The Rackets ATP Players Use (Men’s Tennis)
If you want to have the same racket as your idol, but don’t know which racket he use, in this article I will share my list with the rackets that the professional men’s uses.
Some Tennis players use Pro Stock rackets, those are old model with new paint job, normally only the Pros have access to those, but you can still find to buy some Pro Stock models.
I did a deep research in the web analyzing video footage, imagens and searching in forums and social media to know the model of rackets the ATP Tennis players use.
Sometimes I could find just the model the player endorses, but in other cases I could identify the racket he is using under the new painting, I did my best to find the most I could and I hope this list can help you.
You can also take a look on my research about Tennis rackets used on the WTA circuit (Woman’s Tennis), click here to check it out. I’ve also used all this information about the Pro’s rackets to know the size they normally use, click here to check it out.
Did you notice that most successful ATP players are from Europe? Here in this article I talk more about this and why this is happening.
Most Pro Tennis players add lead and silicone on their racket to increase the weight, and that’s going to be the case for most of the Pro’s I list here, if you want to know why, click here and if you want to know the strung weight of the pros without the lead and other stuff, click here to read another article I’ve wrote.
List of ATP Players and their rackets
Pete Sampras used in the most part of his career the racket Wilson Pro Staff 85 (1983) with the string Babolat VS Natural Gut with tension 70 lbs. At the end of his career, he used the racket Babolat Pure Storm GT.
Bjorn Borg used wood rackets from Donnay and Bancroft before changing later for Graphite models from Donnay.
Jimmy Connors used the racket Slazenger Panther Pro Ceramic, he changed to a similar racket from Estusa company called AmerPro, after this he used the Prince Precision Mono 650, rackets from Wavex, the famous Wilson T-2000 and Wilson Pro Staff 85.
See the comparison I’ve made here on this article about Prince and Wilson rackets.
Ivan Lendl used very similar rackets from 3 different companies, a Kneissl racket, an Adidas racket and a Mizuno racket, to play in Wimbledon he used a Mizuno racket with head size 90.
Roger Federer uses the racket Wilson Pro Staff RF97 Autograph, is the same model you find on the stores, he does some customizations on the weight (on the tip of the head). The strings is Wilson Natural Gut (Crosses) with Luxilon Alu Power Rough (Mains).
Federer uses the Grip Wilson Premium Leather with overgrip Wilson Pro Comfort.
Rafael Nadal uses the racket Babolat AeroPro Drive (2005), this racket is not sold anymore and that’s why he paints it with the same color as the one he endorses, the Babolat Pure Aero. He strings his racket with the Babolat RPM blast 1.35, the tension is something close to 56.2 lbs.
Nadal uses the grip Babolat Syntec Pro Black with Babolat Vs Original White on top of it. He uses 12g of weight at 12 o’clock and 5g on the handle of the racket. The racket has a grip size of 4 1/4 (L2), I talk about tinner grip sizes in this article here in this same blog.
Novak Djokovic uses the Pro Stock racket Head PT113B (Head Ti/ i.Radical) with the paint job of the newest racket from the Speed line. He strings it with Babolat VS Touch 17 with 59-61 lbs (main) and ALU Power 16L 57-59 lbs (cross).
Djokovic grip size is 4 3/8 (L3), before 2018 he used another racket from Head with string pattern of 18×20 and more weight, he changed it after a problem with his elbow.
Daniil Medvedev uses the racket Tecnifibre Dynacore 305 with some extra weight, he uses the newest paint of the line TFight. He strings it with the Tecnifibre Razor Code White with tension between 48 lbs and 52 lbs.
Gustavo Kuerten (Guga) used the racket PT630, a Pro Stock that was called Head Pro Tour 630 or Pro Tour Trisys 280 back in the days it was released. Over the years he changed the paint job to match of the new models.
Dominic Thiem uses the racket Babolat Pure Strike (18×20), the same racket sold to everyone with some customizations. In his junior career he used the Wilson Six One 95 Team and changed to Head Prestige MP before switching to Babolat.
Stefanos Tsitsipas uses the racket Wilson Blade 98 BLX (2013) with the newest paint of the line Blade from Wilson. On the handle he uses the overgrip Wilson Pro white.
Stan Wawrinka uses the racket Yonex VCORE 95D with the newest paint of the Vcore line from Yonex and a lot of extra weight, he likes to use leather grip on the handle with half white tap of overgrip on top.
Nick Kyrgios uses the racket Yonex Xi 98 with the paint of the new model of Ezone line, he strings it with a noncommercial version of the Yonex Poly Tour Pro with about 55 lbs. In the handle he likes to use the leather Cushion Grip Yonex Premium.
Andy Murray uses the racket Head PT57A2 (Head Pro Tour 630) with the paint job of the newest Radical line from Head. He strings it with Luxilon Alu Power (Main) and Babolat VS Touch Natural Gut (crosses), the tension is somewhere near 60 lbs.
Alexander Zverev uses the racket TGT344.3 (Head Gravity Pro), a Pro Stock racket much alike the Gravity Pro that is sold by Head for everyone. His racket has some extra weight and the string he uses is the Head Hawk Touch 1.25 with 52 lbs (main) and Babolat VS Touch 1.30 with 55 lbs (crosses).
Gael Monfils uses the racket Artengo TR960 Control Tour, before he used the Pro Stock Wilson H19 a racket similar to the Wilson Ultra Tour, the string is Luxilon Alu Power.
Diego Schwartzman uses the racket HEAD TGT 260.2 XL, the one with 28 inches sold in 2012 by the name HEAD IG Radical MP, the paint is the same as the new one for the Radical line, the string is Luxilon Alu Power 125.
Juan-Martin Del Potro used the racket Hyper Pro Staff 6.1 95 with the same paint job as the newest Pro Staff with extra weight on the head (position 3 and 9). The strings were the Luxilon Alu Power with 57 lbs (main) and Wilson Natural Gut with 57 lbs (crosses).
John Isner uses the racket Prince TexTreme Warrior 100, the same sold to everyone with some lead tape for extra weight. The string is the Tecnifibre Pro Red Code 16 with tension between 50 lbs and 60 lbs.
Denis Shapovalov uses the racket Yonex VCORE SV 95 with the same color as the newest rackets from Vcore line. The string is Yonex Poly Tour Strike (main) and Wilson Natural Gut (crosses) with tension 46 lbs.
Kei Nishikori uses the racket Wilson BLX Tour with the newest paint of the line Ultra from Wilson. He strings it with the Luxilon Element 16L with Wilson Natural Gut 16, the tension is normally only 30 lbs.
Bruno Soares uses the racket Wilson Six.One 95 with the most recent paint job of the Pro Staff line from Wilson. He likes to use the overgrip Wilson Pro white.
Felix Auger-Aliassime uses the racket Babolat Pure Aero VS with the string Babolat RPM Blast Rough. At the beginning of his career, he used the Babolat Pure Strike 16×19 with the same string he uses today.
Carlos Alcaraz uses the racket Babolat Pure Aero VS with the string Babolat RPM Blast, before he used the standard Babolat Pure Aero with head size 100, the VS model is 98 head size.
Marin Cilic uses the racket TGK 231.3 (Head Microgel Radical MP) with the newest paint of the Prestige line from Head. He strings it with the Babolat Touch Vs 16 (main) with Luxilon Alu Power 16l (crosses).
Fabio Fognini uses the racket Babolat Pure Drive (1997) with the newest Pure Drive paint. The string is the Babolat RPM Blast with 55 lbs tension, his racket has a more balanced weight distribution.
Hubert Hurkacz uses the racket Yonex Vcore Pro 97 330g with the string Yonex Poly Tour Strike 125. In the handle he likes to use a leather grip with blue Tourna Grip on top.
Jannik Sinner uses the racket Head TGT 301.4 (the HEAD Graphene Touch Speed MP from 2016). He strings it with Head Hawk Touch with tension close to 61 lbs.
Karen Khachanov uses the Pro Stock racket Wilson H22 with the paint job from the newest racket from Blade line, the string is Luxilon Alu Power 16L with tension between 50 lbs and 55 lbs.
Kevin Anderson uses the racket Dunlop CX 200 Tour 18×20 with the string Babolat VS Team 17 (main) and Luxilon Alu Power Rough 17 (crosses) and the tension is 47 lbs, in the handle he uses the blue Tourna Grip.
Milos Raonic uses an old model of the Wilson Blade (H22 or kBlade 98) with the newest paint of the same line of rackets. He strings it with the Luxilon M2 Pro and tension between 42 lbs and 44 lbs.
Andrey Rublev uses the racket TGT344.4 (Head Gravity Pro) with the string HEAD Lynx Tour. Before he used the Wilson Six One 95 with the string Luxilon Adrenaline 130, he used before the Pro Stock racket H22 and H19 from Wilson.
Richard Gasquet uses the racket PT161A (LiquidMetal Instinct Tour XL) with the newest paint job of the Extreme line. He strings it with Luxilon Big Banger Original with tension between 50 lbs and 55 lbs.
Thiago Monteiro uses the racket Wilson Pro Staff 97, before he used the Babolat Pure Strike 100 with what looked like to be the string Babolat RPM Blast. He made the change to Wilson in 2022.
Matteo Berrettini uses the racket TGK 219 (HEAD Microgel Extreme) with the paint of the actual Extreme line. The string is the Signum Pro Firestorm with tension close to 51 lbs.
Jenson Brooksby uses the Pro Stock racket Wilson H22 with the newest paint job of the Blade line. He strings it with Luxilon ALU Power.
Grigor Dimitrov plays with the racket Wilson Pro Staff 97 with the string Luxilon Natural Gut (main) and Luxilon 4G (crosses), in the handle he uses the Wilson Leather grip with blue Tourna Grip on top. He tested in the past some other Pro Staff models and the Pro Stock H22.
Cameron Norrie uses the racket Babolat Pure Control Tour since his junior career, but he endorses the racket Babolat Pure Strike and uses the same paint job as the newest model from the Pure Strike line.
Casper Ruud uses the racket Yonex DR 100 Plus with the string Yonex Poly Tour Strike (main) and Yonex Poly Tour Pro (crosses). His racket is a little longer than the one you find to buy.
Aslan Karatsev uses the Pro Stock racket PT57A2 with the same paint job from the Head Prestige line.
Cristian Garin uses the racket PT313.2(Head Graphene XT Radical PRO) with the same paint job of the newest Radical line from Head.
Roberto Bautista-Agut uses the racket Wilson Six-One 95 with the newest paint job of the Pro Staff line from Wilson. He strings it with the Luxilon 4G with tension 48 lbs.
Pablo Carreno Busta uses the Pro Stock racket Wilson H22 with the newest paint job from the Blade line, the string is Luxilon Alu Power 125 16L. In the handle he likes to use the overgrip Wilson Pro white.
Nikoloz Bashilashvili uses the racket TGT 344.3 (Head Gravity Pro) with 27.4 inches. He probably uses the string Head Hawk Touch white. In the past he used the TGT 312.1 (Head Prestige Rev Pro).
Taylor Fritz uses the racket TGT260.3 (Head IG Radical MP) with the newest paint job from the Head Radical line.
Daniel Evans uses the racket Wilson Six One 95 nCode 18×20 with the string Luxilon Alu Power Rough 125 (main) and Wilson Natural Gut 130 (crosses).
Reilly Opelka uses the racket Wilson Six-One 95 with the newest paint job of the Pro Staff line. He strings it with Luxilon Alu Power and Luxilon Alu Power Fluoro with tension close to 50 lbs.
Lorenzo Sonego uses an old model of the Wilson Blade 98 with the string Luxilon Alu Power Soft with tension between 45 lbs and 47 lbs, in some cases he lowers the tension even more.
Lloyd Harris uses the racket Yonex Ezone DR 98 with the newest paint job from the Ezone line.
Dusan Lajovic plays with the racket Wilson Six One 95 18×20 with the newest paint of the Pro Staff line from Wilson. In the handle he likes to use the overgrip Wilson Pro white.
Alex de Minaur uses the racket Wilson Steam 99 with the same paint job as the newest racket from the Blade line. He strings it with the Luxilon 4G.
Ugo Humbert plays with an old model of the Wilson Blade 98 with the most recent paint job from the Blade line. The string is the Luxilon Original Rough with tension 48 lbs.
Tommy Paul uses the Pro Stock racket Wilson H22 with the same paint job as the Blade line from Wilson.
Alexander Bublik uses the racket Yonex Ezone DR 98 with the same paint job from the newest rackets of the line Ezone from Yonex, the strings is the Yonex Poly Tour Pro. In the past he used the Wilson Six One 95 with the Pro Staff paint job.
Frances Tiafoe uses the racket Yonex Dual-G VCORE Pro 97 with the newest paint job of the Vcore line from Yonex. He strings it with Yonex Poly Tour Pro 125 17 and 43 lbs of tension.
David Goffin uses an old version of the Wilson Blade 98 (probably H19 or H22) with the same paint job of the newest Blade, the strings is the Luxilon Alu Power.
Marton Fucsovics uses the racket Yonex Ezone DR 98 with the actual Ezone 98 paint job. He strings it with Yonex Poly Tour Pro 130 and tension between 46 lbs and 48 lbs.
Sebastian Korda uses the Pro Stock racket Wilson H22 with the newest paint job of the Blade line. He strings it with Luxilon Alu Power (main) and Wilson Natural Gut (crosses).
Filip Krajinovic uses the Pro Stock racket Wilson H22 with the same paint job as the Blade line from Wilson.
Federico Delbonis uses the racket Babolat Pure Aero with the string Luxilon Alu Power.
Albert Ramos-Vinolas uses the racket Babolat Pure Drive Plus, an extended version of the Pure Drive. He strings it with Babolat Pro Hurricane Tour.
Ilya Ivashka uses the racket PT57A2 (Head Pro Tour 630) with the newest paint job of the Head Radical. The strings are the Luxilon Alu Power 125.
Benoit Paire uses the extended version of the racket Babolat Aeropro Drive with the string Luxilon Alu Power.
James Duckworth uses the racket Babolat Pure Drive Plus with the string Babolat VS Touch and Luxilon Alu Power Rough 125 (tension 43 lbs and 41 lbs).
Alejandro Davidovich Fokina uses a Pro Stock version of the Head Extreme MP with the string Solinco Hyper-G. In the past he used the racket Tecnifibre T-Flash 315 Dynacore.
Jan-Lennard Struff uses the racket HEAD Graphene 360 Extreme MP, he strings it with Babolat RPM Blast. In the past he played with the racket Babolat Pure Drive.
Laslo Djere uses an old version of the racket Wilson Blade 98.
Soonwoo Kwon uses the Pro Stock racket PT313.2 (Head Graphene XT Radical Pro), the one with 95 head size.
Dominik Koepfer uses the racket PT57A (Head Pro Tour 630), the model with string pattern 16×19. He paints it with the same color as the Radical line from Head.
Mackenzie McDonald uses the racket Wilson Blade 98 with 16×19 string pattern. He strings it with Luxilon Alu Power 125 16L and he uses the overgrip Wilson Pro white.
Botic van de Zandschulp uses the racket Babolat Pure Aero, the same model that everybody can buy, but he adds lead to change the weight.
Lorenzo Musetti uses a Pro Stock of the racket HEAD Extreme Tour with the paint job of Head Boom MP. The string is HEAD Hawk Touch (main) and HEAD Lynx Tour (crosses).
Alexei Popyrin uses the racket PT57A (Head Pro Tour 630) with the same paint job as the newest Prestige line from Head. He strings it with Luxilon 4g.
Brandon Nakashima uses the racket Babolat Pure Strike with the natural gut string Global Gut black and Babolat RPM Blast.
Gianluca Mager uses the racket Head Graphene 360 Prestige Pro with the string Luxilon Alu Power. In the past he used the Head Graphene 360 Radical Pro.
Tallon Griekspoor uses the racket Tecnifibre T-Fight RS 305 with 50 lbs of tension in the strings. He endorses the string Tecnifibre Black Code 17.
Marcos Giron plays with the racket Yonex VCORE 95 and he strings it with Solinco Hyper-G.
Hugo Gaston uses the Pro Stock racket Wilson H22 with the most recent paint job of the Blade line from Wilson. The string on his racket is the Luxilon Alu Power.
Miomir Kecmanovic uses the racket Dunlop SX 300 with the string Dunlop Explosive Spin, before he used the racket Babolat Pure Aero.
Adrian Mannarino uses the racket Babolat Aero Pro Drive with the string Luxilon Alu Power and 52 lbs tension.
John Millman uses the racket Tecnifibre ATP T-FIGHT 320 XTC with the string Tecnifibre Black Code 16 128.
Borna Coric uses the Pro Stock racket Wilson H25 with the newest paint job of the Ultra line from Wilson. He strings it with Luxilon Natural Gut (main) and Luxilon Alu Power (crosses).
Guido Pella uses the racket Wilson Blade 98 16×19 with the string Luxilon Big Banger Original 16.
Jordan Thompson uses the racket Babolat Pure Drive GT (2014) with the string Babolat VS Touch and Babolat RPM Blast.
Stefano Travaglia uses the racket Wilson Ultra 100 with the string Luxilon Alu Power. He likes to use the overgrip Wilson Pro white.
Yoshihito Nishioka uses the racket Yonex SV 98 with the newest paint of the Vcore line from Yonex. The string is Poly Tour Rev 125 and a natural gut string.
Jiri Vesely uses a Pro Stock racket from Wilson with 98 head size and string pattern 18×20, he likes to use the Cushion Grip Wilson Leather with overgrip Wilson Pro white, inside the handle he added some weight with silicone.
Jaume Munar uses the racket Yonex EZONE 98 with the string Yonex Poly Tour Pro. In the handle with uses the overgrip Yonex Super Grap white.
Steve Johnson uses the racket Yonex VCORE SV with the string Yonex Polytour Pro 17 120. In the past he used the racket Babolat Aero Storm.
Peter Gojowczyk uses the Pro Stock racket TGT 293.1 (Youtek IG Prestige Pro).
Pablo Andujar uses the Pro Stock racket TX141P (Prince O3 Tour) with the same paint job as the Prince Phantom O3 100X. He strings it with Luxilon Big Banger Original.
Corentin Moutet uses the Pro Stock racket of Wilson BLX Pro Open, he paints it just like the newest Wilson Ultra line.
Juan Manuel Cerundolo uses the a Pro Stock racket of the Head Graphene 360+ Extreme Tour. In the past he used the Pro Stock racket TGT293.2 (Head IG Prestige MP).
Mikael Ymer plays with a Babolat Pure Drive, the string is the Babolat Pro Hurricane Tour. In the beginning of 2022, he started to test a blackout model that looks very similar to a Wilson racket and probably is from the Blade line.
Emil Ruusuvuori uses the Pro Stock racket TGT 301.4 (Head Touch Speed MP), he strings it with Head Hawk Touch.
Tennys Sandgren uses the racket Wilson Blade 98 Countervail with the string Luxilon Alu Power Rough.
Pablo Cuevas uses the racket PT57E (Head iPrestige XL) with the newest paint job of the Prestige line from Head.
Feliciano Lopez uses the racket Wilson nCode Pro Open extended version, but he endorses the model Wilson Ultra 100 and uses the same paint job as the Ultra.
Jeremy Chardy uses the racket Tecnifibre Tfight DC 305 an old model with 95 head size with the string Luxilon Alu Power 16 L.
Sam Querrey uses the racket Babolat Aero Pro Drive GT+ with the newest paint job of the Babolat Pure Aero. He once used the string Solinco Hyper-G 16L and also the Luxilon Alu Power.
Thiago Seyboth Wild uses the Pro Stock racket Wilson H22 with Luxilon Alu Power, before he used the string Luxilon 4G.
Vasek Pospisil uses the racket Wilson Blade 98 v7 with the string Luxilon 4g (main) and Luxilon Natural Gut (crosses).
Juan Ignacio Londero uses the Pro Stock Wilson H22 with the newest paint job of the Blade line from Wilson.
Jack Sock uses the racket Babolat Aero Storm VS Tour with the same paint job of Babolat Pure Aero. The string he uses is the Luxilon Alu Power.
Fernando Verdasco uses the Pro Stock racket PT113B (Head Ti/ i.Radical), the same racket Djokovic uses, he paint it with the most recent color as the Speed line from Head and the string is Luxilon Alu Power.
J.J. Wolf uses the Pro Stock racket TGT339.1, an old model of the Head Speed Pro. He strings it with Solinco Tour Bite 120 with tension between 48 lbs and 52 lbs.
Mate Pavic uses the Pro Stock racket Wilson H19 with the same paint job as the newest model of Ultra line from Wilson.
Rajeev Ram uses the racket Babolat Aero Storm with the most actual paint of the Babolat Pure Aero.
Nicolas Mahut uses the Pro Stock racket Wilson H22 with string pattern 16×19. He uses a hybrid string between natural gut and polyester.
Ivan Dodig uses the Pro Stock racket PT307.1 (Head XT Radical MP), the model with string pattern 16×19.
Lukasz Kubot uses the racket Fischer Pro No.1 FT.
Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan used at the end if their career the racket Babolat Pure Drive Plus with the string Solinco Hyper-G 17. For a long time, they used Prince rackets, one of them was called the Prince Bryan Bros Ltd. Edition 95.
Maxime Cressy uses the racket Babolat Pure Aero with seems to be the blue Tourna Grip on the handle.
Arthur Rinderknech uses the racket Tecnifibre Tf40 305 with string pattern 18×20.
Pedro Martinez endorses the racket Wilson Blade 98 with string pattern 18×20.
Federico Coria uses the Pro Stock racket TGT307.2 (HEAD Radical) with the newest Radical line paint job from Head.
Benjamin Bonzi endorses the racket Wilson Blade 98, but he uses an old model of Wilson racket with the same paint job as the Blade line.
Alex Molcan endorses the racket Wilson Blade 98 with string pattern 18×20.
Facundo Bagnis endorses the racket Babolat Pure Aero.
Roberto Carballes Baena endorses the racket Wilson Blade 98.
Sebastian Baez endorses the rackets from the Vcore line from Yonex, he uses the Yonex Vcore 100 or the Yonex Vcore 100+.
Ricardas Berankis endorses the racket Yonex Vcore Pro 97, but he uses the Yonex Vcore Tour G.
Oscar Otte endorses the racket Babolat Pure Aero.
Daniel Altmaier endorses the racket Yonex Vcore Pro 97.
Henri Laaksonen always used the Pro Stock racket TGT293.2 (Head IG Prestige MP), but at the beginning of 2022 he started to test a blackout racket with what look like to be the Head Prestige Pro.
Kamil Majchrzak endorses the racket Yonex Vcore 98.
Holger Rune endorses the racket Babolat Pure Aero Vs with string pattern 16×20 and head size 98, he played before with the Babolat Pure Drive, the Babolat Pure Strike and other rackets before choosing the Babolat Pure Aero Vs.