Moment Rankings  2002

Low Moment is good because it makes the racquet head easier to hold up.  Moment is the force twisting the head down, and is measured at the hand axis (7 cm from the butt end).  It is the product of the weight (mass, in kilograms, times the gravitational acceleration, 9.81 meters per second per second) and the distance from the hand to the balance point in meters.  For kids and weaker players, this should be an important criterion, and it is comprised in Dexterity.

Rank

Moment 2002
axis 7 cm from butt, as on forehand

Moment
(Newton. meters)

1

Head

I.S10

0.688

2

Head

I.S18

0.700

3

Head

I.S12

0.713

4

Fischer

GDS Take Off 1210

0.715

5

Head

i.S4 OS

0.718

6

Dunlop

Inferno 118

0.724

7

Head

i.S2 OS

0.728

8

Babolat

Pure Drive Zylon 360

0.730

9

Head

i.S9 OS

0.731

10

Volkl

Catapult 1

0.731

11

Head

I.S6 OS

0.732

12

Dunlop

Inferno 110

0.734

13

Dunlop

Spirit 110

0.736

14

Dunlop

Vision 110

0.737

15

Volkl

Catapult 3

0.739

16

Dunlop

Vision 102

0.743

17

Head

i.extreme MP

0.747

18

Babolat

VS Drive

0.748

19

Wilson

Hyper Hammer 5.3 Stretch OS

0.748

20

Wilson

Hyper Pro Staff Extreme 6.7

0.749

21

Prince

Triple Threat Hornet OS

0.752

22

Yonex

Muscle Power 3i

0.753

23

Yonex

Ultimum RQ Ti-2000 Long 110

0.753

24

Head

i.S4 MP

0.753

25

Head

I.S6 MP

0.753

26

Head

i.Speed MP

0.754

27

Prince

Triple Threat Sovereign OS

0.754

28

Dunlop

Inferno 104

0.756

29

Wilson

Hyper Hammer 4.0 OS

0.757

30

Volkl

Catapult 2

0.760

31

Head

I.Radical OS

0.763

32

Gosen

Carbon 15

0.763

33

Prince

Triple Threat Bandit OS

0.765

34

Fischer

GDS Spice

0.766

35

Pro Kennex

Kinetic Pro 15g

0.766

36

Babolat

Soft Drive

0.766

36

Babolat

Soft Power

0.766

38

Weed

T-Zone

0.768

39

Yonex

Ultimum RQ Ti-1500 Long 105

0.768

40

Pro Kennex

Core 1 No. 22

0.769

41

Volkl

Quantum Force

0.769

42

Babolat

Pure Power Zylon 360

0.769

43

Wilson

Hyper Hammer 6.3 Light OS

0.769

44

Fischer

GDS Take Off 910

0.769

44

Fischer

GDS Spirit

0.769

46

Volkl

Quantum 10 RAP

0.770

47

Fischer

GDS Rally FT Titanium

0.772

47

Yonex

Ultimum RD Ti-80

0.772

49

Yonex

Muscle Power 5i OS

0.773

50

Volkl

Quantum V1 MP

0.773

51

Prince

More Dominant OS

0.774

52

Topspin

TPC1000

0.776

53

Head

i.S2 MP

0.776

54

Prince

More Game OS

0.777

55

Yonex

Ultimum RQ Ti-1700 Long 98

0.780

56

Weed

3/4 Weed XL

0.781

57

Prince

Triple Threat Vendetta MP

0.781

58

Cayman

Airlite

0.782

59

Dunlop

300G 98

0.783

59

Head

I.Radical MP

0.783

59

Pro Kennex

Core 1 No. 20

0.783

62

Dunlop

Spirit 100

0.783

63

Cayman

Pro Heat II

0.784

64

Prince

More Thunder OS

0.785

65

Volkl

Quantum 5

0.787

66

Prince

Triple Threat Scream OS

0.787

67

Prince

Triple Threat Rebel MP

0.788

68

Prince

Triple Threat Graphite Mid

0.788

69

Yonex

Ultimum RD Ti-50 Long

0.789

70

Wilson

Hyper Hammer 4.0 MP

0.789

71

Wilson

Hyper Pro Staff Surge 5.1

0.791

72

Pro Kennex

Kinetic Pro 5g

0.791

73

Gosen

Carbon Plus I

0.794

74

Prince

Triple Threat Vendetta OS

0.794

74

Yonex

Ultimum RQ Ti-1700 Long 110

0.794

76

Wilson

Hyper Pro Staff 6.5 MP

0.795

76

Wilson

Triad Hammer 3.0

0.795

78

Volkl

Quantum V1 OS

0.796

79

Wilson

Hyper Hammer 6.3 Light MP

0.797

80

Yonex

Ultimum RQ Ti-2000 Long 120

0.800

81

Yonex

Muscle Power 5i MP

0.800

82

Prince

Triple Threat Attitude MP

0.801

83

Head

Classic MP

0.803

84

Blackburne

Excalibur Ti 97

0.803

85

Cayman

Strike X

0.805

86

Pro Kennex

Type S

0.805

87

Prince

Triple Threat Attitude OS

0.805

88

Prince

Triple Threat Graphite OS

0.806

89

Volkl

Quantum 10 Tour

0.806

90

Babolat

Pure Control Zylon 360

0.806

91

Prince

Triple Threat Warrior OS

0.806

92

Volkl

Quantum 8 RAP

0.807

93

Wilson

Hyper Pro Staff Zone 7.1

0.808

94

Babolat

Pure Drive

0.809

95

Prince

More Game MP

0.809

96

Babolat

VS Power

0.810

97

Cayman

Sidewinder Ti

0.810

98

Wilson

Hyper Hammer 5.3 Stretch MP

0.810

99

Wilson

Hyper Hammer 6.3 OS

0.812

100

Prince

Graphite Classic OS

0.813

101

Fischer

GDS Take Off 710

0.813

102

Yonex

Ultimum RD Ti-50

0.814

103

Volkl

V1 Classic

0.814

104

Cayman

Catalyst II Pro

0.815

105

Wilson

Hyper Hammer 6.2 OS

0.816

106

Volkl

Tour 8

0.819

107

Fischer

Pro No. One

0.819

108

Cayman

Pro Talis II

0.820

109

Pro Kennex

Kinetic Pro 7g

0.821

110

Weed

T-Zone Plus

0.821

111

Head

i.Prestige MP

0.822

112

Yonex

RD Ti-70 Long 98

0.822

113

Wilson

Hyper Hammer 6.3 MP

0.822

114

Wilson

Hyper Hammer 5.2 MP

0.823

115

Gosen

Tri Tube 400C

0.824

116

Prince

Triple Threat Scream MP

0.824

117

Blackburne

Excalibur Ti 107

0.824

118

Head

I.Prestige Mid

0.826

119

Cayman

Energizer Ti

0.826

119

Slazenger

Pro Braided

0.826

121

Prince

Triple Threat Graphite MP

0.827

122

Wilson

Triad Hammer 4.0 MP

0.827

123

Cayman

Catalyst II

0.828

123

Pro Kennex

Ti Intensity PBT Reach

0.828

125

Fischer

Pro Tour FT Air Carbon Ti

0.828

126

Babolat

VS Control

0.828

127

Pro Kennex

Core 1 No. 24

0.829

127

Wilson

Triad Hammer 4.0 OS

0.829

129

Wilson

Hyper Hammer 6.2 MP

0.831

130

Wilson

Triad Pro Staff 6.0 MP

0.831

131

Prince

Triple Threat Warrior MP

0.831

132

Yonex

V-Con 20

0.832

133

Yonex

MP Tour-1 Mid

0.832

134

Cayman

Pro Smash II

0.834

135

Fischer

Pro Extreme

0.836

136

Volkl

C10 Pro

0.836

137

Topspin

CL 633

0.837

138

Yonex

V-Con 20

0.838

139

Wilson

Triad Hammer 5.0 MP

0.838

139

Wilson

Triad Hammer 5.0 OS

0.838

141

Babolat

Pure Control

0.840

142

Wilson

Hyper Hammer 5.2 OS

0.840

143

Prince

Triple Threat Bandit MP

0.841

144

Wilson

Hyper Hammer 2.7

0.841

145

Prince

Triple Threat Hornet MP

0.843

146

Volkl

Tour 10 Mid

0.844

147

Babolat

VS Nanotube Drive

0.845

148

Volkl

C-10 Pro OS

0.845

149

Dunlop

200G 95

0.846

150

Prince

Graphite Classic MP

0.847

151

Babolat

VS Nanotube Power

0.848

152

Wilson

Hyper Pro Staff 6.1 MP Stretch

0.849

152

Yonex

RD Ti-70 88

0.849

154

Wilson

Hyper Pro Staff 6.1 MP

0.849

155

Blackburne

DS-107

0.852

156

Yonex

MP Tour-1 MP

0.853

157

Babolat

Pure Control +

0.855

158

Wilson

Triad Hammer 2.0 w/Rollers

0.859

159

Wilson

Pro Staff Original 6.0 85

0.860

160

Head

I.Prestige MP XL

0.861

161

Cayman

Energizer II Pro

0.863

162

Topspin

CL 628

0.863

163

Topspin

CL 603

0.864

164

Head

Classic Mid

0.877

165

Cayman

Excel Comp II

0.888

166

Cayman

Pro Talis II Long

0.907

167

Cayman

Energizer II

0.942

Average

0.799

Standard Deviation

0.042

Worst

0.942

Best

0.688

Median

0.803