Everyone knows that the racquet is a crucial piece of equipment for any tennis player. But, what many people fail to realize is that the type of tennis shoe a player wears can have just as big of an impact on their game.
In this post, we’ll go through the footwear choices of the top 50 players on the ATP Tour. Before going through each player’s shoe of choice individually, I summarized the most popular shoes in the table below.
Here are the most popular tennis shoes on the ATP Tour.
| Tennis Shoe | ATP Top 50 Players Wearing |
|---|---|
| Nike Air Zoom Vapor Pro | 7 |
| Asics Gel Resolution | 5 |
| Nike Air Zoom Vapor 11 | 4 |
| Fila Axilus 2 Energized | 4 |
| Asics Solution Speed FF | 4 |
| Adidas Barricade | 3 |
| New Balance Fresh Foam Lav v2 | 3 |
| Yonex Power Cushion Eclipsion | 3 |
| Mizuno Wave Exceed Tour 5 | 2 |
| Lacoste AG-LT 21 | 1 |
| Adidas Adizero Ubersonic | 1 |
| Diadora Speed Blueshield Fly 3 | 1 |
| NikeCourt Zoom Vapor Cage 4 Rafa | 1 |
| Lotto Mirage 200 | 1 |
| NikeCourt Air Zoom GP Turbo Osaka | 1 |
| Yonex Power Cushion Fusionrev 5 | 1 |
| K Swiss Ultrashot 3 | 1 |
| Nike Court Air Zoom Zero | 1 |
| NikeCourt Zoom NXT | 1 |
| Joma Ace Pro | 1 |
| New Balance 996 V4.5 | 1 |
| Under Armour (Custom Made) | 1 |
| Head Sprint Pro 3.5 | 1 |
| Wilson Rush Pro 4.0 | 1 |
As you can see in the table above, the Nike Air Zoom Vapor Pro is the most popular tennis shoe on the ATP Tour. The only surprise is that the Adidas Barricade only is in 6th place; it’s the most popular tennis shoe on the WTA Tour.
The most popular tennis shoe brands on the ATP Tour are the following:
| Brand | ATP Top 50 Players |
|---|---|
| Nike | 15 |
| Asics | 9 |
| Adidas | 4 |
| Fila | 4 |
| New Balance | 4 |
| Yonex | 4 |
| Mizuno | 2 |
| Lacoste | 1 |
| Diadora | 1 |
| Joma | 1 |
| Head | 1 |
| K Swiss | 1 |
| Under Armour | 1 |
Overall, Nike is clearly dominating when it comes to sponsoring ATP tennis players. Adidas only having 4 players wearing their shoes (in the ATP top 50) is quite surprising to me.
Here’s the shoe of choice for all the top 50 players on the ATP Tour.
- Novak Djokovic – Asics Gel Resolution Novak
- Carlos Alcaraz – Nike Air Zoom Vapor Pro
- Stefanos Tsitsipas – Adidas Barricade
- Daniil Medvedev – Lacoste AG-LT 21
- Casper Ruud – Yonex Power Cushion Eclipsion 4
- Taylor Fritz – Nike Air Zoom Vapor Pro
- Alexander Zverev – Adidas Adizero Ubersonic 4
- Rafael Nadal – NikeCourt Zoom Vapor Cage 4 Rafa
- Holger Rune – Nike Air Zoom Vapor Pro
- Andrey Rublev – Nike Vapor Pro 2
- Felix Auger-Aliassime – Adidas Barricade
- Cameron Norrie – K Swiss Ultrashot 3
- Hubert Hurkacz – Yonex Power Cushion Eclipsion 4
- Jannik Sinner – Nike Court Air Zoom Zero
- Matteo Berrettini – Asics Gel Resolution
- Pablo Carreno Busta – Joma Ace Pro
- Diego Schwartzman – Fila Axilus 2 Energized
- Marin Cilic – Head Sprint Pro 3.5
- Roberto Bautista Agut – Mizuno Wave Exceed Tour 5
- Grigor Dimitrov – Nike Air Zoom Vapor 11
- Alex De Minaur – Asics Solution Speed FF
- Denis Shapovalov – Nike Air Zoom Vapor 11
- Botic van de Zandschulp – Asics Solution Speed FF 2
- Daniel Evans – Asics Solution Speed FF 2
- Nick Kyrgios – Nike Air Zoom Vapor 11
- Frances Tiafoe – NikeCourt Air Zoom GP Turbo Osaka
- Karen Khachanov – Nike Vapor Pro 2
- Tommy Paul – New Balance Fresh Foam Lav v2
- Borna Coric – Asics Gel Resolution 9
- Lorenzo Musetti – Nike Air Zoom Vapor 11
- Sebastian Korda – Nike Air Zoom Vapor Pro
- Alejandro Davidovich Fokina – Diadora Speed Blueshield Fly 3
- Miomir Kecmanovic – NikeCourt Zoom NXT
- Fransisco Cerundolo – Adidas Barricade
- Yoshihito Nishioka – Yonex Power Cushion Fusionrev 5
- Sebastian Baez – Yonex Power Cushion Eclipsion
- Tallon Griekspoor – Asics Gel Resolution 9
- Maxime Creesy – New Balance Fresh Foam Lav v2
- John Isner – Fila Axilus 2 Energized
- David Goffin – Asics Solution Speed FF 2
- Ben Shelton – New Balance 996 V4.5
- Bernabe Zapata Miralles – Lotto Mirage 200
- Richard Gasquet – Asics Gel Resolution 9
- J.J Wolf – New Balance Fresh Foam Lav v2
- Brandon Nakashima – Fila Axilus 2 Energized
- Jenson Brooksby – Wilson Rush Pro 4.0
- Andy Murray – Under Armour (Custom Made)
- Jack Draper – Nike Vapor Pro 2
- Mackenzie Mcdonald – Fila Axilus 2 Energized
- Lorenzo Sonego – Mizuno Wave Exceed Tour 5
I listed the racquets of all the ATP top 100 players in this post.