Tretorn Inka

Rarities

Tretorn Inka (1979)

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

Swedish brand Tretorn is better known for shoes and tennis balls but they made a few tennis rackets. However they can be hard to find. This full paint Tretorn Inka looks like a racket from 1980 at the lower end of the Market.

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 Tretorn

Tretorn was founded 1891 in Helsingborg, a coast city in south of Sweden by producing galosh’s’ for the farmers. But the assortment grew quickly and after a few years we started to develop products for sport.  They say “Our founder, Henry Dunker, had a huge interest in sports. Only 10 years after Tretorn was founded, we started producing canvas sneakers with a rubber sole, and after another two years we launched our first tennis balls. As the sneaker, the tennis ball became very popular and was distributed worldwide. We continued to work on existing products, to develop and improve. But we wanted to innovate, and in 1946 we succeeded in producing a special tennis ball made from rubber developed from dandelions. The ball was an experiment, but quickly became a true innovation. Barely a decade later we made our next big breakthrough, the pressureless tennis ball. A ball designed with bounce built into the rubber core, that didn’t lose pressure or bounce over time. It is only necessary to change the balls once the cover became worn. In 1960, short after we invented and patented the pressureless ball, we developed a ball with low compression. It was a softer ball that moved slower, which was advantageous for beginners, but also in favour to players in need of technique training.” In 1977 Tretorn’s tennis ball was the official game ball when Guillermo Vilas played the final against Brian Gottfried in Roland Garros, the French Open. Approximately 80 years after the launch of the first tennis ball we invented a new and unique ball. It was the first pressureless tennis ball that could measure against pressurized balls. It was a true success that was sold in over 80 countries.  The super star Björn Borg worked with Tretorn for quite some time, but in 1985 he accompanied us officially as an advisor. He shared his tennis expertise to help us improve existing products, but also develop our assortment with new innovations. In the late 90’s Tretorn developed a micro cellular technology that was patented and recognized by the International Tennis Federation (ITF) as the pioneer in a new category of tennis balls called ‘micro cell’ and this may be the gold standard in pressureless balls.

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