Ace matchups

WTA aces per match and aces allowed

PickFinder Team•Updated: Nov 2, 2026

For tennis aces props, read both players. Qinwen Zheng hits the most aces on the WTA tour at 8.2 per match, against an average of 2.7. Sofia Kenin gets aced the most, 8.2 per match and 0.73 per return game, while Marta Kostyuk gets aced the least at 0.06 per return game. Reading both sides predicted the last 12 weeks of aces better than the server alone, with a correlation of 0.61 instead of 0.55.

WTA aces per match: 2.7
Most aces: Qinwen Zheng: 8.2
Most allowed per return game: Sofia Kenin: 0.73
Fewest allowed per return game: Marta Kostyuk: 0.06

Most aces per match, WTA

Qinwen ZhengWorld No. 21	8.2
Linda NoskovaWorld No. 8	6.9
Clara TausonWorld No. 58	6.7
Elena RybakinaWorld No. 1	6.6
Naomi OsakaWorld No. 16	6.2
Alycia ParksWorld No. 59	6.0
Robin MontgomeryWorld No. 151	5.8
Rebeka MasarovaWorld No. 157	5.7
Hailey BaptisteWorld No. 45	5.6
Ann LiWorld No. 31	5.3

Ace magnets, WTA

Sofia KeninWorld No. 187	8.2 a match
Linda NoskovaWorld No. 8	5.6 a match
Talia GibsonWorld No. 36	5.4 a match
Shuai ZhangWorld No. 95	5.5 a match
Marina Bassols RiberaWorld No. 125	4.8 a match
Aryna SabalenkaWorld No. 2	4.4 a match
Kamilla RakhimovaWorld No. 44	4.7 a match
Peyton StearnsWorld No. 37	4.3 a match
Anastasia ZakharovaWorld No. 107	4.2 a match
Jelena OstapenkoWorld No. 25	4.3 a match

Ace walls, WTA

Marta KostyukWorld No. 10	0.7 a match
Alina KorneevaWorld No. 76	0.9 a match
Sara BejlekWorld No. 33	0.9 a match
Oleksandra OliynykovaWorld No. 62	1.0 a match
Rebeka MasarovaWorld No. 157	1.4 a match
Maria TimofeevaWorld No. 70	1.3 a match
Tamara KorpatschWorld No. 61	1.3 a match
Mayar SherifWorld No. 56	1.4 a match
Alycia ParksWorld No. 59	1.4 a match
Aoi ItoWorld No. 299	1.3 a match

Tour level only: WTA 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): 0.71
Aces hit: first 26 weeks vs last 26 (correlation): 0.86
Predicting aces from the server alone, last 12 weeks: 0.55
Server and returner together, last 12 weeks: 0.61

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 1.71 aces, against 1.78 from the server alone, over 1,417 player matches. Rates came only from matches before those weeks.

What the returner does to the top WTA servers

Estimated aces over an average 10.8 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 0.71). A rough read for sizing an ace line, not a prediction.

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

Qinwen ZhengWorld No. 21	17.5	7.5	3.5
Linda NoskovaWorld No. 8	15.7	6.7	3.1
Clara TausonWorld No. 58	14.7	6.3	2.9
Elena RybakinaWorld No. 1	14.7	6.3	2.9
Naomi OsakaWorld No. 16	14.0	5.9	2.8
Alycia ParksWorld No. 59	14.0	5.9	2.8
Robin MontgomeryWorld No. 151	13.7	5.8	2.7
Rebeka MasarovaWorld No. 157	12.2	5.2	2.4
Hailey BaptisteWorld No. 45	11.7	5.0	2.3
Ann LiWorld No. 31	11.7	5.0	2.3

Aces hit against aces allowed

WTA aces hit and allowed per game, last 52 weeks, 146 players. Dashed lines mark the average of the players shown.

WTA aces hit and allowed, sorted by aces per match

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

1	Qinwen ZhengWorld No. 21	8.2	0.69	275	3.5	0.29	117	38
2	Linda NoskovaWorld No. 8	6.9	0.62	249	5.6	0.52	207	50
3	Clara TausonWorld No. 58	6.7	0.58	232	4.1	0.35	141	35
4	Elena RybakinaWorld No. 1	6.6	0.58	231	3.3	0.29	117	68
5	Naomi OsakaWorld No. 16	6.2	0.55	221	3.0	0.28	112	40
6	Alycia ParksWorld No. 59	6.0	0.55	220	1.4	0.13	52	62
7	Robin MontgomeryWorld No. 151	5.8	0.54	215	2.8	0.25	101	24
8	Rebeka MasarovaWorld No. 157	5.7	0.48	190	1.4	0.12	48	29
9	Hailey BaptisteWorld No. 45	5.6	0.46	182	2.3	0.19	75	29
10	Ann LiWorld No. 31	5.3	0.46	184	2.8	0.24	95	55
11	Aryna SabalenkaWorld No. 2	5.1	0.48	191	4.4	0.42	167	62
12	Talia GibsonWorld No. 36	5.0	0.46	182	5.4	0.50	202	47
13	Kayla DayWorld No. 121	5.0	0.47	188	2.2	0.20	80	26
14	Ashlyn KruegerWorld No. 41	4.7	0.44	178	2.0	0.19	78	43
15	Taylor TownsendWorld No. 88	4.7	0.42	170	2.7	0.24	97	35
16	Rebecca SramkovaWorld No. 146	4.7	0.44	175	3.8	0.35	140	34
17	Dalma GalfiWorld No. 155	4.7	0.45	178	2.2	0.20	82	26
18	Tatjana MariaWorld No. 66	4.6	0.46	185	2.1	0.21	85	45
19	Nikola BartunkovaWorld No. 29	4.5	0.40	159	2.7	0.24	96	53
20	Ekaterina AlexandrovaWorld No. 32	4.5	0.40	160	4.0	0.35	142	47
21	Lilli TaggerWorld No. 53	4.4	0.40	160	2.6	0.23	92	43
22	Barbora KrejcikovaWorld No. 48	4.4	0.40	158	3.7	0.34	136	28
23	Madison KeysWorld No. 24	4.3	0.39	154	1.9	0.17	69	45
24	Jelena OstapenkoWorld No. 25	4.3	0.39	157	4.3	0.39	154	45
25	Emma NavarroWorld No. 28	4.3	0.37	148	3.2	0.28	112	42
26	Paula BadosaWorld No. 57	4.3	0.38	151	2.1	0.19	75	40
27	Janice TjenWorld No. 75	4.2	0.39	158	3.4	0.32	127	44
28	Victoria MbokoWorld No. 20	4.2	0.37	149	2.5	0.23	90	31
29	Sorana CirsteaWorld No. 15	4.1	0.39	154	1.9	0.18	72	54
30	Diane ParryWorld No. 34	4.1	0.39	156	3.0	0.29	116	47
31	Jessica PegulaWorld No. 5	4.0	0.37	147	3.8	0.34	137	66
32	Elise MertensWorld No. 14	4.0	0.40	159	2.2	0.22	88	53
33	Peyton StearnsWorld No. 37	4.0	0.37	146	4.3	0.40	159	47
34	Magda LinetteWorld No. 68	4.0	0.37	146	2.2	0.20	82	44
35	Bianca AndreescuWorld No. 109	4.0	0.37	147	2.6	0.24	97	21
36	Marta KostyukWorld No. 10	3.9	0.37	147	0.7	0.06	25	46
37	Elvina KalievaWorld No. 120	3.9	0.35	140	2.9	0.26	104	34
38	Lanlana TararudeeWorld No. 63	3.9	0.34	138	2.3	0.21	85	33
39	Karolina PliskovaWorld No. 51	3.8	0.35	139	3.4	0.31	124	32
40	Darja VidmanovaWorld No. 94	3.8	0.34	134	2.4	0.22	87	29
41	Anna BondarWorld No. 74	3.7	0.32	128	2.6	0.22	88	58
42	Karolina MuchovaWorld No. 7	3.7	0.35	139	2.9	0.27	109	51
43	Amanda AnisimovaWorld No. 22	3.6	0.33	131	3.0	0.28	112	35
44	Polina KudermetovaWorld No. 93	3.6	0.31	124	3.6	0.32	129	34
45	Claire LiuWorld No. 102	3.6	0.33	132	2.1	0.20	80	30
46	Elina SvitolinaWorld No. 6	3.5	0.32	127	2.1	0.19	75	60
47	Elena-Gabriela RuseWorld No. 60	3.5	0.33	133	2.1	0.19	77	45
48	Donna VekicWorld No. 39	3.5	0.31	123	3.1	0.28	110	37
49	Alina CharaevaWorld No. 82	3.4	0.29	115	2.9	0.24	96	33
50	Xinyu WangWorld No. 38	3.3	0.32	127	2.5	0.24	96	47
51	Kaitlin QuevedoWorld No. 71	3.3	0.31	125	2.6	0.25	99	31
52	Mirra AndreevaWorld No. 3	3.2	0.30	121	2.0	0.19	74	66
53	Elsa JacquemotWorld No. 130	3.2	0.30	121	2.4	0.22	89	32
54	Leolia JeanjeanWorld No. 91	3.2	0.28	110	2.4	0.22	86	26
55	Linda FruhvirtovaWorld No. 167	3.1	0.28	111	1.7	0.16	63	36
56	Jaqueline CristianWorld No. 79	3.1	0.27	109	2.6	0.23	91	32
57	Liudmila SamsonovaWorld No. 40	3.0	0.25	102	3.8	0.32	126	47
58	Magdalena FrechWorld No. 50	3.0	0.27	107	2.6	0.23	92	46
59	Maria SakkariWorld No. 30	3.0	0.29	114	2.5	0.23	94	46
60	Coco GauffWorld No. 4	2.9	0.25	101	1.9	0.17	67	59
61	Panna UdvardyWorld No. 86	2.9	0.28	111	2.8	0.27	108	43
62	Priscilla HonWorld No. 292	2.9	0.26	104	2.2	0.19	77	20
63	Aliaksandra SasnovichWorld No. 101	2.8	0.27	109	2.6	0.25	100	59
64	Anastasia PotapovaWorld No. 27	2.7	0.24	94	2.1	0.19	75	47
65	Harriet DartWorld No. 84	2.7	0.23	91	2.7	0.22	89	34
66	Petra MarcinkoWorld No. 87	2.7	0.24	94	2.1	0.19	76	32
67	Leylah FernandezWorld No. 18	2.6	0.24	95	2.4	0.22	89	57
68	Moyuka UchijimaWorld No. 123	2.6	0.24	94	2.5	0.23	91	26
69	Tereza ValentovaWorld No. 85	2.5	0.23	93	2.3	0.20	81	38
70	Yue YuanWorld No. 168	2.5	0.21	86	3.2	0.28	111	34
71	Tatiana ProzorovaWorld No. 124	2.5	0.20	79	2.3	0.18	73	20
72	Dayana YastremskaWorld No. 99	2.4	0.20	81	2.7	0.24	94	41
73	Ella SeidelWorld No. 230	2.4	0.22	89	4.2	0.39	155	29
74	Simona WaltertWorld No. 133	2.4	0.22	88	1.8	0.16	63	28
75	Iva JovićWorld No. 13	2.3	0.22	87	2.6	0.25	99	62
76	Anna KalinskayaWorld No. 26	2.3	0.21	84	3.4	0.31	124	43
77	Solana SierraWorld No. 104	2.3	0.22	88	2.5	0.23	94	33
78	Storm HunterWorld No. 161	2.3	0.21	85	3.8	0.35	142	30
79	Varvara LepchenkoWorld No. 199	2.3	0.20	80	1.7	0.15	61	26
80	Katarzyna KawaWorld No. 115	2.3	0.21	83	1.8	0.16	64	23
81	Maria TimofeevaWorld No. 70	2.2	0.21	85	1.3	0.12	48	33
82	Alina KorneevaWorld No. 76	2.2	0.22	86	0.9	0.09	35	28
83	Maya JointWorld No. 90	2.1	0.17	69	2.3	0.19	77	42
84	McCartney KesslerWorld No. 110	2.1	0.20	82	1.9	0.18	71	34
85	Oksana SelekhmetevaWorld No. 122	2.1	0.18	72	1.9	0.16	65	30
86	Sinja KrausWorld No. 92	2.0	0.19	76	3.0	0.28	114	43
87	Katie BoulterWorld No. 49	2.0	0.19	76	3.6	0.33	131	43
88	Daria KasatkinaWorld No. 73	2.0	0.18	73	2.9	0.26	102	42
89	Ajla TomljanovicWorld No. 143	2.0	0.17	67	3.5	0.30	119	28
90	Sonay KartalWorld No. 52	2.0	0.18	73	1.9	0.19	74	26
91	Kimberly BirrellWorld No. 46	1.9	0.17	68	4.0	0.36	144	51
92	Belinda BencicWorld No. 19	1.9	0.18	73	3.5	0.33	131	35
93	Himeno SakatsumeWorld No. 129	1.9	0.18	71	1.7	0.16	64	28
94	Elena PridankinaWorld No. 206	1.9	0.19	74	2.7	0.27	110	23
95	Iga SwiatekWorld No. 9	1.8	0.18	71	2.0	0.20	79	53
96	Shuai ZhangWorld No. 95	1.8	0.17	68	5.5	0.50	202	47
97	Darja SemenistajaWorld No. 173	1.8	0.17	69	2.4	0.24	95	27
98	Taylah PrestonWorld No. 83	1.8	0.16	65	4.2	0.39	154	24
99	Emerson JonesWorld No. 132	1.8	0.16	65	3.6	0.34	136	21
100	Suzan LamensWorld No. 189	1.8	0.16	62	2.4	0.20	80	21
101	Mananchaya SawangkaewWorld No. 77	1.8	0.17	68	3.5	0.32	129	21
102	Kamilla RakhimovaWorld No. 44	1.7	0.15	60	4.7	0.42	167	56
103	Marie BouzkovaWorld No. 23	1.7	0.16	63	2.1	0.20	79	52
104	Katerina SiniakovaWorld No. 47	1.7	0.16	64	2.4	0.23	91	39
105	Sofia KeninWorld No. 187	1.7	0.15	61	8.2	0.73	290	35
106	Elisabetta CocciarettoWorld No. 72	1.7	0.15	59	2.7	0.23	93	34
107	Maddison InglisWorld No. 135	1.7	0.15	59	4.4	0.37	147	21
108	Tamara ZidansekWorld No. 139	1.7	0.14	55	2.6	0.22	86	20
109	Yulia StarodubtsevaWorld No. 54	1.6	0.15	58	2.4	0.23	91	49
110	Alexandra EalaWorld No. 17	1.5	0.13	54	4.0	0.37	148	57
111	Katie VolynetsWorld No. 78	1.5	0.13	54	2.4	0.22	87	55
112	Antonia RuzicWorld No. 81	1.5	0.13	51	4.1	0.36	146	41
113	Anna BlinkovaWorld No. 105	1.5	0.14	54	2.7	0.24	97	40
114	Mary StoianaWorld No. 114	1.5	0.13	52	2.3	0.20	78	31
115	Nao HibinoWorld No. 195	1.5	0.15	59	3.5	0.35	138	20
116	Laura SiegemundWorld No. 190	1.5	0.12	50	2.5	0.21	85	20
117	Diana ShnaiderWorld No. 11	1.4	0.13	51	2.9	0.27	107	61
118	Camila OsorioWorld No. 69	1.4	0.13	51	2.4	0.21	84	38
119	Victoria Jimenez KasintsevaWorld No. 214	1.4	0.12	49	1.8	0.16	65	25
120	Viktoriya TomovaWorld No. 381	1.4	0.14	56	2.8	0.27	109	20
121	Catherine McNallyWorld No. 65	1.3	0.12	50	2.1	0.19	74	50
122	Yulia PutintsevaWorld No. 64	1.3	0.12	47	2.3	0.21	84	49
123	Daria SnigurWorld No. 42	1.3	0.13	53	3.7	0.36	142	42
124	Anhelina KalininaWorld No. 55	1.3	0.12	49	3.5	0.33	132	39
125	Jasmine PaoliniWorld No. 35	1.3	0.12	49	3.1	0.28	112	38
126	Sloane StephensWorld No. 113	1.3	0.13	50	2.4	0.23	92	31
127	Tamara KorpatschWorld No. 61	1.3	0.12	49	1.3	0.12	48	31
128	Iryna ShymanovichWorld No. 226	1.3	0.12	50	2.4	0.22	88	23
129	Sara BejlekWorld No. 33	1.2	0.12	48	0.9	0.09	36	45
130	Jessica Bouzas ManeiroWorld No. 100	1.2	0.12	48	2.1	0.20	82	35
131	Dominika SalkovaWorld No. 128	1.2	0.12	49	2.2	0.22	88	26
132	Zeynep SonmezWorld No. 67	1.1	0.10	40	3.4	0.31	124	57
133	Viktorija GolubicWorld No. 89	1.1	0.10	40	3.0	0.27	107	38
134	Cristina BucsaWorld No. 43	1.1	0.10	40	2.8	0.24	98	35
135	Emiliana ArangoWorld No. 171	1.1	0.10	41	1.7	0.15	62	33
136	Anastasia ZakharovaWorld No. 107	1.0	0.09	37	4.2	0.40	159	50
137	Aoi ItoWorld No. 299	1.0	0.09	37	1.3	0.13	52	25
138	Maja ChwalinskaWorld No. 12	0.8	0.08	33	2.1	0.21	85	37
139	Oleksandra OliynykovaWorld No. 62	0.8	0.08	33	1.0	0.10	38	37
140	Eva LysWorld No. 174	0.7	0.07	27	4.2	0.39	156	23
141	Mai HontamaWorld No. 160	0.7	0.06	25	3.3	0.31	123	21
142	Marina Bassols RiberaWorld No. 125	0.7	0.07	26	4.8	0.44	175	21
143	Mayar SherifWorld No. 56	0.5	0.05	19	1.4	0.12	49	22
144	Renata ZarazuaWorld No. 97	0.4	0.04	15	3.6	0.35	139	41
145	Lucrezia StefaniniWorld No. 117	0.3	0.03	13	1.4	0.14	56	24
146	Elina AvanesyanWorld No. 149	0.1	0.01	4	1.5	0.14	57	20

Using ace matchups on a prop

Start with the server
Qinwen Zheng hits 0.69 aces per service game. That is a serve index of 275, where 100 is the WTA average of 0.25.
Check who is returning
Sofia Kenin has a return index of 290, the highest here. Marta Kostyuk has 25, the lowest. A line that ignores the returner ignores that gap.
Multiply it out
Over an average 10.8 service games, Qinwen Zheng works out to about 7.5 aces against an average returner, 17.5 against Sofia Kenin and 3.5 against Marta Kostyuk. The returner's index is pulled toward 100 first, because only part of it repeats (correlation 0.71).
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 WTA average, set to 100. Retired matches and walkovers are left out. Tour level means WTA 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 WTA tour?

Qinwen Zheng at 8.2 per match over 38 matches, or 0.69 per service game. The average is 2.7 per match.

Who gives up the most aces on the WTA tour?

Sofia Kenin allows 8.2 aces per match and 0.73 per return game over 35 matches. That is a return index of 290, where 100 is average.

Who is hardest to ace on the WTA tour?

Marta Kostyuk allows 0.06 aces per return game over 46 matches, a return index of 25.

Are aces allowed a real skill or just luck?

A player's aces allowed in the first 26 weeks correlated 0.71 with the last 26 across 121 players, so it repeats. Aces hit correlated 0.86. Adding the returner moved the average miss on aces from 1.78 to 1.71 over the last 12 weeks.

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

Match length moves the count. An average WTA match has 10.8 service games per player, and a player who wins quickly serves fewer. Per-game rates take that out.

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