Top 10 All Time in Career Aces

[britbox]

1 Ivo Karlovic 12942
2 John Isner 10916
3 Roger Federer 10658
4 Goran Ivanisevic 10131
5 Feliciano Lopez 9063
6 Andy Roddick 9040
7 Pete Sampras 8689
8 Ivan Ljubicic 8108
9 Richard Krajicek 7648
10 Greg Rusedski 7589

Little surprised to see Feliciano Lopez at 5.

 

[El Dude]

Partially longevity. In terms of Ace% he's 27th in the Open Era.

1. Ivo 23.37%
2. Isner 20.37%
3. Milos 18.99%
4. S Groth 18.69%
5. W Arthurs 18.50%
6. J Johansson 18.45%
7. C Guccione 17.16%
8. Ivanisevic 17.14%
9. Kyrgios 17.06%
10. Philippoussis 16.19%
...
27. F Lopez 12.54%
...
77. R Federer 10.06%

 

[Federberg]

Partially longevity. In terms of Ace% he's 27th in the Open Era.

1. Ivo 23.37%
2. Isner 20.37%
3. Milos 18.99%
4. S Groth 18.69%
5. W Arthurs 18.50%
6. J Johansson 18.45%
7. C Guccione 17.16%
8. Ivanisevic 17.14%
9. Kyrgios 17.06%
10. Philippoussis 16.19%
...
27. F Lopez 12.54%
...
77. R Federer 10.06%

Personally I think this is a much better stat. It reminds me of total points scored in basketball. I place a higher premium to PPG than the overall number

 

[El Dude]

Personally I think this is a much better stat. It reminds me of total points scored in basketball. I place a higher premium to PPG than the overall number

Yes, exactly - or batting average vs. hits in baseball.

 

[Moxie]

You still have to say: Feli Lopez is a bit of a surprise.

 

[GSMSampras]

Number of unreturned serves is the best statistic to calculate the quality of serve.Unfortunately it can be found only on a match-to-match basis.

 

[Federberg]

You still have to say: Feli Lopez is a bit of a surprise.

he certainly is

 

[Federberg]

Number of unreturned serves is the best statistic to calculate the quality of serve.Unfortunately it can be found only on a match-to-match basis.

It's certainly an improvement on just looking at aces. Shame they haven't maintained that stat historically

 

[monfed]

botnic is #3? LOL

 

[Ricardo]

Always thought Ivo is the greatest aceman ever, not Isner or Goran.