Today I hit with the Wilson T-2000 !

[NLBwell]

I couldn't play decently with the T2000 back when it was popular. Certainly couldn't play well with it now.

[yourmailman]

That was all I had for many years. I liked it, especially the heaviness of it.

[_skunk_]

All those metal rackets were junk, never liked could really not understand how people could use those clubs.

[yourmailman]

I think Jimmy Connors might disagree with you.

[_skunk_]

Originally Posted by yourmailman

I think Jimmy Connors might disagree with you.

I know and i liked him a lot.

But I never understood how you can leave the wood rackets for those ones. I also remember that a journalist who knows Connors personally, during a broadcast of a tennis match of Connors, said that the beginning of 80's Connors he searching for T2000 pubblishing adds in the newspapers.

[yourmailman]

I remember that. Too bad auction websites weren't around back then.

[gavna]

Originally Posted by _skunk_

All those metal rackets were junk, never liked could really not understand how people could use those clubs.

Not true....the PDP Open, Dunlop Volley, Head Pro and first generation of the Prince and then the Prince Pro were all very solid sticks that players from the Tour to weekend hackers could and did succeed with.

The T2000 was a very different animal - the flex, tubular frame and looped stringing system created a freaking rocket launcher. Even Jimbo couldn't use it in stock form he added TONs of lead tape sometimes from the throat all the way around and in 2 or 3 or 4 layers! He would peel off or add on in practice based on ow he felt or the conditions. His sticks had to have been so head heavy and over 14oz easy at times.

[yourmailman]

I still lead up my Biomimetc 100's to about 12.9 ounces. Like I said, I like a sturdy, heavy stick.

[LeeD]

Head Master was prolly the first really good alloy racket. Then Pro and YonexOPS's were excellent because they were stiff and swung fast.
Wilson's steel rackets were great for redirection of the ball, great for controlled swings to produce power, great for precise swings.
Horrid for fast swings....control wise.

[yourmailman]

I've always been told I have a pretty fast swing, and I don't recall having any issues with control with the T-2000's.

[LeeD]

That's your problem, you listen to other's, while YOU should be the judge.
If you had fast strokes, you could hit ATP level shots with almost any racket, and you'd not be searching for new rackets.
But you don't, and worse, you listen to what your peers and friends say, and they are at WHAT level?

[yourmailman]

I wouldn't say that I am searching for new racquets.

I went from the T-2000 to an Aerogel 500 Tour in 2009 (about 35 years. give or take). Stayed with that and a couple of the new version Maxply McEnroe's that I picked up (which are basically the same racquet).

I switched to the Biomimetic 100 this year trying to find something that played more like the T-2000.

Actually, I'm not worried about what "they" say. It's what feels good to me. My comment was that I didn't have control problems with the T-2000, even with a fast swing.

[yourmailman]

Also, I was playing with my T-2000's when I got back into tennis and was holding my own against players using modern racquets. I didn't win a lot, but I was competitive.

I still carry one T-2000 and a Donnay Borg Pro with me most of the time. Sometimes after a match, my opponent and I will play a tie-break set with the old style racquets.

Remember, that last year in the Champions Tennis Circuit, Todd Martin pulled out his old Pro Staff when he broke a string on his modern racquet and won the match with it.

If Jimmy Connors gets healthy and starts playing on that tour, maybe he will pull out a T-2000.

[chrischris]

Flexy springy bendable racket ,original but a clone of the Lacoste steel racket .
For Jimbo they worked well to say the least, good for flat dirves and sidespin forehand.
Not the most stable of frames when off center hits occur, bends over.
'A French fry of a racket'

[yourmailman]

Actually, it is the Lacoste racquet. He licensed it to Wilson to sell in America.

Love the "french fry" analogy, though.

[3fees]

I had a wilson T-2000, I liked my Fred Perry woodie better.

[yourmailman]

I went to a Donnay Borg Pro for a while, but it imploded after a while, so I went back to the trusty T-2000.

The Donnay was SO light compared to the Wilson. I liked it a lot, but I scraped it on the court so much that it weakened and finally collapsed.

I still have my two original T-2000's (still with ancient string jobs), and found a couple more online. I am currently at four. I have also acquired 2 Borg Pro's, one of which has never been strung.

[yourmailman]

My goal for this week is to restring one of my old T-2000s. I'll report back when done.

[Sanglier]

Originally Posted by yourmailman

My goal for this week is to restring one of my old T-2000s. I'll report back when done.

If you feel like being creative but don't want to go full spaghetti, have a look at listing 110985852887 on the big auction site. I might try this myself someday if I ever break a string on one of my T-series

[yourmailman]

Wow! $499 for a string job!