2017 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
26-Jun-2017	Antalya	Grass	11.6%	1.74
06-Feb-2017	Quito	Clay	13.9%	1.58
09-Oct-2017	Shanghai Masters	Hard	15.2%	1.55
16-Oct-2017	Moscow	Hard	10.5%	1.45
18-Sep-2017	Metz	Hard	13.0%	1.34
20-Feb-2017	Marseille	Hard	14.0%	1.34
06-Feb-2017	Sofia	Hard	10.7%	1.33
31-Jul-2017	Los Cabos	Hard	9.7%	1.28
12-Jun-2017	Stuttgart	Grass	16.6%	1.27
25-Sep-2017	Shenzhen	Hard	13.9%	1.25
14-Aug-2017	Cincinnati Masters	Hard	14.7%	1.23
19-Jun-2017	Queen's Club	Grass	18.0%	1.20
19-Jun-2017	Halle	Grass	11.3%	1.19
02-Oct-2017	Tokyo	Hard	12.5%	1.18
25-Sep-2017	Chengdu	Hard	10.8%	1.17
16-Jan-2017	Australian Open	Hard	11.1%	1.15
31-Jul-2017	Washington	Hard	12.8%	1.12
06-Feb-2017	Montpellier	Hard	11.9%	1.12
09-Jan-2017	Auckland	Hard	12.5%	1.11
09-Jan-2017	Sydney	Hard	10.3%	1.10
13-Feb-2017	Rotterdam	Hard	11.1%	1.09
21-Aug-2017	Winston-Salem	Hard	9.6%	1.08
16-Oct-2017	Antwerp	Hard	10.3%	1.07
16-Oct-2017	Stockholm	Hard	11.8%	1.06
30-Oct-2017	Paris Masters	Hard	11.0%	1.04
13-Feb-2017	Memphis	Hard	8.8%	1.04
06-Mar-2017	Indian Wells Masters	Hard	9.9%	1.03
03-Jul-2017	Wimbledon	Grass	11.3%	1.03
02-Jan-2017	Doha	Hard	11.7%	1.02
31-Jul-2017	Kitzbuhel	Clay	9.0%	1.02
24-Jul-2017	Hamburg	Clay	7.0%	1.02
01-May-2017	Munich	Clay	8.7%	1.01
26-Jun-2017	Eastbourne	Grass	10.7%	1.00
02-Jan-2017	Chennai	Hard	7.7%	0.99
02-Jan-2017	Brisbane	Hard	9.8%	0.99
23-Oct-2017	Vienna	Hard	10.4%	0.98
07-Aug-2017	Canada Masters	Hard	10.5%	0.98
28-Aug-2017	US Open	Hard	10.3%	0.97
20-Feb-2017	Delray Beach	Hard	11.5%	0.97
10-Apr-2017	Houston	Clay	11.7%	0.95
24-Jul-2017	Gstaad	Clay	7.6%	0.92
02-Oct-2017	Beijing	Hard	10.4%	0.92
27-Feb-2017	Acapulco	Hard	11.8%	0.92
27-Feb-2017	Sao Paulo	Clay	6.1%	0.92
27-Feb-2017	Dubai	Hard	8.4%	0.91
08-May-2017	Madrid Masters	Clay	9.5%	0.90
12-Jun-2017	s Hertogenbosch	Grass	14.5%	0.89
17-Jul-2017	Bastad	Clay	7.7%	0.88
13-Feb-2017	Buenos Aires	Clay	6.6%	0.88
24-Jul-2017	Atlanta	Hard	15.2%	0.86
22-May-2017	Lyon	Clay	8.5%	0.86
22-May-2017	Geneva	Clay	8.2%	0.85
15-May-2017	Rome Masters	Clay	9.4%	0.85
20-Mar-2017	Miami Masters	Hard	8.7%	0.84
06-Nov-2017	NextGen Finals	Hard	8.2%	0.84
18-Sep-2017	St. Petersburg	Hard	7.2%	0.80
23-Oct-2017	Basel	Hard	8.7%	0.77
10-Apr-2017	Marrakech	Clay	7.6%	0.77
29-May-2017	Roland Garros	Clay	7.7%	0.76
17-Jul-2017	Newport	Grass	14.5%	0.76
13-Nov-2017	Tour Finals	Hard	7.6%	0.75
20-Feb-2017	Rio de Janeiro	Clay	5.3%	0.68
01-May-2017	Istanbul	Clay	6.8%	0.65
17-Jul-2017	Umag	Clay	4.5%	0.62
24-Apr-2017	Budapest	Clay	6.1%	0.59
24-Apr-2017	Barcelona	Clay	5.3%	0.56
01-May-2017	Estoril	Clay	5.3%	0.53
17-Apr-2017	Monte Carlo Masters	Clay	5.2%	0.50

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2017 ATP Surface Speed Ratings