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1995 ATP Surface Speed Ratings

My surface-speed metric uses ace rate--adjusted for the servers and returners in each match--to rate each tournament by surface speed. Thus, the number indirectly accounts for everything that influenced play: temperature, humidity, wind, balls, and of course the physical surface.

Ratings greater than 1 are faster than average. For example, a rating of 1.25 indicates that the players hit 25% more aces than they would have on a tour-average surface.

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DateTournamentSurfaceAce%Surface Speed
06-Feb-1995MarseilleCarpet15.6%1.62
10-Jul-1995NewportGrass12.6%1.60
06-Mar-1995CopenhagenCarpet14.8%1.53
13-Feb-1995MilanCarpet14.2%1.49
20-Feb-1995Stuttgart IndoorCarpet15.1%1.47
27-Feb-1995RotterdamCarpet15.5%1.45
19-Jun-1995NottinghamGrass10.3%1.40
14-Nov-1995Tour FinalsCarpet17.6%1.37
25-Sep-1995BaselHard11.4%1.36
09-Oct-1995OstravaCarpet11.3%1.31
03-Apr-1995JohannesburgHard12.1%1.29
06-Feb-1995San JoseHard13.5%1.29
02-Oct-1995ToulouseHard9.9%1.22
09-Jan-1995JakartaHard9.0%1.20
16-Oct-1995LyonCarpet12.3%1.20
10-Jul-1995GstaadClay8.4%1.17
13-Mar-1995St. PetersburgCarpet11.5%1.17
02-Oct-1995Kuala LumpurCarpet14.9%1.17
16-Oct-1995ViennaCarpet8.6%1.16
14-Aug-1995IndianapolisHard11.6%1.15
24-Jul-1995AmsterdamClay7.0%1.14
11-Sep-1995BogotaClay7.5%1.14
09-Oct-1995Tel AvivHard7.6%1.13
17-Jul-1995WashingtonHard9.4%1.11
19-Jun-1995St. PoeltenClay7.0%1.10
07-Aug-1995Cincinnati MastersHard10.3%1.10
23-Oct-1995SantiagoClay6.3%1.10
09-Oct-1995Tokyo IndoorCarpet14.5%1.09
23-Oct-1995Essen MastersCarpet11.2%1.09
30-Oct-1995Paris MastersCarpet12.2%1.09
13-Feb-1995MemphisHard12.8%1.08
14-Aug-1995New HavenHard11.1%1.08
19-Jun-1995HalleGrass11.0%1.06
20-Feb-1995PhiladelphiaCarpet10.2%1.06
06-Nov-1995StockholmHard10.0%1.06
12-Jun-1995Queen's ClubGrass12.9%1.05
27-Feb-1995ScottsdaleHard8.9%1.02
06-Mar-1995Indian Wells MastersHard8.6%1.02
17-Apr-1995Hong KongHard10.0%0.99
24-Apr-1995SeoulHard8.1%0.99
10-Apr-1995Tokyo OutdoorHard9.5%0.99
02-Oct-1995ValenciaClay5.7%0.98
16-Oct-1995BeijingCarpet9.3%0.96
09-Jan-1995AucklandHard9.0%0.96
26-Jun-1995WimbledonGrass9.8%0.95
03-Apr-1995EstorilClay4.7%0.95
24-Jul-1995Canada MastersHard9.9%0.95
09-Jan-1995Sydney OutdoorHard9.1%0.94
31-Jul-1995KitzbuhelClay5.3%0.94
07-Aug-1995San MarinoClay6.7%0.93
13-Mar-1995Miami MastersHard8.1%0.93
17-Jul-1995Stuttgart OutdoorClay6.5%0.92
28-Aug-1995US OpenHard8.6%0.92
11-Sep-1995BordeauxHard8.5%0.90
30-Oct-1995MontevideoClay4.9%0.90
17-Apr-1995BermudaClay6.5%0.89
31-Jul-1995Los AngelesHard11.3%0.89
12-Jun-1995RosmalenGrass9.0%0.88
12-Jun-1995OportoClay4.5%0.87
15-May-1995Coral SpringsClay7.7%0.87
25-Sep-1995PalermoClay6.4%0.86
08-May-1995PinehurstClay8.1%0.85
02-Jan-1995DohaHard6.6%0.85
10-Apr-1995BarcelonaClay6.8%0.85
16-Jan-1995Australian OpenHard7.9%0.85
21-Aug-1995Long IslandHard6.7%0.84
02-Jan-1995AdelaideHard7.6%0.83
01-May-1995AtlantaClay6.7%0.82
11-Sep-1995BucharestClay5.0%0.80
22-May-1995DusseldorfClay8.1%0.80
21-Aug-1995UmagClay3.6%0.75
15-May-1995Rome MastersClay6.4%0.75
06-Nov-1995Buenos AiresClay3.6%0.73
22-May-1995BolognaClay5.9%0.73
06-Feb-1995DubaiHard4.7%0.71
27-Feb-1995Mexico CityClay4.9%0.70
08-May-1995Hamburg MastersClay6.1%0.69
29-May-1995Roland GarrosClay5.2%0.66
10-Jul-1995BastadClay4.8%0.63
24-Apr-1995Monte Carlo MastersClay5.7%0.60
31-Jul-1995PragueClay4.0%0.57
01-May-1995MunichClay3.9%0.51
17-Apr-1995NiceClay4.4%0.47
20-Mar-1995CasablancaClay3.4%0.47