Loyal readers of Tennisnerd know that this site is very interested in tennis technology and gear, with a specific affection for tennis racquets and strings and we try to bring you fair and insightful information about the gear that is being released every year by such companies as Babolat, Wilson, Head, Tecnifibre, Volkl, ProKennex, Yonex etc. This article looks at what the racquet retailers produced in 2016, what were the big hits and misses and what can we see happening in 2017? PLAYERS ARE NOW “ENDORSING” RACQUETS After a couple of lawsuits in the industry, most retailers have shifted their …
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which racquets do the pros use?
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 …