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Mpetshi Perricard’s sizzling ace match average leaves rivals in dust

Frenchman extends ace edge en route to Basel final this week

October 27, 2024

Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard is the new ace king of the ATP Tour.

Leveraging his 6’8” frame, the 21-year-old Frenchman has used his serve to devastating effect in 2024, serving on average five aces more per match than any other player.

‘Gio’ has fired 87 aces across four matches this week en route to the Swiss Indoors Basel final, topping even his jaw-dropping season average of 17.8 aces a match, which is a significantly higher mark than any other player on tour according to Infosys ATP Match Stats.

Coming into Basel, Mpetshi Perricard had served 375 aces across 21 matches. That mark was five aces more per match than Hubert Hurkacz, who has the next best 2024 match average of 12.8. (The Pole has served more total aces than any player this season, with 730 untouched serves in 57 matches.)

His booming deliveries have proven to be a key to his rise. After starting the 2024 season outside the Top 200, the young star is up to a career-high No. 37 in the PIF ATP Live Rankings, after reaching the final of the ATP 500 this week. Mpetshi Perricard also claimed his maiden tour-level title in Lyon in May.

Most Aces Per Match in 2024

Numbers do not include play at this week’s ATP 500s in Basel and Vienna

When including this week’s serving exploits in Basel, ‘Gio’ has fired 462 aces in 25 matches this year at an average of 18.5 aces per match.

For year-to-date averages ahead of this week’s ATP 500s in Basel and Vienna, Alexander Bublik is third on the list with an average of 11.2 aces in 46 matches this season. Mpetshi Perricard’s countryman Arthur Rinderknech is fourth, averaging 10.2 aces per match. German veteran Jan-Lennard Struff, who is closing in on 4000 career aces, holds an average of 9.9 aces per match in 42 contests this season.

Mpetshi Perricard served 17 aces in his 7-6(6), 6-4 upset of Holger Rune Saturday to advance to the Basel final, where he will play another one of the game’s biggest servers, Ben Shelton.