Top 3 women with most aces on 2024 WTA Tour ft. Qinwen Zheng, Aryna Sabalenka
World No.1 Aryna Sabalenka and Qinwen Zheng top the WTA chart for players with the most aces in the 2024 season.
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Aryna Sabalenka and Qinwen Zheng (Image via Reuters)
The WTA recently released some shocking revelations about some player’s game that is certainly a cause for worry. Coco Gauff topped the list of the most double faults as she served 430 but flipped 180 of them in the 71 matches she featured in this season. Iga Swiatek only served 128 aces in 68 matches, while Jasmine Paolini had only 89 in 60 matches.
However, Qinwen Zheng was the best player and miles ahead of everyone in terms of serves. In fact, the Chinese star was the only player to serve more than 400 aces this season. Regular, big servers like Elena Rybakina and Aryna Sabalenka made up the list as well.
In this piece, we take a look at players with the highest number of aces in the WTA 2024 season.
3) Aryna Sabalenka – 307 aces
In 2022, Sabalenka topped the list of players with the highest double faults, hitting 428 in 55 matches. This season, she served only 205 double faults. This major progress in her game helped her in the second half of the season as she claimed three titles, including her maiden US Open.
The Belarusian’s improvement in key areas of her game also helped her finish the season as World No.1 in the WTA rankings. She served 307 aces in 71 matches this calendar year, a sharp contrast from the 249 aces she hit in 2022 in 55 matches. However, she served her best ace in 2023 – 404.
2) Elena Rybakina – 358 aces
Rybakina is one of the surprising names on the list after missing several tournaments this season, including the entirety of the Asian swing. Perhaps the Kazakhstan star would have hit the 400 ace mark this season if she had featured in more matches. She served 358 aces in just 53 matches this season and averaged a 6.75 ace count.
The record was below her 2023 milestone, in which she served 455 aces in 60 matches to finish second behind Caroline Garcia with 462 in 64 matches. The 25-year-old won her first title in Abu Dhabi before claiming her second at the Stuttgart Open.
1) Qinwen Zheng– 445 aces
Qinwen Zheng was one of the most consistent WTA player this season. She finished as runners-up at the Australian Open after losing to Aryna Sabalenka and the WTA Finals.
It is no surprise that she finished the season as No.1 in the ace chart, winning an incredible 75.7% of her first serve points during the 2024 campaign.
The 22-year-old took China to the mountaintop of tennis after defeating Donna Vekic to win the gold medal at the Paris Olympics. She is a rising star of the game and one can expect her to improve next season and also win more titles after claiming two this year.
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