Argentino a morir
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oh, wich one? the only one that comes to my mind is roger, but i am probably wrong, anyone knows who was the first one?
the first pro that used a white overgrip?
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slice bh compliment
G.O.A.T.
Early 90s: Michael Stich, iirc.
Goran, too, right before the yellow ones. I'm thinking Emilio Sanchez, too.
T. Muster?
Goran, too, right before the yellow ones. I'm thinking Emilio Sanchez, too.
T. Muster?
Bruguera used a white overgrip during his run at the 97 Lipton, and at the time I found the look "exotic" and unique as I hadn't really remembered seeing anybody using white overgrips back then. Back in the day bannana yellow, good ol' blue eyes tourna grip, lime green, even pink seemed to be the norm. I'm not sure at what point white overgrips really took over, but now they're so commonplace and everyone realizes their benefit. They just feel better it seems when they come in white, something about the pigments and the dye. Liverandlearneverybody-leaverandlearn.
BreakPoint
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Vitas Gerulaitis was using white gauze medical tape as overgrips back in the 70's.
BreakPoint
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Some more pics of Gerulaitis:
slice bh compliment
G.O.A.T.
^Good call.^ I think we have our winner.
BTW, anyone who's ever shaken hands with the great Vitas Gerulaitis could tell he played with gauze tape. Legendary guy. Legendary callouses.
BTW, anyone who's ever shaken hands with the great Vitas Gerulaitis could tell he played with gauze tape. Legendary guy. Legendary callouses.
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lmao ... havent had a laugh like this in years... this guys cracks my head everytime...
Sawdust was, and still is, commonly used. Lendl was unique in that he would put a couple handfuls of it in his shorts pocket but in the leather grip days is was widely used. Sawdust is still routinely kept behind the umpire's chair at most pro events.
kimbahpnam
Hall of Fame
BreakPoint
Bionic Poster
Could be. He used to use the Wilson Jack Kramer Autograph and the Wilson Stan Smith Autograph woodies so I would think it would be the easiest graphite racquet to transition to for someone used to that Wilson feel, as it was for Sampras to go from the Wilson Jack Kramer Pro Staff woodie to the ProStaff Mid (with a short stint with a Kneissl and a Donnay in between).
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i thought vitas was a snauwaert man....
retrowagen
Hall of Fame
No, that's a Snauwaert Graphite Pro, a more flexy variant of the Graphite Mid, circa 1985. This model had Gerulaitis' autograph on it, as well.
littleboi21
Rookie
What shoes is that? Is that the one TW sells?
leonidas1982
Hall of Fame
At times, i think the majority of people on this board think tennis was invented when Federer came on the scene.
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that is very sad but unfortunately true.
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What shoes is that? Is that the one TW sells?
the ones at tw are kind of a remake. the original ones are re-issued fro time to time. find them on the bay... at expensive prices
vsbabolat
G.O.A.T.
Gripsy and Babolat VS Grip are two different overgrips. In the 1980's Gripsy was made in Germany and distributed world wide by Babolat. Eventually Babolat developed thier own overgrip and called it VS Grip and stopped distributing Gripsy. If you still like Gripsy check this out.
http://www.kuebler-tennis.com/grips.htm
Some more pics of Gerulaitis:
I didn't know Michael Bolton was a tennis pro
kimbahpnam
Hall of Fame
he's got as much nike on as nadal and federer minus the headband which he could use
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that is a very dumb thing to say. Respect mr. Vitas, no one beats him 17 times in a row...
besides, Vitas was the ultimate party animal on the tour, enough to put Verdasco & Lopez in a pocket...
retrowagen
Hall of Fame
Naw, more like 1988. Every Head racket made (except for the Prestige Pro and Prestige Master) that year had a white grip!
Murray_Maniac
Banned
Yea I agree. Nearly every pro now & even myself are now using tourna grip.
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yes he was. just saw it at getty images and he was using a fugly estusa yellow green fluoro racquet with white grip...
You mean their benefit to the companies who make an overgrip that becomes so filthy after one day's use that you have to replace it.
Watching some of his play, one could make an argument that it was somewhat re-invented
BreakPoint
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Huh?
What do you mean by "opposite hand"? He can't obviously hold his racquet AND a ball in the same hand while he's playing, can he?
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