Roddick Racquet History

[david aames]

From andyroddick.com... Pictures anyone (of the Yamaha)?

What as your first tennis racquet that you ever played with?

ANDY: When I was 3 years old I had a small wooden racquet called the Youngster Pro (I think). My first official sponsorship was with Yamaha. I loved their powerful and light racquet…Reminds me of my current Babolat racquet. Good question…thanks!

[Colpo]

"My first official sponsorship was with Yamaha. I loved their powerful and light racquet…Reminds me of my current Babolat racquet."

A Yamaha, really? Assuming the sponsorship was about 10-12 years ago, making him about 11-13 years old then and circa 1993-1995 (rough math), was it an EOS model? Note Andy's emphasis on "light." The Secrets were over by then, no?

[AndrewD]

Could have been their last gasp as a company, Colpo. I was under the impression that, before using Babolat, Roddick was using Prince.

[Prostaffer]

he did say his first was yamaha and he jumped too his current babolat situation.

they didn't ask racquet history, just his first stick. he probably went with prince after yamaha.