Torque Rankings  2002

Low Torque is good because it means the force twisting the hand backward on impact is low and therefore arm stress is low.  The rankings under the five benchmark conditions were weighted according to the severity of the Torque under each, then summed to get the total.  The most severe Torque was under the Second Benchmark Condition (110 mph serve).  To see the range of Torque values under each of the Benchmark Conditions, click here.  The ranking is from best (Prince Graphite Classic OS) to worst (Fischer GDS Take Off 1210).

Rank

Torque 2002

1

Prince

Graphite Classic OS

2

Head

I.Prestige Mid

3

Babolat

Pure Control

4

Cayman

Catalyst II

5

Cayman

Pro Heat II

6

Pro Kennex

Kinetic Pro 5g

7

Yonex

RD Ti-70 88

8

Volkl

C10 Pro

9

Babolat

VS Control

10

Prince

Triple Threat Warrior MP

11

Cayman

Catalyst II Pro

12

Head

Classic MP

13

Yonex

RD Ti-70 Long 98

14

Yonex

Ultimum RD Ti-50

15

Cayman

Pro Smash II

16

Wilson

Hyper Pro Staff Zone 7.1

17

Cayman

Pro Talis II

18

Yonex

Muscle Power 3i

19

Wilson

Hyper Pro Staff 6.1 MP Stretch

20

Yonex

MP Tour-1 Mid

21

Wilson

Pro Staff Original 6.0 85

22

Yonex

Ultimum RD Ti-80

23

Head

i.Prestige MP

24

Wilson

Hyper Pro Staff 6.1 MP

25

Prince

Triple Threat Rebel MP

26

Fischer

Pro No. One

27

Cayman

Excel Comp II

28

Babolat

Pure Control +

29

Pro Kennex

Kinetic Pro 7g

30

Slazenger

Pro Braided

31

Yonex

MP Tour-1 MP

32

Prince

Triple Threat Graphite Mid

33

Dunlop

300G 98

34

Prince

Triple Threat Warrior OS

35

Babolat

Pure Drive

36

Prince

Triple Threat Graphite OS

37

Prince

Triple Threat Graphite MP

38

Yonex

Ultimum RD Ti-50 Long

39

Prince

Triple Threat Vendetta MP

40

Prince

Graphite Classic MP

41

Volkl

V1 Classic

42

Volkl

Quantum 10 Tour

43

Fischer

Pro Tour FT Air Carbon Ti

44

Volkl

Quantum 10 RAP

45

Yonex

Ultimum RQ Ti-1500 Long 105

46

Wilson

Hyper Pro Staff Surge 5.1

47

Head

Classic Mid

48

Babolat

Pure Power Zylon 360

49

Volkl

Tour 10 Mid

50

Topspin

TPC1000

51

Topspin

CL 603

52

Topspin

CL 633

53

Dunlop

200G 95

54

Fischer

Pro Extreme

55

Wilson

Hyper Pro Staff 6.5 MP

56

Yonex

Ultimum RQ Ti-1700 Long 98

57

Prince

Triple Threat Hornet MP

58

Head

I.Radical OS

59

Wilson

Triad Pro Staff 6.0 MP

60

Cayman

Energizer II Pro

61

Babolat

Pure Control Zylon 360

62

Volkl

Quantum V1 MP

63

Cayman

Pro Talis II Long

64

Head

i.S2 MP

65

Babolat

Soft Drive

65

Babolat

Soft Power

67

Fischer

GDS Rally FT Titanium

68

Volkl

Quantum V1 OS

69

Prince

Triple Threat Hornet OS

70

Prince

Triple Threat Attitude MP

71

Wilson

Hyper Pro Staff Extreme 6.7

72

Weed

3/4 Weed XL

73

Prince

Triple Threat Vendetta OS

74

Head

I.Prestige MP XL

75

Dunlop

Spirit 100

76

Prince

Triple Threat Scream OS

77

Volkl

Tour 8

78

Head

i.extreme MP

79

Head

I.Radical MP

80

Pro Kennex

Core 1 No. 20

81

Cayman

Energizer II

82

Volkl

C-10 Pro OS

83

Prince

Triple Threat Bandit MP

84

Volkl

Catapult 3

85

Head

i.S9 OS

86

Pro Kennex

Type S

87

Volkl

Quantum Force

88

Head

i.Speed MP

89

Head

I.S18

90

Wilson

Hyper Hammer 5.2 MP

91

Blackburne

Excalibur Ti 97

92

Prince

Triple Threat Bandit OS

93

Volkl

Quantum 5

94

Pro Kennex

Ti Intensity PBT Reach

95

Babolat

Pure Drive Zylon 360

96

Yonex

Ultimum RQ Ti-1700 Long 110

97

Gosen

Carbon Plus I

98

Wilson

Hyper Hammer 6.3 Light OS

99

Weed

T-Zone

100

Head

i.S4 MP

101

Wilson

Hyper Hammer 5.3 Stretch MP

102

Blackburne

DS-107

103

Fischer

GDS Spirit

104

Babolat

VS Drive

105

Cayman

Strike X

106

Dunlop

Spirit 110

107

Head

i.S2 OS

108

Wilson

Hyper Hammer 6.3 Light MP

109

Wilson

Hyper Hammer 6.3 MP

110

Wilson

Hyper Hammer 5.2 OS

111

Prince

Triple Threat Scream MP

112

Topspin

CL 628

113

Volkl

Catapult 2

114

Volkl

Catapult 1

115

Pro Kennex

Kinetic Pro 15g

116

Volkl

Quantum 8 RAP

117

Fischer

GDS Spice

118

Blackburne

Excalibur Ti 107

119

Dunlop

Vision 102

120

Wilson

Hyper Hammer 6.3 OS

121

Prince

Triple Threat Attitude OS

122

Dunlop

Vision 110

123

Prince

More Game OS

124

Prince

More Thunder OS

125

Prince

More Game MP

126

Dunlop

Inferno 110

127

Cayman

Airlite

128

Prince

More Dominant OS

129

Pro Kennex

Core 1 No. 22

130

Wilson

Hyper Hammer 6.2 MP

131

Dunlop

Inferno 118

132

Yonex

Muscle Power 5i MP

133

Wilson

Hyper Hammer 5.3 Stretch OS

134

Pro Kennex

Core 1 No. 24

135

Head

I.S10

136

Fischer

GDS Take Off 710

137

Yonex

V-Con 20

138

Yonex

V-Con 20

139

Dunlop

Inferno 104

140

Wilson

Hyper Hammer 6.2 OS

141

Prince

Triple Threat Sovereign OS

142

Babolat

VS Power

143

Weed

T-Zone Plus

144

Wilson

Hyper Hammer 4.0 MP

145

Head

I.S6 MP

146

Wilson

Hyper Hammer 4.0 OS

147

Gosen

Carbon 15

148

Head

i.S4 OS

149

Gosen

Tri Tube 400C

150

Wilson

Hyper Hammer 2.7

151

Head

I.S6 OS

152

Wilson

Triad Hammer 5.0 OS

153

Wilson

Triad Hammer 4.0 OS

154

Yonex

Muscle Power 5i OS

155

Wilson

Triad Hammer 5.0 MP

156

Wilson

Triad Hammer 3.0

157

Babolat

VS Nanotube Drive

158

Head

I.S12

159

Yonex

Ultimum RQ Ti-2000 Long 110

160

Babolat

VS Nanotube Power

161

Wilson

Triad Hammer 4.0 MP

162

Cayman

Sidewinder Ti

163

Yonex

Ultimum RQ Ti-2000 Long 120

164

Wilson

Triad Hammer 2.0 w/Rollers

165

Fischer

GDS Take Off 910

166

Cayman

Energizer Ti

167

Fischer

GDS Take Off 1210