Which racquet lines have the most slams?
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mpournaras
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Id say single Grandslams in the modern era? Rafa's Aero no doubt.
Djokovic never really used a retail line under the paint (don't say liquid metal radical) and his string pattern and therefore "frame" changed cutting his GS numbers below Rafa's tried and true 22 grand slams
Djokovic never really used a retail line under the paint (don't say liquid metal radical) and his string pattern and therefore "frame" changed cutting his GS numbers below Rafa's tried and true 22 grand slams
austintennis2005
Professional
Who beside Rafa and wozniaki won slam with aero?
mpournaras
Hall of Fame
No one but that was ONE single racket that they both used. Well Woz has the cortex so hers dont count.
I guess if we are talking "lines" then Pro Staff wins
The Pro Staff was used by Federer, Sampras, Courier, Edberg, Graff, Evert. That's like ~70 singles slams just from them? Wilson's website counts 117, but they are probably including doubles.
Unless there was another line that was used for 30 years by multiple players at one point in the GOAT conversation, that's gotta take the crown.
Unless there was another line that was used for 30 years by multiple players at one point in the GOAT conversation, that's gotta take the crown.
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dr325i
G.O.A.T.
Radical line has at least 40+ slams, as asked in the OP - the line of rackets — ND based on LM Radical, Cilic, AA, Murray, Guga…all types of radicals…
If the question was specific mode, not line of rackets, then probably Aero.
dr325i
G.O.A.T.
That was not what the question was in the OP
Say Chi Sin Lo
G.O.A.T.
Racquet line...
Do we count murray? I know PT57A is based off of the original radical mold but it was always a different line, no? But I do think Radical is up there for sure. May be the highest.
dr325i
G.O.A.T.
Well the Pro at our was the predecessor of the zebra and bumblebee and so on so we could….
dr325i
G.O.A.T.
Cilic, and a bunch of them in doubles.
Even if we don't count murray radical still may be #1. Is sloane stephen's racquet a radical underneath the PJ?
I thought cilic used a prestige mid? (and later pt57a) I'm not that well versed in him tbh
dr325i
G.O.A.T.
231.3, MG Radical MP
UnderArmServeOP
Professional
It's either the Pro Staff of the Prestige line of frames. Thats if you count Djoko's racquet as a Prestige and not Speed
Djokers is radical
UnderArmServeOP
Professional
ah yes. I meant Radical
MasterSlice74
Rookie
Shame they're now trying to axe the pro staff... without a doubt one of the most legendary racket lines in tennis history.
California
Semi-Pro
It’s going to carry into 2026, not dead yet.
Hi dr325i- why Guga Radical? Wasn't it a PT 630?
dr325i
G.O.A.T.
The PT630 is kind of…radical, no?
vsbabolat
Talk Tennis Guru
And Slazenger Challenge No. 1
Grafil Injection
Legend
Would be a rival to the Maxply if you include the Challenge model sold by Slazenger after WW2 and before the No 1 came out in the mid-1960s, plus the Ayres Challenge model that goes back to the 1880s, before Slazenger bought Ayres in 1940.
If not, I think the Renshaw, Doherty or EGM were Slazenger's most winning models.
Rabbit
G.O.A.T.
I actually loved the Slazenger more than the MaxPly. It felt better.
vsbabolat
Talk Tennis Guru
You had the Jack Kramer Pro Staff (came out in 1970) and the Chris Evert Pro Staff (that was released in 1982). The Pro Staff Midsize had nothing to do to do with those wood rackets
i think mac won one or two with the pro staff didn’t he? or was it all dunlop?
vsbabolat
Talk Tennis Guru
McEnroe won the 1979 and 1980 US Open with the JACK KRAMER Pro Staff which is a mono shaft wood racket. The only racket that just said Pro Staff was the graphite and Kevlar racket that Pete Sampras, Stefan Edberg, Jim Courier made famous and John never used that frame.
yeah i meant the wood one. i’d still count it as part of the pro staff line personally.
All racquet lines evolve over time. this is not a thread of which specific mold has the most titles over time. as that would be boring. max 200g, tk57, or pro staff 85 would maybe win that though if i had to guess.
names carry brand recognition. they carry on for a reason. if companies gave a new name for every new mold that came out it would be one of the stupidest business decisions they could make.
for good reason
vsbabolat
Talk Tennis Guru
I wouldn’t and it isn’t. It was part of the Jack Kramer line of rackets. There was also Chris Evert Pro Staff that was part of the Chris Evert line. You’re confused.
I’m not confused, i mean it still has the pro staff moniker, but that’s totally fair that one wouldn’t.
vsbabolat
Talk Tennis Guru
It was the Jack Kramer Pro Staff and had nothing to do with a graphite midsize racket. The Jack Kramer Pro Staff along with the Jack Kramer Autograph, Jack Kramer Autograph Midsize were part of the same line of wood racket endorsed by Jack Kramer. It was part of his line of rackets. You’re confused.
i totally get it. but i’d lean loose and if it has pro staff in the name i’ll add it to the tally. you’re not wrong. PS97 and the PS6.1 are unbelievably different for graphite racquets as well.
vsbabolat
Talk Tennis Guru
Better add Chris Evert Pro Staff to the list.
And the Pro Staff 6.1 95 and Pro Staff are evolutions on the them of graphite and Kevlar composite frames inspired by the original Pro Staff Midsize graphite and Kevlar. The wood rackets aren’t even loose.
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Subway Tennis
G.O.A.T.
What is the worst racquet model/line to have won multiple majors? GTX? T2000?
i don’t disagree about the frames not being close. i’m willing to bend the rules because, (although there really are no rules for this lol) they just all have the words “pro staff” in their name.
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