The center of percussion (COP), also known as the "sweet spot," is a point. It’s not an area. This point is located along the racquet’s centerline, and the higher this point, i.e. the closer to the tip, the better for reducing the resultant force from impact. See the formula for locating the sweet spot. A high sweet spot is good; a low sweet spot is bad.
The sweet spot varies according to where the racquet is held, and choking down, as for the serve under the Second and Fifth Benchmark Condition (2, 5 BC), will lower the sweet spot. A good (low) rank number means a high sweet spot. The rankings in the left column are for a forehand (1 BC), volley (3 BC), or return (4 BC) where the hand is at the 7 cm axis. For some of the long racquets (e.g. the Prince TT Hornet), you may get better accuracy if you don’t choke down on the serve.
| Average | 18.31 |
| Standard Deviation | 1.10 |
| Worst | 21.76 |
| Best | 15.51 |
| Median | 18.35 |
| Rank | Sweetspot 2002 | Tip to Sweet Spot |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Prince Graphite Classic OS | 15.50 |
| 2 | Prince Triple Threat Warrior MP | 15.90 |
| 3 | Prince Triple Threat Hornet MP | 16.00 |
| 4 | Prince Triple Threat Bandit MP | 16.10 |
| 5 | Head i.Prestige Mid | 16.30 |
| 5 | Wilson Hyper Hammer 6.3 MP | 16.30 |
| 7 | Babolat VS Drive | 16.40 |
| 7 | Prince Triple Threat Rebel MP | 16.40 |
| 9 | Prince Triple Threat Vendetta MP | 16.50 |
| 9 | Weed T-Zone | 16.50 |
| 11 | Babolat VS Control | 16.60 |
| 11 | Blackburne DS-107 | 16.60 |
| 13 | Wilson Hyper Hammer 5.3 Stretch OS | 16.70 |
| 14 | Prince Triple Threat Graphite OS | 16.80 |
| 14 | Blackburne Excalibur Ti 97 | 16.80 |
| 14 | Prince Triple Threat Graphite MP | 16.80 |
| 14 | Head Classic MP | 16.80 |
| 18 | Prince Triple Threat Attitude MP | 16.90 |
| 18 | Babolat Pure Control | 16.90 |
| 18 | Cayman Excel Comp II | 16.90 |
| 21 | Blackburne Excalibur Ti 107 | 17.00 |
| 21 | Wilson Hyper Hammer 5.3 Stretch MP | 17.00 |
| 21 | Wilson Hyper Hammer 6.3 Light MP | 17.00 |
| 21 | Babolat VS Power | 17.00 |
| 25 | Wilson Hyper Hammer 6.3 OS | 17.10 |
| 25 | Head i.S2 MP | 17.10 |
| 25 | Prince Triple Threat Scream OS | 17.10 |
| 28 | Yonex Muscle Power 3i | 17.20 |
| 28 | Wilson Hyper Hammer 6.3 Light OS | 17.20 |
| 28 | Cayman Strike X | 17.20 |
| 31 | Prince Triple Threat Bandit OS | 17.30 |
| 31 | Yonex RD Ti-70 88 | 17.30 |
| 31 | Volkl V1 Classic | 17.30 |
| 31 | Pro Kennex Ti Intensity PBT Reach | 17.30 |
| 35 | Prince Triple Threat Vendetta OS | 17.40 |
| 35 | Prince Triple Threat Attitude OS | 17.40 |
| 37 | Dunlop 300G 98 | 17.50 |
| 37 | Gosen Carbon Plus I | 17.50 |
| 37 | Prince Triple Threat Warrior OS | 17.50 |
| 37 | Wilson Hyper Pro Staff 6.5 MP | 17.50 |
| 41 | Volkl Quantum Force | 17.60 |
| 41 | Babolat Soft Drive | 17.60 |
| 41 | Babolat Soft Power | 17.60 |
| 41 | Prince More Game OS | 17.60 |
| 41 | Babolat Pure Power Zylon 360 | 17.60 |
| 41 | Wilson Hyper Pro Staff Extreme 6.7 | 17.60 |
| 47 | Wilson Hyper Pro Staff Zone 7.1 | 17.70 |
| 47 | Gosen Carbon 15 | 17.70 |
| 47 | Prince Triple Threat Sovereign OS | 17.70 |
| 47 | Pro Kennex Kinetic Pro 5g | 17.70 |
| 51 | Wilson Hyper Hammer 2.7 | 17.80 |
| 51 | Weed 3/4 Weed XL | 17.80 |
| 51 | Slazenger Pro Braided | 17.80 |
| 51 | Volkl Quantum V1 MP | 17.80 |
| 51 | Cayman Pro Smash II | 17.80 |
| 51 | Pro Kennex Core 1 No. 20 | 17.80 |
| 51 | Prince Triple Threat Graphite Mid | 17.80 |
| 51 | Yonex Ultimum RQ Ti-2000 Long 120 | 17.80 |
| 51 | Pro Kennex Core 1 No. 24 | 17.80 |
| 60 | Volkl Quantum V1 OS | 17.90 |
| 60 | Wilson Hyper Hammer 4.0 OS | 17.90 |
| 60 | Prince More Game MP | 17.90 |
| 60 | Cayman Catalyst II | 17.90 |
| 60 | Babolat Pure Drive | 17.90 |
| 65 | Volkl Quantum 10 RAP | 18.00 |
| 65 | Pro Kennex Kinetic Pro 15g | 18.00 |
| 65 | Babolat VS Nanotube Drive | 18.00 |
| 65 | Head i.Speed MP | 18.00 |
| 69 | Head i.S2 OS | 18.10 |
| 69 | Wilson Hyper Pro Staff Surge 5.1 | 18.10 |
| 69 | Pro Kennex Core 1 No. 22 | 18.10 |
| 69 | Head i.S4 MP | 18.10 |
| 69 | Babolat Pure Drive Zylon 360 | 18.10 |
| 69 | Wilson Hyper Hammer 6.2 MP | 18.10 |
| 75 | Prince More Thunder OS | 18.20 |
| 75 | Yonex Ultimum RQ Ti-2000 Long 110 | 18.20 |
| 75 | Yonex MP Tour-1 Mid | 18.20 |
| 78 | Head i.S6 OS | 18.30 |
| 78 | Volkl C10 Pro | 18.30 |
| 78 | Head i.S10 | 18.30 |
| 78 | Dunlop Vision 110 | 18.30 |
| 78 | Wilson Hyper Hammer 5.2 MP | 18.30 |
| 78 | Head i.S9 OS | 18.30 |
| 78 | Volkl Catapult 1 | 18.30 |
| 85 | Pro Kennex Type S | 18.40 |
| 85 | Cayman Airlite | 18.40 |
| 85 | Babolat VS Nanotube Power | 18.40 |
| 85 | Wilson Hyper Pro Staff 6.1 MP | 18.40 |
| 85 | Cayman Pro Heat II | 18.40 |
| 85 | Dunlop Vision 102 | 18.40 |
| 91 | Pro Kennex Kinetic Pro 7g | 18.50 |
| 91 | Prince Triple Threat Scream MP | 18.50 |
| 91 | Prince More Dominant OS | 18.50 |
| 91 | Wilson Hyper Hammer 5.2 OS | 18.50 |
| 95 | Yonex MP Tour-1 MP | 18.60 |
| 95 | Dunlop Spirit 100 | 18.60 |
| 95 | Head i.S18 | 18.60 |
| 95 | Cayman Energizer II | 18.60 |
| 95 | Wilson Hyper Pro Staff 6.1 MP Stretch | 18.60 |
| 95 | Topspin CL 628 | 18.60 |
| 101 | Yonex RD Ti-70 Long 98 | 18.70 |
| 101 | Volkl Quantum 10 Tour | 18.70 |
| 101 | Wilson Hyper Hammer 6.2 OS | 18.70 |
| 101 | Prince Triple Threat Hornet OS | 18.70 |
| 101 | Volkl Quantum 8 RAP | 18.70 |
| 106 | Babolat Pure Control + | 18.80 |
| 106 | Yonex Muscle Power 5i OS | 18.80 |
| 106 | Head i.S12 | 18.80 |
| 106 | Head i.Prestige MP | 18.80 |
| 106 | Head Classic Mid | 18.80 |
| 111 | Volkl Tour 10 Mid | 18.90 |
| 111 | Wilson Hyper Hammer 4.0 MP | 18.90 |
| 111 | Yonex Ultimum RQ Ti-1500 Long 105 | 18.90 |
| 111 | Yonex Muscle Power 5i MP | 18.90 |
| 111 | Dunlop Inferno 118 | 18.90 |
| 111 | Gosen Tri Tube 400C | 18.90 |
| 111 | Babolat Pure Control Zylon 360 | 18.90 |
| 111 | Volkl Catapult 3 | 18.90 |
| 119 | Head i.Prestige MP XL | 19.00 |
| 119 | Dunlop Inferno 104 | 19.00 |
| 119 | Yonex Ultimum RQ Ti-1700 Long 110 | 19.00 |
| 119 | Topspin CL 633 | 19.00 |
| 123 | Fischer Pro No. One | 19.10 |
| 123 | Yonex Ultimum RD Ti-50 | 19.10 |
| 123 | Wilson Pro Staff Original 6.0 85 | 19.10 |
| 123 | Yonex Ultimum RD Ti-80 | 19.10 |
| 123 | Volkl Catapult 2 | 19.10 |
| 123 | Fischer GDS Spice | 19.10 |
| 123 | Head i.extreme MP | 19.10 |
| 130 | Yonex V-Con 20 | 19.20 |
| 130 | Cayman Energizer Ti | 19.20 |
| 130 | Cayman Pro Talis II Long | 19.20 |
| 130 | Cayman Pro Talis II | 19.20 |
| 130 | Cayman Energizer II Pro | 19.20 |
| 130 | Yonex Ultimum RQ Ti-1700 Long 98 | 19.20 |
| 136 | Head i.S6 MP | 19.30 |
| 136 | Weed T-Zone Plus | 19.30 |
| 136 | Fischer GDS Rally FT Titanium | 19.30 |
| 136 | Volkl Quantum 5 | 19.30 |
| 136 | Fischer GDS Spirit | 19.30 |
| 136 | Cayman Sidewinder Ti | 19.30 |
| 136 | Yonex V-Con 20 | 19.30 |
| 136 | Prince Precision Graphite Classic MP | 19.30 |
| 136 | Cayman Catalyst II Pro | 19.30 |
| 145 | Topspin CL 603 | 19.40 |
| 145 | Dunlop Inferno 110 | 19.40 |
| 145 | Topspin TPC1000 | 19.40 |
| 148 | Dunlop 200G 95 | 19.50 |
| 149 | Fischer GDS Take Off 710 | 19.60 |
| 149 | Fischer GDS Take Off 1210 | 19.60 |
| 149 | Dunlop Spirit 110 | 19.60 |
| 149 | Fischer GDS Take Off 910 | 19.60 |
| 153 | Head i.Radical OS | 19.70 |
| 153 | Wilson Triad Pro Staff 6.0 MP | 19.70 |
| 155 | Head i.S4 OS | 19.80 |
| 156 | Volkl Tour 8 | 19.90 |
| 157 | Wilson Triad Hammer 5.0 OS | 20.00 |
| 158 | Wilson Triad Hammer 4.0 OS | 20.10 |
| 158 | Wilson Triad Hammer 4.0 MP | 20.10 |
| 160 | Yonex Ultimum RD Ti-50 Long | 20.20 |
| 160 | Wilson Triad Hammer 5.0 MP | 20.20 |
| 162 | Volkl C-10 Pro OS | 20.40 |
| 162 | Fischer Pro Tour FT Air Carbon Ti | 20.40 |
| 164 | Head i.Radical MP | 20.50 |
| 165 | Fischer Pro Extreme | 20.80 |
| 166 | Wilson Triad Hammer 3.0 | 21.00 |
| 167 | Wilson Triad Hammer 2.0 w/Rollers | 21.80 |