Becker Gear: Fill In The Blanks

brinkeguthrie · Apr 25, 2021

Boris moved around from brand to brand.

Clothing:
Ellesse...Puma...Fila...Lotto

Racket: Puma...Estusa...Volkl..who knows. (Same mold used with a variety of cosmetics)

Shoes:
Puma...Diadora...Lotto

eah123 · Apr 25, 2021

This would be better if someone would post the photos of the gear.

vsbabolat · Apr 25, 2021

brinkeguthrie said:
Boris moved around from brand to brand.

Clothing:
Ellesse...Puma...Fila...Lotto

Racket: Puma...Volkl..who knows. (Same mold used with a variety of cosmetics)

Shoes:
Puma...Lotto

Racket: Puma then contracted HEAD to manufacture his frames for him

vandre · Apr 25, 2021

eah123 said:
This would be better if someone would post the photos of the gear.

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1985 (allegedly)

1986 (allegedly)
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1987 (allegedly)

1988

1989
(looks like fila clothes with diadora shoes)

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1990
(fila clothing with diadoras @ wimbledon)

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1991

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StringGuruMRT · Apr 28, 2021

As you can see in a couple of the above photos, he also wore Diadora shoes before switching to Lotto late in his career.

NicoMK · Apr 28, 2021

vsbabolat said:
Racket: Puma then contracted HEAD to manufacture his frames for him

Not to mention the deal with Estusa in between. Loved them too.

NicoMK · Apr 28, 2021

1991

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All great pics of an amazing player from pro tennis' golden period : the 80s.

teachingprotx · Apr 28, 2021

Young Boris used a adidas open throat wood frame then adidas gtx I think , then a puma vilas which he used the rest of his career with the super paint job . Then an estusa paint job for a hot second he did use a real estusa . Then switched to a head graphite pro for practice and exo matches then gave up and had his puma ( paint job super ) pressed out a large amount for himself and some others to be sold retail with no graphics only the same red and blue faded into each color paint scheme shared with his trusty puma “ super” ...just remember it want a real super it was the puma vilas under it all

brinkeguthrie · Apr 28, 2021

I wonder if anyone here knows what ESTUSA means.

vsbabolat · Apr 28, 2021

brinkeguthrie said:
I wonder if anyone here knows what ESTUSA means.

Established USA. I don’t believe it was an American company originally

NicoMK · Apr 28, 2021

vsbabolat said:
Established USA. I don’t believe it was an American company originally

Cool, didn't know this. I think the brand itself was from Taiwan though.

tonylg · Apr 28, 2021

vandre said:

ATP forehand?

brinkeguthrie · Apr 29, 2021

vsbabolat said:
Established USA. I don’t believe it was an American company originally

Emerson-Stolle-Tennis USA. ESTUSA

vsbabolat · Apr 29, 2021

brinkeguthrie said:
Emerson-Stolle-Tennis USA. ESTUSA

No, you’re making a mistake. It was Stolle-Emerson Tennis and the company was called SET. ESTUSA was a separate brand with no association to SET

brinkeguthrie · Apr 29, 2021

vsbabolat said:
No, you’re making a mistake. It was Stolle-Emerson Tennis and the company was called SET. ESTUSA was a separate brand with no association to SET

YOU are right sir. I stand corrected!

teachingprotx · Apr 29, 2021

tonylg said:
ATP forehand?

His forehand is still my all time fave ever to watch and unfortunately emulate .. poorly ... very poorly

BorgCash · Apr 30, 2021

brinkeguthrie said:
I wonder if anyone here knows what ESTUSA means.

it means USA and TSE (name of Taiwanese company owner) written backwards - EST. EST+USA=ESTUSA

BorgCash · Apr 30, 2021

teachingprotx said:
Young Boris used a adidas open throat wood frame then adidas gtx I think , then a puma vilas which he used the rest of his career with the super paint job . Then an estusa paint job for a hot second he did use a real estusa . Then switched to a head graphite pro for practice and exo matches then gave up and had his puma ( paint job super ) pressed out a large amount for himself and some others to be sold retail with no graphics only the same red and blue faded into each color paint scheme shared with his trusty puma “ super” ...just remember it want a real super it was the puma vilas under it all

Do you know what was that open throat adidas woodie, have a picture?

brinkeguthrie · Apr 30, 2021

teachingprotx said:
Young Boris used a adidas open throat wood frame then adidas gtx I think , then a puma vilas which he used the rest of his career with the super paint job . Then an estusa paint job for a hot second he did use a real estusa . Then switched to a head graphite pro for practice and exo matches then gave up and had his puma ( paint job super ) pressed out a large amount for himself and some others to be sold retail with no graphics only the same red and blue faded into each color paint scheme shared with his trusty puma “ super” ...just remember it want a real super it was the puma vilas under it all

Wasn't Becker using Puma before Vilas? Vilas went to the Puma frame post-Slazenger. Wow, these guys bounced around a lot.

ron schaap · May 1, 2021

Becker is even from another century so not interesting just as the racquet model he endorsed. That was a premium super wet noodle not suitable for playing tennis.

teachingprotx · May 1, 2021

Becker’s frame that he used was a 59 Ra. The Puma Boris Becker Super was a 64 Ra . A racket built in 1984 with a stiffness in the mid 60,s is hardly a noodle let alone a wet noodle . If Becker has no interest to you Ron ... then GO AWAY .

ron schaap · May 1, 2021

teachingprotx said:
Becker’s frame that he used was a 59 Ra. The Puma Boris Becker Super was a 64 Ra . A racket built in 1984 with a stiffness in the mid 60,s is hardly a noodle let alone a wet noodle . If Becker has no interest to you Ron ... then GO AWAY .

i dont go away. I played once the blue Becker racquet. It did suck big time. Probably only made from cheap fibreglass and no graphite. No power at all. I think even the old wooden Maxply racquets played better The fact that boomboom Boris endorses a certain model doesnt mean it is a good racquet.

Gerco · May 1, 2021

Those look like some sharp bevels, does anyone know his grip setup?

daddabompa · May 2, 2021

Gerco said:
Those look like some sharp bevels, does anyone know his grip setup?

I think he just used a single (Babolat) overgrip on the handle, no base grip.

Gerco · May 2, 2021

daddabompa said:
I think he just used a single (Babolat) overgrip on the handle, no base grip.

Thanks, it looks like it yeah.

Al Czervik · May 2, 2021

The Fila gear with the confetti was great.

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NicoMK · May 7, 2021

ron schaap said:
Becker is even from another century so not interesting just as the racquet model he endorsed. That was a premium super wet noodle not suitable for playing tennis.

John would say that some people on this board cannot be serious.

BorgCash · May 7, 2021

daddabompa said:
I think he just used a single (Babolat) overgrip on the handle, no base grip.

He used two overgrips without base grip.

BorgCash · May 7, 2021

ron schaap said:
Becker is even from another century so not interesting just as the racquet model he endorsed. That was a premium super wet noodle not suitable for playing tennis.

Becker is from the best (or one of the best with Borg era) tennis era.

tennistiger · May 9, 2021

vsbabolat said:
Established USA. I don’t believe it was an American company originally

Estusa owner was Jackson Tse. So He called it esT-USA.
Becker won AO 91 with Gripsy overgrip.
Becker also was close to a Nike contact in the 90s.

tennistiger · Aug 20, 2021

vsbabolat said:
Established USA. I don’t believe it was an American company originally

No, Jackson Tse combined his name turned backwards and USA: esT-USA

tennistiger · Aug 20, 2021

vsbabolat · Aug 20, 2021

tennistiger said:
Estusa owner was Jackson Tse. So He called it esT-USA.
Becker won AO 91 with Gripsy overgrip.
Becker also was close to a Nike contact in the 90s.

Becker was also very close to signing a contract with HEAD and the Graphite Pro TF was designed for him. In addition the Boris Becker World champion racquet was made by HEAD in Austria and the racquet Boris was using that was just blue and red with no writing was made for him by HEAD in Austria.

jmacdaununder2 · Aug 20, 2021

I had two Puma Boris Becker Supers with the adjustable handle; just read that the strung specs were around 364 grams static and 11 points hl with only a 310 sw. In my memory they were light and manoeuvrable serve volley racquets; I always wished that the handle adjustability was from 27” - 28”, not 26” - 27”, consequently I never really used this feature. In the end both racquets had a string loop on the outside of the frame at around 1 o’clock pull through the frame; I believe this was a not uncommon occurrence, along with rattling handles. I loved playing with them though. I remember playing some random pennant doubles match, receiving set point up against two right handers that were playing tandem - I’m a lefty - and accidentally sledge hammering a fashionably late off backhand off of a good serve down the middle back past the net man‘s backhand volley into the opposite doubles alley; both of the crowd applauded and just for a brief moment in time I was Boris - at least in mirror image.

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