2018 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.

Click here for the most recent ratings, or choose another season:

Date	Tournament	Surface	Ace%	Surface Speed
17-Sep-2018	Metz	Hard	10.6%	1.53
11-Jun-2018	Stuttgart	Grass	17.0%	1.42
05-Nov-2018	NextGen Finals	Hard	12.1%	1.38
01-Oct-2018	Tokyo	Hard	13.6%	1.37
01-Jan-2018	Brisbane	Hard	14.0%	1.33
18-Jun-2018	Queen's Club	Grass	14.7%	1.28
25-Jun-2018	Antalya	Grass	9.9%	1.28
15-Oct-2018	Antwerp	Hard	14.8%	1.26
08-Jan-2018	Sydney	Hard	11.6%	1.25
15-Oct-2018	Moscow	Hard	10.9%	1.24
19-Feb-2018	Marseille	Hard	12.5%	1.23
23-Jul-2018	Gstaad	Clay	9.5%	1.20
06-Aug-2018	Canada Masters	Hard	12.7%	1.20
08-Oct-2018	Shanghai Masters	Hard	12.3%	1.19
22-Oct-2018	Vienna	Hard	11.9%	1.18
15-Jan-2018	Australian Open	Hard	11.7%	1.16
18-Jun-2018	Halle	Grass	11.6%	1.16
02-Jul-2018	Wimbledon	Grass	12.9%	1.15
05-Feb-2018	Sofia	Hard	13.1%	1.15
12-Nov-2018	Tour Finals	Hard	15.2%	1.15
12-Feb-2018	Rotterdam	Hard	12.1%	1.14
08-Jan-2018	Auckland	Hard	11.6%	1.14
05-Feb-2018	Montpellier	Hard	10.9%	1.14
17-Sep-2018	St. Petersburg	Hard	10.0%	1.12
29-Oct-2018	Paris Masters	Hard	11.1%	1.08
12-Feb-2018	New York	Hard	15.7%	1.08
24-Sep-2018	Chengdu	Hard	13.1%	1.08
24-Sep-2018	Shenzhen	Hard	8.3%	1.07
26-Feb-2018	Dubai	Hard	9.8%	1.06
23-Jul-2018	Atlanta	Hard	14.4%	1.05
22-Oct-2018	Basel	Hard	12.4%	1.05
26-Feb-2018	Acapulco	Hard	13.5%	1.05
01-Oct-2018	Beijing	Hard	9.6%	1.04
21-May-2018	Geneva	Clay	11.1%	1.03
20-Aug-2018	Winston-Salem	Hard	10.6%	1.03
05-Feb-2018	Quito	Clay	12.8%	1.03
15-Oct-2018	Stockholm	Hard	9.0%	1.03
11-Jun-2018	s Hertogenbosch	Grass	11.0%	1.02
27-Aug-2018	US Open	Hard	10.8%	1.00
13-Aug-2018	Cincinnati Masters	Hard	11.4%	1.00
01-Jan-2018	Pune	Hard	9.4%	0.99
19-Feb-2018	Delray Beach	Hard	14.2%	0.98
30-Jul-2018	Washington	Hard	10.4%	0.98
25-Jun-2018	Eastbourne	Grass	8.2%	0.94
21-May-2018	Lyon	Clay	8.0%	0.92
26-Feb-2018	Sao Paulo	Clay	7.9%	0.89
01-Jan-2018	Doha	Hard	9.7%	0.88
05-Mar-2018	Indian Wells Masters	Hard	10.1%	0.86
07-May-2018	Madrid Masters	Clay	8.8%	0.84
30-Jul-2018	Kitzbuhel	Clay	7.1%	0.84
30-Jul-2018	Los Cabos	Hard	6.9%	0.84
16-Jul-2018	Newport	Grass	13.3%	0.84
19-Mar-2018	Miami Masters	Hard	9.5%	0.79
16-Jul-2018	Umag	Clay	7.1%	0.79
09-Apr-2018	Houston	Clay	11.1%	0.78
28-May-2018	Roland Garros	Clay	7.8%	0.74
16-Jul-2018	Bastad	Clay	5.6%	0.73
30-Apr-2018	Munich	Clay	7.2%	0.73
19-Feb-2018	Rio de Janeiro	Clay	6.5%	0.73
14-May-2018	Rome Masters	Clay	7.0%	0.71
23-Jul-2018	Hamburg	Clay	6.0%	0.68
12-Feb-2018	Buenos Aires	Clay	6.3%	0.67
23-Apr-2018	Budapest	Clay	5.8%	0.64
09-Apr-2018	Marrakech	Clay	5.7%	0.63
30-Apr-2018	Istanbul	Clay	4.2%	0.60
16-Apr-2018	Monte Carlo Masters	Clay	5.9%	0.57
23-Apr-2018	Barcelona	Clay	5.3%	0.56
30-Apr-2018	Estoril	Clay	5.1%	0.53

tennisabstract.com

2018 ATP Surface Speed Ratings