What do Henin and Davenport's racquet today?

[Torontolon]

Does anyone know which racquet Justine henin and Lindsay Davenport would use today? I did a google image search and it appears Davenport has a black racquet - is this what happens if you get it custom made (and don't need a paint job for sponsorships)?

I know the burn is the new "tour" (as they both used the tour line, but it's much heavier it seems.

 

[Torontolon]

So I can't change the title sorry - I realise it looks like I can't write. Sorry.

 

[A_Instead]

this is simple...the Burn 95 as its is the heritage of what they used...

 

[Torontolon]

Would they they be using that though? It's so much heavier now - the BLX tour and ntour two were about 289g and the burn is much more.

 

[robbo1970]

Would they they be using that though? It's so much heavier now - the BLX tour and ntour two were about 289g and the burn is much more.

It would appear you are fairly new to the forum as these sections.

The weight, balance and often lay-up of pro's and former pro's racquets are often vastly different to what you see as the retail versions.

Most pro's regularly use much heavier racquets that the retail versions and can handle quite a bit more additional weight.

 

[dgoran]

From horses stringer mouth
I hold Henins racket dring the French Open. It's the Hyper Hammer 5.3 with Power Holes and a nTour pj. It's 70 cm long, weight is about 290 gr. unstrung, balance 35.4 cm, grip size 3. She uses Maillot Savarez Natural Gut, strung with 27 kp/59.5 lbs (probably will vary on different surfaces and conditions). Her racket is far away from being an nTour.

Today she is probably using leftovers from her pro career

 

[ericsson]

Justine uses the same racket as Svitolina (old steam 99 with Burn 100 pj) these days.

 

[lidoazndiabloboi]

Justine uses the same racket as Svitolina (old steam 99 with Burn 100 pj) these days.

yep!

 

[mxvb]

From horses stringer mouth
I hold Henins racket dring the French Open. It's the Hyper Hammer 5.3 with Power Holes and a nTour pj. It's 70 cm long, weight is about 290 gr. unstrung, balance 35.4 cm, grip size 3. She uses Maillot Savarez Natural Gut, strung with 27 kp/59.5 lbs (probably will vary on different surfaces and conditions). Her racket is far away from being an nTour.

Today she is probably using leftovers from her pro career

Where can you buy that natural gut? I can't find it..

 

[ericsson]

Where can you buy that natural gut? I can't find it..

You can't buy it no more cos they don't make it no more, even Justine had to switch to Babolat VS late in her career after using all her stock of MS First Gold...

 

[mxvb]

You can't buy it no more cos they don't make it no more, even Justine had to switch to Babolat VS late in her career after using all her stock of MS First Gold...

Thanks for replying! I was thinking the same, because there is almost No information to find about that brand of string..

 

[Torontolon]

From horses stringer mouth
I hold Henins racket dring the French Open. It's the Hyper Hammer 5.3 with Power Holes and a nTour pj. It's 70 cm long, weight is about 290 gr. unstrung, balance 35.4 cm, grip size 3. She uses Maillot Savarez Natural Gut, strung with 27 kp/59.5 lbs (probably will vary on different surfaces and conditions). Her racket is far away from being an nTour.

Today she is probably using leftovers from her pro career

I don't know why I didn't respond to this - I'm sorry. But so helpful and interesting to know. Thank you!

 

[Harry_Wild]

Nice to see Justine again! She still should be pretty good tennis player since she has a couple of tennis academies and teaches from time to time! But she is a game show host on French TV and a real celebrity in the EU; not just an athlete celebrity! LOL!

 

[Say Chi Sin Lo]

Would they they be using that though? It's so much heavier now - the BLX tour and ntour two were about 289g and the burn is much more.

??? You call that heavy? OOOOkkkay...

I'm nearly positive that whatever they used back in the days would be heavier than today's hollowed out frames.

 

[CivicLx]

Nice to see Justine again! She still should be pretty good tennis player since she has a couple of tennis academies and teaches from time to time! But she is a game show host on French TV and a real celebrity in the EU; not just an athlete celebrity! LOL!

What do you mean it's nice to see her? I know she has her academies but I figured she left the tour behind and didn't have anything to do with it on a pro level anymore.