Ep. 93, The Golden Era of Donnay, and an appeal for Donnay to return to its glory days!

[@theoldguy2360]

First ever racket I bought back in the late 1990s was a Donnay Super Comp Graphite 100 with a 16x20 string pattern. Didn't know much about rackets in those days but later discovered Bjorn Borg used to play with a Donnay in the '70s.

[@toriwatson9655]

I just love the paint jobs on those Donnays. I've got a Tournament pro 2, G.Perez Raldan. It has a nice pinky/orange and grey paint scheme. It plays really nice but strangely is about a half inch shorter than a regular racquet?

[@tripp5576]

Awesome video, so cool to see those old Donnay classics again. BTW I went to Shibuya Windsor tennis shop and found 2 Regna 98s, was blown away they had 2. Very interesting racket to hit, different but feels incredible. Looking forward to the next video!

[@returntotennis706]

@tripp5576 that is huge luck! I stopped at a couple of different Windsor shops when I was there and no one had any 98s

[@Eddie-hn5hp]

Borg used Donnay in Europe and Bancroft in the USA

[@rdougherty10]

Agassi hated these rackets 😂

[@returntotennis706]

@rdougherty10 I know! Bolleteri cut some deal with Donnay and he got stuck with endorsing them. 🤣

[@acethis]

I think Donnay produced the Pro One as close to the Prince Original Graphite 107 as they could (flex, swing weight.. etc), just to pacify Agassi to use it. At least Agassi captured his 1st Grand Slam at Wimbledon with it 😊