Davydenko's Setup

[Duzza]

Height, Weight, Age, Hair colour....kidding!

Just like to know things like

Length
Weight
Grip Size
Balance
Strings

anything else you know, because I wanna be as good as him and I will be able to do this if I have his racquet setup.

 

[jura]

69.7 cm length, about 320 gr. weight (unstrung), 32.1 cm balance, grip size 3, strung with Polystar Energy 1.30 at about 23/24 kp.

 

[Duzza]

69.7 cm length, about 320 gr. weight (unstrung), 32.1 cm balance, grip size 3, strung with Polystar Energy 1.30 at about 23/24 kp.

Thanks heaps Jura. I'm guessing its the O3 Tour MP? 320 unstrung would make it about ~335 right? I thought O3's were heavier than that...interesting all the same.

 

[paulfreda]

Dav's setup

69.7 cm length, about 320 gr. weight (unstrung), 32.1 cm balance, grip size 3, strung with Polystar Energy 1.30 at about 23/24 kp.

24kg is about 52 pounds.
Considering this frame is very very flexible, that would make it play very heavy as bothframe and stings flex a great deal.
One can see how he gets os much power on his serve and groundies though.

 

[tiamat]

52 pound seems to be reasonable for those modern polyester strings like Luxilon. At too high tensions they feel just "boardy".

69.7 cm length - that's 69.7 / 2.54 = 29 inches. His raquet is a whole 2 inches longer than the stock version?

 

[m4107]

i have couple of his sticks
they are definietly extended (28''). I think he used to play with 27.5'' but as of last year he played with a whole inch longer.
I got his racuqets directly from Prince and that's what they told me. I also had some 27.5'' o3 tours that he was told to use before he switched to 28''

 

[haerdalis]

52 pound seems to be reasonable for those modern polyester strings like Luxilon. At too high tensions they feel just "boardy".

69.7 cm length - that's 69.7 / 2.54 = 29 inches. His raquet is a whole 2 inches longer than the stock version?

Try again. 69.7/2.54 = 27.44
It looks longer to me. I would have guessed 28 too.

 

[loner1984]

Does anyone know if Davydenko uses a stock prince replacement grip on his racquet? It looks like it because its just plain black...it doesn't look like he uses any overgrip. Of course I can be totally wrong.

 

[m4107]

the sticks that i have that are told to be his racquets have the regular prince overgrips

 

[jura]

The specs were taken at the French Open 2005. So it was when he was realy fresh with Prince.

 

[m4107]

that makes sense, jura. I was told that he started with 27.5'' and then went full 28'' which he uses right now

 

[jura]

That's possible, I think Thomas or one of the other stringers posted something like that.

 

[Japan Tennis]

Hey

M4107 are you willing to sell me one of your 28 in o3's? I don't really care what the weight is as long as it is a 28 in o3 tour. If you are willing please email me at georgeteo@gmail.com and we can work out the details.

Thanks alot!

Japan Tennis

PS: I will check this thread often so tell me here if you are willing to sell if first because if you email it to me there is a possibility that your email will go to my junk mail. Thanks Again!!

 

[m4107]

we can talk about it, i will shoot you an email

 

[mqtennis]

davydenko's racquet

he does use an o3 tour 27.5 in. frame with an ra rating near 70, much different than the stock 03 tour, also much heavier. i have a couple of his frames that are standard length.....

 

[m4107]

i think its 28'' now, he did use 27.5''
i have few of each

 

[mqtennis]

davydenko

m4107 - what's your email? just wondering if you'd trade one of the 27.5 in versions for the 27in. i have.

how did you get yours?

 

[m4107]

i got them from Prince, i am not interested in trading them though, sorry

 

[mqtennis]

how did you get it from prince? i thought they only sold the stock models?

 

[borrachodemierda]

how much does the 27.5" weights.

thanks

 

[NebAce1]

What kind of string is PolyStar Energy in terms of durability, playability. And could you possibly compare it to another string. Thanks.

 

[mileslong]

what is the balance of his racket in pts? i dont how to calculate whe head lightness by just getting the balance. thanks.

 

[superjumbo]

1/8 of an in = .3175 cm = 1 pt hl

so even balance would be
69.7 / 2 = 34.85

difference between even and current balance is
34.85 - 32.1 = 2.75

so to find pts hl
2.75 / .3175 = 8.66 pts hl

I'm not sure if this is strung or unstrung