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Friendship 729 · 729 Classic · Inverted
Super 729 FX
A very tacky, slow inverted covering built around grip and control rather than speed. It generates strong serve and short-game spin and demands the player supply the power.
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
- Super 729 FX
- Series
- 729 Classic
- Category
- Inverted
- ITTF approval code
- No numeric code listed
- ITTF approval status
- Approval status unknown
- Published hardness
- 41° · Soft
- Hardness scale
- Chinese sponge degree (no named laboratory standard) · Qualitative label published by the source
- Published thicknesses
- 1.8 mm · 2.0 mm · 2.2 mm
- Verified colours
- Red · Black
- Ball type
- Standard
- Sponge description
- Standard sponge
- Topsheet description
- Standard inverted topsheet
- Country of manufacture
- China
- Availability
- Legacy, still sold
- 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 · 1.8 mm
Standard · Sponged · 41°
Speed 64 · Spin 85 · Control 100
Red · 1.8 mm
Standard · Sponged · Soft
Speed 64 · Spin 85 · Control 100
Red · 2.0 mm
Standard · Sponged · 41°
Speed 67 · Spin 87 · Control 98
Red · 2.0 mm
Standard · Sponged · Soft
Speed 67 · Spin 87 · Control 98
Red · 2.2 mm
Standard · Sponged · 41°
Speed 70 · Spin 88 · Control 95
Red · 2.2 mm
Standard · Sponged · Soft
Speed 70 · Spin 88 · Control 95
Black · 1.8 mm
Standard · Sponged · 41°
Speed 64 · Spin 85 · Control 100
Black · 1.8 mm
Standard · Sponged · Soft
Speed 64 · Spin 85 · Control 100
Black · 2.0 mm
Standard · Sponged · 41°
Speed 67 · Spin 87 · Control 98
Black · 2.0 mm
Standard · Sponged · Soft
Speed 67 · Spin 87 · Control 98
Black · 2.2 mm
Standard · Sponged · 41°
Speed 70 · Spin 88 · Control 95
Black · 2.2 mm
Standard · Sponged · Soft
Speed 70 · Spin 88 · Control 95
Red · 1.8 mm
FX Super Soft · Sponged · 41°
Speed 61 · Spin 84 · Control 100
Red · 1.8 mm
FX Super Soft · Sponged · Soft
Speed 61 · Spin 84 · Control 100
Red · 2.0 mm
FX Super Soft · Sponged · 41°
Speed 64 · Spin 86 · Control 100
Red · 2.0 mm
FX Super Soft · Sponged · Soft
Speed 64 · Spin 86 · Control 100
Red · 2.2 mm
FX Super Soft · Sponged · 41°
Speed 67 · Spin 87 · Control 97
Red · 2.2 mm
FX Super Soft · Sponged · Soft
Speed 67 · Spin 87 · Control 97
Black · 1.8 mm
FX Super Soft · Sponged · 41°
Speed 61 · Spin 84 · Control 100
Black · 1.8 mm
FX Super Soft · Sponged · Soft
Speed 61 · Spin 84 · Control 100
Black · 2.0 mm
FX Super Soft · Sponged · 41°
Speed 64 · Spin 86 · Control 100
Black · 2.0 mm
FX Super Soft · Sponged · Soft
Speed 64 · Spin 86 · Control 100
Black · 2.2 mm
FX Super Soft · Sponged · 41°
Speed 67 · Spin 87 · Control 97
Black · 2.2 mm
FX Super Soft · Sponged · Soft
Speed 67 · Spin 87 · Control 97
Commercial editions
Editions are sold under this approved covering family and never form a separate ITTF identity.
- Super 729 FX
- Standard · FX spongeThe reference build of Super 729 FX.
- 729 FX Super Soft
- Soft · FX soft spongeSofter sponge build of the same covering: more dwell time and control, lower top speed.
Surface classification
Very tacky
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
- Controlled offense · Close to table · Blocking
- Aliases
- Friendship Super 729 FX · 729 Super 729 FX
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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.