Found an excellent list of tennis racquets used by ATP pros at tennisthis but I would just like to add that a quite large percentage is not using the actual model found in the store, but a paint job of it with an older or different model underneath. Some of them use highly customized versions of the retail models, but very few use the actual retail versions without modifications. Lots of people know this, but the majority of people following or playing tennis does not.
Why is it like this? Well, tennis companies need to sell racquets and ATP professionals are the perfect ambassadors. However, using a racquet is a highly personal thing and a lot of tweaking goes into the process. And, if you started using a particular model as a junior and found lots of success with it, why change? So the racquet companies then paint the racquet to look like their new models, sporting their new technologies. Some of which seem to work and others which don’t.
So I will here post the excellent list from TennisThis and call it: “Tennis Racquets endorsed by the ATP pros”
Do you want to know if a particular pro is playing with said racquet? Write a comment and I will see if I can find out.
Adrian Mannarino – Babolat AeroPro Drive (2013)
Albert Ramos Vinolas – Babolat Pure Drive Plus
Alejandro Falla – Babolat Pure Storm Tour GT
Alex Bogomolov Jr. (retired) – Prince EXO3 100 Tour (18×20)
Alexander Peya – Wilson Blade 98 (18×20)
Alexander Zverev – Head Graphene XT Speed MP A
Alexandr Dolgopolov – Wilson Pro Staff 95S
Aljaz Bedene – Tecnifibre TFight 315 Ltd. TP ATP (18×20)
Andreas Beck – Wilson Pro Staff 97
Andreas Seppi – ProKennex Q Tour (2013)
Andy Murray – Head YouTek Graphene Radical Pro
Andy Roddick (retired) – Babolat Pure Drive Roddick Plus
Benjamin Becker – Babolat Pure Strike 100
Bernard Tomic – Head YouTek Graphene Radical Midplus
Benoit Paire – Babolat AeroPro Drive (2013)
Bjorn Fratangelo – Babolat Pure Aero
Bob & Mike Bryan – Prince Tour 95
Borna Coric – Yonex VCORE Tour F 97
Brian Baker (retired?)- Babolat AeroPro Drive (2013)
Bruno Soares – Wilson Six.One 95 BLX (18×20)
David Ferrer – Babolat Pure Drive
David Nalbandian (retired) – Yonex RDiS 100 Midplus
Denis Istomin – Tecnifibre TFight 325 VO2 Max
Denis Kudla – Technifibre TFight 325 VO2 Max
Dimitry Tursunov – Wilson Blade 98 (18×20)
Donald Young – Tecnifibre TFight 315 Dynacore
Dudi Sela – Wilson Blade 98 (18×20)
Edouard Roger Vasselin – Babolat Pure Drive Plus
Ernests Gulbis – Wilson Burn 100
Fabio Fognini – Babolat Pure Drive Plus
Federico Delbonis – Babolat Pure Aero
Feliciano Lopez – Wilson Juice 100 BLX
Fernando Gonzales (retired) – Babolat Pure Storm GT
Fernando Verdasco – Head Graphene XT Speed Pro
Filippo Volandri – Head YouTek IG Prestige MidPlus
Florian Mayer – Head Graphene Prestige MidPlus
Frank Dancevic – Wilson ProStaff RF 97
Gael Monfils – Wilson Blade 98 (18×20)
Giles Simon – Head Graphene XT Prestige Midplus
Grigor Dimitrov – Wilson Pro Staff 97S
Guido Pella – Wilson Blade 98 (18×20)
Guillermo Garcia-Lopez – Head YouTek IG Prestige Pro
Horia Tecau – WIlson Six.One 95 BLX (16×18)
Igor Sijsling – Wilson Six.One 95 BLX (16×18)
Ivan Dodig – Head Graphene Radical Midplus
Ivan Ljubicic (retired) – Head YouTek IG Extreme Pro
Ivo Karlovic – Head YouTek IG Radical Pro
Jack Sock – Babolat Pure Aero
Janko Tipsarevic – Tecnifibre TFight 325 TP ATP
Jarkko Nieminen – Wilson Six.One 95 BLX (16×18)
Jeremy Chardy – Head YouTek Graphene Radical MidPlus
Jerzy Janowicz – Babolat Pure Aero
Jesse Levine – Babolat Pure Drive
Jiri Vesely – Wilson Blade 98 (18×20)
Joao Sousa – Wilson Juice 100 BLX
John Isner – Prince Warrior 100
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga – Babolat Pure Aero
Julian Reister – Wilson Juice 100 BLX
Juan Ignacio Chela (retired) – 2011 Babolat Pure Storm GT
Juan Martin Del Potro (injured) – Wilson K Factor KSix-One 95 (16×18)
Juan Monaco – Yonex VCORE Si 98
Julien Benneteau – Babolat Pure Drive Plus (2012)
Jurgen Melzer – Dunlop Biomimetic 300 Tour
Kei Nishikori – Wilson Burn 100
Kenny De Schepper – Babolat AeroPro Drive (2013)
Kevin Anderson – Srixon Revo X 2.0 Tour
Leonardo Mayer – Wilson Pro Staff 97
Lleyton Hewitt – Yonex VCORE Tour 97
Lucas Pouille – Prince Textreme Tour 100P
Lukas Rosol – Wilson Pro Staff 97
Lukas Lacko – Wilson Blade 98 (18×20)
Matthew Ebden – Head Graphene Instinct MP
Marcel Granollers – Wilson Burn 100 Team
Marcelo Melo – Babolat AeroPro Drive GT
Marcin Matkowski – Babolat Pure Drvie
Marco Baghdatis – Head YOUTEK Graphene Speed Pro
Mardy Fish (retired) – Wilson Pro Staff 97
Mariusz Fyrstenberg – Babolat Pure Storm GT
Marin Cilic – Head Graphene Prestige Rev Pro
Marinko Matosevic – Head YouTek Graphene Radical MidPlus
Martin Klizan – Head YouTek IG Prestige Midplus
Max Mirnyi – Wilson SixOne Team BLX
Michal Przysiezny – Wilson Blade 98 (18×20)
Michael Llodra (retired) – Wilson BLX Juice Pro
Michael Russell (retired) – Babolat Pure Drive
Mikhail Kukushkin – Head Graphene Speed MP
Mikhail Youzhny – Head YouTek IG Extreme Pro
Milos Raonic – Wilson Blade 98 (18×20)
Nick Kyrgios – Yonex EZONE DR 98
Nicolas Almagro – Volkl Power Bridge 10 98
Nicolas Mahut – Wilson Steam 99
Nikolay Davydenko – Babolat AeroPro Drive
Novak Djokovic – Head Graphene XT Speed Pro
Pablo Carreno Busta – Wilson Blade 98 (18×20)
Pablo Cuevas – Head Graphene Prestige Midplus
Paul Henri Mathieu – Wilson Steam 99
Peter Gojowczyk – Head Graphene Prestige Midplus
Philipp Kohlschreiber – Wilson Pro Staff 97
Radek Stpanek – Head YouTek Graphene Speed MP
Rafael Nadal – Babolat Pure Aero PLAY
Ricardas Beraniks – Yonex Tour G
Richard Gasquet – Head Graphene XT Extreme Pro
Roberto Bautista Agut – Wilson Pro Staff 97
Robert Lindstedt – Wilson Six.One 95 BLX (16×18)
Robin Soderling (retired) – Head YouTek IG Prestige Midplus
Roger Federer – Wilson ProStaff RF 97 Autograph
Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo – Babolat Pure Drive Plus
Ryan Harrison – Babolat AeroPro Drive
Sam Groth – Babolat Pure Aero
Sam Querry – Babolat Pure Aero
Santiago Giraldo – Babolat Pure Strike Tour (18×20)
Sergiy Stakhovsky – Head Graphene Speed XT MP A
Somdev Devvarman – Babolat Pure Drive
Stanislas Wawrinka – Yonex VCORE Tour G 330
Steve Darcis – Wilson Pro Staff 97
Stevie Johnson – Babolat Pure Aero
Tatsuma Ito – Wilson Burn 100 Team
Taylor Fritz – Head Graphene Radical Midplus
Teymuraz Gabashvili – Head YouTek Graphene Speed Pro
Thanasi Kokkinakis – Babolat Aero Pro Drive Plus
Thomaz Bellucci – Wilson Pro Staff 97
Tim Smyczek – Dunlop Biomimetic F3.0 Tour
Tobias Kamke – Head YouTek IG Prestige MidPlus
Tomas Berdych –Head Graphene XT Instinct MP
Tommy Haas – Head Graphene Prestige Midplus
Tommy Robredo – Dunlop Biomimetic M 6.0
Vasek Pospisil – Wilson Burn 100
Victor Estrella Burgos – Babolat Pure Drive Plus
Viktor Troicki – Babolat Pure Aero
Yen-Hsun Lu – Head YouTek IG Extreme Pro 2.0
