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Friendship 729 · Aurora · Inverted
729 Aurora
A grippy, non-tacky tension covering with a medium-hard sponge. It gives a high arc and a springy, European-style feel while keeping enough control for opening loops.
Official specifications
Friendship covering families and commercial editions are kept separate so sponge, hardness and regional versions do not create duplicate products.
- Official covering name
- 729 Aurora
- Series
- Aurora
- Category
- Inverted
- ITTF approval code
- 27-009
- ITTF approval status
- Approval status unknown
- Published hardness
- 47° · 50°
- Hardness scale
- Chinese sponge degree (no named laboratory standard)
- Published thicknesses
- 2.1 mm · MAX
- Verified colours
- Red · Black · Green
- Ball type
- Standard
- Sponge description
- Tension sponge
- Topsheet description
- Standard inverted topsheet
- Country of manufacture
- China
- Availability
- Currently produced
- Stock
- Stock unknown
- Last verified
- 1 August 2026
Friendship publishes sponge hardness on Chinese degree scales without a named laboratory standard. TTDNA stores each value exactly as published and never converts it to Shore A, Shore C or an ESN equivalent.
Colours are only listed when an ITTF covering entry verifies them. Red and black are never assumed.
TTDNA ratings
TTDNA values are analytical 0-100 scores derived from construction, category and verified specifications. They are never official Friendship ratings and are never shown as manufacturer values.
Physical characteristics
Playing characteristics
Variants and configurations
24 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.
Red · 2.1 mm
Aurora Standard · Sponged · 47°
Speed 81 · Spin 89 · Control 90
Red · 2.1 mm
Aurora Standard · Sponged · 50°
Speed 81 · Spin 89 · Control 90
Red · MAX
Aurora Standard · Sponged · 47°
Speed 84 · Spin 90 · Control 87
Red · MAX
Aurora Standard · Sponged · 50°
Speed 84 · Spin 90 · Control 87
Black · 2.1 mm
Aurora Standard · Sponged · 47°
Speed 81 · Spin 89 · Control 90
Black · 2.1 mm
Aurora Standard · Sponged · 50°
Speed 81 · Spin 89 · Control 90
Black · MAX
Aurora Standard · Sponged · 47°
Speed 84 · Spin 90 · Control 87
Black · MAX
Aurora Standard · Sponged · 50°
Speed 84 · Spin 90 · Control 87
Green · 2.1 mm
Aurora Standard · Sponged · 47°
Speed 81 · Spin 89 · Control 90
Green · 2.1 mm
Aurora Standard · Sponged · 50°
Speed 81 · Spin 89 · Control 90
Green · MAX
Aurora Standard · Sponged · 47°
Speed 84 · Spin 90 · Control 87
Green · MAX
Aurora Standard · Sponged · 50°
Speed 84 · Spin 90 · Control 87
Red · 2.1 mm
Aurora MAX · Sponged · 47°
Speed 81 · Spin 89 · Control 90
Red · 2.1 mm
Aurora MAX · Sponged · 50°
Speed 81 · Spin 89 · Control 90
Red · MAX
Aurora MAX · Sponged · 47°
Speed 84 · Spin 90 · Control 87
Red · MAX
Aurora MAX · Sponged · 50°
Speed 84 · Spin 90 · Control 87
Black · 2.1 mm
Aurora MAX · Sponged · 47°
Speed 81 · Spin 89 · Control 90
Black · 2.1 mm
Aurora MAX · Sponged · 50°
Speed 81 · Spin 89 · Control 90
Black · MAX
Aurora MAX · Sponged · 47°
Speed 84 · Spin 90 · Control 87
Black · MAX
Aurora MAX · Sponged · 50°
Speed 84 · Spin 90 · Control 87
Green · 2.1 mm
Aurora MAX · Sponged · 47°
Speed 81 · Spin 89 · Control 90
Green · 2.1 mm
Aurora MAX · Sponged · 50°
Speed 81 · Spin 89 · Control 90
Green · MAX
Aurora MAX · Sponged · 47°
Speed 84 · Spin 90 · Control 87
Green · MAX
Aurora MAX · Sponged · 50°
Speed 84 · Spin 90 · Control 87
Commercial editions
Editions are sold under this approved covering family and never form a separate ITTF identity.
- Aurora Standard
- Standard · Aurora tension spongeThe reference build of Aurora.
- Aurora MAX
- MAX · Aurora tension spongeThe maximum-thickness build of Aurora. It is a thickness edition of the same approved covering.
Surface classification
Grippy
Surface classification (grippy, slightly tacky, tacky, very tacky, pips, anti) is a TTDNA editorial classification, not an official Friendship metric.
Price
- List price
- Varies by retailer
No verified official Friendship price snapshot is stored in this import, so prices are shown as varying by retailer and are never converted between currencies.
Suitability
- Skill levels
- Intermediate · Advanced
- Play styles
- Topspin offense · Controlled offense · Mid distance
- Aliases
- Friendship 729 Aurora
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Known users
Offensive club and league players who want a spin-first inverted sheet on the forehand or backhand.
Friendship 729 publishes no athlete roster for this sheet, so TTDNA shows the player profile it is built for instead of invented names.