Updated 1st September, 2024
Alexei Popyrin has made huge strides lately, winning his first Masters title with an impressing performance at the Canadian Open.
But what is Alexei Popyrin’s racquet?
Alexei Popyrin’s Racquet
Popyrin changed his racquet from the HEAD PT57A that he used to play with to a Dunlop FX 500 Tour some years back. The PT57A is low-powered but remains active on the ATP tour still today, with players like Cerundolo and Karatsev using the frame.
But Popyrin switched to a more modern frame in the Dunlop FX 500 Tour, and not long after that, his game clicked into place. I am unaware of his racquet specs, but I owned his PT57A (16/19) sometime back, and that had an interesting specification of around 320 grams unstrung with lots of weight added at 12 o’clock for a 364-strung swing weight. Back then, he used Luxilon 4G and it looks like he is still doing so in the Dunlop racquet.
Moving to a more powerful and forgiving frame seems to have done Popyrin a world of good, but it is obviously not the reason for his success. Popyrin was always a dangerous player, but in the last year and a half he has been able to put it together better than ever before.
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Specifications Dunlop FX 500 Tour V2
| Head Size: 98 in / 632.26 cm |
| Length: 27in / 68.58cm |
| Strung Weight:11.4oz / 323g |
| Balance: 12.79in / 32.49cm / 6 pts HL |
| Swingweight: 317 |
| Stiffness: 65 |
| Beam Width: 21mm / 23mm / 21mm |
| Composition: Sonic Core Infinergy/Graphite |
| Power Level: Low-Medium |
| Stroke Style: Medium-Full |
| Swing Speed: Medium-Fast |
| Racquet Colors:Blue |
| Grip Type: Dunlop Synthetic |
| String Pattern:16 Mains / 19 Crosses Mains skip: 7T,9T,7H,9H One Piece No Shared Holes |
| String Tension: 45-65 pounds |
Biography
Alexei Popyrin, born in Sydney in 1999 (5th August), began his tennis journey at an academy already at around 4 years of age. At 8 years old the family moved to Dubai and two years later, relocated to Alicante, Spain. Nowadays he’s seen training at places like Marbella, Sydney, Nice and Dubai.
He has trained at the Mouratoglou Tennis Academy since 2017 and he can speak English, Russian and Spanish.
Career
His junior years were successful and started off by winning the Australian u12s Grasscourt Championships in 2011. In 2013, Popyrin started competing in ITF Junior circuit and, eventually in 2017 he reached the semi-finals of the junior doubles event, at the 2017 Australian Open. Following several tournament trophies, while ranked 2nd in the Juniors Singles, Alexei Popyrin decided to switch to the professional circuit in 2017.
His professional career started by winning the French Open junior title followed by his first professional ITF title in Poland, in July 2017, that win got him into the Top 1000. His aggressive playing style and powerful serve quickly caught the eye of many tennis fans. The following year he made his Grand Slam debut at the 2018 Australian Open.
Popyrin achieved a career-high no 23 ranking in August 2024 following an extremely strong performance at the Montreal Open.
Notable Statistics
As of August 2024;
Alexei Popyrin has played a total of 191 singles professional matches in his career, 85 wins and 106 losses.
He has won 3 ATP titles and has received a total of $5,783,383 in prize money.
His current ATP rank is 28th.
Serve Statistics
| Category | Statistic |
| Aces | 1729 |
| Double Faults | 669 |
| 1st Serve Success Rate | 61% |
| 1st Serve Points Won | 75% |
| 2nd Serve Points Won | 50% |
| Break Points Faced | 1246 |
| Break Points Saved | 65% |
| Service Games Played | 2468 |
| Service Games Won | 82% |
| Total Service Points Won | 65% |
Return Stats
| Category | Statistic |
| 1st Serve Return Points Won | 26% |
| 2nd Serve Return Points Won | 46% |
| Break Point Opportunities | 1134 |
| Break Points Converted | 33% |
| Return Games Played | 2484 |
| Return Games Won | 15% |
| Total Return Points Won | 33% |
| Total Points Won | 49% |
Player Details
Alexei Popyrin plays right-handed with a two-handed backhand and is known for his aggressive style on the courts, where he is always confident of winning, no matter who the opponent is.
Player Style
His powerful serve is the first thing that most would mention about Alexei Popyrin. Usually we see a high success rate in first serves where he has great control. On returns, Popyrin’s accuracy and ability to score break-points shows further his skills when it comes to neutralizing opponent’s serves. He’s a player that is tough to break down and usually performs well under pressure.
Coaching and Team
Popyrin has been training at Patrick Mouratoglou’s academy since April 2017.
Currently his coaches are Neville Godwin and Xavier Malisse.
Social Media and Fun Facts
Fans can follow Alexei on his official Instagram (@alexeipopyrin) where he has 77k followers or on his x.com account (@alexeipopyrin99) with around 5,500 followers
- Favorite tennis shot: Forehand
- Favorite teams: Everton FC and Portland Trail Blazers
- He once served as a ballboy at a Dubai ATP 500 tournament
- His nickname is Pop
6 comments
Do you know what racket Tiafoe or Cameron Norrie use underneath their current paint jobs?
Hi,
Tiafoe is using a VCORE Duel G 97 and Norrie is using a Pure Control with a Pure Strike VS paint job.
Cheers / Jonas
Ah the great Pure Control series. I had a Pure Control Tour for a while and loved it so much. The access too power from a players racket was actually nice.
That’d be a racket review I would love to watch!
How do these young players get introduced to the classic racquets?
Really good question. Possibly HEAD gives them a few samples when they try to sign them or they get to borrow a PT57A for example early on. Shame these pro stocks are not commercially available.
Thank you, Tennisnerd! And yes, I wholeheartedly agree.