HEAD Brandography: Behind the scenes at HEAD Tennis in Kennelbach, Austria 

Gonna get the new ezone 98

As far as we know it will be only available in Europe. Troy, TW

Head makes their prototype racquets in Austria but production racquets are made in China. Chris, TW

There is variance in specs for all brands of tennis racquets. We offer services to match frames, or find closest specs to what's listed on the frame. It is just the way the industry goes, mass production of frames. Troy, TW

I recently bought two HEAD Pro Tour 2.0s and they are just 2 grams apart. No complaints here on the specs!

Prestige Mids don't sell. That's why the killed it. That said, I do think Head took a huge mis-step turning everything into Graphene. I loved the way my Prestige Pro Graphene XT played but the feel was horrible. After about 3 years of using it I had serious problems in one of my arm tendons. I can only assume it was the Graphene construction as I never had any problems with other brand or even the pre-Grapehene Head racquets. As a consequence, I don't trust the Head brand anymore.

@@gavlatennis2824 In a way I agree with you but if a racket doesn't sell, then don't try to re-invent and throw it in people's faces and basically tell them to take it or leave. They could've kept on producing them with the Graphene tech. instead of what they brought out. The paint job on them is atrocious as I found when placing and then removing lead tape from the rackets. Sections of the black paint actually came off with lead tape. There should only be 1 Prestige (Mid) and it should be made in Austria. Head have shown total disregard and have been extremely disrespectful to us long time Prestige users. They just want money.

@@gavlatennis2824 I'm not trying to be a smart ass here, or defend a major corporate outfit like Head. But I'm genuinely curious as to why you "can only assume" it was the graphene construction that caused the problems. It seems to me like string selection and tension would likely play a significant role, as well. But more importantly... what I'm learning in my mid-40s is that I can no longer take for granted the impact that being three years older and having played tennis three years longer can have, once you are past your prime or peak competitive years. While I have little doubt about the possibility that graphene could be a worse option than other composites, it's likely also better than some others...as you are suggesting, time will ultimately tell. But I'm also a bit suspicious of anectodal accounts, for two reasons. First, without conducting rigorous comparisons by always switching and comparing racquets on a regular basis... while still playing with all those compared racquets over that same three year period, most of us aren't really capable of distinguishing how much the pain is being caused by a specific racquet versus other factors (string type, aging, consistency in personal conditioning, form using one racquet vs. another, etc). But secondly (although, perhaps more important) how could any designer/manufacturer know in advance what the long-term effects are of using any material repeatedly, until you've got data that reflects long-term use. And even if you could sufficiently tested something... with enough data from a sufficiently and reliably-size population... before you unleashed it on the mainstream market, you've stil got to be able to somehow isolate the long-term effects of graphene on the player from other contributing factors. If this were a trials for a medical drug, then a three year study makes sense. But in an industry like athletic equipment manufacturing it seems like that would require some pretty involved longitudinal studies that aren't really practical. Obviously the strengths and weaknesses of most composites are gonna make themselves pretty obvious with less than three years of use by the experienced players that these companies rely on for feedback. The things that work keep selling... those that work less go bye-bye. I assumed that's why Head keeps producing and selling the Ti.6 and Mirogels but dropped the Liquidmetal and Youtek rather quickly (or did they simply rebrand?). All that said, it would be interesting to see a longitudinal study comparing graphene racquets to other types of composites or materials. Are you aware of any of those studies being done? As someone in his mid-40s who wants to be able to keep playing for as long as I'm around, I would love to examine any studies if they existed. Mostly I try to pay attention to my body and make changes as I sense problems arising, as I assume you do... but I always find the scientific literature informative as well. I hope you have found alternatives to address your tendon issues, not being able to play would be miserable.

Carlos... I totally agree with your frustration of labeling something as a continuation of the Prestige label that doesn't in anyway resemble in specs or playing characteristics of the line it is supposed to succeed and advance. On one hand, I get a manufacturer/brand wanting to be able to market a product based on having built a trusted and reliable model that retains the characteristics that made it trusted to begin with. But to completely destroy trust in your long-established trusted Prestige line by giving me a product that doesn't resemble in anyway what I expect a Prestige to be... yup... trust destroyed. That's why I think it was wise in some ways to introduce the Gravity line as a separate and new line. But then to completely change the Prestige line and still label it such... it would be like a car manufacturer marketing something to you as a sports car only to discover it drives like a sedan. Sedan's are fine if that's what you're shopping for... but I wanted a sports car. Thanks Head, but if that's how you're gonna play it, I'll buy an actual sports car, elsewhere.