, defeated David Nalbandian
30 - Ivo Karlovic (Nottingham 2007) 3 sets, defeated Gilles Simon
30 - John Isner (Washington 2007) 3 sets, defeated Benjamin Becker
30 - John Isner (Washington 2007) 3 sets, defeated Tommy Haas
30 - Andy Roddick (Davis Cup 2007) 3 sets, defeated Joachim Johansson
30 - Ivo Karlovic (Stockholm 2007) 3 sets, defeated Arnaud Clement
30 - Ivan Ljubicic (Lyon 2007) 3 sets, lost to Alejandro Falla
30 - Andy Roddick (Davis Cup 2008) 3 sets, defeated Mickael Llodra
30 - Feliciano Lopez (Roland Garros 2009) 5 sets, defeated Franco Ferreiro
30 - Mardy Fish (Wimbledon 2010) 4 sets, lost to Florian Mayer
30 - Andy Roddick (Wimbledon 2011) 3 sets, defeated Andreas Beck
30 - Juan Martin del Potro (Wimbledon 2011) 4 sets, defeated Olivier Rochus
30 - Feliciano Lopez (Davis Cup 2011) 5 sets, defeated Mardy Fish
30 - John Isner (Atlanta 2011) 3 sets, defeated James Blake
30 - John Isner (Australian Open 2012) 5 sets, lost to Feliciano Lopez
30 - Ernests Gulbis (Wimbledon 2012) 3 sets, defeated Tomas Berdych
30 - Milos Raonic (US Open 2012) 5 sets, defeated Santiago Giraldo
30 - Milos Raonic (US Open 2012) 3 sets, defeated Paul-Henri Mathieu
30 - Juan Martin del Potro (Vienna 2012) 3 sets, defeated Daniel Brands
30 - Milos Raonic (Australian Open 2013) 4 sets, defeated Jan Hajek
30 - Jerzy Janowicz (Wimbledon 2013), 3 sets defeated Nicolas Almagro
30 - Jerzy Janowicz (Wimbledon 2013), 3 sets defeated Lukasz Kubot
30 - Milos Raonic (Wimbledon 2014) 3 sets, defeated Matthew Ebden
30 - Milos Raonic (Wimbledon 2014) 3 sets, defeated Lukasz Kubot
30 - Ivo Karlovic (Washington 2014) 3 sets, defeated Bernard Tomic
30 - Sam Querrey (US Open 2014) 5 sets, defeated Maximo Gonzalez
30 - John Isner (US Open 2014) 3 sets, defeated Jan-Lennard Struff
30 - Milos Raonic (Davis Cup 2014) 3 sets, defeated Alejandro Gonzalez
30 - Ivo Karlovic (Doha 2015) 3 sets, lost to David Ferrer
30 - Milos Raonic (Australian Open 2015) 3 sets, defeated Illya Marchenko
30 - John Isner (Australian Open 2015) 3 sets, lost to Gilles Muller
30 - Milos Raonic (Australian Open 2015) 5 sets, defeated Feliciano Lopez
 
#20 ·
Re: Most aces hit in a match (more then 35)

Aces 34-30...
I think that served 30 aces in one match is also a good achievement. Some big server like Mirnyi or Dent have never crossed 30 aces in one match so far.
Classic S&Vs usually hit less aces because they can't simply go for flat bombs, as the returns come pretty heavy at them too. They play more angled serves, aiming to dislocate the returner for the volley. ;)
 
#5 · (Edited)
Re: Most aces hit in a match (more then 35)

If I can count well, Ivanisevic served 35 times (!) more than "30" aces in a match. At the end of 2006:

Ivanisevic "The King of Aces" - 35
Arthurs - 19
Karlovic - 18
Philippoussis - 14
Rusedski - 10
Ljubicic - 10
Krajicek - 9
J.Johansson - 6
 

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#8 ·
Re: Most aces hit in a match (more than 35)

The ATP circuit record for most aces served in one match is held jointly by Joachim Johansson and Ivo Karlovic (51 aces). Interestingly, both players lost the matches in which they recorded this achievement.

51 - Joachim Johansson (Australian Open 2005 ) 4 sets, lost to Andre Agassi
51 - Ivo Karlovic (Wimbledon 2005) 5 sets, lost to Daniele Bracciali

50 - Chris Guccione (Wimbledon 2005, qualifying match) 3 sets, defeated Olivier Patience

49 - Richard Krajicek (US Open 1999) 5 sets, lost to Yevgeny Kafelnikov

48 - Marc Rosset (Davis Cup 2001) 5 sets, lost to Arnaud Clement

47 - Gustavo Kuerten (Davis Cup 2003) 5 sets, lost to Daniel Nestor

46 - Goran Ivanisevic (Wimbledon 1997) 5 sets, lost to Magnus Norman
46 - Mark Philippoussis (Wimbledon 2003) 5 sets, defeated Andre Agassi

45 - Chris Guccione (Australian Open 2007) 5 sets, lost to Olivier Rochus

44 - Mark Philippoussis (Kuala Lumpur 1995) 3 sets (!), defeated Byron Black
44 - Alexander Waske (Wimbledon 2006) 5 sets, lost to Stefano Galvani

43 - Martin Verkerk (Davis Cup 2003) 5 sets, defeated Rohan Bopanna

42 - Goran Ivanisevic (Grand Slam Cup 1996) 5 sets, defeated Yevgeny Kafelnikov
42 - Goran Ivanisevic (Wimbledon 1998) 4 sets, defeated Daniel Vacek
42 - Richard Krajicek (Wimbledon 1998) 5 sets, lost to Goran Ivanisevic

41 - Goran Ivanisevic (Grand Slam Cup 1994) 5 sets, lost to Pete Sampras
41 - Goran Ivanisevic (Grand Slam Cup 1995) 4 sets, defeated Yevgeny Kafelnikov
41 - Goran Ivanisevic (Wimbledon 2001) 4 sets, defeated Andy Roddick
41 - Ivo Karlovic (Binghamton 2003 - Challenger) 3 sets, defeated Nicolas Thomann
41 - Ivo Karlovic (Wimbledon 2004) 4 sets, defeated Gilles Elseneer

40 - Bryan Shelton (Australian Open 1991) 4 sets, defeated Paulo Cane
40 - Goran Ivanisevic (Zagreb 1997) 3 sets, defeated Magnus Norman
40 - Ivo Karlovic (Wimbledon 2004) 4 sets, defeated Feliciano Lopez
40 - Wayne Arthurs (Wimbledon 2005) 5 sets, lost to Alexander Popp

39 - Goran Ivanisevic (Australian Open 1997) 5 sets, defeated Christian Ruud
39 - Todd Martin (Australian Open 2000) 5 sets, defeated Byron Black
39 - Wayne Arthurs (Davis Cup 2000) 5 sets, defeated David Prinosil
39 - Wayne Arthurs (Australian Open 2004) 5 sets, lost to Albert Costa
39 - Joachim Johansson (Wimbledon 2004) 4 sets, defeated Jonas Bjorkman
39 - Ivo Karlovic (US Open 2004) 5 sets, lost to Tim Henman
39 - Chris Guccione (Davis Cup 2006) 3 sets, defeated George Bastlem
39 - Mark Philippoussis (Wimbledon 2006) 4 sets, defeated Paulem-Henri Mathieu

38 - Mark Philippoussis (Wimbledon 1999) 4 sets, defeated Mark Woodforde
38 - Wayne Arthurs (US Open 1999) 5 sets, defeated Alex Corretja
38 - Mark Philippoussis (Wimbledon 2000) 5 sets, defeated Sjeng Schalken
38 - Markus Hipfl [!] (Wimbledon 2002) 5 sets, lost to Nicolas Thomann
38 - Andy Roddick (US Open 2003) 5 sets, defeated David Nalbandian
38 - Joachim Johansson (Australian Open 2005) 5 sets, defeated Feliciano Lopez

37 - Goran Ivanisevic (Wimbledon 1992) 5 sets, lost to Andre Agassi
37 - Greg Rusedski (Grand Slam Cup 1997) 4 sets, lost to Pete Sampras
37 - Pete Sampras (Australian Open 2000) 5 sets, lost to Andre Agassi
37 - Andy Roddick (Roland Garros 2001) 5 sets, defeated Michael Chang
37 - Julien Boutter (Australian Open 2002) 5 sets, defeated Gustavo Kuerten
37 - Alexander Waske (Tashkent 2002) 3 sets, lost to Yevgeny Kafelnikov

36 - Goran Ivanisevic (Wimbledon 1992) 4 sets, defeated Pete Sampras
36 - Goran Ivanisevic (Wimbledon 1994) 4 sets, defeated Alexander Volkov
36 - Wayne Ferreira (Basel 1994) 4 sets, defeated Patrick McEnroe
36 - Goran Ivanisevic (Wimbledon 1995) 5 sets, lost to Pete Sampras
36 - Richard Krajicek (US Open 1995) 5 sets, lost to Michael Tebbutt
36 - Alex Radulescu (Wimbledon 1996) 5 sets, defeated Stefano Pescosolido
36 - Goran Ivanisevic (Vienna 1997) 5 sets, defeated Greg Rusedski
36 - Pete Sampras (Australian Open 2000) 5 sets, defeated Wayne Black
36 - Goran Ivanisevic (Wimbledon 2001) 5 sets, defeated Tim Henman

35 - Goran Ivanisevic (Masters 1996) 3 sets, lost to Pete Sampras
35 - Greg Rusedski (Wimbledon 1997) 5 sets, defeated Jonathan Stark
35 - Mark-Kevin Goellner (Wimbledon 1998) 5 sets, defeated Jordi Burillo
35 - Goran Ivanisevic (Wimbledon 2001) 4 sets, lost to Carlos Moya
35 - Wayne Arthurs (US Open 2002) 4 sets, lost to Juan Carlos Ferrero
35 - Wayne Arthurs (Copenhagen 2003) 5 sets, defeated Andreas Vinciquerra
35 - Daniel Nestor (Davis Cup 2003) 5 sets, defeated Gustavo Kuerten
35 - Ivo Karlovic ('s-Hertogenbosch 2004) 3 sets, lost to Arnaud Clement
35 - Ivo Karlovic (Cincinnati 2004) 3 sets, defeated Wasley Moodie
35 - Ivo Karlovic (Madrid 2004) 3 sets, lost to Feliciano Lopez
35 - Wayne Arthurs (Davis Cup 2004) 3 sets, lost to Thomas Enqvist
35 - Mardy Fish (Miami 2005) 5 sets, defeated Tomas Zib
35 - Ivo Karlovic (Wimbledon 2006) 5 sets, lost to Stanislas Wawrinka


Ivanisevic served 16 times more then 35 aces!
Karlovic 8 times
Arthurs 7 times
Philippoussis 5 times
Pim-Pim & Krajicek 3 times
Twice: Sampras, Guccione, Roddick, Rusedski, Waske.
Strangely he is the only one the list to have done so at FO.
 
#10 · (Edited)
Re: Most aces hit in a match (more than 35)

Today Economidis served 31 aces against Zib in Wrocław (The Czech won 3-6 7-6 7-6) but this is a Challenger...
 
#12 ·
Ivo Karlovic nearly got an extra four aces added to the Wimbledon record of 51 he set last week. The chair umpire's scorecard for the first-round match showed Karlovic had 55 aces against Daniele Bracciali.
Postmatch statistics credited Karlovic with 51. Tournament statisticians reviewed a tape of the match and concluded that total was accurate, Wimbledon spokesman Johnny Perkins said.
Karlovic's total of 51 is still a tournament record and ties the ATP Tour record set by Joachim Johansson at this year's Australian Open. — AP
 
#16 ·
Today, Thomas Johansson hitted 33 against Nalbandian in DC to win 6-7(3), 7-6(2), 6-2, 7-6(0).
 
#17 ·
Yep, ToJo has served for the first time at least 30 aces. His previous personal record was 25 aces against Christophe Rochus at Roland Garros 2006 (6-3 7-5 4-6 4-6 2-6)
 
#23 ·
^ And two of these wins he notched when he played three-setters against Fat Dave. A five-setter Ljubo vs. Fat Dave and Ljubo is serving more than 40 aces for the first time in career :devil:
 
#29 ·
So personal best records (great serve and volleyers and not only)

J.Johansson - 51 aces (AO 2005 vs A.Agassi)
I.Karlovic - 51 aces (Wimbledon 2005 vs D.Bracciali)
R.Krajicek - 49 aces (U.S. Open 1999 vs Y.Kafelnikov)
M.Rosset - 48 aces (Davis Cup 2001 vs A.Clement)
G.Kuerten - 47 aces (Davis Cup 2003 vs D.Nestor)
G.Ivanisevic - 46 aces (Wimbledon 1997 vs M.Norman)
M.Philippoussis - 46 aces (Wimbledon 2003 vs A.Agassi)
W.Arthurs - 40 aces (Wimbledon 2005 vs A.Popp)
T.Martin - 39 aces (AO 2000 vs B.Black)
A.Roddick - 38 aces (U.S. Open 2003 vs D.Nalbandian)
G.Rusedski - 37 aces (C.G.S.C. 1997 vs P.Sampras)
P.Sampras - 37 aces (AO 2000 vs Andre Agassi)
W.Ferreira - 36 aces (Basel 1994 vs P.McEnroe)
M.Fish - 35 aces (Key Biscayne 2005 vs T.Zib)
I.Ljubicic - 34 aces - twice (Cincinnati 2002 vs T.Johansson and Davis Cup 2006 vs D.Nalbandian)
F.Lopez - 34 aces (AO 2005 vs J.Johansson)
M.Safin - 33 aces (Davis Cup 2004 vs M.Mirnyi)
D.Tursunov - 33 aces (Davis Cup 2006 vs A.Roddick)
T.Johansson - 33 aces (Davis Cup 2007 vs D.Nalbandian)
M.Ancic - 32 aces (Lyon 2005 vs T.Enqvist)
R.Kendrick - 32 aces (Wimbledon 2006 vs R.Nadal)
R.Stepanek - 32 aces (Wimbledon 2006 vs J.C.Ferrero)
B.Becker - 32 aces (Masters 1996 final vs P.Sampras), not 30
G.Forget - 31 aces (Wimbledon 1992 vs J.Bates)
M.Larsson - 31 aces (C.G.S.C. 1994 vs P.Sampras)
D.Bracciali - 31 aces (Wimbledon 2005 vs I.Karlovic)
M.Stich - 30 aces (C.G.S.C. 1993 vs P.Korda)
T.Enqvist - 30 aces (Wimbledon 1998 vs D.Nestor)
T.Henman - 30 aces (AO 2000 vs J.Golmard)
P.Rafter - 30 aces (Wimbledon 2001 vs A.Agassi)
N.Escude - 30 aces (Davis Cup 2001 vs S.Schalken)
M.Mirnyi - 29 aces (San Jose 2005 vs P.Wessels)

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A.Agassi - 21 aces (... U.S. Open 2006 vs B.Becker)!!!

Do you know personal records of Edberg,Courier,Korda,Muster or Chang?
 
#31 ·
So personal best records (great serve and volleyers and not only)

Do you know personal records of Edberg,Courier,Korda,Muster or Chang?
Thanks for that - a good list :yeah:
No, I don't know their personal records and it's tough to check out because they had been playing many matches in the 80's but unfortunately on atptennis.com stats are only since 1991.
 
#37 ·
It is strange because Rosset many times served more than 20 aces in three-sets. He played many four and five-setters so he should cross 30 aces at least a couple times.
 
#38 ·
By surface

Hard: 51 - Joachim Johansson (Australian Open 2005) 4 sets, lost to Andre Agassi
Grass: 51 - Ivo Karlovic (Wimbledon 2005) 5 sets, lost to Daniele Bracciali
Carpet: 48 - Marc Rosset (Davis Cup 2001) 5 sets, lost to Arnaud Clement
Clay: 39 - Chris Guccione (Davis Cup 2006) 3 sets, defeated George Bastl

Anyone remembers if the Pim-Pim - Agassi match was played with the roof closed? It's a bit weird that the HC record comes on Rebound Ace rather than on faster surfaces like Decoturf or indoor Greenset.

As for carpet, the record would probably be higher if we had more best-of-five set matches on the surface.

Guccione - Bastl was played indoors, but it's still amazing that he set the record in only three sets. On outdoor clay, the record is from Roddick against Chang in Roland Garros 2001 (37).
 
#39 ·
Anyone remembers if the Pim-Pim - Agassi match was played with the roof closed? It's a bit weird that the HC record comes on Rebound Ace rather than on faster surfaces like Decoturf or indoor Greenset.
The roof wasn't closed.
 
#45 ·
It's for challenger but i remember Carraz defeated Zib somewhere and hit 50 aces... I'll try to find it back... :)

Edit : Andrézieux 2004 1st round Carraz def Zib 6/7 7/6 7/6

"....Carraz, qui avait réussi l'exploit de servir 50 aces pour se défaire du Tchèque Zib au premier tour (6/7, 7/6, 7/6),"
Source : http://www.ti.fft.fr/EvMenu.asp?CodeEvent=043030
 
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#47 ·
30 - Ivo Karlovic (Nottingham 2007) 3 sets, defeated Gilles Simon
 
#49 · (Edited)
41 - Wayne Arthurs (Wimbledon 2007) 5 sets, defeated Thiemo De Bakker
34 - Gael Monfils (Wimbledon 2007), 3 sets, defeated Thomas Johansson
31 - Ivo Karlovic (Wimbledon 2007) 5 sets, lost to Fabrice Santoro

The Monfils match is a very strange one. Only lasted 94 minutes, played late with fading light. Johansson only won 14% of return points. Monfils only served 15 games plus one tie-break, with 49 first serves and 29 second serves, for an average of almost one ace in every two serves! Johansson has had weak vision since being hit by a ball last year, maybe that has something to do with it.
 
#50 ·
The Monfils match is a very strange one. Only lasted 94 minutes, played late with fading light. Johansson only won 14% of return points. Monfils only served 15 games plus one tie-break, with 49 first serves and 29 second serves, for an average of almost one ace in every two serves! Johansson has had weak vision since being hit by a ball last year, maybe that has something to do with it.
Yes, I was shocked that Monfils had fired so many aces in only 15 games. There are/were some players who always receive many aces (Zib, Enqvist, Agassi etc.) but not T.Johansson :shrug: Maybe we are the witness of a new Monfils and since that match against ToJo he will be the new King of aces? ;)
 
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