Work Rankings July 2001

Work should be low, to maximize the ball speed you can get from a given effort.  The rankings under the five benchmark conditions were weighted according to the amount of effort required for the best racquets under each, then summed to give the weighted sum that determined the overall rank.  The predominant value was the rank under the Second Benchmark Condition (2 BC) -- how much effort you need to produce a 110 mph serve with each racquet.

Rank out of 176

Work Rankings - 2001

1 BC

2 BC

3 BC

4 BC

5 BC

Weighted Sum

1

Slazenger

Pro Braided Extreme

3

2

12

12

2

5.10

2

Dunlop

Adrenalin Surge 108

1

1

43

44

1

6.68

3

Wilson

Hyper Pro Staff 5.0 Stretch OS

4

3

14

15

3

7.11

4

Prince

Precision Graphite Classic OS

1

6

1

1

6

8.85

5

Wilson

Hyper Pro Staff 5.0 Stretch MP

5

5

14

14

5

10.15

6

Dunlop

Adrenalin Rush 108

6

4

60

58

4

14.16

7

Cayman

Pro Heat II

8

8

24

24

8

16.43

8

Pro Kennex

Kinetic Pro 7g

7

10

4

4

10

16.65

9

Yonex

RD Ti-70 Long 98

9

11

19

20

11

20.45

10

Dunlop

Adrenalin Rush 98

13

7

66

66

7

21.34

11

Wilson

Hyper Pro Staff 5.0 MP

10

16

3

3

16

25.89

12

Weed

3/4 Weed XL

18

9

68

69

9

25.98

13

Dunlop

200 G 100

15

13

43

44

13

27.83

14

Gamma

Diamond Fiber F-9.0 MP

11

17

13

13

16

28.33

15

Yonex

Ultimum RD Ti-50 Long

17

12

65

65

12

29.48

16

Volkl

Quantum 10

20

15

60

61

14

33.71

17

Yonex

Ultimum Ti-1500 Long 105

22

14

68

68

14

34.16

18

Slazenger

Pro Braided

13

21

9

9

21

34.51

19

Cayman

Catalyst II

12

22

7

7

22

35.38

20

Head

Ti.Radical OS

19

18

50

50

18

36.81

21

Wilson

Pro Staff 6.6 Titanium MP

23

19

53

53

19

39.78

22

Prince

Triple Threat Hornet OS

27

25

28

28

25

46.59

22

Wavex

AD2002

26

24

43

43

24

46.59

24

Babolat

Pure Control

16

30

2

2

30

47.28

25

Yonex

Ultimum Ti-1700 Long 98

36

23

78

78

23

52.24

26

Prince

Triple Threat Warrior OS

31

28

39

39

28

53.28

27

Head

Classic MP

25

31

19

19

31

53.38

28

Volkl

C10 Pro

21

33

14

15

33

54.46

29

Cayman

Pro Talis II

28

32

36

36

32

57.64

30

Cayman

Pro Talis II Long

28

34

22

22

34

58.86

31

Gosen

Secret Carbon

24

36

9

9

36

58.96

32

Head

I.S18

50

20

140

140

20

59.38

33

Head

Ti.Fire Tour Edition XL

41

27

84

83

26

59.60

34

Prince

Triple Threat Graphite OS

34

35

35

35

35

63.58

35

Prince

Thunder Cloud Titanium OS

49

26

114

113

26

64.47

36

Cayman

Pro Smash II

33

39

17

17

39

66.84

37

Babolat

Pure Power

35

38

28

28

38

67.31

38

Babolat

VS Control

32

41

9

9

41

68.44

39

Cayman

Pro Magic

36

37

49

49

37

68.60

40

Yonex

RD Ti-70 88

28

43

4

4

43

69.45

41

Slazenger

Pro Carbon Ti

59

29

130

130

29

73.64

42

Prince

Triple Threat Graphite MP

40

42

25

25

42

74.12

43

Wavex

AD 3002

45

40

56

57

40

76.44

44

Wilson

Pro Staff 6.0 Original 95

39

44

39

39

44

78.21

45

Prince

Triple Threat Warrior MP

36

49

6

6

49

80.56

46

Fischer

Pro Extreme

44

45

54

54

45

82.86

47

Prince

Triple Threat Rebel 95

42

47

36

36

47

83.01

48

Gamma

Diamond Fiber F-8.0

52

46

75

74

46

89.04

49

Volkl

Quantum V1 Oversize

57

48

71

71

48

93.00

50

Wilson

Rollers 7.6 MP (Hyper Pro Staff)

48

53

39

42

53

93.83

51

Volkl

Quantum 10 Tour

53

54

54

54

54

98.26

52

Pro Kennex

Kinetic Charged Light 17g

63

51

81

81

50

99.79

53

Dunlop

200 G 95

46

59

27

27

59

100.07

54

Wilson

Pro Staff 6.0 Original 85

42

63

22

23

62

103.56

55

Prince

Triple Threat Rip

69

52

88

88

52

104.23

56

Gamma

Diamond Fiber F-9.5

47

62

25

25

62

104.36

56

Wilson

Pro Staff 6.6 Titanium OS

62

55

71

71

55

104.36

58

Babolat

Pure Drive

51

60

48

48

60

105.40

59

Prince

Triple Threat Vendetta 95

54

61

50

50

61

107.95

60

Prince

Triple Threat Ring

66

58

78

78

55

109.39

61

Gosen

Secret Carbon Lite

84

50

153

152

50

113.36

62

Gamma

Diamond Fiber M-4.5 MP

74

57

120

120

55

115.63

63

Gamma

Diamond Fiber M-4.5 OS

78

56

129

129

55

116.88

64

Head

Ti.Radical MP

65

64

88

90

64

120.01

65

Prince

Precision Graphite Classic MP

56

71

46

46

71

122.16

66

Cayman

Pro Smash II Long

55

73

32

34

73

123.20

67

Volkl

V1 Classic

60

72

46

46

71

124.38

68

Prince

Triple Threat Vendetta 110

71

69

75

76

69

127.32

69

Pro Kennex

Kinetic Pro 5g

64

75

56

56

75

131.37

70

Cayman

Energizer II

58

82

21

21

82

135.38

71

Volkl

Quantum V1 MP

76

74

86

86

74

137.06

72

Wilson

Hyper Hammer 4.3 Stretch MP

87

70

124

124

70

139.14

73

Volkl

C-10 Pro Oversize

73

77

84

85

75

139.39

74

Volkl

Quantum 1 Power Boost

92

68

146

144

68

140.23

75

Yonex

RD-7

60

85

28

28

85

141.00

76

Head

I.S10

105

65

170

170

65

142.87

77

Wilson

Hyper Pro Staff 6.5 MP

72

81

62

62

81

142.93

78

Babolat

Soft Drive

79

78

93

90

78

144.19

78

Babolat

Soft Power

79

78

93

90

78

144.19

80

Gamma

Diamond Fiber C-3.0 OS

106

66

166

167

66

144.20

81

Prince

Triple Threat Hornet MP

66

88

28

28

88

147.05

82

Gamma

Diamond Fiber C-3.0 MP

111

67

169

169

67

147.41

83

Wilson

Hyper Pro Staff 6.5 OS

76

83

81

81

83

149.13

84

Dunlop

Inferno 118

109

75

161

161

75

157.12

85

Prince

Triple Threat Bandit 110

91

84

108

110

84

158.35

86

Prince

Triple Threat Stealth MP

74

96

32

32

96

161.20

87

Fischer

GDS 700 Titanium

90

87

101

101

87

161.32

88

Head

I.Prestige MP XL

81

93

58

58

93

162.09

89

Volkl

C10 Pro Tour

68

100

18

18

100

163.39

90

Gamma

Diamond Fiber C-4.0 Oversize

93

86

125

127

86

163.71

91

Gamma

Diamond Fiber M-5.0

88

94

71

74

94

167.34

92

Wilson

Hyper Hammer 6.3 Light OS

95

90

111

111

90

168.21

93

Wilson

Rollers 6.6 MP (Hyper Hammer)

83

98

63

63

98

170.30

94

Head

Ti.S8 XL

129

80

175

175

80

171.87

95

Fischer

GDS Spice

101

92

130

130

92

175.02

96

Babolat

Soft Control

86

101

67

67

101

175.89

97

Fischer

Pro Tour

89

99

93

90

98

176.35

98

Wilson

Hyper Hammer 4.3 Stretch OS

110

91

135

135

91

176.95

99

Yonex

Ultimum Ti-1700 Long 110

99

95

116

116

95

177.03

100

Head

Ti.S4 Comfort Zone XL

118

89

154

155

89

178.82

101

Head

I.Prestige Mid

85

105

68

69

105

181.39

102

Cayman

Excel Comp II

70

114

7

7

113

182.01

103

Fischer

GDS Rally

93

104

101

101

103

185.72

104

Yonex

Super RQ Ti-600 Long

102

103

116

116

103

189.19

105

Wilson

Hyper Hammer 5.2 MP

97

107

87

87

107

189.97

106

Head

Ti.Laser Comfort Zone XL

121

97

156

156

97

191.14

107

Head

Classic Mid

82

118

36

38

118

195.16

108

Head

Ti. S1 OS

119

102

142

144

101

195.69

109

Yonex