Dr. Neubauer · Gorilla · Anti-topspin
Gorilla
A fast frictionless anti for aggressive close-table play, also offered with the A-B-S dampening sponge.
Gorilla combines a frictionless topsheet with a lively build, so it reverses spin strongly while still allowing punches and drives. The official shop lists a newer version with the A-B-S dampening sponge; that is a sponge configuration of the same topsheet and is stored here as a variant, not as a second product. The dampening build is slower, shorter and even more disruptive; the classic build is faster and more attack-friendly.
Also written as Gorilla A-B-S Sponge · Gorilla New Version
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.
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
Weaknesses
- Produces essentially no spin of its own
- No currently verified official thickness selector
Best for
- Players who disrupt rather than out-spin opponents
- Attacking anti players
- Blocking players
- Disruptive players
Not ideal for
- Players expecting the rubber to generate its own spin
- Players who dislike an unpredictable return from their own racket
Data confidence
Variants and configurations
1 variantColour, 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 · Standard sheet range
Standard · Sponged · Medium (TTDNA band)
Speed 62 · Spin 0 · Control 84
Known users
Blockers and disruptive all-round players who kill incoming spin and change rhythm.
Dr. Neubauer publishes no athlete roster for this sheet, so TTDNA shows the player profile it is built for instead of invented names.
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