Ace matchups

ATP aces per match and aces allowed

PickFinder Team•Updated: Nov 2, 2026

For tennis aces props, read both players. Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard hits the most aces on the ATP tour at 17.4 per match, against an average of 6.5. Aleksandar Kovacevic gets aced the most, 12 per match and 0.95 per return game, while Denis Shapovalov gets aced the least at 0.24 per return game. Reading both sides predicted the last 12 weeks of aces better than the server alone, with a correlation of 0.71 instead of 0.63.

ATP aces per match: 6.5
Most aces: Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard: 17.4
Most allowed per return game: Aleksandar Kovacevic: 0.95
Fewest allowed per return game: Denis Shapovalov: 0.24

Most aces per match, ATP

Giovanni Mpetshi PerricardWorld No. 145	17.4
Hubert HurkaczWorld No. 29	14.3
Taylor FritzWorld No. 12	13.9
Martin DammWorld No. 102	12.6
Arthur RinderknechWorld No. 68	12.6
Alexander BublikWorld No. 26	12.5
Quentin HalysWorld No. 46	11.6
Jakub MensikWorld No. 16	11.6
Ben SheltonWorld No. 4	10.8
Felix Auger-AliassimeWorld No. 13	10.8

Ace magnets, ATP

Aleksandar KovacevicWorld No. 84	12.0 a match
Patrick KypsonWorld No. 158	11.0 a match
Roberto Bautista AgutWorld No. 237	10.1 a match
Frances TiafoeWorld No. 8	12.0 a match
Yunchaokete BuWorld No. 93	10.3 a match
Hamad MedjedovicWorld No. 77	10.4 a match
Jan-Lennard StruffWorld No. 39	10.5 a match
Miomir KecmanovicWorld No. 60	10.4 a match
Tallon GriekspoorWorld No. 50	10.2 a match
Marin ČilićWorld No. 96	9.2 a match

Ace walls, ATP

Denis ShapovalovWorld No. 51	3.0 a match
Daniel Merida AguilarWorld No. 42	3.4 a match
Henrique RochaWorld No. 99	3.4 a match
Daniil MedvedevWorld No. 5	3.6 a match
Emilio NavaWorld No. 122	3.8 a match
Alexander BlockxWorld No. 28	3.9 a match
Ignacio BuseWorld No. 33	3.9 a match
Hugo DellienWorld No. 111	3.2 a match
Lorenzo SonegoWorld No. 106	4.4 a match
Corentin MoutetWorld No. 110	4.1 a match

Tour level only: ATP events, the Grand Slams and the Finals. Challenger and WTA 125 matches have their own view, because mixing them would flatter anyone who plays down a level. Minimum 20 finished matches in the last 52 weeks.

Does the returner really change the ace count?

Aces allowed: first 26 weeks vs last 26 (correlation): 0.64
Aces hit: first 26 weeks vs last 26 (correlation): 0.80
Predicting aces from the server alone, last 12 weeks: 0.63
Server and returner together, last 12 weeks: 0.71

Yes. Aces allowed repeat from one half of the year to the next, and reading both sides predicted the last 12 weeks of aces with an average miss of 2.86 aces, against 3.09 from the server alone, over 1,520 player matches. Rates came only from matches before those weeks.

What the returner does to the top ATP servers

Estimated aces over an average 12.4 service games: the server's rate, times the returner's index, times service games. The index is pulled toward 100 first, because only part of it repeats (correlation 0.64). A rough read for sizing an ace line, not a prediction.

Estimated aces for top ATP servers against the biggest ace magnet, an average returner and the biggest ace wall

Giovanni Mpetshi PerricardWorld No. 145	23.7	15.6	10.2
Hubert HurkaczWorld No. 29	19.0	12.5	8.2
Taylor FritzWorld No. 12	19.4	12.8	8.4
Martin DammWorld No. 102	19.4	12.8	8.4
Arthur RinderknechWorld No. 68	16.9	11.2	7.3
Alexander BublikWorld No. 26	17.1	11.3	7.4
Quentin HalysWorld No. 46	16.8	11.0	7.2
Jakub MensikWorld No. 16	15.6	10.3	6.7
Ben SheltonWorld No. 4	13.7	9.1	5.9
Felix Auger-AliassimeWorld No. 13	15.3	10.0	6.6

Aces hit against aces allowed

ATP aces hit and allowed per game, last 52 weeks, 149 players. Dashed lines mark the average of the players shown.

ATP aces hit and allowed, sorted by aces per match

ATP aces hit and aces allowed by player, last 52 weeks

1	Giovanni Mpetshi PerricardWorld No. 145	17.4	1.26	240	6.9	0.51	96	35
2	Hubert HurkaczWorld No. 29	14.3	1.01	193	7.0	0.50	95	43
3	Taylor FritzWorld No. 12	13.9	1.03	196	8.3	0.62	119	58
4	Martin DammWorld No. 102	12.6	1.03	196	8.0	0.66	126	46
5	Arthur RinderknechWorld No. 68	12.6	0.90	171	6.9	0.48	92	34
6	Alexander BublikWorld No. 26	12.5	0.91	174	9.1	0.67	128	50
7	Quentin HalysWorld No. 46	11.6	0.89	170	7.8	0.60	115	61
8	Jakub MensikWorld No. 16	11.6	0.83	158	5.4	0.39	75	52
9	Ben SheltonWorld No. 4	10.8	0.73	139	7.2	0.49	94	60
10	Felix Auger-AliassimeWorld No. 13	10.8	0.81	155	5.3	0.40	77	52
11	Chak Lam Coleman WongWorld No. 85	10.8	0.89	170	6.6	0.54	104	41
12	Valentin VacherotWorld No. 27	10.5	0.80	152	7.3	0.56	106	43
13	Otto VirtanenWorld No. 116	10.5	0.76	144	5.5	0.39	74	25
14	Jan-Lennard StruffWorld No. 39	10.4	0.79	150	10.5	0.79	151	50
15	Brandon NakashimaWorld No. 18	10.3	0.80	153	9.1	0.72	138	58
16	Alexander ZverevWorld No. 1	10.2	0.73	139	6.9	0.49	94	79
17	Sebastian KordaWorld No. 86	10.2	0.80	153	5.9	0.47	90	20
18	Aleksandar KovacevicWorld No. 84	10.0	0.79	150	12.0	0.95	181	54
19	Tallon GriekspoorWorld No. 50	10.0	0.76	145	10.2	0.78	148	39
20	Rei SakamotoWorld No. 123	10.0	0.78	149	7.8	0.61	115	30
21	Matteo BerrettiniWorld No. 43	9.9	0.73	139	6.4	0.47	89	38
22	Alexei PopyrinWorld No. 126	9.8	0.78	150	7.0	0.56	107	31
23	Jannik SinnerWorld No. 2	9.6	0.79	151	5.0	0.43	82	51
24	Stan WawrinkaWorld No. 152	9.5	0.64	122	9.3	0.64	121	24
25	Novak DjokovicWorld No. 11	9.1	0.56	106	12.3	0.77	146	30
26	Marin ČilićWorld No. 96	9.0	0.75	144	9.2	0.78	149	31
27	Daniil MedvedevWorld No. 5	8.9	0.74	140	3.6	0.30	57	69
28	Jiri LeheckaWorld No. 15	8.9	0.70	133	6.0	0.48	91	57
29	Yannick HanfmannWorld No. 58	8.9	0.71	136	7.8	0.62	118	56
30	Thiago Agustin TiranteWorld No. 53	8.8	0.72	137	4.6	0.37	71	51
31	Hamad MedjedovicWorld No. 77	8.8	0.68	129	10.4	0.81	154	33
32	Grigor DimitrovWorld No. 134	8.8	0.63	121	8.2	0.60	114	26
33	Tristan SchoolkateWorld No. 143	8.8	0.69	132	7.7	0.61	116	20
34	Titouan DroguetWorld No. 79	8.7	0.70	133	5.2	0.42	79	33
35	Emilio NavaWorld No. 122	8.7	0.68	129	3.8	0.30	58	30
36	Roman SafiullinWorld No. 71	8.4	0.59	112	9.3	0.66	126	29
37	Stefanos TsitsipasWorld No. 34	8.1	0.63	120	5.7	0.45	86	55
38	Lorenzo SonegoWorld No. 106	8.1	0.61	116	4.4	0.32	61	42
39	Alexander BlockxWorld No. 28	8.1	0.60	115	3.9	0.30	56	40
40	James DuckworthWorld No. 70	8.1	0.64	122	8.2	0.65	124	39
41	Gabriel DialloWorld No. 169	8.1	0.65	124	6.3	0.51	97	25
42	Karen KhachanovWorld No. 25	8.0	0.57	108	7.5	0.53	101	49
43	Patrick KypsonWorld No. 158	8.0	0.63	119	11.0	0.87	165	25
44	Jaime FariaWorld No. 57	7.9	0.58	111	6.5	0.48	92	50
45	Raphael CollignonWorld No. 55	7.9	0.60	115	6.8	0.52	99	34
46	Jesper De JongWorld No. 104	7.9	0.59	113	5.7	0.44	83	30
47	Andrey RublevWorld No. 22	7.8	0.60	115	6.9	0.53	100	55
48	Terence AtmaneWorld No. 73	7.8	0.59	113	7.0	0.54	103	42
49	Zizou BergsWorld No. 40	7.7	0.62	119	5.6	0.45	85	43
50	Denis ShapovalovWorld No. 51	7.7	0.63	120	3.0	0.24	46	40
51	Zachary SvajdaWorld No. 75	7.6	0.60	114	9.3	0.74	141	45
52	Ethan QuinnWorld No. 64	7.5	0.61	116	7.0	0.57	109	33
53	Aleksandar VukicWorld No. 127	7.4	0.63	119	8.8	0.73	140	42
54	Christopher O'ConnellWorld No. 117	7.4	0.62	118	6.5	0.53	101	33
55	Yunchaokete BuWorld No. 93	7.4	0.60	114	10.3	0.82	157	21
56	Ugo HumbertWorld No. 38	7.3	0.59	112	5.7	0.47	89	51
57	Mattia BellucciWorld No. 66	7.3	0.61	116	6.0	0.50	95	44
58	Francisco ComesanaWorld No. 135	7.3	0.53	101	4.5	0.34	65	30
59	Pierre-Hugues HerbertWorld No. 249	7.3	0.57	109	4.8	0.38	72	23
60	Francesco MaestrelliWorld No. 176	7.3	0.60	115	5.6	0.45	85	21
61	Botic Van De ZandschulpWorld No. 37	7.2	0.55	104	5.9	0.44	84	56
62	Kamil MajchrzakWorld No. 82	7.2	0.53	102	10.2	0.76	145	39
63	Daniel AltmaierWorld No. 63	7.1	0.59	113	5.5	0.45	86	51
64	Nikoloz BasilashviliWorld No. 87	7.0	0.63	119	7.6	0.68	129	53
65	Adam WaltonWorld No. 98	6.9	0.58	111	8.3	0.69	132	40
66	Jurij RodionovWorld No. 142	6.9	0.60	115	5.9	0.52	98	24
67	Tommy PaulWorld No. 14	6.8	0.52	99	6.4	0.49	93	65
68	Casper RuudWorld No. 23	6.8	0.54	103	6.0	0.48	92	44
69	Kyrian JacquetWorld No. 80	6.8	0.56	106	5.6	0.47	89	39
70	Tomas Martin EtcheverryWorld No. 31	6.7	0.51	98	7.2	0.55	104	54
71	Liam DraxlWorld No. 168	6.7	0.49	94	6.4	0.48	91	21
72	Frances TiafoeWorld No. 8	6.6	0.47	89	12.0	0.85	162	63
73	Nuno BorgesWorld No. 49	6.6	0.55	104	7.4	0.61	117	56
74	Jan ChoinskiWorld No. 113	6.6	0.50	96	9.3	0.71	135	27
75	Elias YmerWorld No. 245	6.6	0.53	100	6.3	0.51	96	22
76	Flavio CobolliWorld No. 6	6.5	0.49	94	6.1	0.46	88	57
77	Sho ShimabukuroWorld No. 118	6.5	0.55	104	6.9	0.58	110	37
78	Juan Manuel CerundoloWorld No. 54	6.3	0.50	95	4.8	0.37	71	53
79	Alex MichelsenWorld No. 35	6.3	0.49	92	7.2	0.56	107	52
80	Michael ZhengWorld No. 100	6.3	0.47	90	5.2	0.38	72	32
81	Valentin RoyerWorld No. 120	6.3	0.48	92	7.9	0.60	115	29
82	Alexander ShevchenkoWorld No. 107	6.2	0.50	96	6.3	0.52	99	41
83	Benjamin BonziWorld No. 95	6.2	0.49	93	7.4	0.59	112	37
84	Arthur GeaWorld No. 44	6.2	0.47	90	4.9	0.37	71	34
85	Luciano DarderiWorld No. 21	6.1	0.49	94	7.4	0.60	115	62
86	Alejandro TabiloWorld No. 30	6.1	0.49	93	8.6	0.70	134	55
87	Arthur FilsWorld No. 7	6.0	0.51	98	6.5	0.57	108	52
88	Nishesh BasavareddyWorld No. 128	6.0	0.46	88	9.5	0.74	141	23
89	Jaume MunarWorld No. 65	5.9	0.47	89	5.3	0.42	81	34
90	Jacob FearnleyWorld No. 90	5.9	0.44	84	6.6	0.49	94	27
91	Clement TaburWorld No. 156	5.9	0.43	83	9.1	0.68	130	25
92	Learner TienWorld No. 19	5.7	0.42	80	6.9	0.51	98	54
93	Marcos GironWorld No. 89	5.7	0.42	81	8.4	0.62	119	46
94	Matteo ArnaldiWorld No. 36	5.7	0.40	76	5.5	0.38	73	34
95	Martin LandaluceWorld No. 67	5.6	0.41	78	7.0	0.51	97	43
96	Joao FonsecaWorld No. 41	5.4	0.40	76	6.6	0.48	92	32
97	Mackenzie McDonaldWorld No. 242	5.4	0.46	88	7.7	0.65	125	29
98	Tomas MachacWorld No. 69	5.2	0.42	81	7.4	0.59	113	38
99	Rinky HijikataWorld No. 83	5.1	0.42	81	8.2	0.67	128	59
100	Marco TrungellitiWorld No. 91	5.1	0.39	74	6.8	0.52	99	40
101	Yibing WuWorld No. 105	5.1	0.42	80	7.3	0.60	114	31
102	Cristian GarinWorld No. 171	4.9	0.38	72	6.4	0.50	95	22
103	Miomir KecmanovicWorld No. 60	4.8	0.36	68	10.4	0.79	150	47
104	Carlos AlcarazWorld No. 3	4.8	0.39	74	4.4	0.36	68	46
105	Vitaliy SachkoWorld No. 175	4.8	0.44	83	6.3	0.56	107	23
106	Cameron NorrieWorld No. 45	4.7	0.36	68	8.5	0.64	122	49
107	Alejandro Davidovich FokinaWorld No. 17	4.7	0.37	70	9.3	0.72	137	47
108	Fabian MarozsanWorld No. 61	4.7	0.37	70	6.5	0.52	98	46
109	Dino PrizmicWorld No. 92	4.7	0.36	68	4.6	0.36	68	37
110	Dusan LajovicWorld No. 163	4.7	0.39	75	6.3	0.51	98	27
111	Billy HarrisWorld No. 232	4.7	0.41	77	7.5	0.62	118	20
112	Rafael JodarWorld No. 10	4.6	0.38	72	4.3	0.36	68	67
113	Adrian MannarinoWorld No. 59	4.6	0.39	75	9.1	0.76	145	53
114	Ignacio BuseWorld No. 33	4.6	0.37	70	3.9	0.31	59	51
115	Lorenzo MusettiWorld No. 24	4.5	0.36	69	5.0	0.40	77	44
116	Luca Van AsscheWorld No. 47	4.5	0.36	68	5.9	0.47	90	37
117	Federico CinaWorld No. 136	4.5	0.37	71	5.8	0.48	91	31
118	Nicolas MejiaWorld No. 115	4.5	0.35	67	6.6	0.52	99	22
119	Marton FucsovicsWorld No. 144	4.4	0.36	69	5.4	0.44	84	24
120	Alex De MinaurWorld No. 9	4.3	0.36	68	5.1	0.42	80	63
121	Francisco CerundoloWorld No. 20	4.3	0.35	66	4.6	0.37	70	55
122	Vit KoprivaWorld No. 62	4.3	0.36	69	6.0	0.50	95	49
123	Arthur FeryWorld No. 32	4.1	0.31	59	6.0	0.45	86	35
124	Camilo Ugo CarabelliWorld No. 81	4.0	0.33	64	6.4	0.53	101	37
125	Alexandre MullerWorld No. 146	4.0	0.35	67	8.1	0.72	138	31
126	Vilius GaubasWorld No. 147	3.9	0.33	63	5.0	0.43	82	31
127	Alex MolcanWorld No. 78	3.8	0.32	61	6.9	0.59	112	36
128	Alexis GalarneauWorld No. 195	3.8	0.32	62	6.0	0.52	99	20
129	Henrique RochaWorld No. 99	3.8	0.33	62	3.4	0.29	55	20
130	Daniel Merida AguilarWorld No. 42	3.7	0.31	59	3.4	0.28	54	46
131	Adolfo Daniel VallejoWorld No. 56	3.7	0.32	60	5.2	0.44	84	41
132	Pablo Carreno BustaWorld No. 74	3.7	0.28	54	7.7	0.59	113	38
133	Nicolai Budkov KjaerWorld No. 182	3.4	0.29	55	5.2	0.44	84	28
134	Andrea PellegrinoWorld No. 140	3.4	0.30	57	6.0	0.51	98	27
135	Shintaro MochizukiWorld No. 125	3.3	0.26	50	7.2	0.57	109	32
136	Dane SweenyWorld No. 114	3.3	0.26	49	8.8	0.68	129	22
137	Roberto Bautista AgutWorld No. 237	3.3	0.28	53	10.1	0.86	164	20
138	Roman Andres BurruchagaWorld No. 76	3.2	0.27	51	4.1	0.34	65	30
139	Dalibor SvrcinaWorld No. 119	3.1	0.25	48	5.4	0.43	81	35
140	Corentin MoutetWorld No. 110	2.9	0.25	47	4.1	0.33	62	30
141	Jenson BrooksbyWorld No. 94	2.8	0.25	48	5.4	0.49	93	38
142	Hugo DellienWorld No. 111	2.8	0.26	50	3.2	0.31	58	21
143	Hugo GastonWorld No. 108	2.6	0.22	41	4.9	0.41	79	34
144	Tomas Barrios VeraWorld No. 154	2.6	0.23	43	5.3	0.46	87	25
145	Pablo Llamas RuizWorld No. 141	2.6	0.21	40	7.3	0.58	110	22
146	Mariano NavoneWorld No. 48	2.1	0.17	32	4.9	0.39	74	49
147	Sebastian BaezWorld No. 52	1.9	0.17	33	6.9	0.60	114	49
148	Damir DzumhurWorld No. 88	1.7	0.14	27	4.2	0.36	69	38
149	Pedro MartinezWorld No. 124	1.0	0.10	18	6.3	0.59	112	25

Using ace matchups on a prop

Start with the server
Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard hits 1.26 aces per service game. That is a serve index of 240, where 100 is the ATP average of 0.52.
Check who is returning
Aleksandar Kovacevic has a return index of 181, the highest here. Denis Shapovalov has 46, the lowest. A line that ignores the returner ignores that gap.
Multiply it out
Over an average 12.4 service games, Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard works out to about 15.6 aces against an average returner, 23.7 against Aleksandar Kovacevic and 10.2 against Denis Shapovalov. The returner's index is pulled toward 100 first, because only part of it repeats (correlation 0.64).
Adjust for the court
Then check the court speed index for this week's event. Aces per match change a lot from clay to grass. Today's line and the hit rate against it are in PickFinder.

How this is counted

Counts finished singles matches, Nov 2, 2025 to Nov 2, 2026. Aces per match is the player's aces divided by matches. Aces allowed are the opponent's aces in those matches. Per-game rates divide by service games played and by the opponent's service games, so a long match doesn't inflate them. Serve and return indexes compare those rates with the ATP average, set to 100. Retired matches and walkovers are left out. Tour level means ATP events, the Grand Slams and the Finals, qualifying included. Challenger and WTA 125 matches are left out and have their own view, because they would flatter anyone who plays down a level. Team cups are left out too. A player needs 20+ matches to appear. Hard includes indoor hard. The correlations compare the first 26 weeks with the last 26 for players at this level with 80+ games in each, across all surfaces, and the prediction test sets rates only from matches before the last 12 weeks.

Ace matchups FAQ

Who hits the most aces per match on the ATP tour?

Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard at 17.4 per match over 35 matches, or 1.26 per service game. The average is 6.5 per match.

Who gives up the most aces on the ATP tour?

Aleksandar Kovacevic allows 12 aces per match and 0.95 per return game over 54 matches. That is a return index of 181, where 100 is average.

Who is hardest to ace on the ATP tour?

Denis Shapovalov allows 0.24 aces per return game over 40 matches, a return index of 46.

Are aces allowed a real skill or just luck?

A player's aces allowed in the first 26 weeks correlated 0.64 with the last 26 across 143 players, so it repeats. Aces hit correlated 0.8. Adding the returner moved the average miss on aces from 3.09 to 2.86 over the last 12 weeks.

Why use per-game rates as well as per-match?

Match length moves the count. An average ATP match has 12.4 service games per player, and a player who wins quickly serves fewer. Per-game rates take that out.

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