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Karakal Tec Pro Elite

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The Karakal Tec Pro Elite comes in a few different models.

2019 Version

This is the slightly updated cosmetic for 2019:

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2018 Version

Karakal Tec Pro Elite

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Racket Specs chart

Advertised weight (unstrung): 125 grams
Head size: 470 cm sq
String pattern: 14x18

Spotted

Chris Simpson at the 2019 TOC:

Chris Simpson 2019 TOC

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Shoes: Adidas BT Feather Team
Location: 2019 Tournament of Champions

Greg Lobban at the TOC:

Greg Lobban 2019 TOC

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Location: 2019 Tournament of Champions


2015 Version

Karakal Tec Pro Elite

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Product Notes

I first heard about this racket from Sang:

I recently went to the AJ Bell Squash Grand Prix in Manchester to watch the pro’s play and bumped into Mark Kenton (one of the guys who founded Karakal). He showed me this new racket that some of the pros that Karakal sponsors are testing out. This is the link to it. I bought one and tried it out on court. It is really head heavy but the racket is in short AMAZING! It is actually surprisingly effortless to play with as the racket does a lot of the work. Specs is 120 grams unstrung/ head heavy. I replaced with tecnifibre strings 1.20 305 green as they had some awesome stringers at the event. I have never played with Karakal before but after a couple of hits with this racket I am definitely a fan.

It appears this racket replaced the Karakal Tec Tour 140.

Spotted

Chris Simpson was using this racket at the 2015 US Open, and he took 2 games off Nick Matthew with it:

Chris Simpson

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Looks like Karakal recently signed Chris:

https://framscorner.tumblr.com/post/128723585555/chris-simpson-signs-with-karakal

Turns out Karakal have also sponsored Greg Lobban. Here he is with the racket at the 2015 US Open, where he beat Gilly Lane, Leo Au and Max Lee and took a game off Shorbagy AND sorta looked like he was dating Donna Urquhart. Not saying it’s ALL the racket…

All set for the finale: [26] Leo Au (HK) v [38] Greg Lobban (SCO) pic.twitter.com/M2HoikYUyq

— U.S. Open Squash (@USOpenSquash) October 9, 2015

greg-donna

Photo via Steve Cubbins →

Looks like Tesni Evans was also using this racket:

tesni-evans-karakal

Photo via Steve Cubbins →

Shoes: Karakal XS 600
Location: 2015 US Open

Zahed Salem also uses this:

Zahed Salem 2019 TOC

Photo via tocsquash.com →

Shoes: Not sure
Location: 2019 Tournament of Champions

Thanks

Thanks to Lloyd, Yann, Keir, Will, and Nick for the tips!

Filed Under: Karakal Squash Rackets, Squash Rackets Tagged With: _Hide, Chris Simpson, Greg Lobban, Tesni Evans, Zahed Salem

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Comments

  1. Adam says

    (November 9, 2022)

    Anyone know if they’ve discontinued this racket? Can’t find it on PDH sport (UK) or Karakal’s website!

    Reply
    • Adam says

      (November 10, 2022)

      Turns out it has, their website says “The T Pro 120 is a fusion of the Tec Pro and T 120, taking the best features of both and created this new version of the T series frame.”

      Reply
  2. Will says

    (January 31, 2019)

    Tesni Evans and Greg Lobban were also using the updated version as of TOC 2019

    Reply
  3. Lloyd says

    (March 22, 2017)

    Zahed mohammed also looks to be using this racket as of british open 2017 (from the sidecourt video put up by psa on youtube)

    Reply
  4. nick b says

    (February 6, 2016)

    Looks like this might be successor to Tec Tour 140 racket. The weight on the Karakal website (via link above) is given as 140g unstrung. This is the only traditional frame shape racket in Karakal’s lineup at this weight now.

    Reply
  5. Snelly says

    (November 13, 2015)

    Hi Pierre,

    I watched a Yorkshire league match a couple of nights ago and Shaun Le Roux used this racket in his match against Chris Fuller. He played very well with it – certainly generated a huge amount of power.

    I normally avoid anything head heavy but might give this a try if I can find one.

    Cheers,

    Snelly

    Reply
    • Pierre Bastien says

      (November 13, 2015)

      Thanks Snelly, will keep an eye out for a picture of Le Roux. This racket is a hot item with the pros I guess.

      Reply
  6. Yann says

    (October 18, 2015)

    I think Tesni Evans played with one at the US open, gonna try to find a picture.

    Well there you go: https://plus.google.com/photos/+SteveCubbins/albums/6204031767075222017/6204135537165025602?pid=6204135537165025602&oid=100655331621782539210

    Reply
    • Pierre Bastien says

      (October 19, 2015)

      Thanks Yann, I updated the post!

      Reply

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