2000 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
16-Oct-2000ToulouseHard13.9%1.69
19-Jun-2000NottinghamGrass12.0%1.37
14-Feb-2000MemphisHard10.4%1.36
11-Sep-2000TashkentHard13.4%1.26
14-Feb-2000RotterdamHard12.6%1.25
07-Aug-2000Cincinnati MastersHard12.1%1.24
12-Jun-2000HalleGrass13.5%1.24
23-Oct-2000MoscowCarpet12.1%1.23
31-Jul-2000Canada MastersHard12.1%1.23
06-Nov-2000St. PetersburgHard12.6%1.22
13-Nov-2000Paris MastersCarpet12.4%1.20
26-Jun-2000WimbledonGrass11.4%1.19
28-Aug-2000US OpenHard12.0%1.17
14-Aug-2000IndianapolisHard10.6%1.16
24-Jul-2000KitzbuhelClay8.7%1.16
23-Oct-2000BaselCarpet12.3%1.16
21-Aug-2000Long IslandHard10.3%1.11
06-Nov-2000LyonCarpet11.2%1.10
17-Jan-2000Australian OpenHard11.0%1.10
07-Feb-2000MarseilleHard12.5%1.09
10-Jul-2000NewportGrass9.2%1.09
30-Oct-2000Stuttgart MastersHard10.8%1.09
09-Oct-2000TokyoHard9.8%1.07
20-Nov-2000StockholmHard10.7%1.07
10-Jan-2000SydneyHard9.2%1.06
12-Jun-2000Queen's ClubGrass12.8%1.06
20-Nov-2000BrightonHard11.3%1.05
21-Feb-2000LondonHard12.2%1.05
25-Sep-2000PalermoClay6.1%1.04
03-Jan-2000ChennaiHard10.9%1.04
24-Jul-2000Los AngelesHard12.6%1.04
09-Oct-2000ViennaHard9.8%1.04
02-Oct-2000Hong KongHard10.3%1.03
28-Feb-2000SantiagoClay9.8%1.01
07-Feb-2000San JoseHard9.6%1.01
13-Mar-2000Indian Wells MastersHard10.4%1.01
10-Jan-2000AucklandHard8.7%1.01
10-Jul-2000GstaadClay7.6%1.01
19-Jun-2000s HertogenboschGrass10.0%1.01
14-Aug-2000WashingtonHard11.8%0.99
17-Jul-2000Stuttgart OutdoorClay7.7%0.98
01-May-2000MallorcaClay7.5%0.96
08-May-2000Rome MastersClay8.8%0.96
01-May-2000MunichClay8.1%0.94
28-Feb-2000Delray BeachHard7.7%0.93
24-Jul-2000San MarinoClay7.7%0.91
01-May-2000OrlandoClay8.2%0.91
03-Jan-2000AdelaideHard8.8%0.89
27-Nov-2000Masters CupHard11.7%0.89
20-Mar-2000Miami MastersHard9.2%0.89
21-Feb-2000Mexico CityClay6.5%0.87
06-Mar-2000BogotaClay8.0%0.87
10-Apr-2000AtlantaClay7.0%0.87
11-Sep-2000BucharestClay7.4%0.87
17-Jul-2000AmsterdamClay7.9%0.87
16-Oct-2000ShanghaiHard7.9%0.86
03-Jan-2000DohaHard6.6%0.85
24-Apr-2000BarcelonaClay7.0%0.85
15-May-2000Hamburg MastersClay8.0%0.84
06-Mar-2000ScottsdaleHard6.3%0.77
28-Feb-2000CopenhagenHard8.4%0.77
17-Apr-2000Monte Carlo MastersClay6.7%0.76
29-May-2000Roland GarrosClay7.2%0.76
21-May-2000DusseldorfClay7.0%0.72
10-Jul-2000BastadClay6.3%0.71
22-May-2000St. PoeltenClay6.5%0.71
10-Apr-2000CasablancaClay5.3%0.69
07-Feb-2000DubaiHard5.3%0.65
17-Jul-2000UmagClay5.5%0.64
10-Apr-2000EstorilClay4.0%0.49