2003 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
07-Jul-2003	Newport	Grass	8.9%	1.58
17-Feb-2003	Memphis	Hard	14.1%	1.55
17-Feb-2003	Rotterdam	Hard	12.6%	1.40
29-Sep-2003	Metz	Hard	10.9%	1.38
07-Jul-2003	Gstaad	Clay	10.8%	1.37
27-Jan-2003	Milan	Carpet	16.5%	1.36
27-Oct-2003	Paris Masters	Carpet	12.9%	1.36
20-Oct-2003	Stockholm	Hard	13.9%	1.35
11-Aug-2003	Cincinnati Masters	Hard	12.3%	1.28
10-Feb-2003	Marseille	Hard	12.2%	1.28
28-Jul-2003	Washington	Hard	12.3%	1.26
22-Sep-2003	Shanghai	Hard	14.9%	1.24
20-Oct-2003	Basel	Carpet	11.2%	1.21
24-Feb-2003	Acapulco	Clay	9.0%	1.18
10-Feb-2003	San Jose	Hard	10.5%	1.17
29-Sep-2003	Tokyo	Hard	11.6%	1.15
20-Oct-2003	St. Petersburg	Hard	8.9%	1.14
08-Sep-2003	Costa Do Sauipe	Hard	10.2%	1.14
24-Feb-2003	Copenhagen	Hard	11.6%	1.14
28-Jul-2003	Los Angeles	Hard	12.2%	1.13
03-Mar-2003	Delray Beach	Hard	9.9%	1.12
21-Jul-2003	Indianapolis	Hard	13.9%	1.12
23-Jun-2003	Wimbledon	Grass	10.0%	1.10
04-Aug-2003	Canada Masters	Hard	9.8%	1.08
28-Apr-2003	Valencia	Clay	7.3%	1.08
06-Jan-2003	Auckland	Hard	9.4%	1.07
18-Aug-2003	Long Island	Hard	9.5%	1.07
25-Aug-2003	US Open	Hard	10.0%	1.03
14-Jul-2003	Stuttgart	Clay	7.2%	1.02
06-Oct-2003	Lyon	Carpet	8.6%	1.02
17-Mar-2003	Miami Masters	Hard	10.0%	0.99
09-Jun-2003	Halle	Grass	8.7%	0.98
06-Oct-2003	Vienna	Hard	8.2%	0.97
30-Dec-2002	Doha	Hard	8.5%	0.97
28-Jul-2003	Sopot	Clay	5.2%	0.96
22-Sep-2003	Bangkok	Hard	9.5%	0.95
14-Jul-2003	Amersfoort	Clay	7.9%	0.94
10-Nov-2003	Masters Cup	Hard	9.7%	0.94
10-Feb-2003	Vina del Mar	Clay	6.7%	0.93
13-Jan-2003	Australian Open	Hard	8.3%	0.92
03-Mar-2003	Scottsdale	Hard	9.0%	0.92
10-Mar-2003	Indian Wells Masters	Hard	8.0%	0.91
30-Dec-2002	Chennai	Hard	5.7%	0.90
29-Sep-2003	Moscow	Carpet	8.0%	0.90
24-Feb-2003	Dubai	Hard	8.2%	0.90
09-Jun-2003	Queen's Club	Grass	10.4%	0.90
21-Jul-2003	Kitzbuhel	Clay	6.9%	0.89
30-Dec-2002	Adelaide	Hard	9.3%	0.89
06-Jan-2003	Sydney	Hard	8.2%	0.87
21-Jul-2003	Umag	Clay	5.4%	0.86
05-May-2003	Rome Masters	Clay	7.1%	0.85
16-Jun-2003	Nottingham	Grass	9.8%	0.84
16-Jun-2003	s Hertogenbosch	Grass	7.3%	0.82
07-Jul-2003	Bastad	Clay	4.7%	0.81
21-Apr-2003	Barcelona	Clay	6.2%	0.80
08-Sep-2003	Bucharest	Clay	5.0%	0.79
21-Apr-2003	Houston	Clay	7.6%	0.78
28-Apr-2003	Munich	Clay	5.9%	0.74
26-May-2003	Roland Garros	Clay	6.9%	0.73
17-Feb-2003	Buenos Aires	Clay	5.8%	0.73
07-Apr-2003	Casablanca	Clay	6.5%	0.72
12-May-2003	Hamburg Masters	Clay	5.7%	0.65
22-Sep-2003	Palermo	Clay	5.3%	0.60
07-Apr-2003	Estoril	Clay	5.3%	0.59
19-May-2003	St. Poelten	Clay	5.5%	0.59
14-Apr-2003	Monte Carlo Masters	Clay	4.7%	0.58
19-May-2003	Dusseldorf	Clay	5.9%	0.52