Babolat Pure Drive racquets are endorsed on tour by Karolina Pliskova, Fabio Fognini, Garbine Muguruza, Julia Goerges, and Bob and Mike Bryan. It is one of the most popular tennis racquets for professionals, college players, and recreational players as well.

Babolat also makes a 110-square-inch model. While the 107-square-inch model might be low in stock, we've found more in-stock Pure Drive models with smaller faces, like the 100-square-inch version.) Mark Mason calls the Pure Drive “powerful” and a solid choice for the beginner player.

With a lighter weight (285g) than the standard Pure Drive, the Pure Drive Team Wimbledon offers maneuverability and explosive power. Your opponents will no doubt call it “an unfair advantage.” Team BABOLAT pro players may play with a customized or different model than the equipment depicted.

While the Pure Drive is not the first racket that springs to mind as a net conqueror, it offers a great balance of maneuverability with its 300 gram weight and stability. Its updated layup offers a closer feeling of connection with the ball while still offering plenty of put away power on volleys and overheads.

While Nadal started with the Pure Drive, he helped develop the Pure Aero and remains involved in Babolat's product testing and innovation process. He likes the equipment for several reasons – it works perfectly for the heavy topspin with which he plays, and the power generated is exceptional.

Both Head and Babolat are fantastic, popular and reputable tennis racket brands. There are a number of benefits to both brands, which can actually make it quite difficult to choose between the two. On the one hand, Head offers a wider range of rackets to choose from.

The stiffness and swing weight makes the power easy on serves and groundstrokes and the racquet solid on volleys. But feel, maneuverability, and comfort are trade-offs. If you have any arm concerns or a history of tennis elbow, I would not recommend the Babolat Pure Drive 98.

Players first learning the game of tennis should start with a light racket featuring a larger head size, often called an “oversize” racket. This will help them make contact with the ball consistently while learning to rally without wearing out their arm as their muscles get used to the game.

Conclusion. So, if you are a player who relies on power and control, the Pure Drive may be the better choice for you. But if you are a player who relies on spin and wants a racquet that helps you generate more spin, the Pure Aero may be the better choice.

Babolat recommends stringing this frame with their RPM Power and Excel strings. The Pure Drive is a higher powered frame and RPM Blast strings can help maximize topspin for greater control.

Conclusion. So, if you are a player who relies on power and control, the Pure Drive may be the better choice for you. But if you are a player who relies on spin and wants a racquet that helps you generate more spin, the Pure Aero may be the better choice.

Another example of a popular pro who uses a dampener is Rafael Nadal. Rafa (pictured below) plays with the Babolat AeroPro Drive and uses a dampener designed by Babolat. It's particularly valuable to him since he uses stiff polyester strings that are strung at a very high tension.