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Dr. Neubauer · Tornado · Short pips

Tornado Ultra

The most spin-oriented Tornado: short pips that loop almost like an inverted rubber while keeping a flat hit.

Tornado Ultra is the closest the short-pips range comes to inverted behaviour. It produces high spin for a pips-out rubber, which makes opening loops and spinny counters realistic, while still delivering the direct, low ball that makes pips uncomfortable to face. Disruption is correspondingly the lowest in the family — this is an offensive rubber, not a disturbing one.

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

CategoryShort pips
Surface classPips-out
Surface frictionNot applicable
SpongeMedium sponge
Sponge hardnessMedium (TTDNA band)
ThicknessesStandard sheet range
ColoursRed · Black
Competition statusITTF approved
Approval checked2 August 2026
PriceVaries by retailer

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

Speed94
Spin88
Control86
Power85
Grip66
Tackiness0
Arc82
Catapult61
Throw angle77
Elastic77
Spin sensitivity71
Short game62
Blocking71
Backhand flip80
Counterloop91
Opening loop86
Chop54
Serve74
Service receive75
Difficulty65
Beginner friendly45
Durability72

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

Disruption50 / 100
Spin reversal18 / 100
Chop control56 / 100
Attackability94 / 100

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

  • High speed on active strokes
  • High own spin production
  • Genuinely usable for attacking

Weaknesses

  • No currently verified official thickness selector

Best for

  • Close-table hitters and counter-attackers
  • Close-table attack players
  • Counter-hitting players

Data confidence

ConfidenceMedium
ReferenceDr. Neubauer official product page
Source prioritydr_neubauer_official_product_page → dr_neubauer_official_category_page → current_ittf_larc_approval_list → official_regional_dr_neubauer_page → specialist_retailer → independent_expert_review → community_feedback
Last checked2 August 2026

Variants and configurations

1 variant

Colour, 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 94 · Spin 88 · 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

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.

Short pips

Tornado Supreme

The fastest spin-capable short pips in the range: an offensive rubber for hitting and looping close to the table.

Short pips

Tornado Extreme

A very fast attacking short pips with more disturbance than the Supreme builds.

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