Elina Svitolina is using the Diadem Axis racquet for the 2025 season. The Diademi Axis is the new spin line for Diadem.
Svitolina endorsed the Wilson Blade 98, but was actually playing the Wilson Steam 99 pro stock. It’s a signficant move for Diadem, a relatively small and new brand from the US. The Diadem Axis will be available from February 13th and we hope to start testing the new racquets soon. Remember that you get 15% off Diadem products using the code TENNISNERD15. You can find more discounts like this on our DEALS page.
Let’s have a look at the Diadem Axis line.
The Diadem Axis racquets
The Diadem Axis racquets features an Air Foil Frame Design to maximize swing speed and spin generation. They also come with Precision + Strike Zone, which shifts the tightest part of the string bed higher in the frame to align with the modern player’s strike zone.
Like other Diadem racquets, the Axis frames feature Kraibon, a revolutionary elastomer widely used in motorsports and aerospace engineering, which is supposed to dampen vibrations for superior comfort. This is their third generation of the Flex Stabilization System (FS) upgraded to FS3, which combines three carbon fiber ribs with HMT Carbon and high-density foam in targeted areas of the frame.
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The Diadem Axis 100
This model competes with racquets like the Babolat Pure Aero 100, the HEAD Extreme MP and the Yonex VCORE 100.
Specifications
Head Size: 100 sq in
Weight: 10.6oz / 300 g
Length: 27 Inches
Balance: 4 pts HL / 330 mm
Stiffness: 64
String Pattern: 16 x 19
Beam: 23 mm – 26 mm – 23 mm
The Diadem Axis 98
This racquet competes with the Babolat Pure Aero 98, the HEAD Extreme Pro and the Yonex VCORE 98.
Head Size: 98 sq in
Weight: 10.8oz / 305g
Length: 27 Inches
Balance: 8 pts HL / 315 mm
Stiffness: 68
String Pattern: 16 x 20
Beam: 21.5 mm – 23.5 mm – 22 mm
Summary
We are excited to try the new Diadem Axis racquets. Review to come!
If you have tried them, let us know your feedback in the comments below.
Major boost for the brand and well deserved. Their rackets are of excellent qualities and well made.
She is playing with the 98.
The Axis frames look a lot like Pure Aeros, probably rolls out of the same factory in China.
Go Svitolina!
I am so interested in this as I’m not a big fan of Babolat feels and wanna feel such foam-filled racket in spin category.. But maybe due to embargo, there is no reviews until now. What a marketing. Are you going to release your review?
Yes, I will test it, but I have not received any demo racquets yet.