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Head Extreme Pro 2026

If you are thinking of a new 98 square inch high-performance racquet, don’t make a decision until you try this one!

This one is the new Head Extreme Pro for 2026, with a beautiful cosmetic upgrade and material enhancements that improve performance.

Something that you may not notice but is very good is the elongated cross-string holes in the twelve (12) central cross strings’ location.  This design increases the effective hitting area by a couple of inches without increasing the head width.  This is not unique to the Extreme Series, but it does not show up in the Speed or Gravity series.

Head Extreme Pro 2026

ManufacturerHead
Racquet ModelHead Extreme Pro 2026
Reference Tension55
String
MonoGut ZX Pro
Machine UsedTrue Tension Pro
Static
String Bed Stiffness - RDC/Units50
String Bed Stiffness -FlexFour/Pounds63
Strig Bed Stiffness - SBS/Pounds43.5
String Bed Stiffness - ERT/Kg/cm34
Racquet Flex, RDC/Units67
Racquet Flex, FlexFour/Lbs43.5
Racquet - In Plane Stiffness/Lbs/Inch493.6
Weight, Grams330
Weight, Ounces11.64
Balance, mm323
Balance, Inch12.72
Length, Cm68.6
Length, Inch27.008
Head Width9.56
Head Length12.87
Head Area, cm2623.8
Head Area, Sq. Inch96.7
Beam Height @ Grip, mm20.5
Beam Height @ Mid, mm23.3
Beam Height @ Tip22.4
Beam Width @ Grip, mm15.7
Beam Width @ Throat, mm134.0
Beam Width @ Mid, mm11.5
Beam Width @ Tip, mm13.9 w/Bumper Guard
Number of Main Strings16
Number of Cross Strings19
Ratio.625
Main String Grid Inch/mm7.21/183.1
Cross String Grid Inch/mm9.63/244.6
Density (% of head filled w/ string).728
Average Cross String Space.507
Average Main String Space.457
Dynamic
Dynamic Tension, Kp, ERT34
Dynamic Tension, Lbs/in190.2
First Moment, Nm.819
Polar Moment331.0
Torsional Stability14
Swing Weight, Kg/cm2317
Swing Weight, Ounces11.18
Swing Weight Calculated344.3
Power, RDC55
Control, RDC48
Manueverability, RDC75
Power, Calculated 2074.2
Head Points6.30
Head Weight, %47.1%
Center of Percussion20.9
Dwell Time, ms6.62
Efective Stiffness - lbs26.4 - Flex Four Data
K, Lb/In160.26
Dynamic Stiffness/Lbs369.5
Dynamic Force/Lbs141.8
GDR Ratio: static/dynamic1.94
Recoil Weight155.24
Twist Weight226.4
End Weight 134.9
Tip Weight 193.9
9 O'Clock97.5
3 O'Clock95.8
Butt End136.9
COF, Main.348
COF, Cross.352

A Golden (actually gloss black) Opportunity!

We have four (4) Head Auxetic Radical MP SMUs (351.1), but this is the only one in gloss black!  All of them can be gloss black, but this is the only one that is currently available.

The racquet is totally “raw,” no weight, no grip, no swing weight, and no length, yet!

Head 351.1


This racquet will be set up to your specifications.

Your racquet will come with a complete specification document.

You can choose either a leather or a synthetic base grip.

Your racquet will be strung with Ashaway MonoGut ZX Pro (17-gauge), either black or natural, to introduce you to the benefits of PEEK.

The cost of this opportunity is $525.00, including tax and shipping in the United States.

Please contact us if you have any questions about this or any of our other SMU racquets.

 

 

We refer to these racquets as Special Make Up (SMU). Others may call them Pro Stock. Either way is OK with us!

The Consumer and SBS

Sting Bed Stiffness (SBS) could be considered alongside performance cars. In the simplest of terms, a high-performance car requires some understanding of what it is going to do; otherwise, you will end up in the trees or worse!

The same with String Bed Stiffness (SBS). If you don’t know what it is going to do, you may end up in the fence!

Why String Bed Stiffness (SBS) matters.

String bed stiffness is a critical performance metric and therefore deserves more attention than it gets in the discussion(s) of string characteristics.

In this video, which is a little “jumpy” at first, you will see the data we collect for every racquet we do. For this discussion, we concentrate on these data:

  • Reference Tension
  • RDC string bed stiffness
  • Flex Four-string bed stiffness
  • Racquet Quest SBS (String Sense) stiffness
  • Effective stiffness
  • Master Tensometer string bed stiffness (kg/cm^)