2005 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
31-Jan-2005	Milan	Carpet	15.2%	1.57
24-Oct-2005	Lyon	Carpet	12.4%	1.51
03-Oct-2005	Metz	Hard	13.9%	1.51
18-Jul-2005	Indianapolis	Hard	13.7%	1.49
31-Oct-2005	Paris Masters	Carpet	14.5%	1.49
14-Feb-2005	Rotterdam	Hard	13.2%	1.42
13-Jun-2005	s Hertogenbosch	Grass	12.5%	1.37
01-Aug-2005	Washington	Hard	17.4%	1.36
03-Jan-2005	Chennai	Hard	10.8%	1.31
15-Aug-2005	Cincinnati Masters	Hard	11.3%	1.31
26-Sep-2005	Ho Chi Minh City	Carpet	15.2%	1.31
14-Feb-2005	Memphis	Hard	17.0%	1.30
06-Jun-2005	Halle	Grass	10.8%	1.25
21-Feb-2005	Acapulco	Clay	8.9%	1.25
20-Jun-2005	Wimbledon	Grass	11.6%	1.25
24-Oct-2005	Basel	Carpet	11.3%	1.25
12-Sep-2005	Beijing	Hard	8.9%	1.24
24-Oct-2005	St. Petersburg	Carpet	10.5%	1.22
26-Sep-2005	Bangkok	Hard	12.9%	1.19
22-Aug-2005	New Haven	Hard	9.4%	1.17
17-Oct-2005	Madrid Masters	Hard	11.7%	1.17
08-Aug-2005	Canada Masters	Hard	10.3%	1.16
29-Aug-2005	US Open	Hard	10.0%	1.11
03-Oct-2005	Tokyo	Hard	10.8%	1.10
21-Feb-2005	Dubai	Hard	9.0%	1.09
13-Jun-2005	Nottingham	Grass	12.4%	1.07
21-Mar-2005	Miami Masters	Hard	8.7%	1.07
25-Jul-2005	Los Angeles	Hard	10.6%	1.07
31-Jan-2005	Delray Beach	Hard	8.5%	1.05
07-Feb-2005	Marseille	Hard	13.5%	1.04
10-Oct-2005	Stockholm	Hard	9.5%	1.04
06-Jun-2005	Queen's Club	Grass	11.6%	1.01
26-Sep-2005	Palermo	Clay	6.9%	0.99
17-Jan-2005	Australian Open	Hard	8.8%	0.98
21-Feb-2005	Scottsdale	Hard	10.0%	0.97
10-Jan-2005	Sydney	Hard	10.2%	0.96
07-Mar-2005	Indian Wells Masters	Hard	8.8%	0.96
10-Oct-2005	Moscow	Carpet	7.9%	0.95
14-Feb-2005	Costa Do Sauipe	Clay	7.2%	0.95
10-Oct-2005	Vienna	Hard	8.3%	0.93
18-Apr-2005	Houston	Clay	10.9%	0.93
31-Jan-2005	Vina del Mar	Clay	6.9%	0.91
10-Jan-2005	Auckland	Hard	6.5%	0.90
04-Jul-2005	Gstaad	Clay	8.5%	0.90
07-Feb-2005	San Jose	Hard	11.1%	0.86
25-Jul-2005	Kitzbuhel	Clay	7.4%	0.84
18-Jul-2005	Amersfoort	Clay	8.8%	0.83
25-Apr-2005	Munich	Clay	8.2%	0.83
03-Jan-2005	Adelaide	Hard	8.2%	0.82
07-Feb-2005	Buenos Aires	Clay	6.4%	0.81
14-Nov-2005	Masters Cup	Carpet	6.9%	0.81
18-Apr-2005	Barcelona	Clay	6.4%	0.80
03-Jan-2005	Doha	Hard	5.4%	0.79
04-Jul-2005	Newport	Grass	10.7%	0.76
18-Jul-2005	Stuttgart	Clay	6.1%	0.75
16-May-2005	St. Poelten	Clay	5.7%	0.73
23-May-2005	Roland Garros	Clay	6.0%	0.73
01-Aug-2005	Sopot	Clay	5.0%	0.70
16-May-2005	Dusseldorf	Clay	5.4%	0.70
12-Sep-2005	Bucharest	Clay	5.5%	0.65
02-May-2005	Rome Masters	Clay	5.4%	0.64
04-Jul-2005	Bastad	Clay	4.9%	0.57
25-Apr-2005	Estoril	Clay	4.8%	0.57
04-Apr-2005	Casablanca	Clay	5.5%	0.57
04-Apr-2005	Valencia	Clay	3.5%	0.57
09-May-2005	Hamburg Masters	Clay	4.7%	0.55
11-Apr-2005	Monte Carlo Masters	Clay	4.4%	0.55
25-Jul-2005	Umag	Clay	3.6%	0.50