Just more curiousity than anything: Any top ATP guys still using the Prestige (and/or pro stock variants)?

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Asides from Murray and his open PT57, I can't think of any pro's that use one...
Seem's to be a shift towards slightly more powerful frames like the Radicals and Blades. With the juniors coming up with Pure Drives/Aeros/Strikes/Blades/Speeds and the Yonex brand making a huge splash, I wonder if we'll see more of these control frames.
 
snr said:
Asides from Murray and his open PT57, I can't think of any pro's that use one...
Seem's to be a shift towards slightly more powerful frames like the Radicals and Blades. With the juniors coming up with Pure Drives/Aeros/Strikes/Blades/Speeds and the Yonex brand making a huge splash, I wonder if we'll see more of these control frames.
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As for PT57A/E there are still few using these moulds, like Haase, the “newly” retired Haas, Simon, Lorenzi, Cuevas, Stakhovsky...
 
Klizan? Gojowczyk? Laaksonen? Popyrin? Ivashka? Bachinger? Hanfmann, García Lopez, Haase.

Doubles players Krawietz, Middelkoop, Koolhof, Skugor, Mektic.

Not sure what's under everyone's paintjob, but I expect most of these are really playing a prestige.
 
I only consider the real Prestige as PT10. I never considered the PT57A as a Prestige because when it was sold to the public it was sold as the Radical Tour 260 MP and the Pro Tour 630/280 but I guess now we can call the PT57A a Prestige since it’s has that feel we love about classic HEAD racquets
 
Moonballballer said:
Klizan? Gojowczyk? Laaksonen? Popyrin? Ivashka? Bachinger? Hanfmann, García Lopez, Haase.

Doubles players Krawietz, Middelkoop, Koolhof, Skugor, Mektic.

Not sure what's under everyone's paintjob, but I expect most of these are really playing a prestige.
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Reading those names, and considering their ages, makes me think the likelihood of seeing an old school Prestige reissue, slim-to-none.
 
vsbabolat said:
I only consider the real Prestige as PT10. I never considered the PT57A as a Prestige because when it was sold to the public it was sold as the Radical Tour 260 MP and the Pro Tour 630/280 but I guess now we can call the PT57A a Prestige since it’s has that feel we love about classic HEAD racquets
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Guess we can't afford to be picky anymore :(

hurworld said:
Cilic? He’s the face of Prestige currently, after all.
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He uses an IG Radical underneath the paintjob though so not a Prestige. The Head marketing

rafa_prestige89 said:
Pablo Cuevas(i.Prestige XL), Gilles Simon and Robin Haase comes to mind as the only ones in the top 100.
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I thought the number was low, thanks all in this thread for confirming... I am guessing the Prestige as we know it while I'm sure will be making the rounds in the amateur circuits falls away from the profesional "modern game" (whatever that means lol)

BTW @rafa_prestige89 , oxymoron of a username haha
 
How about Noah Rubin? I follow his other IG account (@behindtheracquet) and it shows he has switched to Prestige (or just PJ?).
 
Two young, up-and-coming players, A. Popyrin and L. Musetti (AO 2019 junior's champion) are using the Prestige.
 
Stan the Man was a Prestige user prior to the Big Payback from Yonex which took him away. I remember the pundits saying it was a stupid move, but he really has become the standard bearer for Yonex with regard to the men.
 
It seems that head doesnt really care about the prestige anymore, and how weird isnt that. A prestige frame with capgrommets is one of the most beautiful and instantly recognisable frames ever. Now when young players are coming up they are usually not big raquetnerds knowing which pro playes with which paintjob they just want to use whatever they think there hero is using. So if none of there heros plays prestige frames chanses are small they will, basically it matters less how great the frames playes if no interesting players endorse them. The thing is if Head wanted to both Murray and Djokovic could have easily endorsed prestige frames with painjobs to mention the 2 most obvious. Instead the only real top pro that now endorses Prestige is Cilic, and with his charisma that really tells you Head doesnt care anymore...
 
You might be right. Nevertheless I do not think HEAD does not care about Prestige anymore. When Prestige did still well a couple of years ago, HEAD tried to build up new silos to have more to offer to young players. You are right that this seems to hurt the Prestige now in terms of top player support. But maybe the young Australian guy Popyrin can push Prestige again in the next couple of years. And what I heard, the new Prestige that will be launched next Jan. is also more appealing to young guns in terms of design.
 
dr325i said:
This is correct. Marin is NOT using the TGK231.3 under the paint as he used to.
Head can call it a Prestige, however, the TGT312 has nothing to do what the idea of Prestige is/was
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Sorry @Howard H , didn't realize Marin had switched away from the TGK231.3. Curious on what the TGT312 actually is so will read up on it!


Howard H said:
You might be right. Nevertheless I do not think HEAD does not care about Prestige anymore. When Prestige did still well a couple of years ago, HEAD tried to build up new silos to have more to offer to young players. You are right that this seems to hurt the Prestige now in terms of top player support. But maybe the young Australian guy Popyrin can push Prestige again in the next couple of years. And what I heard, the new Prestige that will be launched next Jan. is also more appealing to young guns in terms of design.
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Yep, its weird perhaps they feel the Prestige is too classic? I will admit I rarely see them out and about these days... Even the good players at tournaments are seldom on them.

Kind of off topic I guess but I'm actually excited for the Gravity. Love my Prestiges but if Head can bring back a flexy racquet, even in 100, I'll jump at the opp to try. Funny they couldn't bring back flexy to a Prestige though!!
 
Lavs said:
And head-shaped grip. Fact is that his racket has changable pallets
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And it's absolutely amazing that he was able to use that forehand swing on a prestige.

Also, kinda proves that topspin is more tecnique based than anything... I bet the rpm on his shots was pretty much the same or very close to current standards when he was using the prestige.
 
GuilhermeG said:
And it's absolutely amazing that he was able to use that forehand swing on a prestige.

Also, kinda proves that topspin is more tecnique based than anything... I bet the rpm on his shots was pretty much the same or very close to current standards when he was using the prestige.
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Sure hes frame is still 18x20 so im sure the difference is not that big. 18x20 frames do work exellent taking big cuts on the balls. Just remember Tomas Musters massive groundstrokes throughout hes career. And then when he made hes late comeback when he was in hes 40s he played for a short while with Aero Pro Drive only to switch back to Pro Tour 630...
 
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