Condition

8

10: New
9: Mint
8: Excellent
7: Good
6: Fair
5: Average
4: Below Average
3: Poor

| Rarity

9

10: Impossibly rare
9: Extremely rare
8: Hard to find
7: Fairly rare
6: Uncommon
5: Common
<4: Big Seller

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Becker and Puma

Becker used Dunlop as a child and initially Adidas Ivan Lendl until the end of 84. Then switched to the Puma G. Vilas which was rapidly renamed “Boris Becker Winner” after he won Wimbledon! Some months later they revised the color as the Boris Becker Super. When Puma stopped racket production he considered Head (the last issue of the black Graphite Pro was a result of the “Becker development”), but he only wanted a copy of his beloved Puma and Head would not agree. In 1990 he signed a contract with Taiwanese company Estusa. Estusa owned the factory where his Puma was produced but Becker continued playing the Boris Becker Super, with the Estusa logo sprayed onto the strings, because he was not satisfied with the first version of the new Estusa Boris Becker Pro. Finally in 1991 that Becker used an original Estusa racket but his stringer Uli Kühnel said it was only for four months. Estusa wasn’t willing to pay more, so Tiriac bought the mold and gave it to the factory of Kneissl where the last of his rackets were produced. btw Becker`s personal Boris Becker Winner rackets were customised versions made with 50% graphite, whereas the public version was 30% graphite. The Boris Becker Super with 50% graphite, introduced in 1986, was just a color change but the last versions did have 50% graphite.

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Puma History

Puma is brother brand of Adidas, now a German multinational corporation (third largest sportswear manufacturer in the world). The company was founded in 1948 by Rudolf Dassler (1898–1974). In 1924, Rudolf and his brother Adolf “Adi” Dassler had jointly formed the company Gebrüder Dassler Schuhfabrik (‘Dassler Brothers Shoe Factory’). The relationship between the two brothers deteriorated until they agreed to split in 1948, forming two separate entities, Adidas and Puma. In 1948. Puma’s shoe and clothing designs feature the Puma logo and the distinctive “Formstrip” which was introduced in 1958

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