2016 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
01-Feb-2016	Quito	Clay	12.4%	1.54
26-Sep-2016	Shenzhen	Hard	12.9%	1.50
15-Feb-2016	Marseille	Hard	16.8%	1.41
06-Jun-2016	Stuttgart	Grass	13.5%	1.39
19-Sep-2016	Metz	Hard	12.6%	1.38
26-Sep-2016	Chengdu	Hard	11.5%	1.27
18-Jul-2016	Washington	Hard	19.3%	1.26
18-Jan-2016	Australian Open	Hard	12.0%	1.26
15-Aug-2016	Cincinnati Masters	Hard	14.0%	1.20
31-Oct-2016	Paris Masters	Hard	13.7%	1.19
13-Jun-2016	Queen's Club	Grass	14.5%	1.19
04-Jan-2016	Doha	Hard	9.2%	1.17
11-Jan-2016	Sydney	Hard	10.6%	1.17
11-Jan-2016	Auckland	Hard	12.9%	1.16
25-Jul-2016	Canada Masters	Hard	12.6%	1.16
13-Jun-2016	Halle	Grass	12.2%	1.16
20-Jun-2016	Nottingham	Grass	11.9%	1.15
24-Oct-2016	Basel	Hard	10.6%	1.14
01-Feb-2016	Montpellier	Hard	9.9%	1.14
03-Oct-2016	Tokyo	Hard	11.5%	1.13
14-Nov-2016	Tour Finals	Hard	10.3%	1.11
10-Oct-2016	Shanghai Masters	Hard	10.7%	1.11
11-Jul-2016	Newport	Grass	10.9%	1.10
04-Jan-2016	Chennai	Hard	10.3%	1.08
04-Jan-2016	Brisbane	Hard	12.0%	1.08
06-Jun-2016	s Hertogenbosch	Grass	13.9%	1.08
08-Feb-2016	Rotterdam	Hard	9.8%	1.07
01-Aug-2016	Atlanta	Hard	17.2%	1.06
22-Aug-2016	Winston-Salem	Hard	10.5%	1.06
18-Jul-2016	Gstaad	Clay	11.3%	1.05
27-Jun-2016	Wimbledon	Grass	11.8%	1.05
03-Oct-2016	Beijing	Hard	9.6%	1.03
24-Oct-2016	Vienna	Hard	12.8%	1.02
21-Mar-2016	Miami Masters	Hard	10.0%	1.01
19-Sep-2016	St. Petersburg	Hard	8.5%	1.00
17-Oct-2016	Moscow	Hard	7.0%	0.98
18-Jul-2016	Kitzbuhel	Clay	6.7%	0.98
17-Oct-2016	Antwerp	Hard	8.3%	0.96
08-Aug-2016	Rio Olympics	Hard	7.1%	0.94
04-Apr-2016	Marrakech	Clay	8.7%	0.93
08-Feb-2016	Memphis	Hard	9.0%	0.93
15-Feb-2016	Delray Beach	Hard	9.2%	0.93
29-Aug-2016	US Open	Hard	9.0%	0.90
22-Feb-2016	Dubai	Hard	9.9%	0.88
02-May-2016	Madrid Masters	Clay	8.6%	0.87
08-Feb-2016	Buenos Aires	Clay	7.0%	0.87
01-Feb-2016	Sofia	Hard	8.1%	0.87
04-Apr-2016	Houston	Clay	10.6%	0.86
08-Aug-2016	Los Cabos	Hard	12.2%	0.86
22-Feb-2016	Sao Paulo	Clay	6.6%	0.83
22-Feb-2016	Acapulco	Hard	10.5%	0.83
07-Mar-2016	Indian Wells Masters	Hard	8.2%	0.81
15-Feb-2016	Rio de Janeiro	Clay	7.4%	0.80
16-May-2016	Nice	Clay	6.3%	0.78
16-May-2016	Geneva	Clay	8.3%	0.78
09-May-2016	Rome Masters	Clay	7.2%	0.77
23-May-2016	Roland Garros	Clay	7.5%	0.77
17-Oct-2016	Stockholm	Hard	8.6%	0.77
18-Apr-2016	Bucharest	Clay	6.7%	0.76
25-Apr-2016	Estoril	Clay	7.4%	0.76
18-Jul-2016	Umag	Clay	5.4%	0.75
25-Apr-2016	Munich	Clay	6.4%	0.71
11-Apr-2016	Monte Carlo Masters	Clay	6.0%	0.70
25-Apr-2016	Istanbul	Clay	5.7%	0.67
11-Jul-2016	Bastad	Clay	5.4%	0.66
18-Apr-2016	Barcelona	Clay	5.6%	0.65
11-Jul-2016	Hamburg	Clay	5.6%	0.59

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2016 ATP Surface Speed Ratings