How many tennis shoes have you had?

[baseline_monster]

So the other day I actually counted up the amounts of tennis shoes Ive had since 04,
Nike air zoom thrive
Nike Vapor 3 x 2
Nike Breathe Free 3
Nike breathe cage I
Nike ballistec 1.3 x 2
Nike ballistec 2.3
Babolat team all court II
Babolat team all court 3
Babolat pro pulse
Adidas climacool boom
Adidas barricade 3
Adidas barricade 4 x 2
Adidas barricade 4 x 3 (1 pair of us open ltd edition)
Adidas barricade grass
Adidas feather 2 x 2
Adidas Djokovic
1 pair of crap k swiss
and some more I cant remember, how do u guys stand?!

 

[hcb0804]

So the other day I actually counted up the amounts of tennis shoes Ive had since 04,
Nike air zoom thrive
Nike Vapor 3 x 2
Nike Breathe Free 3
Nike ballistec 1.3 x 2
Nike ballistec 2.3
Babolat team all court II
Babolat team all court 3
Babolat pro pulse
Adidas climacool boom
Adidas barricade 3
Adidas barricade 4 x 2
Adidas barricade 4 x 2
Adidas barricade grass
Adidas feather 2 x 2
Adidas Djokovic
1 pair of crap k swiss
and some more I cant remember, how do u guys stand?!

Nike Breathe Free 3
Nike ballistec 1.3 X 3
Nike ballistec 2.3
Nike Cage II
Nike Cage I
Nike 2K10
Nike Vapor VI X 4
Lotto Raptor Synpulse
Fila Alfa
Babolat team all court II
Adidas barricade 3
Adidas barricade 4
Adidas barricade 5
Adidas Barricade 6 X 2
Adidas Genius Djokovic
Head Prestige Pro
Head Speed Pro
Wilson Classic Pro Staff

I'm sure I'm forgetting some........

 

[baseline_monster]

Lol, forgot to add my cage 1's as well

 

[MarrratSafin]

3x Adidas Tirand II's
2x Adidas Torrent's (forgot version)
1x Adidas Feather II Remix
1x Adidas Feather III Anniversary
2x Adidas Barricade IV's
3x Adidas Barricade V's

And getting some Geniuses now.:twisted:

 

[Nuke]

Remembering all your tennis shoes is an exercise only for young guys. People who have been at this awhile have a "shoe history" going too far back to waste the brain cells on. And you young folks wouldn't know the shoes, even if we could remember them all. Who else wore the "Wilson by Bata" shoes?

 

[baseline_monster]

Remembering all your tennis shoes is an exercise only for young guys. People who have been at this awhile have a "shoe history" going too far back to waste the brain cells on. And you young folks wouldn't know the shoes, even if we could remember them all. Who else wore the "Wilson by Bata" shoes?

haha you sounded like an old guy saying us young ones do not appreciate classic music! Only joking, try us

 

[rjg007]

Since '04:
-Nike CB 2.3
-Nike Breathe Free II
-Nike 2K10
-Before these I used to use normal trainers. I'm pretty kind of my shoes so dont go through them very quickly altho I'm starting to play a lot more so going trough them quicker now.

 

[juan_newlook]

Since '06:
Nike Breathe Free III
Nike Breathe Cage I
Nike Breathe Cage II
Nike Court Ballistec 1.3
And next month I will buy a pair of Nike Court Ballistec 2.3.

I buy a pair of shoe for year, and still using the olders.

 

[hcb0804]

Remembering all your tennis shoes is an exercise only for young guys. People who have been at this awhile have a "shoe history" going too far back to waste the brain cells on. And you young folks wouldn't know the shoes, even if we could remember them all. Who else wore the "Wilson by Bata" shoes?

I ain't so young- I remember JFK, & I don't mean from history books.........

 

[finchy]

Since '04:

Air Zoom Breathe Free
Air Max Breathe Free II
Adidas Barricade III
Air Zoom Vapor Speed (THE BEST!)
Air Zoom Vapor IV
Air Max Breathe Cage I
Air Zoom Vapor V
Air Max Courtballistec 2.3 x2
Air Zoom Vapor VI x4
Air Max Breathe Cage II

 

[jigar]

I go through shoes in 2-2.5 months so I must have been through at least 25-30 pairs from 2004.

 

[WitheringDemise]

Since the Summer of '09 I've Had
Wilson Shoes(BIG 5)
Nike Cage II's
Another pair of Cage II's I found at an outlet for 60 dollars+warranty

 

[himynameisNIKE]

lol way too many to count

 

[spacediver]

only one pair - court ballistec 1.2 (or 1.3 not sure). Bought em at the end of last year I think.

 

[Cindysphinx]

Can't recall completely, but it went something like this:

New Balance Something-or-Other: Made my toenails fall off
Adidas Barricade II: Gave my PF
Adidas Barricade V: Worked better for PF, but too heavy
KSwiss: Gave me blisters
Asics Gel Resolution: OK, but heel lifts up
Prince T22: Awesome shoe; I currently have three pairs

 

[Kenny022593]

Can't recall completely, but it went something like this:

New Balance Something-or-Other: Made my toenails fall off
Adidas Barricade II: Gave my PF
Adidas Barricade V: Worked better for PF, but too heavy
KSwiss: Gave me blisters
Asics Gel Resolution: OK, but heel lifts up
Prince T22: Awesome shoe; I currently have three pairs

You find the T22 good? What kind of foot do you have? I found them to be rather uncomfortable.

 

[zapvor]

i dont have that many...in fact i still have msot of them even though the sole is worn through completely. NB 1001, 1002. prince OC1, barricade 5. yup

 

[Ronaldo]

Remembering all your tennis shoes is an exercise only for young guys. People who have been at this awhile have a "shoe history" going too far back to waste the brain cells on. And you young folks wouldn't know the shoes, even if we could remember them all. Who else wore the "Wilson by Bata" shoes?

Still own a pr of Bata Bullets w/cloth upper.

 

[NadalFan1990]

since about February '07
Barricade 5 -red/black
Barricade 5 - Navy/yellow
Tirand 3 - blk/slvr - still have it, I find there is a lack of support, and its too high above the ground, I like being low to the ground, for court feel
Nike Breathe Cage 2 - grey/white
Nike Breathe Cage 2 - White
brefore '07, I had at least three pairs of shoes, but I don't know what they were called... they were ok shoes compared to the cages and the Barricades

 

[ucr_tennis90]

Nike Court Ballistec 1.3 Gray/Pink (Rafa 2009 Roland Garros)
Nike Court Ballistec 1.3 White/Yellow/Black
Nike Breath Cage II Gray/White
and some cheap shoe that was Nike i got for $20 at sport chalet haha

as soon as the new Nike Court Ballistec 2.3 US Open ones come out i'll get those and i'm thinking of getting the ones Rafa wore at RG this year too.

 

[Motahari]

Prince T9 Roadster
Nike Vapor VI
Nike Court Ballistic 2.3

 

[hammer]

Since 2003:

Nike Air Implosion
Nike Breathe Free II
Nike Breathe III x 2
Babolat All Court II
Nike Breathe Cage x 2
Nike Breathe Cage II x 3
miAdidas Barricade V x 2 (got 2nd pair through 6-month guarantee)
Nike Court Ballistec 1.3
miAdidas Barricade VI

 

[Cindysphinx]

You find the T22 good? What kind of foot do you have? I found them to be rather uncomfortable.

I have high arches and wear orthotics. I am prone to blisters. Normal width.

That's all I can say about my feet, other than that they are not at all sexy in any sense of the word.

 

[VrafaV]

Nike air max courtballistec 1.3 (black, electrolime, blue)
Nike air zoom vapor IV (white, gold)
Nike breathe cage 2 (silver, blue, white)
Nike air max courtballistec 1.3 (white, yellow, black)
Adidas barricade 5 (light blue, white, lime green)
Nike lunarlite vapor tour (Obsidian, white fades)<these are the best

 

[nike1021]

Nike air max breathe freee II in white/black/red and white/blue/yellow
Nike air max breathe free III in black/red, white/black
Nike air max breathe cage in white/black/green, blue/light blue, grey/yellow, white/black/gold
Nike breathe cage II in white/black/orange x2, gold/green, blue/bay blue, white/red x2
Nike court ballistec 1.3 in black/yellow/blue x3, white/green/purple, blue/green
Nike court ballistec 2.3 in white/orange, black/grey, blue/grey
Nike Vapor IV white/blue/red
Nike vapor 6 white/blue
Babolat team all court 3 white x2
Babolat team all court IV in grey/red x2
Babolat propulse silver/black x2
I probably missed some, but mainly air max series stuff.

 

[Capt. Willie]

Remembering all your tennis shoes is an exercise only for young guys. People who have been at this awhile have a "shoe history" going too far back to waste the brain cells on. And you young folks wouldn't know the shoes, even if we could remember them all. Who else wore the "Wilson by Bata" shoes?

LOL Exactly. But I can tell you that my first real pair of tennis shoes (c.1977) were Bata's. I think I had two pairs of Bata and then moved on to adidas Lavers. I remember having adidas Smith's in like 11th grade and I hated them and went back to the Laver.

I've been wearring Barricades for, I don't know, like 10 years now? And I couldn't even attempt to list all of them.

 

[Capt. Willie]

Oh, and my favorite shoe back in the day (80s) was the adidas ATP Futura. I remember when they were discontinued and I was in a Herman's Sporting Goods and they had the ATP Futura's marked way down. I bought the last three pairs in size 9. Only time I've ever done that.

 

[the wise wizard]

nike city court 2 or 3 (first shoe)
wilson crossfire (2x)
adidas barricade 4 (outgrew before i could send em back)
barricade 2 (4x)
nike breathe free 2 (2x)
adidas a3 accelerator
barricade 5 (4 or 5 pair)
prince MC4 (2x)
wilson tour
nike court ballistec 1.2 (nike screwed me on a voucher)
babolat all court 3 (2x)
nike courtballistec 2.3 (current but soon to get sent back)
adidas cc genius 2 (2x one is current)
air max breathe cage 2 (first pair)

i'm probably forgetting some right now

 

[slice bh compliment]

Fun to try to remember them all.

Started in the 70s playing barefoot on clay. Then with some off-brand cheapos, keds, Jack Purcells and hand-me downs from an older cousin.
Then Tretorns, diadora, adidas Stan Smith/Laver/Nastase and K-Swiss (with the 20 black stripes - 5 on each side).

In the 80's, iirc, Soma, Superga, PUMA Vilas Topspin, adidas Grand Prix, then Pro Kennex PK Mesh (loved those but the gum soles did not last on hardcourts), then whatever free Converses, adidas or Wilson Pro Staffs were stadard issue on the college team.

In the 90's: Diadora (Becker), then K-Swiss Si-18s, then various adidas responses, then the adidas atp, the Nike NDESTRUKT (totalKRAP), then the adidas Feet You Wear, then back to the responses.

In the 2000s
Fila Rad (2nd best shoes ever) and Rad 2,
Fila Axilus,
Diadora Rebound Ace (top 3 shoes ever, for me).
adidas barricades
babolat all-court, ac2, ac3, ac4, Propulse,
Fila Alfa
Babolat Propulse 2 (best shoe I've ever worn).

 

[xYanYan]

4-5? Ive only been playing for 3 years and i cant tell when my shoes are dead. Would like to know which brand of shoes lasts the longest if anyone can answer.

 

[SirGounder]

2 -3 pairs of basketball shoes
wilsons from big 5
kswiss ultra natural x 2
nike court ballistec 1.2 x 2
nike air vapor vi
nike court ballistec 1.3
nike breathe cage II

 

[Ronaldo]

4-5? Ive only been playing for 3 years and i cant tell when my shoes are dead. Would like to know which brand of shoes lasts the longest if anyone can answer.

Nike Air Resistance

 

[WilsonPlayer101]

I started playing as a kid in the early '70s, I'm 42 now. I probably used whatever shoes I had until the '90s I probably started buying proper tennis shoes. Since the early '90s I can not recall how many I have but I can say I play once a week and my tennis shoes last about 1.5 years so I guess since say 1993 I can divide 17/1.5 and get 11.3333 pairs of shoe but rounded I'd say 11. I am starting to play more per week, maybe twice per week so maybe my shoes will last 3/4 of a year now.

I have no brand name loyalty. I buy whatever I like. I used to have brand name loyalty to Diadora until they went and changed the pattern and the toe got too narrow and also until they stopped being a seller in the US. You can get them here but only in a few places. Unless Diadora changes they will be on the way out in the tennis world.

 

[mike53]

haha you sounded like an old guy saying us young ones do not appreciate classic music! Only joking, try us

I can still remember my first pair of legit tennis shoes, the Dunlop Volley which I think were marketed here in the US at the time as the Ken Rosewall autograph. Competed against the Adidas Stan Smith autograph which looked better but didn't wear as well.

 

[RS92]

since 08 i had only :
babolat all team court 3 ( with roddick signature )

adidas barricade V

Adidas cc genius novak

before these shoes i had use normal trainers , next weeks going to buy barricades VI

 

[MurrayisBEAST]

I have had Prince t22 and Barricade 6's in 2 years of playing...Barricade 6's are worlds better then Prince t22's!!

 

[El Mejor]

2 Adidas barricades II
1 Babolat propulse
4 Adidas barricade V
2 Nike courtballistec 1.3
1 Nike breath cage II
4 Adidas genius 1s
1 Adidas genius 2s

 

[WhiteStripes]

Since 2000:

Nike Air Court Motion Int'l (x2)
Nike Zoom Breathe Free
Nike Air Max Breathe Free II (x3)
Reebok Match Day Pumps
Adidas A3 Accelerate
Nike Air Max Breathe Free III
Nike Breathe Cage I (x2)
Nike Breathe Cage II
Asics Gel Resolution I
Nike Court Ballistec 1.3 (x3)
Nike Court Ballistec 2.3