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How Secret Should Pro Racquet Specs Be?

by Jonas Eriksson November 15, 2017

written by Jonas Eriksson

Racquet companies and tennis pro’s go to great lengths not to reveal their true racquet specifications, but is it really such a vital secret to keep? Since player specs are so personal what would it matter to other pro players? You who have been following this blog has for sure seen the post “Tennis Racquets of the ATP Professionals” where I try to research and list the racquets and specs of the some of the best players in the world. This requires that either someone gets the actual racquet somehow, has close footage of the racquet, are in touch with …

November 15, 2017 4 comments

Tennis Racquets

HEAD Graphene Touch Radical

by Jonas Eriksson October 1, 2017

written by Jonas Eriksson

It’s time for the HEAD Radical to get the Graphene Touch update. A few pics have been leaked on the tennis forums and I’m curious to hear what you think about them. I’m a fan of the HEAD Radical series, all the way from the first editions (PT57B) that most racquetholics calls the “Bumblebee”, to the famous “Zebra”, the “Candycane”, the Liquidmetal Tour I use now, all the way to the IG Radical Pro, which for many was the last great Radical racquet. Others would argue that the first Graphene edition, the HEAD Graphene Radical Pro, was a worthy and …

October 1, 2017 7 comments

Tennis Racquets

Head Graphene Speed Touch

by Jonas Eriksson December 3, 2016

written by Jonas Eriksson

The tennis racquet trend is starting to take the growing number of tennis elbows more seriously and recent models are definitely moving towards “less shock” (which is also something I talked about in this post called Gear of the Year). Wilson Blade with Countervail is one such option, where Wilson Tennis has managed to maintain the characteristics of the hugely successful Blade line and made them more comfortable and dampened. HEAD tennis has received a lot of criticism for the Graphene technology, which has turned the classic feel of Head racquets into a more modern and stiffer line. I don’t have …

December 3, 2016 0 comment

Pro player racquets

Is a pro stock racquet better than a retail one?

by Jonas Eriksson November 23, 2016

written by Jonas Eriksson

This is a typical question I would get from players beginning to grow an interest in tennis racquets. This question as well as what is the difference between a pro stock tennis racquet and a retail one? The answer to this question is essentially: no, a pro stock racquet is not better than a retail tennis racquet. Why? Because pro stock racquets are most often customized versions of older existing retail racquets! And racquet customizations are highly personal and a racquet that is customized to fit for example Stan Wawrinka or Novak Djokovic won’t likely fit your tennis style or …

November 23, 2016 0 comment

Pro player racquets

Andy Murray’s Racquet

by Jonas Eriksson June 4, 2016

written by Jonas Eriksson

Andy Murray has endorsed the HEAD Radical series for a long time. But what is actually Andy Murray’s racquet? Andy Murray’s Racquet Andy Murray has advertised the Head Radical series for many years, sort of as the successor to André Agassi. Little do most people know that he actually plays with a 20-year-old racquet in a different string pattern, namely the legendary Head Pro Tour 630 made popular by Thomas Muster and Gustavo Kuerten. I did play with the Head Pro Tour 630 myself for a while, but wanted a 16×19 string pattern and finding a so-called pro stock racquet …

June 4, 2016 9 comments