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History of Prestige – HEAD Legendary Racquets

by Jonas Eriksson February 12, 2018

written by Jonas Eriksson

A lot of racquetholics and racquet collectors think vintage/older HEAD racquets are about the best on the market with their flexible response and great touch. Will they ever bring them back? If you talk to people who are into tennis racquets, you’d be pretty sure they have a certain affinity for racquets pre-Graphene. Quite a large number of tennis professionals play with some kind of HEAD pro stock racquet based on an older model. One of the most legendary examples is Andy Murray who uses the 20 year-old racquet HEAD Pro Tour 630 in an open string pattern (pro stock code PT57A2), …

February 12, 2018 6 comments

Pro player racquets

Marin Cilic’s Tennis Racquet

by Jonas Eriksson January 26, 2018

written by Jonas Eriksson

Marin Cilic has shown the tennis world that he is a force to reckon with now that he’s made three grand slam finals and won at least one GS title, along with the Cincinnati masters title in 2016. But what racquet does he use? A lot of people are wondering what kind of frame gives Cilic the power to hit through the court and his opponents like that? I can tell you it’s a quite powerful frame, but not from the stiffness, but from being quite heavy in the head. The paint job is a HEAD Graphene Touch Prestige Mid (he used …

January 26, 2018 13 comments

Racquet Reviews

Wilson RF97 Autograph Review

by Jonas Eriksson April 20, 2015

written by Jonas Eriksson

I’ve been playing a lot of racquets lately, which is not a great strategy if you want to focus on your game, because too much attention is given to how the racquet plays and not how YOU play. Anyway, it is really important if you’re serious about your tennis that the racquet feels good in your hand. I had that feeling, and results to boot, with the beautiful Wilson Blade 93. But something happened that I hadn’t experienced before, wrist pains. My assumption was that it was due to the racquet’s stiffness rating (67) and that that together with the small …

April 20, 2015 1 comment