Head Speed Pro
The Pro build of the Head Speed. A teardrop head with a medium balance, so the weight sits neither back in the hand nor forward over the ball. It is an all-round frame at advanced level. Read the build word before the model year when comparing two Speed listings: the year moves every season while the build word is what actually changes the racket.
Shape
Teardrop
Balance
Medium
Hardness
Hard
Core
Foam
Style
All-round
Level
Advanced
About the Head Speed Pro
The head is a teardrop, which keeps a usable sweet spot while still carrying weight towards the tip, so it works at both ends of the court. The balance is medium, which is the least committed of the four profiles. The face is hard, so it returns more of the pace you generate and asks for cleaner contact in exchange. The core is foam rather than EVA, which is why it feels more damped at contact than the stiffness rating suggests. Within the Head Speed, Pro is the build word that separates this racket from its siblings; a model year on a listing describes the season it was sold in rather than where it sits in the range. Speed is HEAD's all-court family and the successor to the older Alpha line, carrying Alpha's Pro, Motion and Elite tiers across when the name changed.
Pros playing the Head Speed Pro
1 player
Similar rackets from other brands
Matched on shape first, then the rest of the spec sheet — same playing character, different maker.
