Slazenger Phantom

[Amone]

Does anyone know anything about this frame? I saw it on the web and thought it looked absolutely fascinating, and I wanted to know if anyone could tell me anything about it.

http://www.woodtennis.com/sampras/slazphantom.jpg

[snoflewis]

Does anyone know anything about this frame? I saw it on the web and thought it looked absolutely fascinating, and I wanted to know if anyone could tell me anything about it.

http://www.woodtennis.com/sampras/slazphantom.jpg

lol...i actually have one lying around in my room. pretty hard racket to play with since it's much stiffer than a woodie and really has no power at all.

[sttihms]

I have a phantom gold, haven't played with it much.

[Amone]

lol...i actually have one lying around in my room. pretty hard racket to play with since it's much stiffer than a woodie and really has no power at all.

What's it made of, graphite?

[Bud]

It is 100% Graphite :D

[Virginia]

The Slazenger Phantom was apparently discontinued shortly after it was released, because it tended to break - in the throat area I think it was.

There is some argument as to when it was released, Kuebler's book mentioning 1974 (which seems extraordinary) but a German tennis mag mentions it as newly released in 1978.

Does anyone have any further imformation about the release date?