Wilson presents the Wilson Clash tennis racquet as a revolutionary racquet.

With the Clash, Wilson's goal is to offer a racquet that is both very flexible and at the same time powerful and stable, which does not go together easely.

Wilson also presents the Clash as a racquet that can adapt to all styles of play, just that!

To achieve this ambitious goal, Wilson filed 5 patents.

The 2 key technologies of the Wilson Clash are "Stable Smart": an exclusive carbon technology to give excellent ball control whatever the game style; flat or top spin, and "FreeFlex": a geometry of the frame specific to the Clash, developed by computer simulation, to give stability and power at the same time as great flexibility.

Wilson also pulled out all the stops in marketing; hard not to be aware that the Clash was coming out and wanted to create a revolution!

Finally, it is not so easy to test a racquet after having heard a lot about it; you have to resist the suggestion that is made through commercial advertisements, which can distort the feelings of the game, which are already quite subjective and sometimes difficult to define.

That's what I tried to do in this test: forget everything people say about Clash and focus on how I feel when playing with the racquet!

The stiffness of the Wilson Clash 100 is 55 Ra.

At the time of my test, it is the lowest stiffness value on the market!

If I hadn't had this information, I wouldn't have thought the racquet had such flexibility during my test.

With some flexible tennis racquets, you sometimes feel the frame deform when hitting and this was not the case, except on a few really powerful hits.

I know it may disturb some players, so try to demo the racquet in case you doubt.

In the end, I think it's interesting to have the comfort given by the flexibility of the frame, without the power being too reduced.

I first tested the Wilson Clash on the wall where I found the racquet to be not very powerful.

You have to be wary of racquet tests on the wall because finally once on the tennis court I was surprised by the power of the racket compared to this first test.

Overall, I find the power of the Wilson Clash to be intermediate, it's not a very control oriented racquet and it's not an ultra powerful racquet either.

The Wilson Burn is more powerful, as well as the Babolat Pure Drive.

On the other hand, the Wilson Clash 100 is more powerful than the Wilson Blade and Wilson Pro Staff.

We are a little closer to the Wilson Ultra 100 or the Head Speed ??MP in terms of power, but the playing sensations are different.

The Clash gives the unusual feeling to somehow adapt to the power of the shots: if you hit hard, it bends and brings control, and if you hit softly, it gives you more power.

In any case, it's surprising to have a racquet with such low stiffness that still manages to generate so much power.

With its intermediate power, the Wilson Clash will, in my opinion, be suitable for a large number of players looking for versatility.

With its head size of 645 cm² and its 16x19 string pattern, the Wilson Clash 100 provides a very good access to top spin.

It's not a top spin machine, but I had no problem generating topspin on all types of balls.

Whether I was doing short top spin cross balls or big high and long top spin shots, regardless of ball height, I felt comfortable doing it.

With an unstrung balance announced at 31 cm, which is exceptionally in the handle for a racquet of this weight, I expected to have other sensations.

Finally, I had feelings close to what I usually have with racquets balanced at 32 cm, like the Head Radical MP or the Tecnifibre TFight 295 XTC which is at 32.5 cm.

I had a very slight feeling of weight in my head, not annoying, which left me with very good maneuverability during the game.

The stability is correct but could have been better; I sometimes lost a bit the feeling of the head of the racquet.

Difficult to have a balance in the handle, a light racquet, and at the same a good stability!

To have a better stability and a better plow through, the Wilson Clash 100 Tour will be preferable, if you are able to swing a racquet that weights 310 g unstrung.

Whether it's related to the flexibility of the frame or the technologies used for this racquet, in the end the Wilson Clash 100 is very comfortable.

I felt very little vibration, fairly crisp, clean strikes.

The tolerance for centering errors is also very correct.

In the end, without trying to say whether this racquet is a revolution or not, with the Clash Wilson expands its range of racquets with a very interesting model that will appeal to many players.

The racquet is very comfortable, really versatile, with an intermediate power, easy access to top spin, the good maneuverability and the great flexibility of the frame will interest all those who want good sensations and softness for their arm.

I would recommend the Wilson Clash 100 (295g) to players:

• having a versatile game style, who play flat or with top spin, who play at the net or not,
• who are able to produce just a bit of power on their own, because the racquet gives just an intermediate level of power, it could be not powerful enough for some players,
• who are looking for a very maneuverable and rather light tennis racquet,
• looking for a versatile and very comfortable tennis racquet,
• who want a flexible racquet to protect their arm!
• Who find the Wilson Pro Staff or Blade not powerful enough and tolerant,
• who find the Wilson Burn 100 too powerful or the Wilson Ultra 100 too stiff.