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2001 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
28-Jan-2001BogotaClay9.0%1.52
24-Sep-2001Hong KongHard10.0%1.42
22-Oct-2001StockholmHard10.7%1.38
01-Oct-2001TokyoHard8.3%1.38
29-Oct-2001Paris MastersCarpet12.7%1.36
11-Jun-2001HalleGrass11.3%1.32
22-Oct-2001BaselCarpet12.3%1.29
19-Feb-2001MemphisHard14.3%1.29
11-Jun-2001Queen's ClubGrass12.7%1.28
13-Aug-2001IndianapolisHard11.4%1.27
15-Oct-2001Stuttgart MastersHard12.8%1.23
06-Aug-2001Cincinnati MastersHard12.0%1.22
12-Feb-2001MarseilleHard11.9%1.21
10-Sep-2001TashkentHard11.1%1.21
27-Aug-2001US OpenHard11.4%1.20
26-Feb-2001AcapulcoClay11.0%1.20
19-Feb-2001RotterdamHard11.1%1.20
25-Jun-2001WimbledonGrass10.6%1.20
10-Sep-2001Costa Do SauipeHard9.1%1.19
29-Jan-2001MilanCarpet12.2%1.18
26-Feb-2001San JoseHard13.1%1.18
18-Jun-2001NottinghamGrass12.2%1.17
09-Jul-2001GstaadClay10.6%1.15
13-Aug-2001WashingtonHard12.2%1.15
08-Oct-2001LyonCarpet11.0%1.15
20-Aug-2001Long IslandHard12.0%1.10
01-Jan-2001DohaHard8.4%1.07
08-Jan-2001AucklandHard9.1%1.06
01-Jan-2001ChennaiHard9.0%1.06
16-Jul-2001StuttgartClay8.6%1.06
17-Sep-2001ShanghaiHard6.4%1.04
12-Mar-2001Indian Wells MastersHard9.6%1.01
15-Jan-2001Australian OpenHard8.9%1.01
12-Nov-2001Masters CupHard9.3%1.00
23-Jul-2001Los AngelesHard12.3%1.00
01-Oct-2001MoscowCarpet10.9%1.00
19-Feb-2001Buenos AiresClay7.0%0.98
30-Jul-2001Canada MastersHard10.3%0.97
01-Jan-2001AdelaideHard9.1%0.96
05-Mar-2001Delray BeachHard10.4%0.95
22-Oct-2001St. PetersburgHard8.2%0.95
08-Jan-2001SydneyHard8.0%0.95
05-Mar-2001ScottsdaleHard6.3%0.94
30-Apr-2001HoustonClay8.5%0.94
12-Feb-2001Vina del MarClay6.0%0.94
12-Feb-2001CopenhagenHard5.5%0.91
30-Apr-2001MunichClay7.5%0.90
16-Jul-2001AmsterdamClay6.7%0.86
08-Oct-2001ViennaHard7.4%0.85
19-Mar-2001Miami MastersHard8.6%0.85
18-Jun-2001s HertogenboschGrass7.0%0.84
26-Feb-2001DubaiHard7.8%0.82
09-Apr-2001CasablancaClay6.4%0.81
16-Jul-2001UmagClay7.5%0.81
24-Sep-2001PalermoClay6.7%0.81
21-May-2001St. PoeltenClay6.4%0.80
30-Apr-2001MallorcaClay5.2%0.79
28-May-2001Roland GarrosClay7.3%0.77
23-Jul-2001KitzbuhelClay5.7%0.77
23-Apr-2001AtlantaClay7.3%0.76
23-Apr-2001BarcelonaClay6.2%0.75
10-Sep-2001BucharestClay6.6%0.70
21-May-2001DusseldorfClay7.8%0.65
09-Apr-2001EstorilClay5.0%0.65
09-Jul-2001BastadClay4.6%0.65
16-Apr-2001Monte Carlo MastersClay5.2%0.63
23-Jul-2001SopotClay4.5%0.61
07-May-2001Rome MastersClay5.9%0.59
14-May-2001Hamburg MastersClay5.2%0.58
09-Jul-2001NewportGrass2.1%0.47