{"id":76322,"date":"2025-08-12T04:30:10","date_gmt":"2025-08-12T04:30:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/76322\/"},"modified":"2025-08-12T04:30:10","modified_gmt":"2025-08-12T04:30:10","slug":"the-wta-player-who-has-been-aced-the-most-on-tour-this-season-is-actually-a-grand-slam-champion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/76322\/","title":{"rendered":"The WTA player who has been aced the most on Tour this season is actually a Grand Slam champion"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A good return is one of the most important shots that a tennis player can have.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetennisgazette.com\/news\/milos-raonic-states-who-had-the-better-return-of-serve-out-of-novak-djokovic-and-andy-murray\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Novak Djokovic is one of the best returners<\/a> in history, a shot which has helped him win 24 Grand Slam titles.<\/p>\n<p>It takes a very good serve to ace the Serbian, something that happened 12 times when <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetennisgazette.com\/news\/novak-djokovic-sends-message-to-jannik-sinner-on-social-media-after-losing-to-him-in-wimbledon-semifinal\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sinner beat Djokovic at Wimbledon<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>However, there is a Grand Slam-winning <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetennisgazette.com\/tag\/wta\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">WTA<\/a> player who has already been aced over 300 times in 2025.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"617\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-2228800508-1024x617.jpg\" alt=\"Sofia Kenin of the United States in action against Varvara Gracheva of France in the second round on Day 4 of the Cincinnati Open at Lindner Family Tennis Center.\" \/>Photo by Robert Prange\/Getty ImagesSofia Kenin: The WTA player who has been aced more than anyone else in 2025<\/p>\n<p>That player is former <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetennisgazette.com\/tag\/australian-open\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Australian Open<\/a> champion <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetennisgazette.com\/news\/jessica-pegula-reveals-what-she-said-to-her-coach-when-5-1-down-in-the-second-set-of-the-charleston-open-final-as-she-began-to-panic\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sofia Kenin, who also reached the Charleston Open final<\/a> earlier this year.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetennisgazette.com\/tag\/sofia-kenin\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kenin<\/a> is the current world number 29, but there is one statistic in which she is very much behind her fellow WTA players.<\/p>\n<p>In her latest match, where she lost to Varvara Gracheva at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetennisgazette.com\/tag\/cincinnati-open\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Cincinnati Open<\/a>, Kenin was aced 15 times by the world number 103.<\/p>\n<p>This took Kenin to over 300 aces conceded for the season, which is over 100 more than any other player on the WTA Tour in 2025.<\/p>\n<p>Kenin has been aced 7.75 times on average in her 40 matches on the WTA Tour this year, and has conceded double-digit aces in her last three consecutive matches.<\/p>\n<p>Sofia Kenin\u2019s last three matchesNumber of times Kenin was acedVs Taylor Townsend at the Washington Open17Vs Victoria Mboko at the Canadian Open12Vs Varvara Gracheva at the Cincinnati Open15<\/p>\n<p>The next closest person to Kenin is Czech player Linda Noskova, who has conceded 189 aces on the WTA Tour this year.<\/p>\n<p>Included in the 20 players who have been aced the most on the WTA Tour this year are six top players currently ranked inside the top 10.<\/p>\n<p>While the number of matches they have played is relevant, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetennisgazette.com\/tag\/jessica-pegula\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jessica Pegula<\/a> (172), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetennisgazette.com\/tag\/aryna-sabalenka\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Aryna Sabalenka<\/a> (163) and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetennisgazette.com\/tag\/iga-swiatek\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Iga Swiatek<\/a> (156) all feature near the top.<\/p>\n<p>Who are the best returners on the WTA Tour?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetennisgazette.com\/news\/the-five-players-who-have-hit-the-most-double-faults-on-the-wta-tour-this-year-after-coco-gauffs-nightmare\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Coco Gauff has struggled on serve<\/a> recently, but the return is not something she should have concerns about.<\/p>\n<p>Of the players who have played at least 10 matches on the WTA Tour this year, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetennisgazette.com\/tag\/coco-gauff\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Gauff<\/a> has won a higher percentage of both return points and games than anyone else.<\/p>\n<p>Despite being aced over 150 times this year, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetennisgazette.com\/news\/iga-swiatek-responds-when-asked-if-she-would-accept-winning-wimbledon-but-not-making-another-final-for-a-year\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Wimbledon champion Swiatek<\/a> is just behind Gauff in this list.<\/p>\n<p>WTA player with highest return win %  in 2025 (more than 10 matches)Return Point Win %Return Game Win %1. Coco Gauff48.8%45.5%2. Iga Swiatek47.7%45.1%3. Daria Kasatkina47.5%44.6%4. Emiliana Arango47.3%43.1%5. Lois Boisson47.2%43.2%<\/p>\n<p>The other names on the top five of this list are Daria Kasatkina, Emiliana Arango and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetennisgazette.com\/news\/mats-wilander-states-where-incredibly-good-lois-boisson-should-really-be-ranked-as-she-makes-roland-garros-semi-final\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Roland Garros semifinalist Lois Boisson<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>World number one Sabalenka would be eighth in this list behind Marie Bouzkova and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetennisgazette.com\/tag\/alexandra-eala\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Alexandra Eala<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A good return is one of the most important shots that a tennis player can have. 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