Rankings: Shock

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 Racquet
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