Head Gravity 98 16x19 (Coming in 2025!)

Another Gravity 98 review from Japan. Quick summary translation.
  • Good usability / easy to use
  • Higher launch angle and faster swing speed than Gravity Pro
  • Plush feel but has power
  • Good spin. More than rackets like Percept
  • Somewhat similar to Pure Strike
  • Stable at net

Most of it seems to validate Hankenstein's experience.

I was contemplating Pure Strike 98 but didn't more forward since I was a bit concerned about its stiffness and high swing weight. Gravity 98 sounds like a great alternative assuming power level is similar.
 
patrickluvsoj said:
Another Gravity 98 review from Japan. Quick summary translation.
  • Good usability / easy to use
  • Higher launch angle and faster swing speed than Gravity Pro
  • Plush feel but has power
  • Good spin. More than rackets like Percept
  • Somewhat similar to Pure Strike
  • Stable at net

Most of it seems to validate Hankenstein's experience.

I was contemplating Pure Strike 98 but didn't more forward since I was a bit concerned about its stiffness and high swing weight. Gravity 98 sounds like a great alternative assuming power level is similar.
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It seems finally head really produced a powerful 98......till now only Boop Pro had free power but lacks maneuverability and i dont like its bulky head shape.
 
patrickluvsoj said:
Another Gravity 98 review from Japan. Quick summary translation.
  • Good usability / easy to use
  • Higher launch angle and faster swing speed than Gravity Pro
  • Plush feel but has power
  • Good spin. More than rackets like Percept
  • Somewhat similar to Pure Strike
  • Stable at net

Most of it seems to validate Hankenstein's experience.

I was contemplating Pure Strike 98 but didn't more forward since I was a bit concerned about its stiffness and high swing weight. Gravity 98 sounds like a great alternative assuming power level is similar.
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Wow. This has to be a great racket. I thought Percept already good at spin. But this is better? Interesting.
 
Blade_X said:
It seems finally head really produced a powerful 98......till now only Boop Pro had free power but lacks maneuverability and i dont like its bulky head shape.
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Honestly, I don't see that the Gravity 98 is much different in shape compared to the Boom Pro. Anyway, the balance of 32cm doesn't seem too optimistic for OHB, I still think that the Boom pro will have better maneuverability due to the 31cm HL.
 
CroPlayer said:
Honestly, I don't see that the Gravity 98 is much different in shape compared to the Boom Pro. Anyway, the balance of 32cm doesn't seem too optimistic for OHB, I still think that the Boom pro will have better maneuverability due to the 31cm HL.
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Why not just tail weight it as much as you need? It’s just a 305g frame…

Are you guys “not expecting it to be anything special” just programming yourself against another racquetoholic purchase? :-D
 
I believe that I will try it at some point :). What I potentially don't like is too much distance between the strings on the mains which means a mess on the strings after two hours of heavy hitting.

The same thing happened to me on the Prestige MP-L, and it was an excellent racket, but playing on clay after two hours made it so that I had to constantly adjust the strings between the points by hand.
 
CroPlayer said:
I believe that I will try it at some point :). What I potentially don't like is too much distance between the strings on the mains which means a mess on the strings after two hours of heavy hitting.

The same thing happened to me on the Prestige MP-L, and it was an excellent racket, but playing on clay after two hours made it so that I had to constantly adjust the strings between the points by hand.
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What strings do you use?
 
Yesterday in a tournament Hangzhou Open the player Zhang Zhizhen was playing with a new paint job, he uses a Radical frame in the past, but this was a very differente color (mostly white, pink and blue), some comments are saying is the new Gravity Paintjob....
 
cmendez79 said:
Yesterday in a tournament Hangzhou Open the player Zhang Zhizhen was playing with a new paint job, he uses a Radical frame in the past, but this was a very differente color (mostly white, pink and blue), some comments are saying is the new Gravity Paintjob....
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I followed up on some other comments- it looks like may be Chinese exclusive radical
 
cmendez79 said:
Yesterday in a tournament Hangzhou Open the player Zhang Zhizhen was playing with a new paint job, he uses a Radical frame in the past, but this was a very differente color (mostly white, pink and blue), some comments are saying is the new Gravity Paintjob....
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Please got NO PINK
 
I’m looking forward to this one. I’ve always liked the Gravity series except for the lack of spin because the 305g and heavier models have that dense 18x20.
 
cmendez79 said:
Yesterday in a tournament Hangzhou Open the player Zhang Zhizhen was playing with a new paint job, he uses a Radical frame in the past, but this was a very differente color (mostly white, pink and blue), some comments are saying is the new Gravity Paintjob....
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That is not the Gravity paintjob :D
 
SaaKha said:
Personally would’ve liked a thinner beam
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19mm and 70RA was possible in the old days. .. why not 20mm and 65 to 70 RA for us who use soft strings. All this dampening bullshz and 60 RA with soft strings don't go well for most of us. The strings should have the tech to protect arms and we can just change strings to get the feel we want. Changing strings is cheaper then rackets
 
Konik_1982 said:
It´s a special ZZZ paintjob for his Radical only for Chinese market from what I saw :)
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Are you sure? For me it looked like he switched to Wilson.....

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TK Tennis said:
Is this Gravity 98 Tour a single model? Does anyone know if it will be available in MP and MP-L or Pro weights?
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You mean a single silo? From what we know it's additional to the existing gravity silo and we don't even know yet if it's replacing the 100" tour version or comes in addition. So most likely no 98" MP or Pro.
 
yourtennisfit said:
They have given copies out to influencers around the world, so it seems that this will be a global release

The rackets that are unique to the markets are mostly niche things, like special paintjobs, string patterns etc
Usually the mold/racket releases are worldwide
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Waldi said:
The ZZZ Radical mentioned above looks like a china exclusive ...
The Gravity Tour 98 should be a world wide release as it is a new edition to the existing Gravity line
But hey, I dont work for Head...
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Thank you! Can't wait to get my hands on this frame.
 
I dont know if this is relevant and I am probably wrong... But
Marin Cilic just won The Hangzhou Final with a blacked out Head racket with a 16/19 pattern.
Can anybody with eagle eyes figure out what model that was??? Maybe a new Gravity Tour 98?
 
MtgJr said:
Anyone come across a pic of the final paint job? There has to be one out there somewhere, right??
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Head had a promo for it on my instagram feed this morning....so they're marketing it already! Looked pretty sweet - I was still waking up, but it looked similar to the Prestige cosmetic to me.
 
Finally saw the 98 Teaser in person, and the writing on the inside of the frame is a metallic blue. I can see if they used this metallic coloration for all the colors of the normal gravity stripe around the hoop with glossy paint, it would look pretty awesome.
 
Waldi said:
I dont know if this is relevant and I am probably wrong... But
Marin Cilic just won The Hangzhou Final with a blacked out Head racket with a 16/19 pattern.
Can anybody with eagle eyes figure out what model that was??? Maybe a new Gravity Tour 98?
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May just be the Prestige that's a very dark red/black color.
 
Unfortunately a friend of mine tried gravity 98 and told me that it’s not the powerful weapon i was waiting to be. Head missed the opportunity again to produce a true powerful 98 like strike for example. No power at all in defensive situations and too demanding… only for the advanced player.
 
Blade_X said:
Unfortunately a friend of mine tried gravity 98 and told me that it’s not the powerful weapon i was waiting to be. Head missed the opportunity again to produce a true powerful 98 like strike for example. No power at all in defensive situations and too demanding… only for the advanced player.
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Guessing your friend is NOT the serving aces guy, this the second feedback like this.

Is anyone able to translate some of the Asian guys reviews on youtube? I think there're like three reviews. Whould be interesting to hear.
 
Blade_X said:
Unfortunately a friend of mine tried gravity 98 and told me that it’s not the powerful weapon i was waiting to be. Head missed the opportunity again to produce a true powerful 98 like strike for example. No power at all in defensive situations and too demanding… only for the advanced player.
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But there is a powerful Head 98 in the Boom?

I wouldn't have expected that the Gravity line will become a power line by any means.
The Boom is the modern power line, alongside the Speed
 
yourtennisfit said:
But there is a powerful Head 98 in the Boom?

I wouldn't have expected that the Gravity line will become a power line by any means.
The Boom is the modern power line, alongside the Speed
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Probably too heavy as it's in the Boom Pro, but agree that they probably wouldn't have made it the Gravity since it's not the right silo (Control, Large Sweetspot).

The Strike competitor is supposed to be the Radical isn't it? Or moreso the Strike was supposed to be a Radical competitor as its original intent.
 
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