Most Aces Hit In A Tennis Match – Karlovic Fires 3-Set Record 44 In Zagreb [Chart]
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Tennis’s serving sensation Ivo Karlovic matched a record yesterday firing 44 aces in a 6-7, 7-5, 7-6 win over Daniel Brands in the first round of Zagreb.
The 6-foot-11 Karlovic’s 44 ace count matches Mark Philippoussis’s long-standing 3-set mark set back in 1995 at Kuala Lumpur.
Here are the most aces hit in a 3-set match on the ATP Tour since 1991 when aces first began being tracked (via ATP):
| Tournament | Player | Result-Opponent, Round |
Aces
|
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 Zagreb (I) | Ivo Karlovic | d. Daniel Brands 67 75 76, 1R |
44
|
| 1995 Kuala Lumpur (I) | Mark Philippoussis | d. Byron Black 67 62 64, 2R |
44
|
| 2007 Lyon (I) | Mardy Fish | l. to Olivier Rochus 67 76 76, 2R |
43
|
| 1997 Zagreb (I) | Goran Ivanisevic | d. Magnus Norman 76 67 75, 1R |
40
|
And overall, Karlovic now has six entries on the record list for most aces hit in any match!
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MOST ACES HIT IN A MATCH
since 1991 |
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|
Aces
|
Player |
W/L
|
Opponent |
Rnd
|
Event |
Sets
|
||
|
113
|
J. Isner |
W
|
N. Mahut |
1st
|
Wimbledon |
5
|
||
|
103
|
N. Mahut |
L
|
J. Isner |
1st
|
Wimbledon |
5
|
||
|
78
|
I. Karlovic |
L
|
R. Stepanek |
SF
|
09 Davis Cup |
5
|
||
|
55
|
I. Karlovic |
L
|
L. Hewitt |
1st
|
09 French Open |
5
|
||
|
51
|
J. Johansson |
L
|
A. Agassi |
4th
|
05 Australian Open |
4
|
||
|
51
|
I. Karlovic |
L
|
D. Bracciali |
1st
|
05 Wimbledon |
5
|
||
|
50
|
R. Federer |
W
|
A. Roddick |
F
|
09 Wimbledon |
5
|
||
|
49
|
R. Krajicek |
L
|
Y.Kafelnikov |
QF
|
99 US Open |
5
|
||
|
48
|
M. Rosset |
L
|
A. Clement |
QF
|
01 Davis Cup |
5
|
||
|
48
|
N. Almagro |
W
|
O. Rochus |
1st
|
12 Wimbledon |
5
|
||
|
48
|
I. Karlovic |
L
|
I. Dodig |
1st
|
11 Australian Open |
5
|
||
|
47
|
G. Kuerten |
L
|
D. Nestor |
Q
|
03 Davis Cup |
5
|
||
|
46
|
I. Karlovic |
W
|
J. Tsonga |
3rd
|
09 Wimbledon |
4
|
||
|
46
|
G. Ivanisevic |
L
|
M. Norman |
2nd
|
97 Wimbledon |
5
|
||
|
46
|
M. Philippoussis |
W
|
A. Agassi |
4th
|
03 Wimbledon |
5
|
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|
44
|
I. Karlovic |
W
|
D. Brands |
1st
|
14 Zagreb |
3
|
||
|
44
|
M. Philippoussis |
W
|
B. Black |
4th
|
95 Kuala Lumpur |
3
|
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