Head-Vector

Head | Prince

Head Vector (1981)

Condition
9
10: New
9: Mint
8: Excellent
7: Good
6: Fair
5: Average
4: Below Average
3: Poor
| Rarity
8
10: Impossibly rare
9: Extremely rare
8: Hard to find
7: Fairly rare
6: Uncommon
5: Common
<4: Big Seller
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About This Racket

Head made three amazing open throat wooden rackets. The Vector Edgewood and Vilas. Outstanding quality and playability. They were amoung the best rackets you could buy in 80a. Looking at adverts from 1985 the Head Vector Mid was £60, in 1979 the Head Vilas was £70.90 over twice the price of the Maxply Fort

Specifications

MeasurementsValuePerformanceScore
Weight360gPower19/100
Head Size & Length65sq in | 27inchControl41/100
Balance5pt head heavySpin40/100
GripPerforated leatherHandling78/100
Strings18 x 20 | syntheticComfort89/100
FlexibilityRA 43Consistency59/100

About Head

Howard Head was creator of Head and Prince. Head started in tennis in 1970 HEAD. HEAD made the first aluminum tennis frame, the iconic Arthur Ashe Competition, which Ashe used to defeat Jimmy Connors at Wimbledon in 1975. In the following decades, legends from Guillermo Vilas to Thomas Muster played and won using HEAD tennis racquet. HEAD continued to innovate and introduced the groundbreaking Titanium racquets in 1998. In 1998, the company introduced its groundbreaking Titanium racquets, further solidifying its position as a leader in tennis technology. Today, HEAD’s Graphene technology is widely recognized and used by players around the world.HEAD’s roster of sponsored athletes reads like a who’s who of tennis greats. From Arthur Ashe to Andre Agassi, Maria Sharapova, Andy Murray, Marin Cilic, and Novak Djokovic, many top professionals have chosen HEAD equipment. The brand’s popularity soared in 2012 when three HEAD-sponsored players won Grand Slam titles: Djokovic at the Australian Open, Sharapova at the French Open, and Murray at the US Open.In recent years, HEAD has made strategic moves to stay at the forefront of the sport. They’ve added rising stars like Bianca Andreescu, Alexander Zverev, and Coco Gauff to their roster.

Gallery

HEAD by Time
YearEvent
1947Howard Head takes his first ski trip and is inspired to create better skis
1950Head Sport GmbH founded in Baltimore, Maryland by Howard Head
1950First durable prototype of the Head Standard ski is developed
1960sHead captures over 50% of the US ski market
1967Howard Head hires Harold Seigle as company president
1969Howard Head sells the company to AMF
1969Head introduces the first aluminum frame tennis racket at the US Open
1975Arthur Ashe wins Wimbledon using a Head racket
1985Minstar Inc. acquires Head through hostile takeover of AMF
1987Head starts making athletic footwear
1989Management buyout forms HTM (Head, Tyrolia, and Mares)
1993HTM sold to Austria Tabak
1995Johan Eliasch takes over the company
1997Head creates the first titanium and graphite tennis racket
2009Head shuts down the Penn ball manufacturing factory in Phoenix, Arizona
2019Head reportedly purchases ASE assets, but later backs out of the deal