2002 Racquet Evaluations

Using the Rankings

Thanks to the kind technicians of the US Racquet Stringers Association for providing the racquet specs used in this survey of the racquets currently being offered by manufacturers.

Overall Rankings (Expert)
Players of intermediate or greater strength should consult these racquet rankings.

Overall Rankings (Weak Player)

Rankings Under the Evaluation Criteria:
These are the most useful rankings because they come directly from formula calculations.

Moment | Torque | Shock | Work | Shoulder Pull | Shoulder Crunch | Elbow Crunch | Wrist Crunch |  Impact Force | Sweet Spot | Flex | Swingweight | Weight

High-Low-Average values
for each of the Evaluation Criteria under all 5 Benchmark Conditions

Rankings under the Macro Criteria:

Efficiency | Elbow Safety | Shoulder Safety | Wrist Safety | Dexterity

Manufacturer Report Card
(see how your racquet ranks under the evaluation criteria)

Babolat | Blackburne | Cayman | Dunlop | Fischer | Gosen | Head | Prince | Pro Kennex | Slazenger | Topspin | Volkl | Weed | Wilson | Yonex

Racquet Specs according to U.S. Racquet Stringers Association of 167 racquets currently available, including price, head size, and flex

Specs of Discontinued Racquets

Weighting Factors used in the rankings

Derivation of Formulas used for Evaluation Criteria Rankings

Introduction Explaining the Evaluation Criteria and Method of Ranking

Complete Idiot's Guide to Choosing a Tennis Racquet
(short and simple summary of the main points)

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