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]
