Which Racquet does Serena Williams use?


Which Racquet does Serena Williams use?

Serena Williams

Former World No.1 Serena Williams has not had the best of times on clay this season. The thirty-nine year old American, lost in her first match at the Italian Open. Then to compensate for that lack of match practice on clay, she decided to play in the Parma Open and there too she suffered the same fate. Her coach Patrick Mouratoglou has said that, ‘Maybe it wasn’t a good idea to come to Parma.’ 

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Serena Williams and her Wilson racquet

Serena Williams
Serena Williams

Serena Williams is arguably the best tennis player this world has ever seen, and when you are that good people want to know all the details about you. In tennis, most fans would want to know about the racquet that their favourite tennis star uses. 

That Serena Williams uses a Wilson racquet is probably one of the worst kept secrets of the world, but she uses a Wilson racquet that has been designed and manufactured specifically based on her needs. Serena Williams uses a Wilson Blade SW102 Autograph, since 2020. 

Ron Rocchi, Wilson’s advanced innovation manager player insights and tour, said, “ The new Blade SW102 Autograph racket is two inches smaller in its head size than her previous frame. Although a minor change, the decreased head size allowed us to modify the racket’s flex points along its string bed and frame to add the level of control Serena Williams was looking for without impacting the power of her play. We took the same stiffness and feel she loved in her previous racket and re-engineered it into a smaller geometry. With a smaller frame, you naturally add control.” 

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Serena’s racquet specifications:

Head Size102 in2 / 658.06 cm2
Length28in / 71.12cm
Strung Weight11.4oz / 323g
Balance13.18in / 33.48cm
Swingweight349 kg.cm2
Stiffness69
Beam Width22.5mm / 22.5mm / 22.5mm
CompositionCountervail/Graphite
Grip Size4 5/8 (L5)
Grip TypeWilson Pro Performance
String Pattern18 Mains / 19 Crosses

In the past, Serena has used a Hammer 6.4 Stretch OS 110, nCode 3 OS 113, and a Wilson Blade SW104 Racquet. 

What the future holds for Serena Williams

Serena Williams
Serena Williams

Successful business woman, entrepreneur, venture capitalist, mom, wife, Serena Williams is every single one of them individually and also all of them together. Serena Williams though has unfinished business on the tennis court.

In the last four years she has not won a Grand Slam trophy, but she is after that Grand Slam Number 24,and she won’t stop until she has it. Margaret Court holds the record for most Grand Slam wins ever. Serena has won a total of 73 titles on the WTA Tour, out of which 23 are Grand Slams. Serena who will participate in the French Open 2021 at the end of the month was seen spending some time at the Monaco Grand Prix.

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