G. Vilas
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jean pierre
Professional
vilas the best
Vilas won less Grand Slams than McEnroe, Sampras or others, but he's one of the best players of the history, because he won big tournaments on clay (Roland-Garros and US Open) and on Grass (Australian Open and Masters). And he did in 1977 an incredible record : he won a suite of 46 matches ! He was not number one on the computer, but everyone is OK to say he's the world champion this year.
Vilas won less Grand Slams than McEnroe, Sampras or others, but he's one of the best players of the history, because he won big tournaments on clay (Roland-Garros and US Open) and on Grass (Australian Open and Masters). And he did in 1977 an incredible record : he won a suite of 46 matches ! He was not number one on the computer, but everyone is OK to say he's the world champion this year.
abllee2198
Rookie
Vilas' String tension
30kg
A.Lee
Wilson US Open Stringteam
30kg
A.Lee
Wilson US Open Stringteam
^^^
Is this guy still around, and is that for real, and are we talking about the Head Vilas racquets or the later larger head (Slazenger) racquets, or something even later? 30 kg works out to 66 pounds.
I have been trying to get a handle on what feels like a good tension for my Vilas racquets (I have a bunch of them, I love the guy!) and have strung them up with gut as high as 70 lbs (they can take it if in good shape). Anywhere 62-70 feels pretty "boardy" even with gut but for me anyway - certainly not Guillermo - 55 to 60 seems to be the real sweet spot with these.
I have been wondering for years if anyone has actual knowledge of the tension of his head racquets for those few years he was using them. They are spectacular racquets.
vsbabolat
Talk Tennis Guru
If you read the first post it was the LiquidMetal Instinct MP.
^^^
Is this guy still around, and is that for real, and are we talking about the Head Vilas racquets or the later larger head (Slazenger) racquets, or something even later? 30 kg works out to 66 pounds.
I have been trying to get a handle on what feels like a good tension for my Vilas racquets (I have a bunch of them, I love the guy!) and have strung them up with gut as high as 70 lbs (they can take it if in good shape). Anywhere 62-70 feels pretty "boardy" even with gut but for me anyway - certainly not Guillermo - 55 to 60 seems to be the real sweet spot with these.
I have been wondering for years if anyone has actual knowledge of the tension of his head racquets for those few years he was using them. They are spectacular racquets.
Ah. Didn't know what that was referencing (not too up on modern racquets).
I'll throw all the dirt back in the hole!
(although would love to know for certain where he was stringing the head racquets in the 70s)
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If you watch the documentary 'Settling the Score' on Netflix, some of the most current footage (at the time of filming) of him certainly seems to indicate this, unfortunately. They kind of dance around it a bit but never really come out and discuss it. There was a very recent bit of a brouhaha around something his wife put up on some social media, too, which also seems to indicate that he is doing poorly.
galain
Hall of Fame
Yes, I did watch this. I really felt for him - he looked and felt very lost.
blackfrido
Hall of Fame
Guillermo Vilas, a photo that shake his friends and admirers and an open controversy
Guillermo Vilas, a photo that shake his friends and admirers and an open controversy
What happens to Vilas? The former tennis champion Guillermo Vilas looks in bad shape in recent social media posts.
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