Original pure control.

[Dave M]

Does anybody know if any ppro's used the first gen pure control?
cheers all.

[Hidious]

Gonzales i think. And Stosur maybe?

[Dave M]

Originally Posted by Hidious

Gonzales i think. And Stosur maybe?

Hi, thanks for chipping in but they use (or used) the second gen frame.

[nycoara]

Kenneth Carlsen too.
I have Kenneth Carlsen's and Gonzales's sticks.

They used Pure Control Competition.
PPC have without Woofer grommets and 1st gen material and layers.

Few top players ( include Sam Stosur) use Pure control 3rd gen with Pure Storm paint, NOT PCC.

Pls check this pics.

http://twitpic.com/5qxw6w

Thanks


nycoara

[Ross K]

I'd just like to resurrect this thread if I may, as I'm confused by this post a bit.

Originally Posted by nycoara

Kenneth Carlsen too.
I have Kenneth Carlsen's and Gonzales's sticks.

They used Pure Control Competition.
PPC have without Woofer grommets and 1st gen material and layers.

Few top players ( include Sam Stosur) use Pure control 3rd gen with Pure Storm paint, NOT PCC.

Pls check this pics.

http://twitpic.com/5qxw6w

Thanks


nycoara

I thought Gonzo used the the Pure Control + Swirly (2nd Generation, I think), not the Pure Control Competition?

And as for Stosur, I definitely didn't think she used the one in the above link, i.e., the PC Team (2003 it came out IIRC).

I don't know. Maybe my info is completely wrong, or maybe I've misunderstood what the OP is saying, so if nycoara, or ericsson, McLovin, LP Shanet, Dave M, or other PC connoisseurs could please confirm this to be true/false, give further info, that would be much appreciated.

Also, I'm extremely curious as to Stosur's specs. Does anyone know for sure, or have a pretty good idea?

TIA

[jimbo333]

Ross, I don't know if this in any help, but I have one of Carlsen's rackets.



It's a really strange one, sorry for the photo, only one I have and the racket is in storage. The grommet channel is different to any other Pure Control including the swirly, this seems to be a unique pro mold, and it has the grommets from the 1st Generation Pure Control, including the "wings" at 3 and 9 o'clock, very odd indeed!

Looking at the post you quoted though, what is the Pure Control Competition? I've never heard of it, maybe that's what this mold above is?

[Dave M]

Cheers for the pics, some nice frames you have there.
This is the frame I am talking about.

[nycoara]

I know.

My pro's sticks ar Paint job on 1st gen Pure control.

And One more, D. Hachukova used same stick with "TEAM" paint job stick.

[vsbabolat]

Originally Posted by nycoara

I know.

My pro's sticks ar Paint job on 1st gen Pure control.

And One more, D. Hachukova used same stick with "TEAM" paint job stick.

I always thought Hantuchova used the Pure Control TEAM.

You can see woofer grommets, the groove at the ends of the throat bridge, the much wider beam and the 16x20 string pattern.

[nycoara]

LOL
Many players change to new spec or new paint, and often they choice old spec or old paint job.
this Daniela's picks is shoted at just that time when she used PC with woofer or take pics for ad.
Just now, She use Yonex.
JM. Del using old pain sticks that have more old specks.
But Wilson ad said He use new Steam (or Juice??)
If you want to talk real sticks, plas use engeniering code.
TGK or PT or TX,,,,,Babolat's have five numbers for pro's sticks.

[vsbabolat]

Originally Posted by nycoara

LOL
Many players change to new spec or new paint, and often they choice old spec or old paint job.
this Daniela's picks is shoted at just that time when she used PC with woofer or take pics for ad.
Just now, She use Yonex.
JM. Del using old pain sticks that have more old specks.
But Wilson ad said He use new Steam (or Juice??)
If you want to talk real sticks, plas use engeniering code.
TGK or PT or TX,,,,,Babolat's have five numbers for pro's sticks.

I've known about paint jobs for about 25 years now. That's not a ad for Daniela. That was taken at the Old Women's German Open when she was the hot new player on the tennis seen.
Daniela does not use Yonex any longer. For the last 5 years she has used Prince.

Here she is again in Miami using the real Pure Control TEAM with Woofer grommets and 16x20 in Miami at the then Nasdaq.

[Dave M]

Originally Posted by nycoara

LOL
Many players change to new spec or new paint, and often they choice old spec or old paint job.
this Daniela's picks is shoted at just that time when she used PC with woofer or take pics for ad.
Just now, She use Yonex.
JM. Del using old pain sticks that have more old specks.
But Wilson ad said He use new Steam (or Juice??)
If you want to talk real sticks, plas use engeniering code.
TGK or PT or TX,,,,,Babolat's have five numbers for pro's sticks.

Yes i'm aware of all that, but in the first photo i posted it's a box beam frame, plays nicely, I just wandered if anyone knew if they had any pro's using that frame back then before the second gen swirly painted frames came out in '98 ish?

[ART ART]

Originally Posted by Dave M

Cheers for the pics, some nice frames you have there.
This is the frame I am talking about.

I have one here with me!

Solid racket, very nice feel, it's used somethimes as a backup racket.

[MarrratSafin]

The actual original Pure Control is a different paintjob, really nice imho. And yes 16x18, 335g unstrung.

[Dave M]

Do you have some of the ones i have in the photo above your post paited as the "team" version then?

[Dave M]

is that not a pure control team in that photo vs?

[vsbabolat]

Originally Posted by Dave M

is that not a pure control team in that photo vs?

Looks like it to me.

[Shaolin]

Maybe Chela, Ginepri.

[vsbabolat]

Originally Posted by Shaolin

Maybe Chela, Ginepri.

Pure Control Team.

[Dave M]

Thanks Ericsson, I had forgotten about him! Strikes me that it is such a nice frame to use, seems suprising that not many used it at the time.