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2022 Ace Leaders: Garcia leads WTA for first time, Isner edges Auger-Aliassime on men’s list

Garcia was No. 19, No. 21 and No. 20 on the WTA ace leaders' list the last three years, but this year she was unmatched.

By John Berkok
FORT WORTH, TEXAS - NOVEMBER 07: Caroline Garcia of France serves against Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus in their Women's Singles Final match during the 2022 WTA Finals, part of the Hologic WTA Tour, at Dickies Arena on November 07, 2022 in Fort Worth, Texas. (Photo by Tom Pennington/Getty Images)
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Over the last few weeks we’ve covered this year’s win leaders, title leaders, prize money leaders and biggest ranking jumps, and today—in our last stat countdown of the year—it's ace leaders.

On the women’s side, WTA Finals champion Caroline Garcia is the WTA’s ace leader for the year, with Wimbledon winner Elena Rybakina not far behind—then, a more-than-100-ace gap.

TOP 10 WTA ACE LEADERS FOR 2022:
394: Caroline Garcia
370: Elena Rybakina
265: Veronika Kudermetova
259: Karolina Pliskova
255: Liudmila Samsonova
249: Aryna Sabalenka [55 matches]
249: Maria Sakkari [63 matches]
241: Zheng Qinwen
233: Ekaterina Alexandrova
225: Petra Kvitova

It’s Garcia’s first time finishing in the Top 3 WTA ace leaders in a season, her highest placement before this being No. 4 in 2017.

GARCIA’S YEAR-END WTA ACE LEADER PLACEMENTS:
No. 96 in 2011 [29 aces]
No. 120 in 2012 [22 aces]
No. 36 in 2013 [115 aces]
No. 16 in 2014 [174 aces]
No. 11 in 2015 [229 aces]
No. 9 in 2016 [218 aces]
No. 4 in 2017 [354 aces]
No. 9 in 2018 [247 aces]
No. 19 in 2019 [190 aces]
No. 21 in 2020 [78 aces]
No. 20 in 2021 [165 aces]
No. 1 in 2022 [394 aces]

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The name at the top of the ATP ace leaders this year, John Isner, may not be a surprise—but what may be surprising is that he had some major competition, with Felix Auger-Aliassime just five behind.

TOP 10 ATP ACE LEADERS FOR 2022:
895: John Isner
890: Felix Auger-Aliassime
827: Hubert Hurkacz
768: Maxime Cressy
747: Nick Kyrgios
715: Alexander Bublik
642: Taylor Fritz
628: Stefanos Tsitsipas
590: Daniil Medvedev
588: Marin Cilic

And the 2022 aces list wasn’t the only list that Isner aced—at Wimbledon, the American actually became the ATP’s all-time aces leader, since aces started being tracked back in 1991.

ATP’S ALL-TIME ACE LEADERS (since 1991):
13,990: John Isner
13,728: Ivo Karlovic
11,478: Roger Federer
10,237: Goran Ivanisevic
10,188: Feliciano Lopez
9,074: Andy Roddick
8,879: Sam Querrey
8,858: Pete Sampras
8,138: Ivan Ljubicic
8,136: Milos Raonic