Dr. Neubauer · Tornado · Short pips
Tornado Supreme Soft
A fast, spin-capable short pips on a soft 33° sponge: offensive close to the table with a forgiving touch.
Tornado Supreme Soft is an offensive short-pips rubber. Unlike disruption-first pips, it can genuinely produce spin, so opening loops and spinny drives are possible while the flat hitting stays direct. The soft sponge holds the ball a fraction longer, which helps the short game and makes the timing window wider. It is a close-table attacking rubber rather than a defensive one, and it does not reverse much of the opponent's spin. Thicker sponges add speed; the thinner options improve control over the block.
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Official Dr. Neubauer data
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TTDNA ratings
Confidence: Medium-high
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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 control for its category
- High speed on active strokes
- Genuinely usable for attacking
Best for
- Close-table hitters and counter-attackers
- Close-table attack players
- Counter-hitting players
Data confidence
Variants and configurations
5 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 · 1.3 mm
Standard · Sponged · 33°
Speed 91 · Spin 79 · Control 92
Black · Red · 1.5 mm
Standard · Sponged · 33°
Speed 95 · Spin 82 · Control 88
Black · Red · 1.8 mm
Standard · Sponged · 33°
Speed 95 · Spin 82 · Control 88
Black · Red · 2.0 mm
Standard · Sponged · 33°
Speed 95 · Spin 82 · Control 88
Black · Red · 2.2 mm
Standard · Sponged · 33°
Speed 97 · Spin 83 · Control 86
Known users
Fast-block and hitting players — pen-hold forehands and close-to-table backhands that punish topspin early.
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 Tornado family
Tornado Supreme
The fastest spin-capable short pips in the range: an offensive rubber for hitting and looping close to the table.
Short pipsTornado Extreme
A very fast attacking short pips with more disturbance than the Supreme builds.
Short pipsTornado Ultra
The most spin-oriented Tornado: short pips that loop almost like an inverted rubber while keeping a flat hit.
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