Shock Rankings 2002

Shock should be low, to minimize the internal/potential energy load on the racquet resulting from impact, which causes frame vibration.  The Shock rankings under the five benchmark conditions were weighted, then these weighted ranks were summed to produced the weighted sum that determined the overall rank.  To see the range of Shock values under each of the Benchmark Conditions, click here.  The ranking is from best (Prince Graphite Classic OS) to worst (Fischer GDS Takeoff 1210).

Rank

Shock 2002

1

Prince

Graphite Classic OS

2

Head

I.Prestige Mid

3

Babolat

Pure Control

4

Yonex

RD Ti-70 Long 98

5

Cayman

Catalyst II

6

Cayman

Pro Heat II

7

Pro Kennex

Kinetic Pro 5g

8

Yonex

RD Ti-70 88

9

Wilson

Hyper Pro Staff 6.1 MP Stretch

10

Yonex

Muscle Power 3i

11

Babolat

VS Control

12

Volkl

C10 Pro

13

Prince

Triple Threat Warrior MP

14

Head

Classic MP

15

Cayman

Catalyst II Pro

16

Cayman

Pro Smash II

17

Cayman

Pro Talis II Long

18

Yonex

Ultimum RD Ti-50

19

Babolat

Pure Control +

20

Pro Kennex

Kinetic Pro 7g

21

Wilson

Hyper Pro Staff Zone 7.1

22

Prince

Triple Threat Warrior OS

23

Prince

Triple Threat Graphite OS

24

Prince

Triple Threat Graphite MP

25

Cayman

Pro Talis II

26

Volkl

Quantum 10 RAP

27

Yonex

MP Tour-1 Mid

28

Wilson

Pro Staff Original 6.0 85

29

Yonex

Ultimum RD Ti-50 Long

30

Weed

3/4 Weed XL

31

Yonex

Ultimum RD Ti-80

32

Head

i.Prestige MP

33

Wilson

Hyper Pro Staff 6.1 MP

34

Cayman

Excel Comp II

35

Prince

Triple Threat Rebel MP

36

Cayman

Energizer II

37

Yonex

Ultimum RQ Ti-1500 Long 105

38

Fischer

Pro No. One

39

Fischer

Pro Tour FT Air Carbon Ti

40

Slazenger

Pro Braided

41

Yonex

MP Tour-1 MP

42

Prince

Triple Threat Hornet MP

43

Prince

Triple Threat Graphite Mid

44

Dunlop

300G 98

45

Babolat

Pure Drive

46

Yonex

Ultimum RQ Ti-1700 Long 98

47

Prince

Triple Threat Vendetta MP

48

Volkl

V1 Classic

49

Prince

Graphite Classic MP

50

Fischer

Pro Extreme

51

Volkl

Quantum 10 Tour

52

Cayman

Energizer II Pro

53

Topspin

CL 633

54

Topspin

TPC1000

55

Wilson

Hyper Pro Staff Surge 5.1

56

Head

Classic Mid

57

Volkl

Quantum V1 OS

58

Wilson

Triad Pro Staff 6.0 MP

59

Volkl

Tour 10 Mid

60

Topspin

CL 603

61

Babolat

Pure Power Zylon 360

62

Wilson

Hyper Pro Staff 6.5 MP

63

Prince

Triple Threat Attitude MP

64

Dunlop

200G 95

65

Prince

Triple Threat Hornet OS

66

Fischer

GDS Rally FT Titanium

67

Head

I.Prestige MP XL

68

Prince

Triple Threat Vendetta OS

69

Volkl

Tour 8

70

Head

I.Radical OS

71

Volkl

Catapult 3

72

Pro Kennex

Core 1 No. 20

73

Volkl

C-10 Pro OS

74

Head

i.S9 OS

75

Babolat

Pure Control Zylon 360

76

Volkl

Quantum V1 MP

77

Head

i.S2 MP

78

Babolat

Soft Drive

79

Babolat

Soft Power

80

Volkl

Quantum 5

81

Head

I.S18

82

Wilson

Hyper Pro Staff Extreme 6.7

83

Wilson

Hyper Hammer 5.2 MP

84

Dunlop

Spirit 100

85

Prince

Triple Threat Scream OS

86

Pro Kennex

Ti Intensity PBT Reach

87

Prince

Triple Threat Bandit OS

88

Prince

Triple Threat Bandit MP

89

Head

i.extreme MP

90

Wilson

Hyper Hammer 6.3 Light OS

91

Wilson

Hyper Hammer 5.3 Stretch MP

92

Head

I.Radical MP

93

Volkl

Catapult 2

94

Yonex

Ultimum RQ Ti-1700 Long 110

95

Volkl

Catapult 1

96

Wilson

Hyper Hammer 5.2 OS

97

Pro Kennex

Type S

98

Volkl

Quantum 8 RAP

99

Volkl

Quantum Force

100

Topspin

CL 628

101

Head

i.Speed MP

102

Blackburne

Excalibur Ti 97

103

Dunlop

Spirit 110

104

Pro Kennex

Kinetic Pro 15g

105

Head

i.S4 MP

106

Wilson

Hyper Hammer 6.3 OS

107

Prince

Triple Threat Attitude OS

108

Dunlop

Vision 102

109

Gosen

Carbon Plus I

110

Head

i.S2 OS

111

Fischer

GDS Spice

112

Babolat

Pure Drive Zylon 360

113

Blackburne

DS-107

114

Prince

More Dominant OS

115

Dunlop

Vision 110

116

Weed

T-Zone

117

Weed

T-Zone Plus

118

Prince

More Game OS

119

Babolat

VS Drive

120

Cayman

Strike X

121

Fischer

GDS Spirit

122

Wilson

Hyper Hammer 6.3 MP

123

Wilson

Hyper Hammer 6.3 Light MP

124

Prince

More Thunder OS

125

Prince

More Game MP

126

Prince

Triple Threat Scream MP

127

Prince

Triple Threat Sovereign OS

128

Blackburne

Excalibur Ti 107

129

Fischer

GDS Take Off 710

130

Dunlop

Inferno 118

131

Head

I.S10

132

Pro Kennex

Core 1 No. 24

133

Pro Kennex

Core 1 No. 22

134

Yonex

Muscle Power 5i MP

135

Wilson

Hyper Hammer 5.3 Stretch OS

136

Dunlop

Inferno 110

137

Yonex

V-Con 20

138

Wilson

Hyper Hammer 4.0 OS

139

Yonex

V-Con 20

140

Wilson

Hyper Hammer 6.2 OS

141

Wilson

Hyper Hammer 6.2 MP

142

Babolat

VS Power

143

Dunlop

Inferno 104

144

Wilson

Hyper Hammer 4.0 MP

145

Head

I.S6 MP

146

Cayman

Airlite

147

Head

i.S4 OS

148

Gosen

Carbon 15

149

Wilson

Hyper Hammer 2.7

150

Cayman

Sidewinder Ti

151

Gosen

Tri Tube 400C

152

Head

I.S12

153

Cayman

Energizer Ti

154

Yonex

Muscle Power 5i OS

155

Wilson

Triad Hammer 4.0 OS

156

Head

I.S6 OS

157

Wilson

Triad Hammer 2.0 w/Rollers

158

Yonex

Ultimum RQ Ti-2000 Long 120

159

Babolat

VS Nanotube Drive

160

Wilson

Triad Hammer 3.0

161

Wilson

Triad Hammer 5.0 OS

162

Babolat

VS Nanotube Power

163

Yonex

Ultimum RQ Ti-2000 Long 110

164

Wilson

Triad Hammer 4.0 MP

165

Wilson

Triad Hammer 5.0 MP

166

Fischer

GDS Take Off 910

167

Fischer

GDS Take Off 1210