Tall guys grip size

fredbeer

New User
Anyone know what grip size the taller guys use? I'm 6'4" with large hands and I find a 5/8 fits good. But to use an overgrip, I have to go with 1/2, otherwise it's too big.
 

bigfoot910

Rookie
I know that Dr. Ivo uses a monster 5 1/8 grip... That's a beast...

I think most of the other guys around our size (I'm the same size as you), use around a 4 1/2 with an overgrip...

I use a 5/8 with an overgrip and really never had a problem...
 

ag200boy

Hall of Fame
im 6'0 and i use 1/2 w/ an overgrip and its too big, but i like small grips..
 
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i'm 5'5'' and use a 4 1/2 with overgrip. I've always wondered if i was using too big of a grip. When i first started playing i actually used to use a 4 5/8 with an overgrip.
 

Tennisguy777

Professional
I am 5 10" use a Dunlop 4 5/8 with 3 overgrips. The Head radical 4 5/8 I put a whole new original grip on top. My friends call my racquets the "Bats" or the "Louisvilles"
 

Tennisguy777

Professional
Here is the Proof

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samster

Hall of Fame
I am 5 10" use a Dunlop 4 5/8 with 3 overgrips. The Head radical 4 5/8 I put a whole new original grip on top. My friends call my racquets the "Bats" or the "Louisvilles"

Very nice. Love it. At one point I had 4 5/8 with 2 overgrips, but that was over 10 years ago.
 

RanchDressing

Hall of Fame
Anyone know what grip size the taller guys use? I'm 6'4" with large hands and I find a 5/8 fits good. But to use an overgrip, I have to go with 1/2, otherwise it's too big.

This is a kind of a pointless question.
Whatever fits you.
Me im like 5'10" (i should grow till im about 6'-6'3" maybe more) but right now a babolat 1/2 (witch is about 5/8 i think, only because babolat grips are a small amount bigger) with overgrip and its abit small.
Nadal uses a small grip by almost anyone's standards, and he is pretty large.
Same with federer.....
The problem for me is on my 2hbh where the grip isnt long enough.
Some times i end up gripping the rubber grip holder after i move it up closer to the neck off the actual grip with my top hand and put it as low as possible with my dominant hand (without coming off the racquet)
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basically what im saying is that size doesnt always have a corralation to you hand size (which is what really correlates with grip size)
I play pretty wristy and my grip is a tight index finger width between fingers and palm.
ive got a bigger hand than my coach who is a very big amount larger than me (mass and height)
 
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zacinnc78

Professional
just ordered an ag200 with 4 5/8 grip....cant wait ...ive been using 4 3/8 with 2 overgips and cant stand itcant feel the bevels and still feels too small and unstable ...im 6' (the bigger grips really feel better on the OHBH,and i imagine will help with the palm blister)
 

ClubHoUno

Banned
I'm 6' 4" and use 4 1/2 + 1 normal overgrip on both my Wilsons and Babolat's and 4 1/2 with 1 thin overgrip and 1 normal overgrips on my Head MG PP's.
 

Jonny S&V

Hall of Fame
I'm 5'10" and I use a 4 3/8 with leather replacement and 1 tournagrip XL and have never really had a problem with twisting (biggish hands and 6'2'' wingspan).
 
I'm not that tall (just under 6 ft 1). My hands are large....I get XL or sometimes XXL ski gloves.

By the traditional way of measuring for grip size, I ought to use a 5 and a quarter or a 5 and 3/8. Like Pete Sampras, I use a 4 and 3/4 with one overgrip. It feels small, I guess, but I love it.
 

samster

Hall of Fame
I'm not that tall (just under 6 ft 1). My hands are large....I get XL or sometimes XXL ski gloves.

By the traditional way of measuring for grip size, I ought to use a 5 and a quarter or a 5 and 3/8. Like Pete Sampras, I use a 4 and 3/4 with one overgrip. It feels small, I guess, but I love it.

Man, you got big hands.
 

Cup8489

G.O.A.T.
5 10 and use 4 3/8.

hands are just randomly small. they dont match the rest of me (big forearms, upper arms, well pretty much every muscle group, big feet too. size 12 1/2)

it's odd. but whatever works.
 
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Deleted member 25923

Guest
I use a yonex rdx500mp w/ 2 overgrips, but these feel like a grip size too small.
 
5 10 and use 4 3/8.

hands are just randomly small. they dont match the rest of me (big forearms, upper arms, well pretty much every muscle group, big feet too. size 12 1/2)

it's odd. but whatever works.
That's interesting. I'm 5'10", wear size 11 shoes (I'd wear 10 1/2 but my feet are too wide for them to fit comfortably), and have a 4 1/2" grip with an overgrip that fits like a glove. And I feel my muscles and frame are pretty average sized (31" waist, small or medium shirts, etc).
 

hyperwarrior

Professional
I'm 6'1" and I use 4 3/8 grip with overgrip.
Yes...I have small hand but it's good enough to hold a racquet and a woman.
 

autumn_leaf

Hall of Fame
5 ft 9 in. wear size 13-14 shoes (US size). when i used the measuring method on tw with a ruler it said i should use a 5/8 and that's what i currently use.
 
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