The Park Tennis Take
The Park Tennis Take
Years ago, a friend asked me for a fifty-dollar racquet. I told him to demo the Wilson Ultra because it was versatile and forgiving. Then I admitted that I owned Federer's Pro Staff because I thought it might make me play like Federer. It did not. The racquet had a smaller sweet spot, no free power, and the very rude habit of being exactly what it said it was. The Ultra 100 V5 is the grown-up version of that original advice: a proper 300-gram performance frame with a 100-square-inch head, useful depth, and enough spin to keep a normal rally from becoming a technical review. V5 adds more pocketing and a little less laboratory stiffness than V4, but it is still an Ultra: bright, powerful, and happier moving the ball than debating it. Buy the racquet for the player you are on Tuesday. Federer has already been taken.
Years ago, a friend asked me for a fifty-dollar racquet. I told him to demo the Wilson Ultra because it was versatile and forgiving. Then I admitted that I owned Federer's Pro Staff because I thought it might make me play like Federer. It did not. The racquet had a smaller sweet spot, no free power, and the very rude habit of being exactly what it said it was. The Ultra 100 V5 is the grown-up version of that original advice: a proper 300-gram performance frame with a 100-square-inch head, useful depth, and enough spin to keep a normal rally from becoming a technical review. V5 adds more pocketing and a little less laboratory stiffness than V4, but it is still an Ultra: bright, powerful, and happier moving the ball than debating it. Buy the racquet for the player you are on Tuesday. Federer has already been taken.
Best for
Intermediate players, confident returners, and improving adults who want easy depth, quick handling, and a current 300-gram performance frame without the demands of a control-first racquet.
At a glance
100 sq in | 300 g / 10.6 oz unstrung | 16x19 | 27 in | 32 cm unstrung balance | WR178811U
Description
Description
The Wilson Ultra 100 V5 is the standard 300-gram model in Wilson's current power lineup. It combines a 100-square-inch head, 16x19 pattern, 27-inch length, and 32-centimeter unstrung balance. Wilson's V5 update uses SI3D, FORTYFIVE, Crush Zone grommets, and a dual-taper beam to preserve the Ultra's easy depth while adding more pocketing and a slightly softer laboratory flex than V4.
The Wilson Ultra 100 V5 is the standard 300-gram model in Wilson's current power lineup. It combines a 100-square-inch head, 16x19 pattern, 27-inch length, and 32-centimeter unstrung balance. Wilson's V5 update uses SI3D, FORTYFIVE, Crush Zone grommets, and a dual-taper beam to preserve the Ultra's easy depth while adding more pocketing and a slightly softer laboratory flex than V4.
