Yonex Percept 97 Midnight Navy (310g) racket

Yonex Percept 97 Midnight Navy 2025

The Yonex Percept 97, weighing 310g, is the preferred racket for powerful players looking to combine control and feel with every hit. It is used by many professional players such as Stan Wawrinka, Hubert Hurkacz, and Frances Tiafoe.

Extreme Tennis Test of the Yonex Percept 97 Racket

A worthy successor to the Yonex Vcore Pro 97 (Yonex has renamed the Vcore Pro range to Percept), the new Percept 97 brings innovations to offer both more feel on impact while providing greater stability and ball speed.

Its 625cm² head naturally provides precision, but it is in terms of feel where we were surprised. Indeed, the frame is already flexible, but we experience a better flexibility and more responsiveness.

Its weight of 310g is hardly felt thanks to a low balance of 31cm, allowing for easy maneuverability.

The racket is very comfortable, offering excellent feel on hits as well as a lot of control. However, make no mistake, the power is somewhat lacking, and one will need good technique and arm speed to fully exploit this frame. This makes it a demanding racket intended for advanced level players. If you are looking for more forgiveness, consider the Percept 100, which will be easier to play with.

Yonex promises more consistency in ball trajectories thanks to the STIFF RACQUET FACE DESIGN technology at the moment of impact. We found it difficult to feel the difference. However, for strong, skilled players, you will greatly appreciate the feel as well as the level of precision and comfort of the racket.

The racket also stands out at the net, where we appreciated the flexibility of the frame that allowed us to find zones more easily.

On serve, a good arm speed is needed to send the ball off quickly and have impact.

For us, the evolution of this frame is mainly in the gain of feel and responsiveness. For those who own the previous model (Vcore Pro 97 310), you will not feel out of place with this frame, quite the opposite.

WHICH PLAYERS DO WE RECOMMEND THIS PERCEPT 97 RACKET TO?

We recommend this Percept 97 to powerful players looking for maximum control, precision, and a lot of feel on impact. If you like to take charge of the game and finish points at the net, this racket will be perfect for your style of play.

However, we remind you that this is a demanding racket that should be placed in the hands of players with good technique and arm speed to exploit this frame.

Strengths:

• Control
• Feel
• Comfort

Weaknesses:

• Reduced power
• Demanding racket

TECHNOLOGIES

• 2G Namd Flex Force: modification of the graphite structure for better energy transfer from the racket and increased spin potential;
• Isometric: isometric frame shape to improve the hitting area and gain power and comfort;
• Servo Filter: this technology effectively reduces unwanted vibrations, allowing only beneficial vibrations to pass through.
• Flexcon System: reworked racket core to improve flexibility and control;
• Stiff Racquet Face Design: addition of extra layers of graphite to improve racket stiffness for more stability and more predictable ball trajectories.
• Lock Booster: the grommets are designed to improve string efficiency for more power.