Ace ( tennis ) - wikipedia Ace ( tennis ) In tennis, an ace is a legal serve that is not touched by the receiver, winning the point. In professional tennis, aces are generally seen on a player 's first serve, where the server can strike the ball with maximum force and take more chances with ball placement, such as the far corners of the service box. According to the International Tennis Hall of Fame, this term was coined by the sports journalist Allison Danzig. Contents 1 Professional singles records 1.1 ATP Tour 1.2 WTA Tour 2 See also 3 References Professional singles records Aces have been officially recorded by the top - level professional tennis circuits since 1991, so these records start at that time. Only main draw singles matches are included here. Atp tour John Isner holds the record for most aces in a professional tennis match Goran Ivanišević holds the record for most aces in a tournament with 213 en route to winning the 2001 Wimbledon title, which broke his own record of 206 when he was runner - up in 1992. He also has the most in a single season with 1,477 in 1996. Ivo Karlović has the most career aces with 12,622. He also has the most in a best - of - three - set match with 45 at Halle in 2015. Two weeks later, during Wimbledon, he became the only player to hit at least 40 aces in three consecutive matches. Roger Federer hit 50 aces in the 2009 Wimbledon final, the record for a Grand Slam final. He is also second on the career list. Most aces in a match # Player W / L Opponent Round Event Sets 113 John Isner Nicolas Mahut 1R 2010 Wimbledon 5 103 Nicolas Mahut John Isner 78 Ivo Karlović Radek Štěpánek SF 2009 Davis Cup 5 75 Ivo Karlović Horacio Zeballos 1R 2017 Australian Open 5 61 Ivo Karlović Lu Yen - Hsun 1R 2016 US Open 5 56 Albano Olivetti Matthew Barton 1R 2016 Wimbledon 5 55 Ivo Karlović Lleyton Hewitt 1R 2009 French Open 5 53 Ivo Karlović Alexandr Dolgopolov 2R 2015 Wimbledon 5 Ivo Karlović Yūichi Sugita 2R 2018 Australian Open 5 52 John Isner Feliciano López 3R 2014 Wimbledon Ivo Karlović Andreas Seppi 3R 2018 Australian Open 5 Seasons with 1000 + aces # Player Years 5 John Isner 2010, 12, 15 -- 17 Goran Ivanišević 1994, 96 -- 98 Ivo Karlović 2007, 14 -- 16 Milos Raonic 2012, 14 Pete Sampras Andy Roddick Kevin Anderson 2015 Other Most in a one - week tournament : 144 -- John Isner at the 2007 Legg Mason Tennis Classic Most consecutive : 10 -- Sam Querrey against James Blake at 2007 Indianapolis 5 consecutive aces when down love - 40 : Boris Becker against Andriy Medvedev and John Isner against Jiří Veselý Wta tour Serena Williams holds the record for most aces in a tournament with 102 en route to winning the 2012 Wimbledon title. Karolína Plíšková has the most aces in a single season with 530 in 2016, which broke her own record of 517 in 2015. Most aces in a match # Player W / L Opponent Round Year Event Sets Result 31 Kristýna Plíšková Monica Puig 2R 2016 Australian Open 6 -- 4, 6 -- 7, 7 -- 9 27 Sabine Lisicki Belinda Bencic 2R 2015 Birmingham 6 -- 1, 7 -- 6 24 Kaia Kanepi Lucie Šafářová 1R 2008 Tokyo 4 -- 6, 6 -- 3, 6 -- 4 Serena Williams Victoria Azarenka SF 2012 Wimbledon 6 -- 3, 7 -- 6 23 Serena Williams Zheng Jie 3R 2012 Wimbledon 6 -- 7, 6 -- 2, 9 -- 7 Kristýna Plíšková Océane Dodin 1R 2016 Linz 7 -- 6, 5 -- 7, 3 -- 6 22 Brenda Schultz Iva Majoli QF Birmingham 6 -- 4, 5 -- 7, 6 -- 0 Meghann Shaughnessy Nicole Vaidišová 2005 Memphis 7 -- 6, 7 -- 6 Alicia Molik Venus Williams QF 2007 Tokyo 6 -- 7, 3 -- 6 21 Michaëlla Krajicek Camila Giorgi 2R 2015 ' s - Hertogenbosch 7 -- 6, 2 -- 6, 4 -- 6 Naomi Broady Jelena Ostapenko 2R 2016 Auckland 4 -- 6, 7 -- 6, 7 -- 5 Karolína Plíšková Dominika Cibulková SF 2017 Qatar 6 -- 4, 4 -- 6, 6 -- 3 Naomi Broady Carol Zhao 1R 2018 Monterrey 6 -- 3, 6 -- 7, 6 -- 2 See also Tennis portal Fastest recorded tennis serves References Jump up ^ ace - Definition from Dictionary.com. Jump up ^ TENNIS.com - Tip of the Week - December 19, 2005 - Your Second Serve Archived September 28, 2007, at the Wayback Machine. Jump up ^ `` Allison Danzig ''. International Tennis Hall of Fame. Retrieved 2016 - 12 - 02. ^ Jump up to : http://www.asapsports.com/show_conference.php?id=44733 ^ Jump up to : Karlovic Strikes 41 Aces To Set Murray Clash Jump up ^ https://www.nytimes.com/1994/07/02/sports/tennis-sampras-and-ivanisevic-perform-aces-above-rest.html Jump up ^ http://www.atpworldtour.com/en/players/goran-ivanisevic/i034/player-stats?year=1996&surfaceType=all ^ Jump up to : http://www.atpworldtour.com/en/stats/aces Jump up ^ Karlovic fires 45 aces to beat Berdych at Gerry Weber Open Jump up ^ http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/wimbledon09/news/story?id=4307143 ^ Jump up to : http://tennisbios.com/view/tennis-atp-records Jump up ^ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/tennis/8579785/Tennis-record-breaker-Sam-Querry-shows-how-to-serve-quicker-and-smarter.html Jump up ^ `` The New York Sun ''. Querrey Gives a Sample Of What May Be in Store. Retrieved July 31, 2007. 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Question: who has served the most aces in tennis history
Answer: Ivo Karlović