Dr. Neubauer · Desperado · Long pips
Desperado
The original Desperado: a high-reversal long pips for disruptive close-table defence.
Desperado established the family's reversal-first character. Passive blocks return the opponent's rotation almost intact, pushes float low over the net, and the rubber punishes players who loop without varying their spin. It is slower and less refined than the later generations and remains a separate catalogue record.
Dr. Neubauer product photography is not licensed for TTDNA, so TTDNA renders its own neutral topsheet visualisation generated from verified construction data.
Official Dr. Neubauer data
Approval status follows the Dr. Neubauer catalogue check recorded on the date shown. Dr. Neubauer sells its competition range as ITTF-approved coverings; any covering the catalogue lists as training-only is shown as not ITTF approved. No reliable official Dr. Neubauer list price is published per region, so no price is shown rather than an invented one.
TTDNA ratings
Confidence: Medium
TTDNA values are TTDNA's own editorially normalised 0–100 ratings. They are never an official Dr. Neubauer rating and never a conversion of the Dr. Neubauer manufacturer scale.
TTDNA ratings are normalized comparison values, not laboratory measurements. They are built from published specifications, technical sources and structured product evidence, converted to one 0–100 scale. Where a directly comparable measurement is unavailable, the value is an evidence-based estimate. Overall-style scores are composites of several characteristics. Methodology
Sources: Dr. Neubauer official product data · Retailer spec listings — weight, sponge hardness and thickness · TTDNA ratings — derived by TableTennisDNA, not manufacturer data
Effect profile
Spin reversal is the returned rotation of the incoming ball. It is stored separately from the TTDNA spin rating, which measures the rubber's own spin production.
Strengths
- Very high spin reversal on passive contacts
- Strongly disruptive ball quality
- Stable when chopping
Weaknesses
- Own spin production is minimal by design
- Limited speed; points have to be won by placement
Best for
- Players who disrupt rather than out-spin opponents
- Defensive players
- Disruptive players
- Blocking players
Not ideal for
- Players who want to loop with this side of the blade
- Players who want to hit through opponents
- Players who dislike an unpredictable return from their own racket
Data confidence
Variants and configurations
4 variantsColour, thickness and configuration are variants of one model — never separate products. Colour never changes a rating, MAX and OX stay qualitative labels, and OX carries no sponge hardness.
Black · Red · OX
Standard · No sponge (OX) · Topsheet only
Speed 40 · Spin 14 · Control 93
Black · Red · 0.6 mm
Standard · Sponged · Medium (TTDNA band)
Speed 48 · Spin 19 · Control 88
Black · Red · 1.0 mm
Standard · Sponged · Medium (TTDNA band)
Speed 52 · Spin 22 · Control 84
Black · Red · 1.3 mm
Standard · Sponged · Medium (TTDNA band)
Speed 54 · Spin 23 · Control 82
Known users
Defenders, choppers and disruptive blockers who rely on spin reversal rather than their own topspin.
Dr. Neubauer publishes no athlete roster for this sheet, so TTDNA shows the player profile it is built for instead of invented names.
Rest of the Desperado family
69 Dr. Neubauer models in TTDNA · Compare the range