Dunlop AO ball changed from Philippines to Thailand

[Strayfire]

Latest batch of Dunlop AOs seem to be from Thailand rather than Philippines (the factory that does Wimbledons and Dunlop ATP).

Anyone noticed any differences in performance?

 

[d-quik]

any differences

More coconutty, can't taste the calamansi anymore

 

[awesomeTENNIS]

I don't know as much as I am a fan of Philippine made Slazenger Wimbledon balls before, they are not as durable nowadays specially on hard courts, the balls just literally breaks apart. I like how it peforms, weight etc, just on the durability side. It still perform well on clay though.

 

[Strayfire]

Dunlop AO (Phillippine) balls were a pretty good alternative to the Slazenger Wimbledons (similar characteristics).

I just wonder if the Thai Dunlop AOs will play like the Wilson balls (also Thai).

I'll keep all 3 people in the world interested in this informed. Lol.

 

[the_faceless_player]

Dunlop looks to have shifted all of at least their high end ball production to Thailand. I have a new case of ATP XD balls that are also Thailand (unless they were always being made there but I don't think so). Wonder if there was an opportunistic switch in production locations based on COVID factors. I don't know much of how Thailand handled things but it seems like they had an aggressive response. I manage a team in the Philippines and it has been a rough time over there.

Haven't used any of my Thai ATP balls yet but maybe I will this weekend to see how they play compared to what I recall from the last time I had them.

 

[Strayfire]

Dunlop looks to have shifted all of at least their high end ball production to Thailand. I have a new case of ATP XD balls that are also Thailand (unless they were always being made there but I don't think so).

I have Dunlop ATP XD balls (metal can) and they are Made in the Philippines. Let us know if they play different.

 

[Ufiors]

In my shop i found both batch, Philippines and Thailand. So the most recent ones are the one from Thailand?

Another user on another discussione said the contrary, that the Dunlop AO now are made in Philippines and before it was in Thailand.

I am a little confused and i can't find any proof on web instead these discussions

 

[Ufiors]

In my shop i found both batch, Philippines and Thailand. So the most recent ones are the one from Thailand?

Another user on another discussione said the contrary, that the Dunlop AO now are made in Philippines and before it was in Thailand.

I am a little confused and i can't find any proof on web instead these discussions

Nobody knows this?

 

[Ufiors]

Nobody knows this?

Apparently no.

 

[the_faceless_player]

If you look at Export and supply chain stats, it's increasingly likely that the recently produced balls are from Thailand. Since 2019/20, Thailand and mainland China have massively grown in volume of balls exported while Philippines has declined by a ton. That lines up with my own experience where it seemed like Dunlop moved production to Thailand (at least for high end balls). My current case of Tecnifibre X One balls are also products of Thailand.