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Most aces hit in a match (more than 30)

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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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#175 ·
31 aces by Querrey vs. Amritraj in Newport yesterday. Score was 6-7(7) 6-3 6-2 to Sam. You can add that to the 30-34 aces list Voo :)
 
#176 ·
I rather like that thread. Thanks for compiling all these.

I think we can add some older performances in the second list.;)

If I'm not mistaking Marc Rosset hit 34 aces, defeating Jordi Arrese in the final of the Olympics in 1992 (he seems to be the first to do this on clay)[5 sets].

When Kevin Curren defeated Connors in Wimbledon 1983, he hit 33 aces. Connors also survived 30 aces from Noah to defeat him in Boca West 1986 (both 4 sets).
 
#209 ·
If I'm not mistaking Marc Rosset hit 34 aces, defeating Jordi Arrese in the final of the Olympics in 1992 (he seems to be the first to do this on clay)[5 sets].

When Kevin Curren defeated Connors in Wimbledon 1983, he hit 33 aces. Connors also survived 30 aces from Noah to defeat him in Boca West 1986 (both 4 sets).
(from Page 12)



Thank you for the confirmation. ;)
 
#177 · (Edited)
^ Thx. In the first page I've been summerizing aces only since 1991 but if you know some other "more than 30" before '91 are always appreaciated in this thread :yeah:
 
#178 ·
I don't actually know much more. I just could find these with a 'google search' :D

I don't really know whether the sources are reliable either as I've read here that there are discrepancies between numbers.;)

Anyway here's the link for Curren's match against Connors:

http://news.google.com/newspapers?n...IMRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=rekDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4333,3742173

It's actually confirmed by the ATP website:

http://www.atpworldtour.com/Tennis/Players/Cu/K/Kevin-Curren.aspx

Here are the links for Noah:

http://news.google.com/newspapers?n...r4MAAAAIBAJ&sjid=DWYDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5276,4658655

http://news.google.com/newspapers?n...9ATAAAAIBAJ&sjid=MAYEAAAAIBAJ&pg=2315,2804927

And for Rosset (it was in 1992 ;))

http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/olympics--barcelona-1992-tennis-rossets-triumph-1539200.html
 
#179 · (Edited)
Tipsarevic served 30 aces in his loss to Warburg in Belgrade challenegr earlier this year. He lost in straight sets, which would be two :)
 
#180 ·
You haven't added Marius Copil's 31 against El Aynaoui last year in Halle qualifying. He lost in 3 sets.
 
#182 ·
Do you add challengers when the aces are a big number because you've got some challengers in the list. Anyway, you get the Querrrey one?
 
#184 ·
O.K. I will update you with any that happen :)
 
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#191 · (Edited)
Ivo Karlovic hit unbevelievable 78 aces today. :eek:
He even lost the Davis Cup-rubber against Radek Stepanek 7-6(5), 6-7(5), 6-7(6), 7-6(2), 14-16.

When Karlovic plays a 5h59min match with the highest number of games I've ever seen recently, it's not so strange. I thought Stepanek was a good returner :haha:
 
#192 ·
Congratulations Ivo, you have just outmugged yourself.
 
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