TTDNA renders its own neutral topsheet visualisation for this brand, generated from verified construction data.
SANWEI · 388 Long Pips · Long pips
388D-2
A slightly firmer long pips sheet. It is more attackable than 388D-1 and suits close-table blocking and punching more than pure chopping.
Official SANWEI specifications
Official SANWEI models collected from the current manufacturer catalogue: the Target inverted family, the Gear and T88 families, the Pistol sheet and the 388 pips families.
- Series
- 388 Long Pips
- Category
- Long pips
- Official sponge degree
- 36° ±2
- Hardness scale
- Official SANWEI sponge degree (Chinese scale, no named standard)
- Published thicknesses
- OX · 0.5 mm · 1.0 mm · 1.5 mm
- Published colours
- Red · Black
- Technologies
- LONG PIPS GEOMETRY
- Country of manufacture
- China
- Sponge description
- Medium long pips sponge (sponged versions)
- Topsheet description
- Long pips, medium spacing
- Lifecycle status
- Active
- Last verified
- 1 August 2026
Sponge degrees are published by SANWEI on the Chinese degree scale without a named laboratory standard. TTDNA stores them exactly as published, with the published tolerance, and never relabels them Shore A, Shore C or ESN.
TTDNA ratings
TTDNA values are analytical 0 scores derived from official specifications, construction and verified category data. They are never official SANWEI ratings and are never shown as manufacturer values.
Physical characteristics
Playing characteristics
Pips characteristics
Spin reversal is the returned rotation of the incoming ball. It is a separate value from the TTDNA spin rating, which measures own spin production.
- Disruption
- 84
- Spin reversal
- 82
- Attackability
- 64
- Chop control
- 86
Confidence: high
Variants and configurations
8 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 · OX
Standard · No sponge (OX) · Topsheet only
Speed 45 · Spin 38 · Control 90
Red · 0.5 mm
Standard · Sponged · 36° ±2
Speed 52 · Spin 46 · Control 88
Red · 1.0 mm
Standard · Sponged · 36° ±2
Speed 57 · Spin 48 · Control 85
Red · 1.5 mm
Standard · Sponged · 36° ±2
Speed 60 · Spin 49 · Control 83
Black · OX
Standard · No sponge (OX) · Topsheet only
Speed 45 · Spin 38 · Control 90
Black · 0.5 mm
Standard · Sponged · 36° ±2
Speed 52 · Spin 46 · Control 88
Black · 1.0 mm
Standard · Sponged · 36° ±2
Speed 57 · Spin 48 · Control 85
Black · 1.5 mm
Standard · Sponged · 36° ±2
Speed 60 · Spin 49 · Control 83
Surface classification
Long pips
Surface classification (grippy, hybrid, tacky, very tacky) is a TTDNA editorial classification, not an official SANWEI metric.
Price
- List price
- Varies by retailer
No verified official SANWEI price snapshot is stored in this import, so prices are shown as varying by retailer. CNY and EUR prices are never converted into each other.
Playing characteristics
- Skill levels
- Intermediate · Advanced
- Play styles
- Disruptive · Blocking · Modern defense
- Aliases
- SANWEI 388D-2 · 388 D-2 · 388D2
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Known users
Defenders, choppers and disruptive blockers who rely on spin reversal rather than their own topspin.
SANWEI publishes no athlete roster for this sheet, so TTDNA shows the player profile it is built for instead of invented names.