2002 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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Date	Tournament	Surface	Ace%	Surface Speed
25-Feb-2002	Acapulco	Clay	10.3%	1.61
11-Feb-2002	Marseille	Hard	17.2%	1.60
28-Jan-2002	Milan	Carpet	13.6%	1.60
18-Feb-2002	Rotterdam	Hard	13.1%	1.44
07-Oct-2002	Lyon	Carpet	16.7%	1.37
30-Sep-2002	Tokyo	Hard	13.5%	1.36
29-Jul-2002	Canada Masters	Hard	12.6%	1.33
28-Oct-2002	Paris Masters	Carpet	12.6%	1.32
18-Feb-2002	Memphis	Hard	14.0%	1.31
08-Jul-2002	Gstaad	Clay	10.1%	1.19
31-Dec-2001	Doha	Hard	9.1%	1.19
09-Sep-2002	Costa Do Sauipe	Hard	9.7%	1.17
14-Oct-2002	Madrid Masters	Hard	10.8%	1.17
08-Jul-2002	Newport	Grass	13.1%	1.17
12-Aug-2002	Washington	Hard	10.3%	1.16
25-Feb-2002	San Jose	Hard	13.9%	1.15
21-Oct-2002	St. Petersburg	Hard	9.0%	1.15
24-Jun-2002	Wimbledon	Grass	10.5%	1.14
23-Sep-2002	Hong Kong	Hard	10.6%	1.14
09-Sep-2002	Tashkent	Hard	12.5%	1.14
21-Oct-2002	Basel	Carpet	11.3%	1.13
21-Oct-2002	Stockholm	Hard	9.4%	1.12
05-Aug-2002	Cincinnati Masters	Hard	11.4%	1.12
07-Jan-2002	Auckland	Hard	6.8%	1.12
07-Oct-2002	Vienna	Hard	8.0%	1.10
04-Mar-2002	Scottsdale	Hard	9.4%	1.10
12-Aug-2002	Indianapolis	Hard	9.6%	1.08
09-Sep-2002	Bucharest	Clay	5.5%	1.01
26-Aug-2002	US Open	Hard	10.3%	1.00
30-Sep-2002	Moscow	Carpet	9.5%	1.00
10-Jun-2002	Queen's Club	Grass	10.8%	0.99
18-Mar-2002	Miami Masters	Hard	9.0%	0.99
10-Jun-2002	Halle	Grass	10.3%	0.98
19-Aug-2002	Long Island	Hard	8.5%	0.97
25-Feb-2002	Dubai	Hard	8.9%	0.97
22-Apr-2002	Houston	Clay	11.6%	0.96
11-Nov-2002	Masters Cup	Hard	9.4%	0.96
08-Jul-2002	Bastad	Clay	6.8%	0.95
18-Feb-2002	Buenos Aires	Clay	6.6%	0.94
31-Dec-2001	Chennai	Hard	8.5%	0.93
04-Mar-2002	Delray Beach	Hard	10.4%	0.93
07-Jan-2002	Sydney	Hard	9.1%	0.92
23-Sep-2002	Palermo	Clay	6.9%	0.92
22-Jul-2002	Los Angeles	Hard	12.2%	0.90
29-Apr-2002	Mallorca	Clay	6.9%	0.90
14-Jan-2002	Australian Open	Hard	8.9%	0.89
20-May-2002	St. Poelten	Clay	7.2%	0.86
17-Jun-2002	s Hertogenbosch	Grass	5.8%	0.85
11-Mar-2002	Indian Wells Masters	Hard	8.2%	0.84
15-Jul-2002	Stuttgart	Clay	5.4%	0.83
17-Jun-2002	Nottingham	Grass	9.2%	0.83
22-Apr-2002	Barcelona	Clay	6.6%	0.82
11-Feb-2002	Vina del Mar	Clay	6.6%	0.81
31-Dec-2001	Adelaide	Hard	9.7%	0.80
11-Feb-2002	Copenhagen	Hard	6.6%	0.79
08-Apr-2002	Casablanca	Clay	6.7%	0.75
22-Jul-2002	Kitzbuhel	Clay	6.4%	0.75
08-Apr-2002	Estoril	Clay	4.9%	0.70
29-Apr-2002	Munich	Clay	6.2%	0.69
27-May-2002	Roland Garros	Clay	6.1%	0.69
13-May-2002	Hamburg Masters	Clay	6.5%	0.68
06-May-2002	Rome Masters	Clay	6.6%	0.67
15-Apr-2002	Monte Carlo Masters	Clay	5.6%	0.66
15-Jul-2002	Umag	Clay	5.1%	0.66
15-Jul-2002	Amersfoort	Clay	5.1%	0.60
22-Jul-2002	Sopot	Clay	4.4%	0.59
20-May-2002	Dusseldorf	Clay	6.6%	0.55