Donnay Mid 25 S
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Hello Guys and Gals:
This was just given to me.... Any info? Love? Anyone want it?
Post your thoughts. The frame is in nice shape. Goodwill?? Grip size seems like a 4 5/8. Leather of course..Has the cover..
Regards,
Steve
Can you post some pictures please?
retrowagen
Hall of Fame
I remember the model, a broad-shouldered wood-graphite composite, in basic Donnay black, with yellow/orange “rainbow” graphics. Was new, circa 1982-1984.
vsbabolat
G.O.A.T.
I don’t remember anymore, What was difference between the Mid 25 and Mid 25 S? I’m guessing the S stood Stiff?
SteveI
Legend
That is the one....
SteveI
Legend
Happy to send out some pics. No hosting service here. drop me a pm if you want to see some.
teachingprotx
Legend
I love it ! Wish it could be more in a regular style asethitic the broad shoulders gives away the year .. but if it was shaped like say a Donnay pro cynetuc.. I’d play with it a lot ! Due to flexHello Guys and Gals:
This was just given to me.... Any info? Love? Anyone want it?
Post your thoughts. The frame is in nice shape. Goodwill?? Grip size seems like a 4 5/8. Leather of course..
Regards,
Steve
vsbabolat
G.O.A.T.
That’s the Pro 25 from 1984
teachingprotx
Legend
Always wanted a Bjorg mid graphitebut knew it would be to heavy and stiff
graycrait
Legend
It is a nice feeling racket cutting through the air with its weight and narrow beam. I need to restring it with better string someday but I had to cobble together grommets using Fittex and cut up old grommet sets. I need to go back and put a dab of super glue on those "new" grommets so I don't have to soon repeat that semi painful re-grommeting process.
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I think many Donnay racquets (CGX, GTX) are from 1984.
I think Vijay Amritraj played with this Donnay 25 Pro.
https://www.inuth.com/entertainment...-all-you-need-to-know-about-this-tennis-star/
https://www.inuth.com/entertainment...-all-you-need-to-know-about-this-tennis-star/
He was a Donnay man for some time:
https://thetennistipster.org/2013/07/26/whatever-happened-to-vijay-amritraj/
https://thetennistipster.org/2013/07/26/whatever-happened-to-vijay-amritraj/
flanker2000fr
Hall of Fame
I played with that frame around 1983-1984. Except that mine was grey with red accents. It was a very good frame for its time.
vsbabolat
G.O.A.T.
The GTX came out later.
The Pro 25 was Donnay's top of the line composite racquet in 1984/85 models years. Then the Pro Cynetic line replaced it in 1986
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Great picture, never've seen so young Forget, Diadora shoes...The GTX came out later.
The Pro 25 was Donnay's top of the line composite racquet in 1984/85 models years. Then the Pro Cynetic line replaced it in 1986
Don't Let It Bounce
Hall of Fame
Most of those Donnays were great on court — a guy on my high school team had one — but if you ever find yourself fighting for your life in a tuk-tuk, only the Mid 25 S will do. (At 1:33 you can see clearly which model it is.)
I lived in Chiang Mai, where the tuk-tuk rides are uneventful, for eight years — but any time I was in Bangkok I made sure to have my Donnay X-Dual Platinums with me. (I did not have a Mid 25 S.) No assassins came after me, so I still don't know how the newer Donnays really stack up.
retrowagen
Hall of Fame
Looking at the photo, I believe Vijay Armitraj is playing with the Donnay Pro 35; the shape of the head is longer than the Pro 25, though the bridge is also straight. Donnay used that “35” mould with the straight bridge on a few composite models. There was also an oversized Pro 50, if I recall correctly.
vsbabolat
G.O.A.T.
I used to practice with a guy from Sweden that played with Pro 50.
teachingprotx
Legend
Can’t do the straight bridge for some reason . Always weirded me out . Dunno why as I love the weird shaped Rossi bridge and absolutely LOVE V throat bridge in frames . But straight alwaysflet too weird . Cheap like almost ?
teachingprotx
Legend
Which I bet you because I really don’t like straight throat bridges , i would imagine I’d play the best tennis of my life with it
wallymann
Semi-Pro
i played a mid-25 starting in like '83 timeframe. loaned it to a jackass neighbor in college around '88 and he crushed the frame.
fast forward a few decades and i picked up a mint replacement!
and in the mid '90s while racquet-less, managed to find a pro-50 gathering dust in the rafters of a now-defunct local sporting-good store...SCORE!
donnay has a soft-spot in my heart!
fast forward a few decades and i picked up a mint replacement!
and in the mid '90s while racquet-less, managed to find a pro-50 gathering dust in the rafters of a now-defunct local sporting-good store...SCORE!
donnay has a soft-spot in my heart!
vsbabolat
G.O.A.T.
I used to play with an exchange student from Sweden that used the Pro 50.i played a mid-25 starting in like '83 timeframe. loaned it to a jackass neighbor in college around '88 and he crushed the frame.
fast forward a few decades and i picked up a mint replacement!
and in the mid '90s while racquet-less, managed to find a pro-50 gathering dust in the rafters of a now-defunct local sporting-good store...SCORE!
donnay has a soft-spot in my heart!
The 25 can feel really thin and fragile for a stick that weighs more than most racquets today. Mine must be damaged due to time and moisture. But I do recall it playing quite well when I had tennis elbow a few years ago. Good ball pocketing and absorption of pace. It allowed me to plough through the ball when otherstiffer modern racquets just exaggerated the pain.
wallymann
Semi-Pro
wallymann
Semi-Pro
indeed. the borg-pro-25s (and mid-25s) has the squareish top of the hoop and thinner beam. it's also a bit lighter than the mid-25.
wedge
New User
Any ideas about the size of the face on the Mid 25? Recently found one locally and I feel like the odd shape of the head makes estimating its size kinda difficult, the big dumpy butt makes it look perhaps bigger than it is, though I'm guessing it's about 90? It also seems to measure a bit under 27", very interesting. I wonder if there's any literature or ads out there somewhere ...
That Borg Pro is a thing of beauty!! Honestly they're all such great-looking frames.
retrowagen
Hall of Fame
It’s 85, give or take a square inch.
wallymann
Semi-Pro
yep, thats the ballpark. the "25" in donnay nomenclature means its +25% larger than "standard".
ergo...assuming 67 is standard, the head is nominally 83 and change.
