What exactly does midplus mean?

[djosbun]

Sorry if this is a stupid question, as i'm new to tennis. I have noticed that some rackets also have a MP/MidPlus addition to the name? Can someone please explain to me what this means? Does it have anything to do with balance, or weight placement?

Thanks!
Dave

 

[JackB1]

Mid = anything up to 95"

Midplus = 98 - 102"

Plus = >102"

nothing to do with anything other than hoop size (square inches of stringbed)

 

[Absolute]

mid < 93"
mid plus = 93" - 105"
oversize = 106" - 115"
super OS > 115"

 

[fuzz nation]

Also depends on the company.

Prince called its original O3 Tour 95 as a mid size, but Wilson labels their 95" options as midplus frames.

Goofy...

 

[NLBwell]

Some fuzz on the borderlines. Originally the 85's like the ProStaff were mids and the Prince Oversize (listed as 110 or 107 sq in) was, well, oversize. Everything else was mid plus. The Prince Graphite Mid as a 93" is probably the upper boundary for mids. The 95's were always mid plusses, but with racket head size now growing and 98 and 100 becoming popular, more people are starting to consider 95's as mids.

Howard Head's original patent for the Prince racket covered a wide range of head sizes, so no one else was able to make rackets much bigger than 85 sq in (Pro Staff) or smaller than 125 sq in or so (Weed) super-oversize. so there were pretty much just standard (wood rackets - 65 sq in or so) mids and Prince Oversize.

 

[MikeHitsHard93]

Less than 95: mid. 95-105: midplus. Greater than 105: oversize.

 

[Rogael Naderer]

Less than 95: mid. 95-105: midplus. Greater than 105: oversize.

This is how I think of it, there's no rules.

 

[Mongolmike]

Mid plus

 

[spinovic]

This is how I think of it, there's no rules.

+1
Me too.

 

[scotus]

Definitions of Midplus:

* the wood era: Above 75 sq in

* the 80's: 86 - 98

* the 90's: 91 - 101

* the 00's: 94 - 103

* the 10's: 95 - 106

* the 20's: 98- 109

* the 30's: 100 - 110, etc etc etc.