Adidas Hammer Series
The Last Unveiled Game
Manuf.:
Model:
Spec.:
Year *:
Adidas
Hammer
Graphite Ceramic Composition
1991
*documented or estimated
Background facts:
Provenance: Adidas Hammer Racquet W-Series (1991)
The Herzogenaurach Legacy: Captured here are the final five tennis racquets ever crafted by adidas, marking the abrupt end of the brand's legendary in-house manufacturing in late 1991.
The Unspoken Secret: Designed as a radical, ultra-lightwidebody profile, this top-secret project spent 35 years in the dark before making its official digital debut today.
The Custody Handover: In 1996, adidas manager Otto Dobrounig personally handed over these five historic pieces to tennishistory.com for permanent historical preservation.
From the Museum Vault: After decades of physical safekeeping in our archives, these holy grails of tennis engineering are now stepping into the spotlight of our digital museum collection.
