Roger Federer HPS 6.0 paint job racket (Close up pics)

[BreakPoint]

Originally Posted by radionise

Actually, has Roger ever played with the HPS Tour 95"? There are some pictures around this forum where the HPS Tour-painted rackets that he used had 16x18 string pattern - that could only be the 95" version.

No, those were PS 6.0 85's painted to look like HPS 6.0 95 Tours. The PS 6.0 85 also has a 16x18 string pattern.

[kimbahpnam]

Why did the PS 6.0 switch to "6.1" when the design pretty much stayed the same? ie. Why isn't it K-Factor 6.0 Tour 90?

[fab_ireland]

nice racquets

[BreakPoint]

Originally Posted by kimbahpnam

Why did the PS 6.0 switch to "6.1" when the design pretty much stayed the same? ie. Why isn't it K-Factor 6.0 Tour 90?

That's the $64,000 Question. My guess is that when they introduced the nCodes, Wilson changed from a numerical nomenclature to an alphabetical one, so "6.1" became "Six-One". If they stayed with the same "SI" rating for the Tour 90, it would have become the "Six-Zero", and perhaps they didn't want to have the name "Zero" associated with their flagship racquet, thus, they changed it also to "Six-One". Of course, it makes almost no sense to anyone to call both the 95 and the Tour 90 both "Six-One" because they are completely different racquets. And just to add to the confusion, they even gave both of the the same paintjob. How annoying is that?

[Equijet]

Originally Posted by roundiesee

Gorgeous! Thanks for posting Equijet! Do you have other sticks belonging to other pros?

I'll post more photos of other legendary pro players' rackets soon. It should be very interesting!

[Sinner]

Originally Posted by Equijet

I'll post more photos of other legendary pro players' rackets soon. It should be very interesting!

Anxious to see more!!! Thanks again for your efforts!

[leonidas1982]

Originally Posted by Equijet

I'll post more photos of other legendary pro players' rackets soon. It should be very interesting!

I am hoping for a certain pro's racquet and the much talked about prototype.

[Racquet Man]

Originally Posted by Equijet

I'll post more photos of other legendary pro players' rackets soon. It should be very interesting!

Equijet, you have a very impressive collection (at least from what we have seen so far!).

Couple of questions if you don't mind:

Your racquets appear to be player made but not player used, is that correct?

What are you doing with that collection. It look squite extensive. Do you exhibit it? Do use any of the racquets? are you planning on selling it?

Did you buy the racquets or where they given to you by the players or their agents, or the manufacturer directly?

[Racquet Man]

Originally Posted by Equijet

I'll post more photos of other legendary pro players' rackets soon. It should be very interesting!

Equijet, you have a very impressive collection (at least from what we have seen so far!).

Couple of questions if you don't mind:

Your racquets appear to be player made but not player used, is that correct?

What are you doing with that collection. It look squite extensive. Do you exhibit it? Do use any of the racquets? are you planning on selling it?

Did you buy the racquets or where they given to you by the players or their agents , or the manufacturer directly?

[topspin92]

You could sell those bad boys for a lot of money...

[m1stuhxsp4rk5]

any news on the sampras racket ejiquet?

[Equijet]

Originally Posted by Racquet Man

Equijet, you have a very impressive collection (at least from what we have seen so far!).

Couple of questions if you don't mind:

Your racquets appear to be player made but not player used, is that correct?

What are you doing with that collection. It look squite extensive. Do you exhibit it? Do use any of the racquets? are you planning on selling it?

Did you buy the racquets or where they given to you by the players or their agents , or the manufacturer directly?

Some of the rackets were used by the pros and some of those are in pristine condition, those rackets are not for exhibition purpose, they are only being stored in my own stash. As I mentioned on pervious thread that I never spend any cent to buy those rackets, they were gifts from those tennis pros who actually made the history in the tournaments. Of course some of the rackets have never been played and preserved in mint condition.

I don't play with my collections because they were specifically customized for particular pros and they aren't suitable for my playing style. Also, I have my own favorable rackets what have been using for over decade.

I don't have intention to sell my collections away yet but I may consider to share some duplications to someone who are interested. But it should be very difficult to estimate the market value for those rackets as you can imagine that they didn't come with price tags and it is not a good idea for selling those historical rackets as commercial objective. Would you advise any suggestion for sharing those rackets to somebody?

[Equijet]

Originally Posted by BreakPoint

Wow!! How many of these Federer paintjobs do you have? Are these the 90 or the 85?

Half of them are 90 sq in and another half are 85 sq in. Hope you enjoy the photos!

[ericsson]

Equijet, please drop me a mail (click on the Yahoo icon), i need to ask you something...

[gerli]

Originally Posted by m1stuhxsp4rk5

any news on the sampras racket ejiquet?

Just checked the P1 homepage. Go to www.p1tennis.com and the to contacts.
Here you could see the new SAMPRAS racquet.

[pennc94]

Originally Posted by gerli

Just checked the P1 homepage. Go to www.p1tennis.com and the to contacts.
Here you could see the new SAMPRAS racquet.

Interesting....

[Robbie_1988]

Originally Posted by pennc94

Interesting....

WHOA! MATE THAT'S ONE SLICK LOOKIN RACQUET.

[leonidas1982]

Originally Posted by Robbie_1988

WHOA! MATE THAT'S ONE SLICK LOOKIN RACQUET.

That looks tasty. I have to give credit to Wilson for incorporating the minimalist paint job of the PS with K90's vividness. Are we looking at a Christmas release or early next year?

[Robbie_1988]

I wonder if it plays anything like the PS 6.0 85

[leonidas1982]

Originally Posted by Robbie_1988

I wonder if it plays anything like the PS 6.0 85

and if it's reasonably priced.