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The article says:

The fastest recorded ace in tennis history has been served by the American Andy Roddick.

How fast? When and where? The Roddick article doesn't say anyhing about this (it talks about fastest serve, not fastest ace). - dcljr (talk) 05:40, 16 July 2005 (UTC)[reply]

I also thought the fastest serve was not an ace. Aree
Roddick hit one last year that was like 155, at the Stella Artois tourney. I don't recall if 'twas an ace. I think this is a bogus stat recorded here. I say one more vote and delete it. Sfahey 22:38, 17 July 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Well, I've gone ahead and removed the remark because it had morphed into the obviously incorrect sentence:
The fastest recorded ace in tennis history has been served by the American Andy Roddick, although it was succesfully returned and Roddick hit his subsequent shot into the net.
Such a shot wouldn't even be an ace. - dcljr (talk) 22:25, 24 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]


Yes, Roddick holds the record for the fastest serve and yes it was an ace. I went ahead and put it back in the article. Here's the proof: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dv5J8IcWwfU. Simply type in "Roddick fastest serve" into google and you will get ten more sources confirming what you see in the video. I am baffled at why this is even being debated. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jdlund (talk • contribs) 19:38, 30 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]


Also, I changed that odd bit about Karlovic hitting a record 55 aces. Karlovic has never hit 55 aces. I have searched to make sure and I can find no record of such a game. There was a game where the chair umpire mistakenly recorded 55 but official match statistics and review of the game contradicted the umpire. He once hit 51 and that is all that I can find record of. If there is such a game where Karlovic hit 55 aces, please by all means cite a source that verifies such a statistic. Every other source I can find, including other wikipedia articles, all say that Karlovic shares the record with Johannson, hitting 51 aces in a single match. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jdlund (talk • contribs) 19:57, 30 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Shouldn't this be merged with Serve (tennis)?

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