Wilson Version Numbers

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Now that we know what Version 11.0 means here are the previous 10 iterations (some of the naming conventions are not really accurate - just did this quickly - but should give you the general idea). I'm still stubbing out the details...

v1.0 Pro Staff Original: A New Box Beam

Spoiler: staging area / apochraphia

Followed after the Sting and Ultra with its introduction in 1983. Introduced in this version is braided graphite & kevlar and it is the longest selling box beam Wilson made.
https://web.archive.org/web/19980115025054/http://www.tennis-warehouse.com/WPics/60.html

parallel version lines
Ultra, Ultra 2, Ultra FPK, Jack Kramer Staff, and the Profile which evolved into the hammer and dual taper beam pro staff.

ProStaff Original, Pro Staff 6.0 Original

Midsize
:: 85sq.in. - 11.6-12.3oz - 1-1.5in balance - 27in length - 17mm shaft - 16x18
Midplus :::
:: 95sq.in. - 11.6-12.3oz - 1-1.5in balance - 27in length - 20mm shaft - 16x18
Largehead
:: 110sq.in. - 11.6-12.3oz - 1-1.5in balance -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - 16x19​

ProStaff 125

:: 125sq.in. - 11.6-12.3oz - 1-1.5in balance -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - 18x22​

ProStaff Tour DB 85 (asian market)
Pro Staff 6.6 Tour Classic

:: 85sq.in. - 12.3oz - 10pts - 27in length - 20mm shaft - 16x18
:: 95sq.in. - 12.3oz - 10pts - 27in length - 20mm shaft - 18x20​

v2.0 Pro Staff Classic: Shaped Beams Strike Back

Spoiler: staging area / apochraphia

https://web.archive.org/web/19980115025617/http://www.tennis-warehouse.com/WPics/61.html
Version 2 began around 1990 and was largely concerned with beam shapes. The dual taper beam, classic beam, and later the rectangular geometry beam originated in this version.

Dual Taper Beam

Hammer Pro Staff 4.0 95
Pro Staff 4.5 95
Pro Staff 4.9 95
Pro Staff 5.5 95
Pro Staff 5.8 95
Pro Staff 5.9 95
Pro Staff 6.0 95
Pro Staff 6.5 95
Hammer Pro Staff 4.0 110
Pro Staff 4.5 110
Pro Staff 4.9 110
Pro Staff 5.5 110
Pro Staff 5.8 110
Pro Staff 5.9 110
Pro Staff 6.5 110
Pro Staff 6.8 Lite 110​

Classic Beam

Pro Staff 6.0 85
Pro Staff 7.0 85 Lite [asian market]
Pro Staff 4.2 95
Pro Staff 6.0 95
Pro Staff 6.1

::: 95sq.in. - 340g - 315mm - 27in - 21mm shaft - 16x18
Tour Edition ::::
::: 95sq.in. - 340g - 315mm - 27in - 21mm shaft - 18x20
Stretch 95 ::::::
::: 95sq.in. - 340g - 315mm - 28in - 21mm shaft - 18x20
Stretch 110 ::::
:: 110sq.in. - 340g - 315mm - 28in - 21mm shaft - 18x19
25th Anniversary
::: 95sq.in. - 340g - 315mm - 27in - 21mm shaft - 18x20​

Pro Staff 7.0 95
Pro Staff 7.0 Lite 95
Pro Staff 7.5 95
Pro Staff 6.0 110
Pro Staff 7.0 Lite 110
Pro Staff 7.5 110​

Rectangular Geometry Beam

Pro Staff 4.9 95
Pro Staff 5.8 Stretch 95
Pro Staff 7.1 95
Pro Staff 4.7 EB Stretch 100
Pro Staff 5.7 EB Stretch 100
Pro Staff 5.8 110
Pro Staff 6.7 EB Oversize 110
Pro Staff 7.1 Stretch 110
Pro Staff 4.7 EB Stretch 115
Pro Staff 5.7 EB Stretch 115​

v3.0 Hyper ProStaff: Return of the Box Beam
https://web.archive.org/web/20010413025548/http://www.tennis-warehouse.com/WilsonRacquets.html
introduced in 2000, version 3 primarily focused on the materials of the frame, primarily hypercarbon.

Hyper Carbon

Original Box Beam

Hyper ProStaff 6.0 90 european market
Hyper ProStaff 6.0 Tour 95​

Classic Beam

Hyper ProStaff 6.1 95
Hyper ProStaff 6.1 stretch 95
Hyper ProStaff 6.1 106​

Hyper ProStaff 5.0 95
Hyper ProStaff 5.0 Stretch 95
Hyper ProStaff 6.5 95
Hyper ProStaff Extreme 6.7 95
Hyper ProStaff Zone 7.1 95
Hyper ProStaff 7.6 Rollers 98
Hyper ProStaff Surge 5.1 100
Hyper ProStaff Surge 5.1 X 100
Hyper ProStaff 5.0 Stretch 110
Hyper ProStaff 6.5 110
Hyper ProStaff Extreme 6.7 110​

Other Materials

Triad Pro Staff 6.0 95
Pro Staff 6.6 Titanium 95
Pro Staff 6.6 Titanium 110​

v4.0 ProStaff Tour
https://web.archive.org/web/2003040...nnis-warehouse.com/descpageRCWILSON-WT90.html
Version 4 was released in 2003 the Tour models were marketed as a return to the roots of the Pro Staff by removing swing index (6.0, 6.1) numbers.

ProStaff Tour 90
ProStaff ROK 93
Prostaff Tour 95
ProStaff Torch 95
ProStaff Trance 95
ProStaff ROK 102
ProStaff Torch 110
ProStaff Trance 110​

v5.0 nSix-One
https://web.archive.org/web/20041101023639/http://www.tennis-warehouse.com/WilsonRacquets.html
Introduced in 2004 version 5 was marketed as updates in materials (silicone crystals filling voids).

nSix-One Tour 90
nSix-One 95 (16x18)
nSix-One 95 (18x20)
nPS 95 (18x20)
nTour 95
PS Blitz 100
nTour 105​

v6.0 KSix-One
https://web.archive.org/web/20070819041911/http://www.tennis-warehouse.com/WilsonRacquets.html
introduced in 2007 version 6 was marketed as having ...ummm... more nanoscopic stuff.

KPro Staff 88
KSix-One Tour 90
KSix-One 95 (16x18)
KSix-One 95 (18x20)
KSix-One Team 95
KSix-One X 95 (16x18)
KTour 95​

v7.0 BLX Six.One
https://web.archive.org/web/2010020..._BLX_SixOne_Tour/descpageRCWILSON-61TBLX.html
introduced in 2010

BLX Six.One Tour 90
BLX Six.One 95
BLX Six.One Team 95
BLX Six.One Lite 102​

v8.0 BLX Pro Staff Six.One
https://web.archive.org/web/2012032...o_Staff_SixOne_90/descpageRCWILSON-WPS90.html
introduced in 2012

BLX Pro Staff Six.One 90
BLX Pro Staff Six.One 95
BLX Six.One 95
BLX Six.One Team 95
BLX Pro Staff Six.One 100
BLX Pro Staff Six.One 100L​

v9.0 Pro Staff
https://web.archive.org/web/2014051...ilson_Pro_Staff_90/descpageRCWILSON-PS90.html
introduced in 2014

Pro Staff 90

:: 90sq.in. - 340g - 305mm balance - 27in length - 17mm shaft - 16x19 pattern​

Pro Staff 95
Pro Staff 95S
Six.One 95
Six.One 95S
Six.One 95L
Pro Staff 100L
Pro Staff 100LS​

v10.0 Pro Staff
https://web.archive.org/web/20141231042651/http://www.tennis-warehouse.com/Wilsonracquets.html
introduced in 2015

Pro Staff RF97 Autograph
Pro Staff 97
Pro Staff 97S
Pro Staff 97LS
Pro Staff 97ULS
Pro Staff 95S​

v11.0 Pro Staff
http://www.tennis-warehouse.com/wilsonRFLaunch.html
introduced in 2016

Pro Staff RF97 Autograph
Pro Staff 97
Pro Staff 97S
Pro Staff 97LS
Pro Staff 97ULS​

...a work in progress

 

[Wilson Official]

Nicely done
- Peter

 

[macattack]

This is fantastic. Thanks for compiling all this.

 

[Lucas2015]

Wilson, please improve SwingWeight QC .

Great info

 

[boinz]

This deserves a sticky

 

[moon shot]

Nicely done
- Peter

Thanks, I was going to make it much more ridiculous by giving every model a full version sequence identifier like v3.8.0 for the Hyper ProStaff 7.6 Rollers 98. Then I could make comments like 'Khachanov actually plays with a v5.4.2.98 and skips the final cross'. It was a bit ambitious for a joke, but I do have a question.

The Six.One and Pro Staff series names interchange quite a bit, or shall we say they are 'braided'. Are the version numbers only to represent those two series or is v5.0 any series released during the nCode era, like a nBlade?

 

[Wilson Official]

Thanks, I was going to make it much more ridiculous by giving every model a full version sequence identifier like v3.8.0 for the Hyper ProStaff 7.6 Rollers 98. Then I could make comments like 'Khachanov actually plays with a v5.4.2.98 and skips the final cross'. It was a bit ambitious for a joke, but I do have a question.

The Six.One and Pro Staff series names interchange quite a bit, or shall we say they are 'braided'. Are the version numbers only to represent those two series or is v5.0 any series released during the nCode era, like a nBlade?

The v11.0 is for "Pro Staff" series names - it does get a bit 'complex' with Six.One intermixed there, but really the focus for v11.0 and previous iterations is for just the Pro Staff lineage. Other families like the Blade would have their own version numbering that's totally independent of the Pro Staff. So the next Blade would be a Blade v6.0 - sixth generation of the Blade.

- Peter

 

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Here are the previous 5 versions of the Blade

v1.0 nBlade

nBlade 98 18x20
nBlade 106 18x19​

v2.0 KBlade

KBlade Tour 93 18x20
KBlade 98 18x20
KBlade Team 104 18x19​

v3.0 BLX Blade

BLX Blade Tour 93 18x20
BLX Blade 98 18x20
BLX Blade Lite 100 16x20
BLX Blade Team 104 18x19
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v4.0 Blade

Blade 93 18x20
Blade 98 16x19
Blade 98 18x20
Blade 98S 18x16
Blade 104 18x19​

v5.0 Blade

Blade 98 16x19
Blade 98 18x20
Blade 98S 18x16
Blade 104 18x19​