Your Racquet Timeline

[mhkeuns]

Wilson Sting Midsize
Wilson Pro Staff - St. Vincent
Wilson Ultra 2 - St. Vincent
Slazenger Panther Pro Ceramic
Yamaha Secret 04
Yamaha Secret EX
Prince Ripstick
Prince Original Graphite 95 Series - No Grommets
Prince Original Graphite 95 Series - 4 Stripes
Went back to Wilson Pro Staff St. Vincent
Prince EXO3 Rebel 95 - both versions
Head IG Prestige MP
Babolat Pure Strike Tour
*Testing Vcore Tour 89, Ezone Ai 98, Pure Drive, Tecnifibre 325, and the search is still going on... for the holy grail

 

[pattenww]

speed port black
microgel radical mp
ig prestige s
x-force
microgel radical mp
next up in the demo mode - t'fibre 95 TP, Volkl V1 MP Classic (w/lead-leather), graphene instinct, Ezone 98 Lite (w/lead-Leather)

 

[Sander001]

From lastest to oldest

-Yonex RQiS Ti-80

Never heard of it. What are the specs? Any pics?

 

[GlenK]

^^I think that is or was Hewitt's racquet. Could be wrong..

 

[JonC]

Wilson T-2000
Prince oversize, green one
Various crappy 100+ frames
Wilson Prostaff 6.0 85

 

[Guildenstern]

Prince Graphite Pro 110 (kid years)
Head Liquid Metal Instinct (getting back into the sport at age 29)
Babolat AeroPro Drive Cortex (holy grail, but elbow problems)
Babolat Aero Storm
Babolat Pure Storm Ltd
Babolat Pure Storm Ltd GT
Babolat Pure Storm GT
Yonex VCore 98D
Yonex RDiS 100 MP
Yonex RDiS 100 Mid (holy grail, but elbow problems)
Head Youtek IG Prestige MP
Head i.Prestige MP
Volkl C10 Pro (holy grail, and no elbow problems!)

Very happy to have found my holy grail. Long live the C10 Pro.

 

[taurussable]

head liquidmetal radical OS
head microgel radical mp

short tennis history.

 

[idono1301]

- Prince TT Scream OS 110 4 months
- Prince O3 Hybrid Shark OS 110 1 month
- Prince O3 Red 105 2 months
- Prince O3 White 100 1 month (cracked )
- Babolat Pure Drive Roddick GT 100 (1 year)
- Babolat Pure Drive Roddick 2012 100 (1 year)
- Babolat Pure Storm Tour GT x2 98 (3 years)

The princes were used through my high school career. Moved to babolat as I went to college. Funny how the power level keeps dropping and dropping. Starting to look for something less powered than the PSTGT. Too bad the K90s are going out of production.

 

[Brian11785]

Babolat Aero 112/Babolat Aero Strike (back and forth between these for about a year)
Yonex RDiS 300 (6 months)
Prince Triple Threat Warrior Oversize (6 months)
Yonex RQiS 1 XL 95 (2 years and counting)

 

[akatim]

Slazenger wood (Late 70s-80s)
Assorted Aluminums (80s)
Prince O3 Red (2005)
Dunlop M-fil 300 (still have)
Aeropro Drive Original
Aeropro Drive Cortex
Wilson K-faktor 6.1 95 (2008)
(arm injury)
Aeropro Drive (2014)

 

[Slick Tennis]

Spalding aluminium
Donnay WST Cobalt
Prince Synergy DB24
Fischer Vacuum Elliptic Pro
Fischer Vacuum Pro 98
Fischer VT Pro 98
Head Ti. Radical OS
Head i.prestige mp
Wilson Hyper Hammer 5.2
Head Classic MP (Prestige)
Tecnifibre T. Fight 305

 

[Surecatch]

Mine is fairly modest since I didn't play tennis much between 23-38.

Dunlop Junior Pro <woodie> - (late seventies/early eighties)
Wilson Aggressor ('90-'92)
Head LM Radical ('05-'06)
Dunlop Mfil 300 ('06-present)
Dunlop Hotmelt 300G reissue (probably going to try one very soon)

 

[kingcheetah]

Random Prince frame (2005-2006) I used it when I first started as a kid

Tecnifibre(2006-2010) ( I think it was a t fight 295, but I'm not really sure.)

Blx Six one 95 18x20 (2010-2013) I used this for most of my high school career

Juice Pro BLX(2012) I tried using this frame in high school for a bit, I never really gelled with it.

Wilson Pro Staff 90 (2013) I used the 90 for a few months until I decided it was hurting me too much defensively

Blade 104 (customized) (2013-2014) I played a season with the Blade 104 weighted up to about 12 oz.

2014 Six one 95 18x20 (2014-present) I went back to the new version of the frame I used the longest-- If the 2012 version had been decent I would have likely never switched between the Juice Pro Staff and Blade.

I'm kind of sick of switching so often the last couple of years...the six one seems to be the best fit for my game right now, so i'm planning to stick with it.

 

[FoxHound]

Yonex mp-1 tour 90
Wilson ncode 90
Wilson k88
Babolat psltd
Babolat pure drive roddick
Babolat pure control team +
Wilson pro staff 6.0 85
Head IG prestige mid


Out of all the racquets I really regret selling the pure controls. They were amazing. They were the ones with the red swirly pj and they had the right blend of power and control. Just got an itch for the re release of the 85 and sold them to buy a few. Played some of my best tennis with those pure controls.

 

[mrravioli]

Yonex mp-1 tour 90
Wilson ncode 90
Wilson k88
Babolat psltd
Babolat pure drive roddick
Babolat pure control team +
Wilson pro staff 6.0 85
Head IG prestige mid


Out of all the racquets I really regret selling the pure controls. They were amazing. They were the ones with the red swirly pj and they had the right blend of power and control. Just got an itch for the re release of the 85 and sold them to buy a few. Played some of my best tennis with those pure controls.

how would you compare the prestige to your wilsons. i've played with the wilson mids you mentioned and now tempted by the prestige mid.

 

[jnd28]

The main frames
Kramer Pro staff
Dunlop Max Ply
Head Pro (the red head)
Slazenger Austral
Donnay all wood
First Yamaha Graphite
Head Vilas
Prince woody
dunlop 200g
Yonex Super RD tour
Volkl Tour 8
Becker BB10
Volkl V1
Any number of Volkls
Back to Volkl Tour 8 for good I think!

 

[rafaelxo]

Wilson Hyper Hammer 5.3 -1 year
head Prestige classic 300 - 2 years
head PT280 - 2 years
head Ti. pro Tour - 1 year
head Ti. Radical - 12 years
head prestige youtek mp -current
head Prestige IG MP - current

 

[Capulin Zurdo]

-Wilson junior racquet
-Wilson oversize racquet (I remember it being blue, but forgot its name)
-Wilson K Factor KTour 95
-Wilson K Factor Kobra Tour
-Volkl Tour 10 Generation II
-Wilson BLX Six. One 95 16x18 (2010)
-Wilson BLX Pro Staff 90 (2012), current

 

[snoflewis]

oh man...i'll see if i can remember them all. obviously not in order. this is my list of rackets i've used regularly:

babolat aeropro drive cortex
babolat pure storm tour gt
babolat aero storm tour gt
babolat aeropro drive 2013
dunlop aerogel 200
fischer mspeed pro #1
head youtek speed pro
prince diablo mid
prince O3 hybrid tour
prokennex redondo mp
tecnifibre tfight 325
volkl c10 pro
wilson triad 4.0 oversize (first racket)
wilson pro staff tour 95
wilson pro staff 6.0 95
wilson blx six one 95 16x18 2010
wilson blx six one 95 16x18 2012
wilson six one 95 16x18 2014
yonex rds001
yonex ai 98 (current)

i think that's it so far. this isn't even including all the rackets i've had just for fun.
this post lets me know that i'm a very sick person.

 

[heninfan99]

$30 Wilson Department Store racquet
Wilson 6.1 95 Hyper
Wilson nTour 95
Head Liquid Metal Instinct
Prince Mono
Wilson BLX 6.1 95 (2010) 16x18
Wilson nCode 6.1 95 18x20

 

[Algo]

Some 90s cheap aluminum BB
A 107 Prince of the 90s?, never knew the model.
Wilson Hyper Hammer 5.3 MP. First one that was actually mine.
Prince Rebel 95 Team
Wilson BLX Pro Staff Six.One 90. First one I bought two of.

I've demoed and discarded Prince Exo3 Tour 100 and Team, Prince Exo3 Warrior, Wilson BLX Pro Staff Six.One 95 and Wilson Blade 98 16x19

 

[ARKustom93]

40 years, not much to list:

- Donnay Allwood Borg
- Head Pro Aluminum(red)
- Kneissl White Star(Lendl's stick)
- PS 85
- Head PC mid

 

[kingcheetah]

Random Prince frame (2005-2006) I used it when I first started as a kid

Tecnifibre(2006-2010) ( I think it was a t fight 295, but I'm not really sure.)

Blx Six one 95 18x20 (2010-2013) I used this for most of my high school career

Juice Pro BLX(2012) I tried using this frame in high school for a bit, I never really gelled with it.

Wilson Pro Staff 90 (2013) I used the 90 for a few months until I decided it was hurting me too much defensively

Blade 104 (customized) (2013-2014) I played a season with the Blade 104 weighted up to about 12 oz.

2014 Six one 95 18x20 (2014-present) I went back to the new version of the frame I used the longest-- If the 2012 version had been decent I would have likely never switched between the Juice Pro Staff and Blade.

I'm kind of sick of switching so often the last couple of years...the six one seems to be the best fit for my game right now, so i'm planning to stick with it.

Add the RF97 after the Six One... I did a really good job at sticking to my word this time :/

 

[Faker]

(I don't remember the very first racquet I used.)
Head Liquidmetal 4
Babolat AeroPro Drive GT
Babolat Pure Drive 2012
Babolat AeroPro Drive 2013
Head IG Prestige Pro - still hit with this sometimes for fun.
Wilson Blade 98 18x20 - main stick right now

 

[Tmano]

here is mine:

pure drive team +
aeropro drive cortex
pure storm gt
pure storm gt tour
microgel prestige mp
now i'm looking for a new stick...ig prestige pro or wilson steam or pure drive gt or.......

 

[AHJS]

wilson nblade 98
babolat pure storm
babolat pure storm weighted up
wilson blade 93

 

[zncognito]

I gotta jump in on this one! I started playing seriously in 1973.

Wilson T2000 - steel
Spaulding Smasher - Aluminum
Dunlop Maxply Fort - wood
Wilson Jack Kramer Prostaff - wood
Bancroft Bjorn Borg - wood
Head Guillermo Vilas - wood
PDP Open - Aluminum
Yonex OPS - Aluminum
Prince Pro - Aluminum
Head Director - Graphite
Prince Graphite - POG
Wilson Profile - Siegfried Kuebler widebody
Prince Graphite Chang Longbody - Midsize
Prince TT Hornet - Midsize (the all red one)

There is at least 20 other racquets, but these are the ones I used for an extended period.

 

[CrimsonThai]

Pro Staff 85(St Vincent)
Ncode Tour 90
BLX Tour 90
BLX Pro Staff 6.1 95
RF97 Autograph(current)

 

[Roland G]

Donnay something (wood)
Wilson n something
Mantis 300
Prince o3 Red
Prince exo3 Red
Prince o3.white
Prince classic graphite
Prince 98. Esp
Wilson blade 98
Prince tour 100
Dunlop 400 tour
Dunlop f3.0 tour

 

[RyanRF]

~2005: Wilson Hammer 5.0 - Great racquet for someone who knows nothing about tennis and just wants to mess around and hit balls.

~2007: Head Titanium Ti S6 - At the time I thought super light and high powered was a benefit, but in retrospect this probably slowed my development of proper strokes. Slipped out of my hand during a serve and cracked

~2007: Wilson nTour Two - Huge reduction in power switching to this racquet. The 95 head size was probably too small for me (a weak 3.0 at the time), but having less power forced me to make full swings and generate it on my own.

~2008: Wilson nBlade 98 - Medium weight, medium power, medium head size. A good compromise. Started playing tennis more frequently. Helped me get to solid 3.0 while improving my fundamentals

~2010: Head Microgel Radical MidPlus - Got this to replace my cracked nBlade. Very similar specs and feel. Helped me get to weak 3.5.

~2011: Babolat Pure Storm Tour GT - My first 'players' racquet. Took me a while to adjust to the added weight, but I loved the solid feel from day one. I learned that heavy racquets can be tremendously powerful once you let the racquet do the work. This is my current racquet as a borderline 3.5/4.0

2015: Looking for something new, but not necessarily too different. I want more spin to provide bigger margin on my rally balls. Also a bigger headsize could help me with off-center hits. Considering the Pure Drive Roddick.

 

[Weekend warrior]

Maybe not chronological order- memory is failing...

T2000
Wooden Chrissy Everett (mom thought blue was for boys)
Cheap Boxstore Prince
Prince Graphtech DB 90
Prince oversize
Wilson hammer
Wilson prostaff
Bab PD
Bab drive team
Wilson 105s
Prince tour 100
Babs APD (currently)

 

[Kasmatsu]

Hand me down Wilson wood racquet.
Hand me down Wilson metal racquet.
Wallyworld Prince metal travesty.
Prince Thunderstick.
Donnay Pro One Oversize.
Head Radical Oversize.
Wilson PS Classic 6.1 and Prince Vortex demos.
Prince Graphite II.
Yonex Cyborg 2200.
Prince Graphite Longbody demo.
Dunlop Revelation Tour Pro.
15 year gap in playing...
Yonex Vcore 95d, 98d and XI 100.
Prince Tour 100 EXO3 18x20.
Tecnifibre Tfight 325.

I've also picked up a Babolat Pure Strike Tour recently, but I'm not really feeling it.

 

[Arthuro]

1. Prince Comp (High School)
2. Prince TT Rebel (College)
3. Wilson K Blade Tour (mid-20's after TT broke)
4. Prince Exo3 Rebel 95
5. Prince Exo3 Rebel 95 (2012)
6. Prince Exo3 Tour 95
7 Prince Exo3 Rebel 95 (Monfils)

 

[casaar]

Wilson junior racquet 8-10yrs
pure drive roddick gt + 11-14yrs
head speed 16x19 14-15
wilson blade 16x19 14-15
babolat aero pro drive + 15-16
customized apd+ 16+
now I cycle through these 3 racquets at my favorite specs
babolat aero pro drive
pure strike 100
babolat pure drive roddick 2012

 

[GioV]

Prince Original Graphite Mid
Wilson Pro Staff 85
Yonex RD-7 (last one in 7/10 condition)
Yonex RDX 500 Mid (last one left in 9.5/10 condition)
Yonex VCore 95D (2 remaining in my bag)
Prince Textreme Tour 95 (just switched)

 

[dadozen]

Here we go again

Dunlop junior 26"
Yonex RQ-190
Yonex RQ-380
Wilson PSC 6.1
Dunlop Revelation Classic Pro
Yonex RD-10
Babolat Pure Control

5 years tennis hiatus

Babolat Pure Storm
Dunlop AG 4D 300 Tour
Dunlop AG100
Dunlop 4D100
Dunlop BM200
Head YT Prestige MP
Head IG Prestige MP
Yonex VCore 89 Tour
Yonex VCore Tour 310g
Head IG Prestige MP
Head IG Radical MP
Yonex VCore Tour G 310g
Yonex Ai100 - current

Funny thing is that the first 7 racquets were used in almost 14 years of tennis... The last 13 were used during 5 years.... I became a racquetholic

 

[Weekend warrior]

Funny thing is that the first 7 racquets were used in almost 14 years of tennis... The last 13 were used during 5 years.... I became a racquetholic

Ditto- funny how that happens!!

 

[BlueB]

A Chinese woody
Few years brake
A Chinese aluminum
20 years brake
Wilson Sting wide boddy
POG OS
TT Turbo Shark
O3 Hybrid Shark
O3 White
It seems I'm getting back to modified POG again...

In the last period u owned and played with many, but for shirt times so not listing here...

 

[ChicagoJack]

Jeeze, lemme think. I've been playing since I was 8, and I'm in my early 50's.

60-70's
Davis Classic II, Kramer Autograph, Kramer Pro Staff, Dunlop Maxply, Bancroft Players Special, Donnay Allwood

80's
Yamaha YFG 20 Black/Red, Yamaha YFG 30 Brown/Yellow, Fischer SuperForm Mono, Fischer M2 Mono

90's
Fischer Vacuum Pro, Volkl Quantum V1, Head Prestige Classic

2000's
Volkl Quantum 10 Tour, Volkl Tour 10 Gen I, Volkl Tour 10 Gen II, Volkl C-10, Head LM Prestige

2010 -2015
Head LM Fire, Babolat PD, Donnay X-Blue 99, Donnay Pro One

Probably forgetting a few. But several on that list, will never be forgotten. Missing the sweet spot high on a JK Autograph a few thousand times sorta leaves an impression.

 

[TR3NT]

Started off many years ago like this

Head Radical Junior
Head Ti. Heat
Head Ti.Radical mp
Head i.radical mp
Head i.prestige mp

Then a big gap away from the sport and now back into it with these

Head Graphene Speed Pro
Head Graphene Speed Pro LTD

 

[Straight Sets]

When I started out - Prince Thunder Cloud

In high school - Pure Drive Cortex

In my topspin phase - Aero Pro Drive Cortex

Currently trying different rackets and using a PS97

 

[YarikA99]

The only racquets i have really used were:
Wilson prostaff blx 90
Wilson prostaff 90 2014
Wilson prostaff 85
Went back to the prostaff 90 2014
Yonex ai 98 (current)


I have also had a lot of breif stints with other racquets in between, including the prostaff 95, prostaff classic six one 95, blade 98 18x20, Burn 100s, RF97, ps97ls, blade98s.

 

[Cerps]

Wilson Hyper Pro Staff 6.1 18/20
Fischer m-comp 95
Head Youtek Speed mp 18/20 (The white one)
Head Prestige mp (both youtek and IG)

 

[oble]

Head Microgel Instinct
Dunlop Aerogel 200
Wilson Pro Staff Six.One 100 BLX
Wilson Pro Staff 95 BLX

Soon: Wilson Pro Staff RF97 Autograph.

 

[MrRandom247]

Cougar Alum MS - still in the shed
Emrik woody
Wilson Avenger MP - no bumperguard & the tip shattered in the late 80's
Prince Graphite Comp - too much fiberglass & cracked after a few restrings
Prince Graphite Comp XL - too much fiberglass & cracked after a few restrings
Donnay WST Cobalt SuperMid 97 WideBody - a beast that taught me topspin in early 1990's
Head 660 - not a bad mid range stick, mid 1990's
Wilson Pro Staff Classic 6.1 MP (used about 8 total, have 4 still, broke a few) - this was really part of me for many years.
Dunlop Flame Ti MP - current light practice stick, just a mid range stick but reminds me of my 6.1

 

[B Cubed]

Prince Comp 110
Donnay Pro One ltd. OS
Then including Pro One (Lime)
Head Radical Trysis OS
Head Radical Twin Tube Zebra OS
Head TiRadical OS
Prince Graphite OS
Head IRadical OS
Right back to the POG OS

quit/moved, but kept a Liquid Metal MP on Hand
Head FlexPoint OS (every way now and then)
Continued Hiatus

Came back
Head Graphene Radical Pro
Head Graphene MP
Prince Graphite Classic 100

Very short (but happy daveling with) Prince Tour 18x20

But settled back with the POG 100 and 107

 

[bobombom]

When I started out - Prince Thunder Cloud

In high school - Pure Drive Cortex

In my topspin phase - Aero Pro Drive Cortex

Currently trying different rackets and using a PS97

There's a familiar name..my very first racquet was a thunder cloud as well.

First racquet: Prince Thunder Cloud
High School: Thunder Cloud and Prince O3

Long break

Medical School: Bab Pure Storm Tour
Residency/today: Yonex VTG 330

 

[sma1001]

1. Prince Comp (High School)
2. Prince TT Rebel (College)
3. Wilson K Blade Tour (mid-20's after TT broke)
4. Prince Exo3 Rebel 95
5. Prince Exo3 Rebel 95 (2012)
6. Prince Exo3 Tour 95
7 Prince Exo3 Rebel 95 (Monfils)

I sense a Prince Textreme Tour 95 coming on...

 

[Babolat Official]

Head Ti Radical
Babolat Pure Drive (swirly)
Babolat Pure Drive Zylon 360
Dunlop 200g Muscle Weave
Babolat Pure Drive (Block letters)
Babolat Pure Drive (Block letters)
Head Liquidmetal Xtreme
Babolat Aeropro Drive (1st cortex)
Head Prestige Pro
Babolat Pure Storm Tour (2009)
Babolat Aerostorm (2010 - yellow)
Babolat Aeropro Drive (2010)
Babolat Aeropro Drive (2013)
Babolat Aeropro Drive PLAY

 

[rony67]

Stiga Junior
Slazenger Challenge Bi-Hander
Prince Woodie
Le Coq Sportif TCO Concept 3 ”Noah”
Kennex Black Ace
Kneissl White Star Aero 20
Wilson Ultra FPK Ceramic
Yonex R-18
Prince Original Graphite 110
Yonex RD-7
Völkl C10 Mid
Dunlop Rev 200G
Prince Original Graphite 110
Prince TT Warrior 110
Dunlop Maxply McEnroe
Yonex RDX500 MP
Wilson PS 6.0 Original 85
Wilson K90
Head PT10
Head Radical Tour MP Zebra
Head PT57A