Hewitt's Yonex Super RD Tour 90

[DoubleHanded&LovinIt]

Hi,
I was wondering if anyone knew how Lleyton had his SRD Tour 90's customized. What is the weight, balance, string/tension? I'm particularly interested in where he has added lead to his racquets and how much. I know this varies from racquet to racquet so that his racquets are matched, but I'm looking for a general trend. Any help would be appreciated, especially from some of the great pro stringers we have on this forum. Thank you in advance!

 

[Soundog]

I can't say exactly what has been done to Lleyton's racket, but I held one in my hands about 6 months ago and can give you an estimation of what I thought.

From what I could see, it was a Super RD tour ( I have some super RD tour 90's and some MP Tour 1 90's and the flex felt more like a super RD tour ) with an RDX paint job ( now the new lime green paint job ) with quite a bit of extra lead on the sides despite having what looked like the metal hybrid strip of the RDX as well.

There seemed to be added weight evenly distributed throughout the handle as well and I would guess the dead weight of the racket to be about 380 - 390 grams or so - although the swing weight of the whole racket was evenly balanced and felt quite similar to a heavyish Wilson Tour 90.

It was strung in some sort of gut in the mains ( possibly wilson as the stringer said he used the same combination as Federer ) and a luxilon string ( ( probably Alu Power ) in the crosses at 53lbs.

 

[DoubleHanded&LovinIt]

Thank you Soundog. Hopefully there will be more specifics.