HEAD Gravity MP 2025 Tennis Racquet Review

The Head Gravity MP 2025 is the friendliest way into Head's feel-first line, and one of the most arm-friendly frames on the wall. A light, soft-flexing 100 with a huge, high sweet spot that hands intermediate power, spin, and comfort in one racquet.

The comfortable Gravity

The Gravity is Head's control-and-feel line, the softer, more forgiving counterpart to the crisp Speed and the powerful Extreme. The MP is its most accessible model, tuned for an intermediate who wants power and spin without giving up feel, and its calling card is comfort. With a 60 RA flex it is genuinely plush, the kind of frame that looks after your wrist, forearm and elbow over a long match.

For 2025, Head kept the changes light but meaningful. Auxetic 2.0 construction sharpens the feel at contact, a new half-cap headguard improves stability high in the head and gives a nicer sound at impact, and a glossy, color-shifting cosmetic freshens the look. The frame plays a little more solid and a little more refined than the version before it.

The Sweet Zone, and why it forgives

The teardrop head is the Gravity's signature, and it is doing real work. Head calls it the Sweet Zone: the widest part of the hoop sits high, near the tip, exactly where modern players tend to make contact. That places the biggest, most forgiving part of the string bed where you actually hit the ball, so the MP shanks less and feels like it has a bigger hitting surface than a 100 usually does.

Pair that with Auxetic 2.0, which extends the carbon construction through the yoke and into the handle, and off-center contact stays clean and consistent. It is a big part of why the MP feels stable despite being the lightest frame in the line.

How it plays

The MP is easy to like and easy on the body. It swings quickly, finds spin and pop from all over the court, and stays comfortable doing it.

Lighter than it plays

At 10.4 ounces unstrung, the MP is the lightest Gravity, but it does not feel flimsy. The high sweet spot and the head shape give it a planted, stable feel that belies the weight, so you get the maneuverability of a light frame without the nervous, unstable response light frames often have.

Alex, on the Gravity MP

Spin and pop from anywhere

Despite a fairly dense 16x20 pattern, the MP generates real spin and pop, helped by the head shape and a fast swing. It is a versatile frame that is happy at the baseline or at the net, which makes it a natural fit for an all-court intermediate still shaping their game.

Steady at the net

The stability shows up most at the net. The high sweet spot and the planted feel make the MP a confident volleying frame, forgiving on a reflex volley and steady when you punch a ball away. For an intermediate building an all-court game, that pairing of an easy swing with a solid net response is a real part of the appeal, and it is not something you usually get from a frame this light and this comfortable.

Kind to the arm

Comfort is the reason a lot of players stay with the Gravity, and the MP is the softest of the three. The low flex and the Auxetic feel soak up shock, so if your arm has started to complain, this is a frame you can hit with for hours. It is arm-friendly power in the truest sense.

Sam, on the Gravity line

Strings and setup

Head recommends Hawk Touch 17 at 52 pounds, a soft, control-oriented string that suits the frame's character. If you want a touch more free power, and some players do, string it a pound or two lower than usual, or pair it with a livelier multifilament. The soft frame gives you plenty of room to tune it.

How it compares

Among comfortable, intermediate-friendly 100s, the MP is the feel-and-spin option. A Wilson Clash gives you a similar soft, flexible ride but leans harder into flex than the Gravity's more structured feel, and a Babolat Pure Drive gives you far more raw power but nothing like the comfort. If your priority is a plush, arm-friendly frame that still shapes the ball, the Gravity MP is hard to beat in this bracket, and the Sweet Zone gives it a bigger margin for error than most frames its weight.

Which Gravity is for you

The MP is the lightest and most forgiving Gravity, the one for an intermediate who wants comfort and easy playability. If you want more spin and control from a smaller player's frame, read our take on the rebuilt Gravity Tour. And if you want the heavy, precise control frame the pros use, the Gravity Pro is the one.

Who should swing it

The Gravity MP is for intermediate players who want a comfortable, forgiving frame that still delivers power and spin without losing feel. The soft flex protects the arm, the Sweet Zone forgives a mishit, and the light weight keeps it easy to swing, which is a lot of racquet for a developing player.

If you are an advanced player who wants a heavier, more precise platform, this is not the one. The Gravity Tour gives you more spin and control in a 98, and the Gravity Pro is the full-blooded control frame. But for comfort-first power and spin, the MP is the place to start.