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Federer minus grass; Nadal minus clay; Djokovic minus hard. Probably been debated but I didn't see it. Who's the best if you take away their best surface?

I recently picked up another odd racket. I've never seen this particular racket before. Based on the graphite composition and the head size I'm guessing that it dates from the late 1970's, maybe very early 1980's. It wears a WCT (World Championship Tennis) sticker which isn't much help but...

Rank these ten accomplishments in order of prestige: Australian open singles title; French open singles title; Wimbledon singles title; US Open singles title; Year-end championship singles title; Being ranked year-end number one in singles; Winning all Masters 1000/WTA Premier events in singles...

Like the title says, what is the greatest individual achievement in all of tennis? It can be something "big" like Rod Laver winning the calendar year grand slam twice or Steffi Graf winning the calendar year golden slam or something "small" like Sam Querrey hitting 10 aces in a row against...

Do you think a player, on playing accomplishments only, can make the Hall of Fame if they are never year end number 1 and never win a major? For example, what if they display never before seen consistency. Year end top 5 for 15 straight years? 25 straight major semi finals? 50 straight...

Here is an eight-sided "Mall Octagon" racket: and here is an eight-sided "Dunlop Polygon" racket: Both eight-sided and both correctly named. "Octa" meaning eight and "Poly" meaning many. ;)

I just picked up an interesting variant of the Wilson Hyper Pro Staff Carbon 5.0. This one is standard length, 95 sq in head, 12.3 ounces strung, but drilled with a 12 x 16 pattern. I'm quite tempted to hit with it just to feel the spin from such a wide string pattern in such a stiff racket...

I recently picked up a Tensor Fiber Glass mono-shaft which appears to be constructed with a fiber glass golf shaft. It got me thinking about how many other manufacturers in the 60's through early 80's used golf shafts in their racket design. Here is a picture of some of the golf shaft rackets...

I've seen many 70's era rackets spaghetti strung but I've never seen the Seamless/Seamco spaghetti strung. I recently came upon a stash of NOS rackets so I decided to take a crack at spaghetti stringing one. My advise: don't! What a PIA. If I had to do it again, I think I'd put in two more mains...

I've seen many 70's era rackets spaghetti strung but I've never seen the Seamless/Seamco spaghetti strung. I recently came upon a stash of NOS rackets so I decided to take a crack at spaghetti stringing one. My advise: don't! What a PIA. If I had to do it again, I think I'd put in two more...

I think the yellow "Professional" is the original Vario and the white version came along later. Both in the early 80's. Is this correct? image url upload

I just picked up a very interesting Pirelli Technort Stratos. These are fairly hard to come by and significantly more "over engineered" than other rackets that can be taken apart - like the Jenro. Here are some pictures: Does anyone have any other Pirelli models?

Who can tell me about this behemoth? I've been collecting rackets for quite some time but I've never run across this one. I thought the Gamma Big Bubba 32" was the only 32" racket. Are there others? Here is a picture of the Dunlop next to the Gamma. Dunlop also made another "illegal"...

Hazell Streamline Green Star (1935-36) T. A. Davis (TAD) Black Streak Horizontal (1933-1941) Spalding Futura (1935-1939) Craven Evertite (1927-1930)

Other than the Wilson T-x000s, are there others that I am missing?

Space T1 (left), Delta 2000 (center), Space T2 (right) Space T1 (left),Space T2 (right) Delta 2000 head

I've got two version "2" rackets where the redesign of the original unconventional racket did not seem to help much. Can anyone think of others? Here are the two Ergonoms. Ergonom I had a more squared off head compared to the more oval Ergonom II and, of course, a different color scheme but...

Here are four of my classic Fischers. Left to right: President S King Size Stan Smith Superform King Size Compound Powerspot

Here are my curved grip rackets. Top to bottom, left to right: NOS Erge Ceramic “Anatomic Plus” NOS Erge metal NOS Biosport Gripper ceramic “Golden Gripper” NOS Biosport Gripper metal 8/10 Sentra Marauder NOS Neoxxline Ergokinetic Does anyone have others? Please post some...

Can anyone top these for widest and narrowest stringing patterns? Left: Snauwaert Hi-Ten 25 (12x13) Right: Pro Kennex Micro-System (22x30)

I know this is a shot in the dark but does anyone have the stringing pattern/instructions for the Geostar racket? The racket is listed in my 1983-1984 USRSA Stringers Digest but it simply says "X's plus diagonal stringing. Contact USRSA." Any help appreciated. Here's a picture:

I know this is a shot in the dark but does anyone have the stringing pattern/instructions for the Geostar racket? The racket is listed in my 1983-1984 USRSA Stringers Digest but it simply says "X's plus diagonal stringing. Contact USRSA." Any help appreciated. Here's a picture:

I know this is a shot in the dark but does anyone have the stringing pattern/instructions for the Geostar racket? The racket is listed in my 1983-1984 USRSA Stringers Digest but it simply says "X's plus diagonal stringing. Contact USRSA." Any help appreciated. Here's a picture:

All of these rackets have been deemed illegal for sanctioned tournament play. Who wants to say why? P.S. I think a good argument could be made that three are not really illegal under a literal reading of the rules and another one could easily be made legal prior to play.

I have three rackets which have user adjustable length. These are pictured below. From left to right: Vollmer Parabolic Magnum, R a y c o Ruler and Puma Boris Becker Super. I know that there were several other variations of the Puma/Becker racket that were length adjustable but what other...

I bought a box of vintage string and tools and it contained an unusual awl. I've been stringing rackets for 40 years and haven't run across this tool. Is it used like modern "pathfinder" awls, to help push/pull strings through tight holes? The box also contained a package of four more of the...

I bought a box of vintage string and tools and it contained an unusual awl. I've been stringing rackets for 40 years and haven't run across this tool. Is it used like modern "pathfinder" awls, to help push/pull strings through tight holes? The box also contained a package of four more of the...

Here are my rackets with adjustable string tension on the racket. From left to right: MacGregor - Bergelin Longstring (Asics edition) Fischer - Superform Tuning Acro - The Adjustable Fischer - Superform Tuning (An earlier model) Protagon - TM 400 Anyone got any others?

Here are six of my rackets with no external grommet holes. How many can you identify?

I'm taking a shot in the dark here but does anyone have the grommet strip Kneissl used to cover the string in the grommets of the Aero 30 club? The strip was used to seal off the holes which in theory decreased the aerodynamic drag of the racket. Here is a picture of the racket on edge with...