what are some pros that play or used to play with the PS85?
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Young Pete
Professional
don't forget roger federer in his early years....<----------Sampras wannabe!!
Feña14
G.O.A.T.
Haha how did I forget Federer!
You have to forgive me, it's 7.12AM and I haven't been to sleep yet
TheSnowMan
Semi-Pro
TheSnowMan
Semi-Pro
Mahut uses PS 95.
Feña14
G.O.A.T.
Yeh there was some debate around Queens time if it was an 85 or 95, it did look smaller than a 95 but not quite as small as an 85.. So i'm still not sure
B
blackman
Guest
roger's racket
just saw a picture of federer's racket... 16 X 18 string pattern, similar to my classic 6.0 85. the nano 90 has a 16 X 19 string pattern. unless its a custom. also the bottom of the throat area is longer, like the 6.0 85, as compared to the nano 90.
just saw a picture of federer's racket... 16 X 18 string pattern, similar to my classic 6.0 85. the nano 90 has a 16 X 19 string pattern. unless its a custom. also the bottom of the throat area is longer, like the 6.0 85, as compared to the nano 90.
Federer wasn't a Sampras wannabe. He used PS 6.0 because his idol Edberg used it!
thomas martinez
Professional
Steffi's wasn't a Pro Staff 85, it was a Pro Staff Classic 7.x 85 with a 18 x 20 pattern. Jeremy Bates and Fernando Meligini(at least as a jr) were others who used this frame.
gsquicksilver
Semi-Pro
jennifer capriati also used it when she was a junior.
Azzurri
Legend
Krickstein used the ULTRA 2.
slice bh compliment
G.O.A.T.
Original Pro Staff
The list is way, way too long if you include all of the lower-ranked guys (playing satellites and money tournaments) and college players in the 80s and 90s.
That and the Prince Graphite (the 90 and the bigger one) were by far the most popular sticks I can remember. The old Dunlop Max 200G had a following too, as did the Head Graphite Edge. OF course there were Rossignols, Spaldings, Kneissls, Snauwaerts, Donnays, Slazengers, Estusas, Pumas, Zebras, Kennexes, Volkls, etc. But I'd say the PS 85 has earned its place in the pantheon. Probably at the top. Obviously, it's one of the finest sticks ever, but for whatever reason, a lot of players have moved on.
Seems like a lot of guys from the PS85 era switched to Prestiges/Radicals/Muscle Weave 200gs/different Pro Staffs and the like....or they went with some midplus, slightly wider shafted frames after that. Among my crowd (former college players, teaching pros and guys who were pretty decent players), there's been a return to the heavier frames over the past five or six years.
Let's see if I can list the sticks of the cats I hit with: Pro Staff 95 classic, n6.1 90, n95, various Volkl 10s, Head Prestiges and Radicals, lots of Babolat Pure Controls, a Pure Drive Roddick, and AeroPro Control, Fischer Pro no. 1 and Mspeed, various Dunlop 200Gs, Dunlop 400 something, Prince O3 red, and one guy still has a bagful of the cool Snauwaert ATP Tour 85 that is basically a Pro Staff knockoff.
The list is way, way too long if you include all of the lower-ranked guys (playing satellites and money tournaments) and college players in the 80s and 90s.
That and the Prince Graphite (the 90 and the bigger one) were by far the most popular sticks I can remember. The old Dunlop Max 200G had a following too, as did the Head Graphite Edge. OF course there were Rossignols, Spaldings, Kneissls, Snauwaerts, Donnays, Slazengers, Estusas, Pumas, Zebras, Kennexes, Volkls, etc. But I'd say the PS 85 has earned its place in the pantheon. Probably at the top. Obviously, it's one of the finest sticks ever, but for whatever reason, a lot of players have moved on.
Seems like a lot of guys from the PS85 era switched to Prestiges/Radicals/Muscle Weave 200gs/different Pro Staffs and the like....or they went with some midplus, slightly wider shafted frames after that. Among my crowd (former college players, teaching pros and guys who were pretty decent players), there's been a return to the heavier frames over the past five or six years.
Let's see if I can list the sticks of the cats I hit with: Pro Staff 95 classic, n6.1 90, n95, various Volkl 10s, Head Prestiges and Radicals, lots of Babolat Pure Controls, a Pure Drive Roddick, and AeroPro Control, Fischer Pro no. 1 and Mspeed, various Dunlop 200Gs, Dunlop 400 something, Prince O3 red, and one guy still has a bagful of the cool Snauwaert ATP Tour 85 that is basically a Pro Staff knockoff.
VGP
Legend
Wow, I can't believe I'm reviving an old thread of mine....but rather than start a new one.
I was watching one of my old tapes of the USO semi between Sampras and Courier from 1995 and I noticed that Courier was using the early Chinese PS85.
I went through Getty Images and it seems for about half a year in 1995 Courier used the "newer" PS85 at the time. What caught my eye was the large white print at the throat, the larger PWS at the sides of the head, and the "85 sq. in." inside the hoop.......
Seems he switched back the following year then went on to the black experimental mid he used for a while after.
Sorry for the unclear pics:
FWIW. Just an observation.
I was watching one of my old tapes of the USO semi between Sampras and Courier from 1995 and I noticed that Courier was using the early Chinese PS85.
I went through Getty Images and it seems for about half a year in 1995 Courier used the "newer" PS85 at the time. What caught my eye was the large white print at the throat, the larger PWS at the sides of the head, and the "85 sq. in." inside the hoop.......
Seems he switched back the following year then went on to the black experimental mid he used for a while after.
Sorry for the unclear pics:
FWIW. Just an observation.
what is a "nano 90"? Is that slang for N-code?
vsbabolat
G.O.A.T.
pepelepieux
New User
Paul-Henri Mathieu played with the 85s during his cadet years (and with the Star and Stripes too).
drakulie
Talk Tennis Guru
Also used the Pro Staff.
You are too good at this.
BTW, last time I saw krickstein, he was using the 85. I believe it was the Outback series???
Enlightened Coelacanth
Rookie
Jim Grabb, Stanford grad and star doubles standout of the late eighties/ early nineties used the Pro Staff. Oh, and Patty Fendick, (Stanford again) a Chico born precursor to Lisa Raymond.
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1970CRBase
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I think Manuela Maleeva might have also used PS85 at some point, looking at some old pics of her.
http://wtastars.tripod.com/manuela/manuela.jpg
http://www.tennisserver.com/Player_GIFs/MANUELA.GIF
If she did use it, Katerina probably did too.
http://wtastars.tripod.com/manuela/manuela.jpg
http://www.tennisserver.com/Player_GIFs/MANUELA.GIF
If she did use it, Katerina probably did too.
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1970CRBase
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............... hmmm tripod image doesn't work?
vsbabolat
G.O.A.T.
Manuela used the the Ultra 2, Ultra FPK, and Pro Staff 5.5 dual taper beam.
Katerina used Kneissl and then Rossignol.
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Azzurri
Legend
yep, Fed was a big Edberg Fan.
Azzurri
Legend
Also used the Pro Staff.
I realized this sometime later. I was not that into racquets for the general player back then (more so now beacuse of this forum), but yes I did find out he also used the PS85 and it seems as if more so than the Ultra 2.
It was both Edberg and sampras but more so Becker actually, and later Rios... Heard it from the man himself.. I wonder if he ever tried Estusa, or Yonex.. or what rackets he has actually tried..
wyutani
Hall of Fame
no. fed was a laver fan. he said it himself.
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