Top 5 Best HEAD Pro / Professional Tennis Rackets

Last updated: 28 August 2026

HEAD is a leading brand in the tennis industry, and has been at the forefront of racket design and development for decades, incorporating advanced materials and construction techniques to improve performance.

The brand is recognised for Graphene, a form of carbon used to reinforce the frame and increase its strength and stability, and more recently for Auxetic construction, which changes how the frame deforms at impact to give a cleaner, more connected feel. Many world class players use HEAD: Novak Djokovic plays the Speed series, Alexander Zverev the Gravity, and Coco Gauff the Boom.

HEAD organise their performance rackets into four lines, and picking the line first makes the choice much simpler. The Speed is the control frame, the Extreme is built for spin, the Gravity is about feel and a large sweet spot, and the Boom is the power option. Three of the five below are supplied as frames only and will need stringing; two arrive strung. For the full range see our HEAD Tennis Rackets page.

1. HEAD Speed Pro 2026 Tennis Racket

The HEAD Speed Pro 2026 Tennis Racket in black and white, shown face on with a dense string pattern and black grip.

Style of Racket: Precision and Control
Player Level: Advanced / Professional
Build: Frame only, requires stringing

The Speed Pro is the racket Djokovic plays and the most demanding frame on this page. Its 18 x 20 string pattern is dense, which means less spin and less free depth than anything else here, and in exchange you get placement: the ball goes where you aimed it and you know exactly what happened at contact.

It rewards a player who generates their own pace and constructs points rather than overwhelming them, and it punishes lazy footwork. This is also the only frame on the page with sales behind it in the last quarter, so it is the one most likely to sell through. If you have outgrown a forgiving racket and find yourself over-hitting, try this first.

2. HEAD Speed Tour 2026 Tennis Racket

The HEAD Speed Tour 2026 Tennis Racket in black and white, shown face on with a white grip.

Style of Racket: Precision and Control
Player Level: Advanced / Professional
Build: Supplied strung

The same Speed character in a more usable package. Two things separate it from the Pro above: a more open 16 x 19 string pattern, which gives you back the spin and depth the Pro withholds, and the fact that it arrives strung rather than as a bare frame.

That makes it the sensible Speed for most good players. You keep the control and the clean feel the line is known for, without needing perfect timing to get the ball deep. If the Pro appeals in principle but sounds like hard work, this is the one to have.

3. HEAD Extreme Pro 2026 Tennis Racket

The HEAD Extreme Pro 2026 Tennis Racket in neon green and black, shown face on with the strings and grip visible.

Style of Racket: Attacking Power and Spin
Player Level: Advanced / Professional
Build: Frame only, requires stringing

The Extreme is HEAD's spin frame and the Pro is its sharpest version. It carries a notably low stiffness rating for a performance racket, which gives it a softer, more connected feel through the ball than the specification suggests, and the 16 x 19 pattern lets the strings bite and snap back.

It suits a heavy hitter who loops the forehand and wants the frame to help generate arc rather than fight it. Choose this over the Speed frames if your game is built on shape and angles rather than flat drives. The neon green finish is the loudest thing on this page by a distance.

4. HEAD Gravity Tour Zverev 2026 Tennis Racket

The HEAD Gravity Tour Zverev 2026 Tennis Racket in purple and gold, shown face on with a black grip.

Style of Racket: Precision and Control
Player Level: Advanced
Build: Supplied strung

The Gravity is the line Zverev plays and it is the outlier in the HEAD range: a teardrop head shape that pushes the sweet spot further up the string bed than a conventional oval. In practice that means more forgiveness on the high ball and on returns taken early.

It is a control frame like the Speed, but a more comfortable one, and the Tour build keeps it manageable. Worth trying if you like the idea of the Speed but find dense-pattern rackets unrewarding, or if you take the ball early and want help on shots struck above the shoulder. It arrives strung.

5. HEAD Boom Pro 2026 Tennis Racket

The HEAD Boom Pro 2026 Tennis Racket in blue and black, shown face on with the strings and grip visible.

Style of Racket: Attacking Power
Player Level: Advanced / Professional
Build: Frame only, requires stringing

The Boom is HEAD's power line and the Pro is its serious end. Where the Speed asks you to supply the pace and the Extreme asks you to supply the swing speed, the Boom gives you depth more readily, so it suits a player who wants to hit through the court without working quite as hard for it.

It is the most immediately satisfying racket here and the one that flatters a good club player most. The caveat is the usual one with power frames: the easier depth comes with slightly less control on a full swing, so it rewards a compact stroke. We hold this in the smallest numbers on the page.

Summary

Pick the line and the rest follows. Speed if you want control, and then the Pro if your technique is sharp or the Tour if you want the same character with more margin. Extreme if you play with heavy spin. Gravity if you want a control frame that is kinder on off-centre hits. Boom if you want depth without working for it. Three of the five arrive as frames only, so factor stringing in, and remember that string choice and tension will change how any of them plays more than you might expect. See everything currently available on our HEAD Tennis Rackets page.