ATP Ace Leaders 2025: Taylor Fritz leads Reilly Opelka and Carlos Alcaraz as new leader crowned

Saturday, 29 November 2025 at 10:25

Taylor Fritz takes a minute to think during the ATP Finals.

The serve of Taylor Fritz was the most potent on tour in 2025 with the American taking top spot in the ace leaders. A spot previously held by Alexander Zverev who is anything but top spot again.

Fritz hit 867 to lead by some distance and this was across 74 matches over the year. Reilly Opelka was second with 790 but on average was the tour leader given he hit 790 over only 49 matches having missed most of the past 18 months due to injury.

Felix Auger-Aliassime is next up marginally and played the same amount of matches as Fritz having played the ATP Finals so in reality is the next best sample size over the course of a whole season. The Canadian hit 783 over the course of 74 matches ahead of Jakub Mensik and Alexander Bublik who over 50 and 58 matches hit 679 and 674 respectively.

Serve bot but not top server

Surprisingly a so-called Serve Bot renowned for his serve in Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard is only seventh with Opelka more of an accurate reflection of that robotic metronomic serve that is nearly untouchable when on form that also John Isner and Nick Kyrgios have made their own too and have also received the moniker whether they enjoy it or not.

He is behind Ben Shelton who also uses his serve as a huge weapon. Shelton sits on 607 over 64 matches but perhaps it is not a fair reflection on Mpetshi Perricard who played less matches even than Opelka.

Mpetshi Perricard sits on 596 matches over 44 matches. Alexander Zverev who was the previous leader. He hit 577 over 80 matches. He has played the most matches in the top 10 with 80 in all. Arthur Rinderknech and Daniil Medvedev round out the top 10. The Frenchman with 540 and the Russian is on 534.

In terms of the top names, Carlos Alcaraz is just in the top 15 in 14th spot having hit 463 over 80 matches. Tallon Griekspoor rounds out the top 15. While the other top names in Novak Djokovic and Jannik Sinner sit just inside the top 20.

Djokovic hit 413 over 50 matches this season. Quentin Halys just ahead of Djokovic has hit 413 over 36 matches so reflects one of the best sample sizes of any player over a least amount of games. Jannik Sinner sits in 19th spot on 405 over the course of 64 matches while Karen Khachanov rounds out the top 20 with 391 over 56 matches.

Other top names further down include Jack Draper who is on 325 over 39 matches. Casper Ruud is on 313 over the course of 53 matches. While Lorenzo Musetti and Alex de Minaur who managed to qualify also for the Year End Finals sit in 39th and 40th respectively.

Some of these players though are not renowned for their serving capabilities so in reality some aren't a huge surprise but shows the potency in particular of Taylor Fritz serve to his overall game.

ATP Serve Leaders

Rank	Player	Number	Matches
1	Taylor Fritz	867	74
2	Reilly Opelka	790	49
3	Felix Auger-Aliassime	783	74
4	Jakub Mensik	679	50
5	Alexander Bublik	674	58
6	Ben Shelton	607	64
7	Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard	596	44
8	Alexander Zverev	577	80
9	Arthur Rinderknech	540	54
10	Daniil Medvedev	534	64
11	Brandon Nakashima	530	61
12	Jiri Lehecka	486	60
13	Andrey Rublev	478	59
14	Carlos Alcaraz	463	80
15	Tallon Griekspoor	456	53
16	Gabriel Diallo	440	50
17	Quentin Halys	413	36
18	Novak Djokovic	413	50
19	Jannik Sinner	405	64
20	Karen Khachanov	391	56
21	Aleksandar Vukic	389	42
22	Daniel Altmaier	385	50
23	Frances Tiafoe	384	47
24	Denis Shapovalov	377	48
25	Tomas Martin Etcheverry	375	52
26	Matteo Berrettini	374	36
27	Alexei Popyrin	370	40
28	Sebastian Korda	360	40
29	Nuno Borges	356	57
30	Lorenzo Sonego	346	54
31	Zizou Bergs	343	52
32	Francisco Comesana	340	41
33	Jan-Lennard Struff	329	35
34	Luciano Darderi	327	56
35	Gael Monfils	326	33
36	Jack Draper	325	39
37	Nicolas Jarry	316	27
38	Casper Ruud	313	53
39	Lorenzo Musetti	310	67
40	Alex de Minaur	309	77
41	Ugo Humbert	307	44
42	Cameron Norrie	303	58
43	Arthur Cazaux	301	32
44	Matteo Arnaldi	289	44
45	Hubert Hurkacz	287	26
46	Holger Rune	282	54
47	Aleksandar Kovacevic	281	36
48	Marcos Giron	274	49
49	Tomas Machac	267	41
50	Miomir Kecmanovic	262	49
51	Yunchaokete Bu	261	39
52	Flavio Cobolli	259	58
53	Stefanos Tsitsipas	257	38
54	Hamad Medjedovic	256	30
55	Joao Fonseca	256	39
56	Tommy Paul	251	42
57	Alex Michelsen	251	51
58	Fabian Marozsan	250	49
59	Alejandro Davidovich Fokina	246	70
60	Adam Walton	229	33
61	Jaume Munar	229	54
62	Jesper de Jong	228	29
63	Francisco Cerundolo	226	61
64	Jordan Thompson	223	28
65	Grigor Dimitrov	218	29
66	Learner Tien	218	55
67	Botic van de Zandschulp	210	36
68	Christopher O'Connell	207	33
69	Alexandre Muller	201	51
70	Benjamin Bonzi	200	35
71	Corentin Moutet	198	56
72	Ethan Quinn	197	30
73	Roman Safiullin	192	24
74	Jacob Fearnley	189	35
75	Alejandro Tabilo	188	29
76	Mattia Bellucci	185	29
77	Sebastian Ofner	183	23
78	Kamil Majchrzak	176	27
79	David Goffin	170	33
80	Marin Cilic	165	19
81	Valentin Royer	160	21
82	Mackenzie McDonald	155	26
83	Alexander Shevchenko	155	31
84	Arthur Fils	154	32
85	Yannick Hanfmann	153	23
86	Adrian Mannarino	151	28
87	Tristan Schoolkate	147	15
88	Camilo Ugo Carabelli	147	44
89	James Duckworth	145	20
90	Coleman Wong	135	11
91	Laslo Djere	134	26
92	Zhizhen Zhang	131	16
93	Terence Atmane	128	17
94	Raphael Collignon	124	16
95	Nikoloz Basilashvili	121	17
96	Stan Wawrinka	120	17
97	Jenson Brooksby	117	36
98	Marton Fucsovics	106	28
99	Emilio Nava	103	12
100	Mariano Navone	102	39

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