uce high bounces which takes much adapting from any type of player. Dunlop took a first step towards making a racquets designed for a specific court in 1993, with its racquet called Dunlop Revelation 2000. This racquet was intended for players who prefer hard-serving surfaces such as grass and indoor courts. Spalding, on the other hand, spend four years of research and experimentation with the leading players on the men’s professional tours around the world, and came up with a long line of racquets which were designed for specific court surfaces in 1997. Unlike Prince, Wilson quickly responded to this challenge by making its own line of different court racquets as well as all-court racquets the very next year. To the surprise of many, Prince rather concentrated on making racquets that would work on any type of court, regardless on the style of play. Prince, however, was the first company to introduce a same racquet model with an option of a mid-plus and oversized design. Other companies would follow up on this method, including Wilson. Up until 1998, over 85 percent of all tennis racquets made by Wilson, Prince, and Head were available in both, the mid-plus, and oversized versions. The concept behind these options is to create a tennis racquet for virtually every type of player. While generally the mid-plus racquets offer more control and less power, the oversized racquets shift back on control and add more power. Power and control also greatly depends on the model of a racquet and its brand. Prince and Wilson, the leading tennis companies proved a systematic scale of measuring power. Prince for example, has its method of power measurement on a scale from 500 to 1200. The higher the number, the more powerful the racquet is. Racquets under 800 power level are considered to be precision racquets and are generally used by more advanced players and professionals. Beginners and less advanced players generally start off with racquets wi...
