Work Rankings 2002

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.  To see the range of Work values under each of the 5 Benchmark Conditions for the 167 racquets in the survey, click here.  The ranking is from best (Prince Graphite Classic OS) to worst (Babolat VS Nanotube Power).

Rank

Work 2002

1

Prince

Graphite Classic OS

2

Cayman

Pro Heat II

3

Yonex

Muscle Power 3i

4

Yonex

RD Ti-70 Long 98

5

Pro Kennex

Kinetic Pro 5g

6

Weed

3/4 Weed XL

7

Yonex

Ultimum RD Ti-50 Long

8

Head

I.Prestige Mid

9

Cayman

Catalyst II Pro

10

Cayman

Catalyst II

11

Volkl

Quantum 10 RAP

12

Yonex

Ultimum RQ Ti-1500 Long 105

13

Yonex

Ultimum RD Ti-80

14

Yonex

Ultimum RD Ti-50

15

Wilson

Hyper Pro Staff 6.1 MP Stretch

16

Pro Kennex

Kinetic Pro 7g

17

Babolat

Pure Control

18

Prince

Triple Threat Warrior OS

19

Yonex

Ultimum RQ Ti-1700 Long 98

20

Head

Classic MP

21

Head

I.S18

22

Volkl

C10 Pro

23

Fischer

Pro Tour FT Air Carbon Ti

24

Cayman

Pro Talis II

25

Cayman

Pro Talis II Long

26

Babolat

Pure Control +

27

Topspin

TPC1000

28

Volkl

Catapult 3

29

Wilson

Hyper Pro Staff Zone 7.1

30

Prince

Triple Threat Graphite OS

31

Prince

Triple Threat Hornet OS

32

Cayman

Pro Smash II

33

Head

i.S9 OS

34

Babolat

VS Control

35

Yonex

RD Ti-70 88

36

Head

i.Prestige MP

37

Prince

Triple Threat Graphite MP

38

Fischer

Pro No. One

39

Fischer

Pro Extreme

40

Fischer

GDS Rally FT Titanium

41

Head

I.Radical OS

42

Prince

Triple Threat Graphite Mid

43

Prince

Triple Threat Rebel MP

44

Yonex

MP Tour-1 Mid

45

Dunlop

300G 98

46

Prince

Triple Threat Warrior MP

47

Volkl

Quantum V1 OS

48

Volkl

Quantum 10 Tour

49

Wilson

Pro Staff Original 6.0 85

50

Babolat

Pure Power Zylon 360

51

Babolat

Pure Drive

52

Wilson

Hyper Pro Staff Surge 5.1

53

Volkl

Tour 8

54

Volkl

Quantum 5

55

Prince

Triple Threat Vendetta MP

56

Wilson

Hyper Pro Staff 6.1 MP

57

Slazenger

Pro Braided

58

Volkl

Catapult 1

59

Wilson

Triad Pro Staff 6.0 MP

60

Topspin

CL 633

61

Prince

Graphite Classic MP

62

Volkl

Catapult 2

63

Dunlop

Spirit 110

64

Volkl

V1 Classic

65

Cayman

Energizer II Pro

66

Prince

Triple Threat Vendetta OS

67

Pro Kennex

Core 1 No. 20

68

Yonex

MP Tour-1 MP

69

Head

i.extreme MP

70

Prince

Triple Threat Attitude MP

71

Volkl

Quantum V1 MP

72

Head

I.S10

73

Cayman

Energizer II

74

Volkl

C-10 Pro OS

75

Wilson

Hyper Pro Staff Extreme 6.7

76

Wilson

Hyper Pro Staff 6.5 MP

77

Babolat

Soft Drive

78

Babolat

Soft Power

79

Prince

Triple Threat Hornet MP

80

Babolat

Pure Control Zylon 360

81

Head

I.Radical MP

82

Dunlop

Inferno 118

83

Head

i.S2 MP

84

Prince

Triple Threat Bandit OS

85

Head

i.S2 OS

86

Dunlop

Vision 102

87

Volkl

Tour 10 Mid

88

Dunlop

200G 95

89

Wilson

Hyper Hammer 6.3 Light OS

90

Dunlop

Vision 110

91

Head

I.Prestige MP XL

92

Dunlop

Spirit 100

93

Cayman

Excel Comp II

94

Topspin

CL 603

95

Babolat

Pure Drive Zylon 360

96

Prince

More Dominant OS

97

Head

i.S4 MP

98

Yonex

Ultimum RQ Ti-1700 Long 110

99

Fischer

GDS Spice

100

Head

i.S4 OS

101

Pro Kennex

Kinetic Pro 15g

102

Wilson

Hyper Hammer 5.2 MP

103

Head

i.Speed MP

104

Head

Classic Mid

105

Prince

Triple Threat Scream OS

106

Volkl

Quantum 8 RAP

107

Prince

Triple Threat Sovereign OS

108

Dunlop

Inferno 110

109

Pro Kennex

Ti Intensity PBT Reach

110

Volkl

Quantum Force

111

Weed

T-Zone Plus

112

Wilson

Hyper Hammer 5.3 Stretch MP

113

Fischer

GDS Spirit

114

Prince

More Game OS

115

Head

I.S12

116

Pro Kennex

Type S

117

Prince

More Thunder OS

118

Wilson

Hyper Hammer 4.0 OS

119

Wilson

Hyper Hammer 5.2 OS

120

Prince

Triple Threat Attitude OS

121

Dunlop

Inferno 104

122

Fischer

GDS Take Off 710

123

Babolat

VS Drive

124

Head

I.S6 MP

125

Wilson

Hyper Hammer 6.3 OS

126

Pro Kennex

Core 1 No. 22

127

Weed

T-Zone

128

Gosen

Carbon Plus I

129

Wilson

Hyper Hammer 5.3 Stretch OS

130

Topspin

CL 628

131

Blackburne

Excalibur Ti 97

132

Prince

More Game MP

133

Yonex

Muscle Power 5i MP

134

Prince

Triple Threat Bandit MP

135

Wilson

Hyper Hammer 6.3 Light MP

136

Cayman

Strike X

137

Gosen

Carbon 15

138

Wilson

Hyper Hammer 4.0 MP

139

Prince

Triple Threat Scream MP

140

Fischer

GDS Take Off 1210

141

Cayman

Sidewinder Ti

142

Head

I.S6 OS

143

Yonex

V-Con 20

144

Wilson

Hyper Hammer 6.2 OS

145

Pro Kennex

Core 1 No. 24

146

Yonex

V-Con 20

147

Cayman

Airlite

148

Wilson

Hyper Hammer 6.3 MP

149

Yonex

Muscle Power 5i OS

150

Blackburne

Excalibur Ti 107

151

Babolat

VS Power

152

Blackburne

DS-107

153

Wilson

Triad Hammer 3.0

154

Cayman

Energizer Ti

155

Wilson

Hyper Hammer 6.2 MP

156

Fischer

GDS Take Off 910

157

Yonex

Ultimum RQ Ti-2000 Long 110

158

Gosen

Tri Tube 400C

159

Wilson

Hyper Hammer 2.7

160

Wilson

Triad Hammer 2.0 w/Rollers

161

Yonex

Ultimum RQ Ti-2000 Long 120

162

Wilson

Triad Hammer 4.0 OS

163

Wilson

Triad Hammer 4.0 MP

164

Wilson

Triad Hammer 5.0 OS

165

Wilson

Triad Hammer 5.0 MP

166

Babolat

VS Nanotube Drive

167

Babolat

VS Nanotube Power