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1996 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
04-Nov-1996SantiagoClay7.0%1.73
14-Oct-1996OstravaCarpet13.6%1.65
29-Jan-1996ShanghaiCarpet10.6%1.59
14-Oct-1996Tel AvivHard8.2%1.49
07-Oct-1996ViennaCarpet15.6%1.42
15-Jul-1996WashingtonHard10.9%1.41
19-Feb-1996AntwerpCarpet15.2%1.40
29-Jan-1996ZagrebCarpet16.5%1.39
04-Mar-1996RotterdamCarpet19.5%1.39
11-Mar-1996CopenhagenCarpet12.6%1.33
19-Nov-1996Tour FinalsCarpet23.9%1.33
17-Jun-1996HalleGrass13.2%1.30
04-Nov-1996MoscowCarpet13.9%1.30
28-Oct-1996Paris MastersCarpet12.7%1.30
08-Apr-1996New DelhiHard11.1%1.29
30-Sep-1996SingaporeCarpet13.9%1.26
19-Feb-1996MemphisHard13.0%1.24
19-Aug-1996Long IslandHard10.0%1.23
26-Feb-1996MilanCarpet14.0%1.23
04-Nov-1996StockholmHard12.7%1.21
04-Mar-1996ScottsdaleHard8.8%1.19
07-Oct-1996BeijingCarpet12.4%1.19
05-Aug-1996Cincinnati MastersHard13.0%1.18
30-Sep-1996LyonCarpet9.6%1.16
12-Feb-1996MarseilleHard10.6%1.15
08-Jul-1996NewportGrass10.2%1.12
19-Aug-1996Canada MastersHard10.0%1.10
21-Oct-1996Stuttgart MastersCarpet11.8%1.09
23-Sep-1996BaselHard11.9%1.09
18-Mar-1996St. PetersburgCarpet10.7%1.09
17-Jun-1996NottinghamGrass9.9%1.07
09-Sep-1996BogotaClay6.3%1.07
14-Oct-1996ToulouseHard11.1%1.07
12-Aug-1996New HavenHard10.7%1.07
01-Jan-1996DohaHard10.3%1.06
08-Jul-1996GstaadClay8.2%1.06
12-Feb-1996San JoseHard10.7%1.06
08-Jan-1996JakartaHard7.3%1.04
08-Apr-1996Hong KongHard11.0%1.03
26-Feb-1996PhiladelphiaCarpet8.4%1.00
24-Jun-1996WimbledonGrass9.5%0.99
26-Aug-1996US OpenHard9.1%0.99
15-Apr-1996TokyoHard12.3%0.98
29-Apr-1996AtlantaClay9.9%0.97
10-Jun-1996Queen's ClubGrass9.1%0.96
29-Jul-1996Los AngelesHard10.0%0.96
13-May-1996Coral SpringsClay8.3%0.94
01-Jan-1996AdelaideHard8.4%0.94
15-Apr-1996BarcelonaClay6.6%0.93
04-Mar-1996Mexico CityClay5.4%0.92
05-Aug-1996San MarinoClay4.7%0.90
09-Sep-1996BournemouthClay9.6%0.90
11-Mar-1996Indian Wells MastersHard8.0%0.90
15-Apr-1996BermudaClay6.1%0.89
15-Jul-1996Stuttgart OutdoorClay7.0%0.88
18-Mar-1996Miami MastersHard8.4%0.88
06-May-1996PinehurstClay6.9%0.86
12-Aug-1996UmagClay4.0%0.86
29-Jul-1996AmsterdamClay5.6%0.85
08-Jan-1996AucklandHard6.6%0.84
10-Jun-1996OportoClay5.4%0.84
12-Aug-1996IndianapolisHard9.3%0.82
08-Jan-1996Sydney OutdoorHard9.6%0.81
10-Jun-1996RosmalenGrass5.7%0.78
22-Jul-1996KitzbuhelClay5.6%0.78
15-Jan-1996Australian OpenHard6.6%0.74
08-Jul-1996BastadClay5.1%0.72
27-May-1996Roland GarrosClay7.1%0.70
30-Sep-1996MarbellaClay5.7%0.69
12-Feb-1996DubaiHard6.7%0.69
08-Apr-1996EstorilClay4.4%0.68
23-Sep-1996PalermoClay4.1%0.68
13-May-1996Rome MastersClay6.4%0.67
17-Jun-1996BolognaClay4.1%0.66
06-May-1996Hamburg MastersClay6.4%0.66
29-Apr-1996PragueClay4.7%0.64
29-Apr-1996MunichClay6.5%0.62
20-May-1996St. PoeltenClay4.8%0.56
20-May-1996DusseldorfClay6.5%0.56
22-Apr-1996Monte Carlo MastersClay4.4%0.55
22-Apr-1996SeoulHard5.5%0.55
09-Sep-1996BucharestClay3.0%0.46
25-Mar-1996CasablancaClay2.8%0.37