Prince O3 Speedport Red

We found the best reviews of the Prince 03 Speedport Red at Tennis-Warehouse.com, where experienced players rate rackets and customers offer comments. Tennis Magazine has balanced reviews based on hands-on testing, although they are much less detailed than Tennis-Warehouse.com. We found a review in Best Life magazine that corroborated praise for the Speedport Red, but there's no indication that any testing was involved.

The Prince 03 Speedport Red is an intermediate tennis racket, which means it offers less power and more control than a beginner racket and more power and less control than an advanced (or "player") racket. This racket features a string dampener that allows you to quickly customize its "feel" at any point in a match; this makes it suitable for a variety of playing styles within the 3.0 to 5.5 USTA skill level, with a good combination of power and control. You'll still need a bit of muscle to wield this 10.5-ouncer, reviewers say, and as with any middle-range product, it's not suitable for folks on the far ends (for example, stronger players say they found this racket a bit light). If you're strong and highly skilled, you'll get better control from a heavier "player racket," such as the Head Flexpoint Radical Oversize (*est. $110) for all-court players and the Babolat AeroPro Drive (*est. $180) for baseliners. The best beginner tennis racket is the Head Liquidmetal 8 (*est. $80), which weighs 1.2 ounces less than the Speedport Red.