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PRO KENNEX tennis rackets compared

Kinetic System: sealed chambers in the hoop holding thousands of free micro-bearings that shift at impact and eat shock — the rare gimmick that is also a mechanism, with decades of tennis-elbow testimony behind it. The arm-friendly refuge brand; Ki Q+ and Black Ace both carry it.

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Specifications and scores

All 8 current PRO KENNEX models, with unstrung weight, head size, string pattern, stiffness (RA), swingweight, balance and beam width, followed by the eleven playing axes rated 0–10 and a difficulty rating.

ModelWeightHeadPatternStiffnessSwingweightBalanceBeam CtrlPrecSpinPwrFeelStabManServeSmshSliceRetDiff
Ki Q+ Tour 305g9816x1963 RA~320~31522 67868677676 5
Ki Q+ Tour Pro 305g9818x2062 RA~326~31021 99569947898 8
Ki Q+ 5 300g10016x2063 RA~318~32022.5 88777677687 5
Ki Q+ 5 Pro 310g10016x2063 RA~326~31522.5 88788948889 7
Ki Q+ 15 285g10516x1962 RA~312~33024 65979658677 2
Black Ace 300 300g10016x1965 RA~318~32022 67978678677 5
Black Ace 315 315g10016x1965 RA~326~31322 67989949879 7
Black Ace Pro 305g9716x1964 RA~322~31521.5 78868677676 8

Swipe the table sideways for the remaining columns.

Axes, in order: Control (flat) · Precision · Spin · Power · Feel / comfort · Stability · Maneuverability · Serve · Smash & overhead · Slice / touch · Return / blocking. Difficulty is how demanding the frame is to use well, not how good it is.

Choosing between them

Frames in one family share a construction story but not a playing character — head size, pattern and swingweight move the numbers above far more than the marketing does. If you want a shortlist matched to how you actually play, and a string bed matched to the frame, the finder does that in a few taps.

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