RACQUET RESEARCH

Using physics to help select a racquet

Top racquets

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Published 4:00 am PDT, Wednesday, September 9, 1998

Following are the top ten retail tennis racquets according to Wilmot McCutchen’s Web site, RacquetResearch. The ranking is based on McCutchen’s calculations of the performance of the racquets on an eighty mile an hour return of a 110 mile per hour serve. Rank Racquet

  1. Pro Kennex Kinetic Pro 5G
  2. Prince Longbody Thunderstorm
  3. Pro Kennex Kinetic Pro 5G Reach OS (Oversize)
  4. Weed 3 / 4 XL-125
  5. Slazenger Phantom Tour Extreme
  6. Pro Kennex Kinetic Pro 5G Reach Mid
  7. Prince Longbody Thunderbolt
  8. Prince Longbody Thunderstick
  9. Dunlop Max Tech
  10. Michael Chang’s Prince Graphite Longbody

Source: sfgate.com/business/article/Top-racquets-3071206.php