Do any young pros play with a Pro Staff or Prestige variant?

[Blahovic]

Question is in the title. Every Pro Staff or Prestige/PT57A player I can think of is in their late 20s or older.

Looking at the Next Gen ATP Finals.

Alcaraz - Pure Aero VS
Korda - Blade or H22
Nakashima - Pure Strike
Musetti - Extreme Tour
Cerundolo - Extreme Tour
Baez - Vcore 100
Rune - Pure Aero VS
Gaston - Blade or H22

FAA is Pure Aero VS, Shapo is now Ezone I believe, Sinner is Speed MP.

Looks like the 'control' racquets these days are a Blade/H22, Pure Strike or an Extreme Tour. Or a Gravity like Rublev and Zverev use.

 

[McLovin]

I guess it depends on your definition of “young”. Opelka (24) uses the Pro Staff 6.1 mold.

 

[FutureF1]

A lot of players are brought up with these tweener type frames. There’s a lot less focus on flat hitting and instead coaches want you to hit big topspin, at least that has been my experience. Makes sense then that at 13-14 when you’re picking your first proper frame, you go for a tweener that emphasises spin and power.

 

[jmacdaununder2]

Pro Staff and Prestige are dead in the water; Prestige possibly catching a transient zephyr with AM & 99, depending on ultimate PJ, + Aslan.

 

[McGradey]

Popyrin uses the PT57

 

[jmacdaununder2]

Your point?

 

[jmacdaununder2]

Dont get me wrong, great player, but probs not going to become enough of a household name outside of Oz to carry the Prestige line very far forward.

 

[McGradey]

Dont get me wrong, great player, but probs not going to become enough of a household name outside of Oz to carry the Prestige line very far forward.

Probably not going to be a dominant player, no, but that's not what the op was asking

 

[jmacdaununder2]

Point taken - I will now return to my people to sulk in comfort...

 

[slipgrip93]

I'd noticed one of the current 2nd round contestants, Qinwen Zheng, a 19yr old WTA player, is using a "prostaff" in current paintjob colors (getty pic). But it's 16x20 with pws. So maybe some older prostaff.

 

[McLovin]

I'd noticed one of the current 2nd round contestants, Qinwen Zheng, a 19yr old WTA player, is using a "prostaff" in current paintjob colors (getty pic). But it's 16x20 with pws. So maybe some older prostaff.

If it’s 16x20 w/ PWS bumps at 3 & 9, then it is most likely the Steam Pro Stock frame. Many women on the tour use it (Halep, Kvitova, etc).

 

[Adidas_Anderson]

Coleman Wong plays with a PS97