About this site

Find Your Racquet puts real racquets through the same model, so their specifications can be compared on one scale.

Who makes it

Find Your Racquet is built and maintained by Gustavo Dezan. It is not owned or sponsored by a brand or shop. A racquet's position on the chart comes from its specifications and the model. Some buy links may earn a commission; those links are marked, and the commission does not affect the results.

How the attributes are calculated

The six attributes are estimates from a model, not review scores. Version 10 starts with the same groundstroke for every setup: a 57 g ball arriving at 20 m/s and a swing with the same effort. It then calculates a spread of contact points for the player's level instead of pretending every ball meets the centre of the strings.

Power estimates ball speed. Spin compares the topspin produced by the frame, pattern and strings. Control measures how tightly the landing points group when contact moves around the string bed. Stability measures how little the racquet recoils on those contacts. Comfort estimates the peak force that reaches the hand on a mishit. Maneuverability is how quickly the frame can be swung with the same effort.

Most of the calculation follows published racquet and impact measurements. Two terms do not: the extra power players associate with a thicker beam and the extra comfort they associate with a more flexible frame. Those two were fitted to published playtest scores and are identified in the model notes rather than presented as measured physics.

The results are placed on a scale from 1 to 99. Its ends come from changing one part of a racquet as sold — the frame, string, tension or lead — rather than stacking every extreme into a setup nobody would use. Changing the string, tension or lead recomputes the chart, so the scores always describe the complete setup. This site currently uses version 10 of the model.

Where the specs come from

Weight, balance, swingweight, stiffness, head size, pattern and beam come from published product specifications and review measurements. Twistweight and vibration frequency come from published laboratory measurements when the exact model has been tested. When either is unavailable, the model uses an estimate and the page marks it ≈ estimated. String stiffness and spin potential also come from laboratory measurements.

The comment on each racquet is written for this site from its specifications, the model and several published playtests read together. It does not reproduce retailer copy.

What it does not measure

Feel. The model estimates impact force, not whether a player describes the contact as crisp, plush or muted. That belongs in the written comment, not in a score.

You. Every racquet is calculated with the same swing and the same contact distribution for a given level. The site lets you change strings, tension and lead, but it cannot reproduce your technique or body.

Small differences. Two frames of the same model can leave the factory a few grams and a few swingweight points apart. A gap of two or three points on this chart may fit inside that variation.

A verdict. The level and swing shown by the finder describe the range a racquet is likely to suit. They are not a rule about who is allowed to play it.