Top 10 Tennis Players with the Most Aces in a Single Grand Slam Match!

Ivo Karlovic makes the most appearances on the list.

In a game like a game of tennis having good service is very important. Moreover, if the service helps in securing a point, it becomes an advantage for the player.

In tennis, when a player serves and his opponent is unable to return it is an ace. Ace is an important part of the game and there are many who are masters of ace. The recording of aces started in 1991. In this list, we will take a look at the players with the most aces in a single Grand Slam match.

10- Ivo Karlovic

The list begins with the name that will dominate it the most, Ivo Karlovic. This match was on 25 May 2009 between Ivo Karlovic and Lleyton Hewitt. This match was at Roland Garros on a clay surface. The match was a round of 128.

Karlovic was unfortunate in this match also as Lleyton defeated him. In this match, he served 55 aces. The score of the match was 6-7(1), 6-7(4), 7-6(4), 6-4, and 6-3.

9- Albano Olivetti

Albano Olivetti is on the ninth spot in the list of the top 10 players with the most aces in a single Grand Slam match. Olivetti faced Australian Matthew Barton in his match. The match was on 27 June 2016 in the round of 128 of Wimbledon.

Although Olivetti was able to make it to the record book he was unable to win the match. In this match, Olivetti served 56 aces. The scoreline of the match was 6-7(7), 7-6(5), 6-3, 6-7(5), and 14-12.

8- Ivo Karlovic

Ivo Karlovic makes another entry in the list of the top 10 players with the most aces scored in a single Grand Slam match. This is one of the latest games in which Karlovic scored 59 aces. This match was on 14 January 2019 in the Australian Open. The opponent of Karlovic in this match was Japanese Kei Nishikori.

The match was a round of 64-one and was played on the hard lawn of the Australian Open. Although it was such a long match and Karlovic got so many aces he lost to Nishikori. The score of the game was 6-3, 7-6(6), 5-7, 5-7, and 7-5(6).

7- Ivo Karlovic

Ivo Karlovic is one who ranks seventh on this list as well. It is Karlovic’s name popping up for the second time. This match was on 29 August 2016 on the hard court of the US Open. In this match, the opponent of Karlovic was Yen Hsun Lu.

Ivo Karlovic served 61 aces in this match also however this match is placed below because it was played earlier. This match was a round of 128 matches and Karlovic won it. The score of this match was 4-6, 7-6(4), 6-7(4), 7-6(5), and 7-5.

6- Ivo Karlovic

This is the second entry of Ivo Karlovic in this list. The match was on 2 July 2018 the same day John Isner served 64 aces. Ivo Karlovic faced German Jan Lennard Struff in the round of 64 at Wimbledon.

Although Karlovic served 61 aces in this match he lost the match to Lennard Struff. The scoreline of this match on the green lawn of Wimbledon was 6-7(5), 3-6, 7-6(4), 7-6(4), and 13-11.

5- John Isner

This is the second-best entry of John Isner in this list of most aces in a single Grand Slam match. This was a round of 64 matches between John Isner and Ruben Bemelmans. The match was in Wimbledon on 2 July 2018 which makes this John’s latest entry.

However, in this match, John Isner served 64 aces in total. Isner won the match with a scoreline of 6-1, 6-4, 6-7(6), 6-7(3), and 7-5.

4- Reilly Opelka

In the 2019 Australian Open, Reilly Opelka became the fourth player with the most aces in a single Grand Slam match. In this match, Opelka faced Italian Thomas Fabbiano. The match was on 14 January 2019 and it was a round of 64 matches.

Reilly Opelka served a total of 67 aces to get on this list. However, Opelka despite serving so many aces lost the match to Fabbiano. Moreover, this is one of the most recent entries in this list. The score of the match was 6-7(15), 6-2, 6-4, 3-6, and 7-6(5).

3- Ivo Karlovic

Ivo Karlovic is the one who comes in the third spot in the list of most aces scored in a single Grand Slam match. In this match, Ivo Karlovic scored a total of 75 aces. The match was a round of 128 in the Australian Open which was played between Ivo Karlovic and Horacio Zeballos on 16 January 2017.

Karlovic was the winner of this match and is the one who dominates this list of top 10 players with the most aces in a singles Grand Slam match with 5 entries. The match was on the hard Australian Open lawn. The score at the end of the match was 6-7(6), 3-6, 7-5, 6-2, and 22-20.

2- Nicolas Mahut

Nicolas Mahut was the one who was facing John Isner as they played a marathon of a match on the green lawn of Wimbledon.

As we already know how the game went and in the same match the first and second spot for the most aces in a match was taken. Mahut served a total of 103 aces although they came in a losing cause. This match was why the rules changed at Wimbledon. This round of 128 matches is certainly going to be the longest match in the history of Wimbledon.

1- John Isner

John Isner is the one who has served the most number of aces in a single Grand Slam match. The match was on 21 June 2010 on the green surface of Wimbledon.

John Isner faced Frenchman Nicolas Mahut in the round of 128. The match between the two lasted three days in which many records were broken both in tennis as well as in Wimbledon. Among such records which were broken was the record of most aces in a single match. However, in this match, Isner served a total of 113 aces and was the ultimate winner of the match. The score of the match was 6-4, 3-6, 6-7(7), 7-6(3), and 70-68.

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