Are the racket head size of pro Tennis players large or small?  To get an answer I did extensive research to first know which racket model they use to then figure out which head size is the most used.

Most of men’s pro Tennis players uses racquets with 98-inch head size, the second most used racquet head size is 100 inch. For women’s, the most used Tennis racquet head size is 100 inch and the second most used is 98 inch.

List of ATP Tennis players and their racquets head size:

ATP Tennis Player	Racquet ATP Players Endorse	Head Size – Endorsed Racquet	Racquet ATP Players Really Uses	Racquet Head Size
Novak Djokovic	Head Graphene 360+ Speed Pro	100	Head PT113B	95
Daniil Medvedev	Tecnifibre TFight 305 RS	98	Tecnifibre Dynacore 305	95
Alexander Zverev	Head Gravity Pro	100	Head Gravity Pro (TGT344.3)	100
Stefanos Tsitsipas	Wilson Blade 98	98	Wilson Blade 98 BLX (2013)	98
Andrey Rublev	Head Gravity Pro	100	Head Gravity Pro (TGT344.4)	100
Rafael Nadal	Babolat Pure Aero	100	Babolat AeroPro Drive (2005)	100
Matteo Berrettini	Head Graphene 360+ Extreme MP	100	HEAD Microgel Extreme (TGK 219)	100
Casper Ruud	Yonex Ezone 100	100	Yonex DR 100 Plus	100
Felix Auger-Aliassime	Babolat Pure Aero VS	98	Babolat Pure Aero VS	98
Hubert Hurkacz	Yonex Vcore Pro 97	97	Yonex Vcore Pro 97 330g	97
Jannik Sinner	Head Graphene 360+ Speed MP	100	HEAD Graphene Touch Speed MP (Head TGT 301.4)	100
Cameron Norrie	Babolat Pure Strike 16×19	98	Babolat Pure Control Tour	98
Diego Schwartzman	Head Radical MP	98	HEAD IG Radical MP (HEAD TGT 260.2 XL 28 inch)	100
Denis Shapovalov	Yonex Ezone 98	98	Yonex VCORE SV 95	95
Dominic Thiem	Babolat Pure Strike 18×20	98	Babolat Pure Strike 18×20	98
Aslan Karatsev	HEAD Prestige MP	98	HEAD Pro Tour 630 (HEAD PT57A)	95
Roger Federer	Wilson Pro Staff RF97 Autograph	97	Wilson Pro Staff RF97 Autograph	97
Roberto Bautista Agut	Wilson Pro Staff 97	97	Wilson Six-One 95	95
Cristian Garin	Head Radical MP	98	Head Graphene XT Radical PRO (PT313.2)
Gael Monfils	Artengo TR960 Control Tour	98	Artengo TR960 Control Tour	98
Pablo Carreno Busta	Wilson Blade 98	98	Wilson H22 Pro Stock	98
Taylor Fritz	Head Graphene 360+ Radical MP	98	Head IG Radical MP (TGT260.3)	98
Nikoloz Basilashvili	Head Graphene 360+ Speed Pro	100	Head Gravity Pro (TGT 344.3)	100
Daniel Evans	Wilson Pro Staff 97	97	Wilson Six One 95 nCode 18×20	95
John Isner	Prince TexTreme Warrior 100	100	Prince TexTreme Warrior 100	100
Lorenzo Sonego	Wilson Blade 98	98	Wilson Blade 98	98
Marin Cilic	Head Prestige Pro	98	Head Microgel Radical MP (TGK 231.3)	98
Grigor Dimitrov	Wilson Pro Staff 97	97	?	?
Reilly Opelka	Wilson Pro Staff 97	97	Wilson Six-One 95	95
Karen Khachanov	Wilson Blade Pro 98 18×20	98	Wilson H22 Pro Stock	98
Carlos Alcaraz	Babolat Pure Aero VS	98	Babolat Pure Aero VS	98
Fabio Fognini	Babolat Pure Drive	100	Babolat Pure Drive (1997 model)	100
Lloyd Harris	Yonex Ezone 98	98	Yonex Ezone DR 98	98
Frances Tiafoe	Yonex Vcore Pro	97	Yonex Dual-G VCORE Pro 97	97
Marton Fucsovics	Yonex Ezone 98	98	Yonex Ezone DR 98	98
Filip Krajinovic	Wilson Blade 98	98	Wilson H22 Pro Stock	98
Alexander Bublik	Yonex Ezone 98	98	Yonex Ezone DR 98	98
Federico Delbonis	Babolat Pure Aero	100	Babolat Pure Aero	100
Dusan Lajovic	Wilson Pro Staff 97	97	Wilson Six One 95 18×20	95
Ugo Humbert	Wilson Blade 98	98	Wilson Blade 98	98
Tommy Paul	Wilson Blade 98	98	Wilson H22 Pro Stock	98
Alex de Minaur	Wilson Blade 98	98	Wilson Steam 99	99
Sebastian Korda	Wilson Blade 98	98	Wilson H22 Pro Stock	98
Albert Ramos-Vinolas	Babolat Pure Drive Plus	100	Babolat Pure Drive Plus	100
Kei Nishikori	Wilson Ultra 100	100	Wilson BLX Tour	95
James Duckworth	Babolat Pure Drive Plus	100	Babolat Pure Drive Plus	100
Alejandro Davidovich Fokina	Head Graphene 360+ Extreme MP	100	Head Extreme MP Pro Stock	100
Ilya Ivashka	Head Graphene 360+ Prestige Pro	95	Head Pro Tour 630 (PT57A2)	95
Laslo Djere	Wilson Blade 98	98	Wilson Blade 98	98
Botic van de Zandschulp	Babolat Pure Aero	100	Babolat Pure Aero	100
Jan-Lennard Struff	HEAD Graphene 360+ Extreme MP	100	HEAD Graphene 360 Extreme MP	100
David Goffin	Wilson Blade 98 18×20	98	Wilson Blade 98	98
Dominik Koepfer	Head Graphene 360+ Prestige Pro	95	HEAD Pro Tour 630 (HEAD PT57A) 16×19	95
Benoit Paire	Babolat Pure Aero Plus	100	Babolat Aeropro Drive	100
Soonwoo Kwon	Head Graphene 360+ Radical MP	98	Head Graphene XT Radical Pro (PT313.2)	95
Mackenzie McDonald	Wilson Blade 98	98	Wilson Blade 98 16×19	98
Jenson Brooksby	Wilson Blade 98	98	Wilson H22 Pro Stock	98
Adrian Mannarino	Babolat Pure Aero	100	Babolat AeroPro Drive	100
Maxime Cressy	Babolat Pure Aero	100	Babolat Pure Aero	100
Arthur Rinderknech	Tecnifibre Tf40 305 18×20	98	Tecnifibre Tf40 305 18×20	98
Pedro Martinez	Wilson Blade 98 18×20	98	?	?
Tallon Griekspoor	Tecnifibre T-Fight RS 305	98	?	?
Miomir Kecmanovic	Dunlop SX 300	100	Dunlop SX 300	100
Federico Coria	Head Graphene 360+ Radical MP	98	HEAD Radical Pro Stock TGT307.2	98
Alexei Popyrin	Head Graphene 360+ Prestige Pro	95	HEAD Pro Tour 630 (HEAD PT57A)	95
Lorenzo Musetti	Head Boom MP	100	?	?
Gianluca Mager	Head Graphene 360+ Prestige Pro	95	Head Graphene 360 Prestige Pro	95
Benjamin Bonzi	Wilson Blade 98	98	?	?
Hugo Gaston	Wilson Blade 98	98	Wilson H22 Pro Stock	98
Marcos Giron	Yonex VCORE 95	95	Yonex VCORE 95	95
Brandon Nakashima	Babolat Pure Strike	98	Babolat Pure Strike	98
Alex Molcan	Wilson Blade 98 18×20	98	?	?
Pablo Andujar	Prince Phantom O3 100X	100	Prince O3 Tour (TX141P)	100
Facundo Bagnis	Babolat Pure Aero	100	?	?
Richard Gasquet	Head Graphene 360+ Extreme Pro	100	Head LiquidMetal Instinct Tour XL (PT161A)	100
Roberto Carballes Baena	Wilson Blade 98	98	?	?
Sebastian Baez	Yonex VCORE 100	100	Yonex VCORE 100	100
Jordan Thompson	Babolat Pure Drive	100	Babolat Pure Drive GT	100
Juan Manuel Cerundolo	Head Graphene 360+ Extreme Tour	98	Head Graphene 360+ Extreme Tour (TGT348.1)	98
Jiri Vesely	Wilson Blade 98	98	Wilson Blade 98 18×20 old model	98
Borna Coric	Wilson Ultra 100	100	Wilson H25 Pro Stock	100
Ricardas Berankis	Yonex Vcore Pro 97	97	Yonex Vcore Tour G	97
Mikael Ymer	Babolat Pure Drive	100	Babolat Pure Drive	100
Oscar Otte	Babolat Pure Aero	100	?	?
Daniel Altmaier	Yonex Vcore Pro 97	97	?	?
Henri Laaksonen	Head Prestige Pro	98	Head Pro Stock (TGT293.2)	98
Emil Ruusuvuori	Head Graphene 360+ Touch Speed MP	100	Head Touch Speed MP (TGT 301.4)	100
Jaume Munar	Yonex EZONE 98	98	Yonex EZONE 98	98
Corentin Moutet	Wilson Ultra 100	100	Wilson BLX Pro Open	100
Pablo Cuevas	Head Graphene 360+ Prestige Pro	98	Head iPrestige XL (PT57E)	95
Guido Pella	Wilson Blade 98 18×20	98	Wilson Blade 98 18×20	98
Thiago Monteiro	Wilson Pro Staff 97	97	Wilson Pro Staff 97	97
Stefano Travaglia	Wilson Ultra 100	100	Wilson Ultra 100	100
John Millman	Tecnifibre ATP T-FIGHT 320 XTC	98	Tecnifibre ATP T-FIGHT 320 XTC	98
Kamil Majchrzak	Yonex Vcore 98	98	?	?
Peter Gojowczyk	Head Prestige Pro	98	Head Youtek IG Prestige Pro (TGT 293.1)	98
Holger Rune	Babolat Pure Aero VS	98	?	?
John Millman	Tecnifibre TFight 315 RS	98	Tecnifibre ATP T-FIGHT 320 XTC	98

The table above shows all the data I collected from the top 100 ATP Players (February 2022) and their racquets models and head size. It is not completely ordered by the ranking position.

You can see the question mark in a lot of models and head size for the racquets they really use, this is because is not always possible to be sure since they may or may not use a Pro Stock racquet with the same mold as an old model.

That’s why I could not get data from all top 100 players, and you will see ahead on this Post, the graphics I created based on the table and the number of players I was able to use.

I recommend you go in this article here with the list I’ve made of the rackets the ATP players use, there you will find not only the model they use but sometimes the string and the rackets they used to play with on the past.

First, the graphic below, shows the percentage of 99 ATP Tennis players (February 2022) endorsed racquet tennis size.

An endorsed racquet is the model a Tennis player endorse, but not always use, they could or could not use a modified model with the same paintjob of the model they endorse.

Seems like the racquet head size of men’s players are more and more big than it was on the past, at least this is more eminent on the racquets those players endorse.

This scenario chances a bit when I see the head size of racquets that the pro Tennis players really use.

The next graphic show the percentage of racquet head size of racquet they really use from 86 players and you can see that most of then still uses 98 in and 100 in racquets, but the number of players using 95 in racquets is relatively bigger compared to the racquets they endorse.

From 86 players of Top 100 ATP Tennis players ranking, 41% use 98-inch racquet head size, 34% use 100-inch head size, 18% use 95-inch head size, 6% use 97-inch head size and just 1% use 99-inch head size.

List of WTA Tennis players and their racquet model and head size:

WTA Tennis Player	Racquet She Endorse	Head Size – Endorsed Racquet	Racquet She really Uses	Racquet Head Size
Ashleigh Barty	Head Gravity MP	100	HEAD Gravity Pro	100
Aryna Sabalenka	Wilson Blade 98	98	Wilson Blade 98 Pro Stock (2013)	98
Barbora Krejcikova	Head Graphene 360+ Extreme MP	100	Head Graphene 360+ Extreme MP	100
Karolina Pliskova	Babolat Pure Drive	100	Babolat Pure Drive	100
Paula Badosa	Wilson Blade 98 16×19	98	Wilson steam 100	100
Garbiñe Muguruza	Babolat Pure Drive	100	Babolat Pure Drive Pro Stock (2012)	100
Maria Sakkari	Wilson Ultra 100 Reverse	100	Wilson Ultra Pro Stock old version	100
Iga Swiatek	Tecnifibre T-Rebound 298 Iga	98	Tecnifibre T-Rebound 298 Iga	98
Anett Kontaveit	Babolat Pure Strike 100	100	Babolat Pure Strike 100 Pro Stock old version	100
Ons Jabeur	Wilson Pro Staff 97	97	?	?
Danielle Collins	Babolat Pure Aero	100	Babolat Aeropro Drive	100
Elena Rybakina	Yonex Vcore 100	100	Yonex Vcore SV 100	100
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova	Wilson Burn 100	100	Wilson Burn 100	100
Elina Svitolina	Wilson Blade 98	98	Wilson Steam 100	100
Victoria Azarenka	Wilson Ultra 100	100	Wilson Ultra 100 Countervail	100
Angelique Kerber	Yonex Vcore 100	100	Yonex Vcore 100S	100
Leylah Annie Fernandez	Babolat Pure Aero	100	Babolat Aero Pure	100
Cori Gauff	Head Boom MP	100	Head Pro Stock PT339.2	100
Daria Kasatkina	Artengo TR990 Power Pro	100	Artengo TR990 Power Pro	100
Simona Halep	Wilson Blade 98	98	Wilson Steam 99	99
Petra Kvitova	Wilson Pro Staff 97	97	Wilson Pro Staff 97 Countervail	97
Belinda Bencic	Yonex Ezone 100	100	?	?
Jelena Ostapenko	Wilson Blade 98	98	Wilson Blade 98 Pro Stock old version	98
Elise Mertens	Babolat Pure Aero	100	Babolat Pure Aero	100
Madison Keys	Wilson Blade 98 18×20	98	Wilson Ultra Tour (18×20)	97
Veronika Kudermetova	Wilson Blade 98	98	Wilson Blade 98 CV	98
Camila Giorgi	Yonex Vcore 98	98	Yonex Vcore 98	98
Sorana Cirstea	Yonex Ezone 100	100	Yonex Ezone 100	100
Sara Sorribes Tormo	Wilson Blade 98	98	Wilson Blade 98 Countervail	98
Viktorija Golubic	Yonex Vcore 100	100	Yonex Vcore SV 100	100
Alizé Cornet	Babolat Pure Strike 16×19	98	?	?
Marketa Vondrousova	Yonex Ezone 100	100	?	?
Ajla Tomljanovic	Wilson Ultra 100	100	Wilson Ultra 100 Countervail	100
Amanda Anisimova	?	?	Wilson Steam 100	100
Yulia Putintseva	Babolat Pure Drive	100	?	?
Ekaterina Alexandrova	Wilson Blade 98	98	?	?
Katerina Siniakova	Wilson Pro Staff 97 (16×19)	97	Wilson Pro Staff 97S	97
Magda Linette	Babolat Pure Drive	100	Babolat Pure Drive	100
Bianca Andreescu	Head Speed MP	100	Head Graphene Touch Speed MP	100
Shelby Rogers	Wilson Blade 98 18×20	98	?	?
Alison Van Uytvanck	Head Radical (MP or Pro)	98	?	?
Ana Konjuh	Babolat Pure Drive	100	Babolat Pure Drive	100
Alison Riske	Wilson Blade 98	98	Wilson Blade 98 18×20 Countervail	98
Irina-Camelia Begu	Babolat Pure Drive	100	?	?
Sloane Stephens	Head Radical MP	98	Head Graphene 360 Radical MP	98
Madison Brengle	Wilson Clash	100	Wilson Clash	?
Kaia Kanepi	Wilson Ultra	100	?	?
Arantxa Rus	Wilson Ultra Tour	97	?	?
Andrea Petkovic	Wilson Pro Staff 97 (16×19)	97	Wilson Pro Staff 97 old version	97
Shuai Zhang	?	?	?	?
Maryna Zanevska	Tecnifibre T-Fight RS 305	98	Tecnifibre T-Fight RS 305	98
Caroline Garcia	Yonex Vcore 100	100	?	?
Petra Martic	Wilson Blade 98	98	Wilson Tour BLX	98
Aliaksandra Sasnovich	Head Extreme MP	100	?	?
Danka Kovinic	Head Boom MP	100	?	?
Beatriz Haddad Maia	Wilson Blade	?	Wilson Blade 101L	101
Rebecca Peterson	Babolat Pure Drive	100	Babolat Pure Drive	100
Anastasia Potapova	Wilson Ultra	100	Wilson Ultra 100 V2	100
Misaki Doi	Dunlop CX 200	98	Dunlop Srixon CX 200	98
Kristina Kucova	Wilson Ultra	100	?	?
Anastasija Sevastova	Yonex Ezone 98	98	?	?
Qinwen Zheng	Wilson Pro Staff 97	97	?	?
Varvara Gracheva	Yonex Vcore	?	?	?
Vera Zvonareva	Prince O3 Tour 100	100	Prince Exo3 Tour 100 16×18	100
Oceane Dodin	Wilson Ultra	?	Wilson Ultra 100 Team 16×18	100
Anna Bondar	Yonex Ezone	?	?	?
Naomi Osaka	Yonex Ezone 98	98	Yonex Ai 98	98
Xinyu Wang	Babolat Pure Drive	100	Babolat Pure Drive	100
Heather Watson	Babolat Pure Strike 100	100	Babolat Pure Strike 100	100
Saisai Zheng	Babolat Pure Aero	100	?	?
Lauren Davis	Head Radical (MP or Pro)	98	Head Radical (MP or Pro)	98
Anna Karolina Schmiedlova	Wilson Pro Staff 97	97	?	?
Sofia Kenin	Babolat Pure Drive	100	Babolat Pure Drive	100
Kristina Mladenovic	Wilson Ultra 100 (16×19)	100	?	?
Svetlana Kuznetsova	Head Graphene 360+ Extreme MP	100	?	?
Donna Vekic	Yonex Vcore 100	100	?	?
Jennifer Brady	Babolat Pure Aero	100	?	?
Lesia Tsurenko	Head Gravity MP	100	Head Gravity MP	100
Nadia Podoroska	Head Radical MP	98	Head Graphene 360 Radical MP	98
Dalma Galfi	Dunlop SX 300	100	Dunlop SX 300	100
Zarina Diyas	Dunlop FX 500 Tour	98	?	?
Nina Stojanovic	Wilson Blade 98	98	?	?
Xiyu Wang	Wilson Blade 98	98	Wilson Steam 100	100
Mihaela Buzarnescu	Wilson Steam 105	105	Wilson Steam 105	105
Vitalia Diatchenko	Yonex Ezone 100	100	Yonex Ezone 100 (2018)	100
Aleksandra Krunic	Babolat Pure Drive	100	Babolat Pure Drive (old model)	100
Emma Raducanu	Wilson Blade 98	98	Wilson Steam 100	100
Jessica Pegula	Yonex Ezone 98	98	?	?
Tamara Zidansek	Yonex Vcore 100	100	?	?
Clara Tauson	Yonex Vcore Pro 100	100	?	?
Liudmila Samsonova	Wilson Blade 98	98	?	?
Jil Teichmann	Head Speed MP	100	Head Speed MP (Pro Stock TGT339.2)	100
Tereza Martincova	Wilson Blade 98	98	?	?
Jasmine Paolini	Yonex Vcore 100	100	?	?
Camila Osorio	Babolat Pure Drive	100	Babolat Pure Drive	100
Nuria Parrizas Diaz	Yonex Ezone	?	?	?
Anhelina Kalinina	Head Prestige Tour	95	?	?
Marta Kostyuk	Wilson Blade 98	98	?	?
Elena-Gabriela Ruse	Yonex Vcore 100	100	?	?

Note: The list above is not completely ordered by top 1 to top 100, but they are formed of players on the top 100 on February 2022.

I could only identify 92 WTA Tennis players endorsed racquets head size from this list of top 100.

If you want to know more about the rackets those WTA Tennis players use, click here to open the more in dept list with extra information like the models they used on the past and string.

The graphic below shows the percentage of women’s pro Tennis players racquet head size:

From this top 100, I just identified 61 racquet head size of the racquets they really use, you can see on the next graphic that they still use mostly 100 in and 98 in head size, but the number of 100 in are bigger.

Of 61 players of Top 100 WTA Tennis players, 65% use racquets with 100-inch head size, 23% 98-inch head size, 6% 97-inch head size, 2% 99-inch, 2% 101-inch and 2% 105-inch head size.

You may also be interested to know why European players have best results in ATP and WTA, click here to open in another tab the research I’ve made about it.

I also made research about the weight of Pro Tennis players; you can read here in this link.

Professional Tennis players don’t normally use oversize racquets

According to the Tennis Warehouse website, oversize Tennis racquets head size ranges from 106 to 115 square inches.

Pro Tennis players don’t use oversize racquets. From the data collect of top 100, you can find some 105-inch head size on the WTA players side, but for ATP Players nothing close to it can be found, 100-inch are the bigger you can find at this level.

Of course, some pro players cold be playing with oversize racquets, but this is very rare and inexistent at top 100 Tennis professional level as of February 2022.

Why do pros use smaller racquets?

A long time ago the head size of Tennis racquets where really small, now, most of Tennis players, pro or recreational, use midplus head size, between 95 and 105 in.

Is interesting to note that the head of the rackets are getting bigger but the grip size are getting smaller, know more about the size of the grip here in this other Post.

But, as you could see from my research, is very rare to find pro Tennis players using oversize racquets (106-116 inches), but that doesn’t mean no one is using those racquets.

Seniors and juniors Tennis players often use oversize racquets, this happen because they need a bigger frame to help then with more power.

The pro Tennis players don’t need all the power the oversize Tennis racquets can offer and they need all the control that racquets with smaller head size can provide to then, that’s why is more common to see pro’s using smaller racquets.

Men tend to be physically stronger than woman and you can see that the WTA Tennis players use a little bigger head size compared to the ATP Tennis players.

The weight of the racket also influences its performance, most Pro Tennis players use heavy rackets, click here to open an article here in the blog about it, and you can read here my research about the average weight of pros rackets.