Three frames in our catalogue share a head size of 98 in² and a 16×19 string pattern, and are separated by €85: the Head Radical MP 2025 at €189.90, the Yonex EZONE 98 at €230.90 and the Yonex VCORE 98 at €274.90. All three carry specifications we have checked rather than copied from a brochure.
The numbers that separate them are small and consistent. The Radical MP is 300 g unstrung, balanced at 32.0 cm, with a stiffness of RA 66 and a swingweight of 323. Both Yonex frames are 305 g at 31.5 cm — five grams heavier, half a centimetre more head-light — and both measure RA 63, three points softer than the Head. The EZONE swings at 320, the VCORE at 321.
So the extra grams sit closer to the hand, and the softer layup takes some of the shock out of the frame rather than adding power. That is the trade the price difference actually buys: a slightly heavier, slightly more manoeuvrable, slightly softer frame. It does not buy a different kind of tennis.
The manufacturers disagree about tension. Head recommends 21–25 kg for the Radical MP; Yonex opens both 98s to 20–27 kg, a range two kilos wider at each end, which is worth knowing if you already know the tension you like.
For outside context: Tennisnerd's mid-season round-up of the 2026 releases calls the Radical MP "one of the most dependable racquets on the market" and is cooler on the 2026 VCORE 98, reporting that it feels slower through the air than the 2023 version. Our figures cannot confirm a feel; they can confirm that the two frames are within a point of each other on every number we hold.
Summarised by TennisArena from reporting by Tennisnerd.
