1HBHfanatic
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-you want some blades???,, here are some blades!!!
-these use to be my gotos, they got too demanding over the years!!, 93" heads, they swing like a dream on the 1HBH!!
If you only had ONE racket for LIFE?
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-these use to be my gotos, they got too demanding over the years!!, 93" heads, they swing like a dream on the 1HBH!!
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Woah!! That’s a throwback, nice collection, especially the green overgrips!
1HBHfanatic
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-tnx
-check these out: (some clients i strung for), had to take pictures
-and more limited edition ones
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Those butt apps are awesome, so clean looking.
1HBHfanatic
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-haaa, i remember almost getting crucified by TW.posters for the green overgrips, haaa
-i had too many green OGs that i needed to use-up, at the time of the picture haaa
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Man, I know the VS touch was popular back then, and they would paint the bottom strings black, but putting “VS” in the center is pretty out there, Babolat.
i´ve played with too many great racquets over the last 40+ years. The above one has to be my number one choice as i´ve played with it from 1987 till 2001.
NicoMK
Hall of Fame
Can't see what it is exactly. Is it a Prince something? Didn't he played with a Snauweart?
i´ve played with too many great racquets over the last 40+ years. The above one has to be my number one choice as i´ve played with it from 1987 till 2001.
And why did you change then?
Maverick13
Semi-Pro
DR 98. By far
legrandLeconte
Rookie
Max200G
Nostradamus
Bionic Poster
I want a racket with control of prostaff classic and power of pure drive 105, and lightness of yonex
vsbabolat
G.O.A.T.
Wimbledon Graphite 88. Then Pernfors signed with Snauwaert and they made a clone of the Wimbledon called the Snauwaert Pernfors Autograph
anarosevoli
Semi-Pro
Blade 16/19 (2013)
David Le
Hall of Fame
Ah, that’s the limited edition Venus Williams racquet she endorsed. Her sister had the same but in black and gold.
treblings
Hall of Fame
it´s a Wimbledon Graphite. he and Joakim Nystrom played with it in the 80´s.
i ran out of rackets after all that time.
Pernfors played with Snauwaert afterwards. His own Pernfors Autograph model and also the ATP model
teachingprotx
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Anyone know the specs on the prince Sierra 90?a head trisys 260 Os.. 15g less. with a white and pink paint job (like Prince sierra) 1987 model.
teachingprotx
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My volkl covid -19 GLM Pro tour racket 
Karma Tennis
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Wooden - Wilson Jack Kramer Pro Staff / Slazenger Challenge No. 1
Wooden Hybrid - Donnay Allwood.
Steel - Wilson T-2000
Modern - 2013 Babolat AeroPro Drive.
Wooden Hybrid - Donnay Allwood.
Steel - Wilson T-2000
Modern - 2013 Babolat AeroPro Drive.
teachingprotx
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Hey that’s unfair to list faves w different compositions! Ha ., but I like it .. I like it a lot !
Karma Tennis
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Hey that’s unfair to list faves w different compositions! Ha ., but I like it .. I like it a lot !
Well afaic, each different composition is a completely different tool. IMO, they should not be compared.
Saying that, I think Professional Tennis should have settled on a permanent racquet design for use in perpetuity at the Professional level (Sort of like various football sports, cricket, baseball and basketball have).
And that should have happened around 1977 with small hooped Wooden Hybrids. That would have maintained the sport as being one of tennis skills and smarts, rather than one where athleticism dominates.
But each to their own. It is going to be interesting to see how racquets continue to evolve over the next twenty years.
Thiem's 1HB
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A custom Dahcor built to my specs.
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Easy Rider
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Volkl PB10 mid
TennisHound
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Now that it looks like no tennis for roughly 6+ months or more, I’m looking at what racquets to sell and what to keep. 93p, PA, PD, Blades, aaarrgh, tough one.
treblings
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you can find them from time to time. i have about 6 of them that are still in playing condition
played my last senior tournament with it in 2017 just for the fun of it.truth be told, i´m a bit of a racquetaholic myself. i own a couple hundred racquets and have played with many of them.
i never played with a Puma or Estusa. i think that should change in the near future. many of them on the internet at the moment to choose from.
Ok good question my favorite stick was the Dunlop maxply 4 1/2 lite (12oz) strung with klip 16 gut at 45 lbs. However unless everybody still using wood I would be crazy to try to play against modern rackets and strings. Today I essentially use 3 rackets for varied reasons I have 2 secret 4s to practice with occasionally I have 2 Wilson Surge x s that I play with and 2 Yonex sv 98s which I would settle on if limited to one type stick My son has used Wilson 6>1 16 20 consistanly for 25 years now His fav is the k facor model he has 9
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NicoMK
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It's not a Volkl covid-19 it's an Estusa. You lier!!My volkl covid -19 GLM Pro tour racket
tennisbike
Professional
Not trying to detour the thread with a "novel", but be forewarned..
This is quite a time to fantasize all kind of scenarios or questions, but .. I do not care about picking one racket for the rest of my life time.. if I get to hit now, I would enjoy ANY stick. I do not care what material it is made from. It can be made of wood, steel or aluminum or composite of whatever. However, the last racquet that totally blew my head how good it felt was a Yonex YY-8500 I strung with 25 lb SG, restrung to 16x18.
I am not ashamed to say that the sticks that I enjoy the most, often cost me the least. This YY-8500 along with 4 other sticks was part of a haul from a local recycling shop. Anyway, YY-8500 is no beauty. It looks funny. The egg shaped head is barely larger than a badminton racquet's. The individual grommets are like rivets, very rugged unlike the modern ones. The aluminum hoop was welded to the shaped throat pieces looking very industrial. Then two pieces of wood forms the shape of the grip under the leather grip. It is odd looking, unlike the T-2000 that looks kind of trick with all the wires wound all the way around with a very peculiar stringing pattern that I have not dare to attempt, though multiple version of instruction had already been downloaded.
It was probably the low score on the desirability scale that prompt me to mess with the YY-8500. I have a tendency to respect the "nice" sticks so much that I keep a distance to admire them rather than indulge with them. Since the string was broken, it was strung with Forten Competition Nylon at 25 lbs. Last time, the 25 lbs on a Dunlop Maxy Ply felt pretty good, so I repeated that but then removed two main and 1 cross string to loosen up the string bed. The result was .. amazing.
387 g of static mass sounds like a club, yet, it "snaps", whip around nicely. The whole idea of high swing weight being less maneuverable felt completely contradictory to how this stick feels. If you ever tried short takeback "ATP" forehand with T-2000 you might get a sense of what I am talking about. Groundstrokes felt effortless. The frame .... butter. The string bed felt forgiving. Instead of trying out the YY-8500 only for warm up, I enjoyed hitting with it for the whole 2 hour session. I love it!
(I do enjoy a good story, especially in a time like this. Please be generous about your posts. At least.. 200 words?)
This is quite a time to fantasize all kind of scenarios or questions, but .. I do not care about picking one racket for the rest of my life time.. if I get to hit now, I would enjoy ANY stick. I do not care what material it is made from. It can be made of wood, steel or aluminum or composite of whatever. However, the last racquet that totally blew my head how good it felt was a Yonex YY-8500 I strung with 25 lb SG, restrung to 16x18.
I am not ashamed to say that the sticks that I enjoy the most, often cost me the least. This YY-8500 along with 4 other sticks was part of a haul from a local recycling shop. Anyway, YY-8500 is no beauty. It looks funny. The egg shaped head is barely larger than a badminton racquet's. The individual grommets are like rivets, very rugged unlike the modern ones. The aluminum hoop was welded to the shaped throat pieces looking very industrial. Then two pieces of wood forms the shape of the grip under the leather grip. It is odd looking, unlike the T-2000 that looks kind of trick with all the wires wound all the way around with a very peculiar stringing pattern that I have not dare to attempt, though multiple version of instruction had already been downloaded.
It was probably the low score on the desirability scale that prompt me to mess with the YY-8500. I have a tendency to respect the "nice" sticks so much that I keep a distance to admire them rather than indulge with them. Since the string was broken, it was strung with Forten Competition Nylon at 25 lbs. Last time, the 25 lbs on a Dunlop Maxy Ply felt pretty good, so I repeated that but then removed two main and 1 cross string to loosen up the string bed. The result was .. amazing.
387 g of static mass sounds like a club, yet, it "snaps", whip around nicely. The whole idea of high swing weight being less maneuverable felt completely contradictory to how this stick feels. If you ever tried short takeback "ATP" forehand with T-2000 you might get a sense of what I am talking about. Groundstrokes felt effortless. The frame .... butter. The string bed felt forgiving. Instead of trying out the YY-8500 only for warm up, I enjoyed hitting with it for the whole 2 hour session. I love it!
(I do enjoy a good story, especially in a time like this. Please be generous about your posts. At least.. 200 words?)
n8dawg6
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fun little frames
bluetrain4
G.O.A.T.
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jmacdaununder2
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The floral Vollaix shirt - see website etc. - and the top racquet just have to get together! (Not trolling; my inner hipster is rejoicing at the thought of this!)A custom Dahcor built to my specs.
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beltsman
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I've changed my favorite racquet preference a few times, so if I went with my current choice it would be the 360 Extreme MP. But seeing as I (hopefully) have a long life ahead and could develop arm or shoulder issues, I'll go with a safer pick - the PCG 100. It is fun to play with, comfortable, modern enough, and can play nearly any style.
one of the most underrated rackets in the past 15 years.
Deathsticks
Rookie
Babolat Aero Storm 2007! I have three of them.
tennisbike
Professional
Love this stick, though I would be afraid to use it all the time since the frame appears to be kind of delicate with fancy grommet/bumper guard design. Like my MR2 mk1, that had been featured in 3 magazines, is mostly a garage queen.
speedysteve
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Grommet / bumper packs are readily available.
Great racquet..
Subway Tennis
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Yonex V-Core Pro 97 310
Feels like butter and a very effective treatment for racquetaholicism.
Feels like butter and a very effective treatment for racquetaholicism.
