These are the most OVERRATED and UNDERRATED tennis rackets in 2026 | Rackets & Runners

Overview

Luca from Rackets & Runners presents a “tier-list style” video where he judges each tennis racket as underrated, overrated, or properly rated (his personal opinions only). He also strings a couple of rackets while talking and invites viewers to check rackets in-store or online.

Racket Ratings (as stated)

• Wilson Pure Drive 100 – Properly rated
• Head Speed (bestselling last year) – Properly rated
• Tecnifibre TF40 – Properly rated
• Babolat? (Extreme Pro / Extreme Tour) – Underrated
• Yonex VCore 100 – Overrated
• Wilson Blade 100 – Properly rated
• Tecnifibre Fire – Properly rated
• Tecnifibre TF305S – Underrated
• Head Boom Pro – Underrated
• Wilson Clash 100 – Overrated
• Mizuno Acro Speed – Fairly rated / properly rated
• Yonex Gravity Tour – Properly rated
• Wilson “Def Fire” / Defier (“Defier”) – Overrated (still a very good racket, but heavily hyped)
• Tecnifibre TF305S (later discussed again) – Properly rated
• Wilson Pro Staff 97 – Underrated
• Head Radical MP / Radical Pro – Overrated
• Yonex Ezone 98 – Properly rated
• Yonex VCore 95 – Underrated
• Wilson Blade 98 – Overrated
• Head Prestige Pro – Properly rated (possibly even overrated)
• Head Percept 97 – Properly rated
• Babolat Pure Aero 98 (current version) – Overrated
• Wilson Speed Pro – Overrated
• Yonox Ezone 100 – Slightly overrated
• Yow/Head “RF01 / RF01 Pro” family – Underrated
• Head Percept 100 – Overrated (100D not carried; no rating)
• Babolat Pure Strike 98 (1619/18x20) – Vastly underrated
• Yonex VCore 98 – Properly rated
• Head Speed Tour – Underrated
• Yonex Gravity MP – Properly rated
• Babolat Pure Drive 98 – Underrated
• Head Boom MP – Properly rated
• Yonex VCore 100D – Underrated
• Mizuno Acro Strike – Underrated
• Babolat Pure Strike 97 – Overrated
• Tecnifibre T-Fight 300S (16x19/300g) – Slightly overrated
• Babolat Gravity Pro – Underrated (claims it gets fewer views than other reviews)
• Head Extreme MP – Overrated
• Yonex Aero 100 (Arrow 100) – Underrated
• Head Squared – Underrated

Closing Remarks

Luca ends by saying he finished stringing a Tecnifibre Fire (almost perfect timing), enjoyed making the store-based stringing video, and suggests he might do more similar content. He reiterates that viewers can visit Rackets & Runners in-store or online.

Presenters / Sources

• Luca — Rackets & Runners (presenter)
• Rackets & Runners — racketsandrunners.ca (store/online source)