Pro Stock Wilson Racquets

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you can see that at 9 and 3 there is no trasparent carbon fiber zone but you can see the white primer under the varnish!
 
 
There is a big online retailer in the UK that has players stock k pro opens in stretch 27.5. Weird, they dont give any info about them, any one know?
 
baseline_monster said:
There is a big online retailer in the UK that has players stock k pro opens in stretch 27.5. Weird, they dont give any info about them, any one know?
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A few members here (myself included) purchased some of the other pro stock rackets they had a while ago but I'm not sure if anyone bought any of the K pro opens. I'd be very eager to hear your findings if you do buy one of them. If it helps, the pro stock [K]six.one 95 stretch rackets that I bought are incredible and I'm sure the Kpro Opens won't disappoint. I'm not sure what's under the paintjobs of them though, perhaps someone else will know?
 
Danstevens said:
A few members here (myself included) purchased some of the other pro stock rackets they had a while ago but I'm not sure if anyone bought any of the K pro opens. I'd be very eager to hear your findings if you do buy one of them. If it helps, the pro stock [K]six.one 95 stretch rackets that I bought are incredible and I'm sure the Kpro Opens won't disappoint. I'm not sure what's under the paintjobs of them though, perhaps someone else will know?
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Most Pro Open PJ's these days are usually HPS 5.1's underneath
 
Danstevens said:
A few members here (myself included) purchased some of the other pro stock rackets they had a while ago but I'm not sure if anyone bought any of the K pro opens. I'd be very eager to hear your findings if you do buy one of them. If it helps, the pro stock [K]six.one 95 stretch rackets that I bought are incredible and I'm sure the Kpro Opens won't disappoint. I'm not sure what's under the paintjobs of them though, perhaps someone else will know?
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I bought the K6.1 95 paintjob with matte finish and classic printed in the throat. I used to play with the "normal" k95 6.1 and it´s a ocean in differences between the regular and pro versions. The "classic" version unstrung weight is 347 grams. I have 4 of them and there was only something like 0,7 gram´s difference between all 4 frames.

More Wilson pro stock to the people!!!
 
So I have a question here: Based on Greek Goliath's responses, does this mean that any teaching pro under contract with wilson could potentially acquire an H22? I know several from the tennis club I go to, and I was hoping to ask one in particular if he might attempt to get one.. But I dont want to ask him if it's not terribly likely he can.
 
Cup8489 has a very interesting point - it would be great to know something about it, as well as directioning that question to Head pro coaches acquiring the PTs and TGKs...
So, in the end the only visible mark of the Wilson Pro stock is the CLASSIC word inside the throat?
THNX
 
Hi guys,
i have got this one.

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it was sold as h22 but i'm not sure about that becaurse the string pattern mains skip 8t,10t.

does somebody knows more about that?
 
strung specs for this stick:

head 98
lenght 70,5cm
wight strung 354gr with og
balance 33cm ( 7 pts hl? )
stiffness strung ra65
beam 21.15mm

matt painted , without loop weave , with wilson prostock leather grip ,
kblade bumper ( not black plain )
 
It is H22 for sure but PLEASE downsize that photo a bit. Btw, those knots are terrible (all 3 of them?) :)
 
just click on image and you can get normal size on imageshack.
the knots are terrible,accord (not me) :)
what about string pattern?
 
Mdubb23 said:
Recently, in the wake of all hype surrounding pro stock Wilson frames, I've decided to create this thread in an attempt to coherently organize all thoughts about Wilson pro stock frames into one thread. We, as a TT community, have over the past couple years unlocked many secrets pertaining to Head Pro Stock frames, and I feel we should have no problem doing the same for Wilson. That said, here are my thoughts so far:

Wilson Pros essentially fall into two different categories. The first category represents Wilson pros who enjoy and demand that classic, stiff Wilson feel on all of their shots. These pros tend to use Six.One or Pro.Tour/Pro.Open paintjobs on top of older Wilson frames, always with PWS, and often with the word "classic" in the throat. Examples of such players are the following: Roger Federer, Juan Martin del Potro, Jarkko Nieminen, Feliciano Lopez, and Mardy Fish. TT User Indiana Puffed, in particular, has a great collection of these "classic" racquets:


On the contrary, the other category represents primarily former Head PT630 (PT57A/PT57E) users, who don't care for that stiff feel on their groundstrokes, but demand it on their serves and on their volleys, two areas where PT57's are noticeably lacking, according to pros. However, these pros demand the plush, soft PT57 feel on their groundstrokes. The answer? The Wilson H22, a prototype frame without PWS and seeming to duplicate the PT630/PT57 mold, but yet what former Head pros claim feeels much better on serves and volleys. These, as far as I know, are always found in Blade paintjobs, whether the Tour or the 98, and are incredibly hard to find--much more so than the "classic" paintjobs. I've seen arguments that the 22 stands for the beam width in millimeters, but I cannot confirm or deny that. There is much speculation as to whether or not Djokovic used the H22 under a KBT paintjob. I believe he did. VSBabolat believes he did not. Examples of pros undoubtedly using the H22 are as follows: Philipp Kohlschreiber, Paul-Henri Mathieu, Arnaud Clement, Dmitry Tursunov, Frank Dancevic, and Lester Cook. A TT member, Biciomac, posted a great picture of his H22:


So, to wrap it all up, it seems as though there are two categories of Wilson pros: those using older Wilson racquets with PWS under paintjobs and those transferring from Head to Wilson using the Wilson H22 with a KBlade paintjob. Again, this is only a crude conjecture (I'm hoping we can all work to refine it), and there are many exceptions to my observations. One, for example, is Taylor Dent. He used to use stiff-feeling Wilson racquets with PWS (I'm pretty sure the HPS Zone 7.1 with Prostaff ROK and n6.1 95 PJs) long before the concept of the H22 was even conceived. Now, however, he uses the H22 (or at least a KBlade 98 PJ without PWS, and that's good enough for me). That completely contradicts my theory. As a result of his back injuries, does he now demand a flexier feel on groundstrokes? Who knows. And also, to clear up any confusion, when I grouped Federer with those using "classic" Wilson frames, it's because he uses a stiff, custom Wilson frame with PWS, very similar to the Six.One Tour out today, therefore meeting the criteria of a Wilson pro who likes the stiffer, classic Wilson feel as opposed to one who likes a flexier feel on groundies.

All in all, I'm hoping we can get a ton of good information out of this thread. Tuners, stringers, please bless us mere mortals with your wealth of information.
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Cool, had no idea a thread had my sticks at the top of it :)

Can't really add much to what has been said already regarding the pro stock.
 
I was browsing this thread and it occurred to me that the word "Classic" was being thrown around.

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First photo is of a Pro Staff 6.0 95 with N Code paint. *Note the corners of the throat which are squared off.* The word Original appears in the throat because the racquet is the "Original" Pro Staff 95 so to speak.

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Second photo is a Pro Staff 6.1 95 Classic with K Factor paint. *Note the more modern aerodynamic dimple shape at the corner of the throat.* The very reason why so many of the Wilson pro stock racquets have that code is because that racquet is so popular. There were two versions though, 16 x 19 27", and 18 x 20 27.5", which actually featured different construction from one other.
 
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Wilson experts:
I've got two pro stock frames and I was wondering if anyone could tell me more about them. They're painted as BLX 6.1 95 18x20 XL racquets (27.5 in). They're lighter than the 6.1 classics, but the specs are a bit different than the retail BLX: 333g unstrung, 14 pts HL balance, swingweight feels manageable.

Anyone know more about these frames?
Either way, they're great, surprisingly maneuverable and easy to swing for extended racquets!
 
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I have a (severely) broken racquet that I managed to snag at the Charlottesville challenger in 2010 that I believe may have been from Dimitrov? It is painted like a 2010 BLX six one 95, but looking at the specs in the neck of the racquet, is identical to the specs of Federer's BLX Tour 90... plus it has a US Open 2010 stringing sticker on the inside, and has Big banger with a 4 1/2 grip... which was what Dimitrov was using back then... does anyone have an idea of any other player it could possibly be? (if not I'm assuming it belonged to Dimitrov)
 
I heard that the current Wilson racquets that the tour pros are playing with came mostly out of Head's pro racquet molds. This the second time I heard it mention here.

Head certainly getting a lot of liking from tour pros. It too bad none of the tour pro racquets made it to the recreational player; only their paintjobs.
 
Lefty78 said:
I was browsing this thread and it occurred to me that the word "Classic" was being thrown around.

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First photo is of a Pro Staff 6.0 95 with N Code paint. *Note the corners of the throat which are squared off.* The word Original appears in the throat because the racquet is the "Original" Pro Staff 95 so to speak.

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Second photo is a Pro Staff 6.1 95 Classic with K Factor paint. *Note the more modern aerodynamic dimple shape at the corner of the throat.* The very reason why so many of the Wilson pro stock racquets have that code is because that racquet is so popular. There were two versions though, 16 x 19 27", and 18 x 20 27.5", which actually featured different construction from one other.
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Woah. Had NO clue Wilson used to mark pro stocks on the throat like this.
 
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