Sauer & Tröger · Anti · Anti-spin
Blackout
A slow, low-friction anti designed for close-table blocking, strong pace reduction and pronounced spin reversal.
Blackout combines a strongly grip-reduced topsheet with an ultra-soft, linearly dampening sponge. Its primary strengths are absorbing incoming pace, keeping blocks short and returning the opponent's rotation with a disruptive trajectory.
Also written as Blackout Anti · Blackout Anti-Top · Sauer & Tröger Blackout · Sauer Troeger Blackout
Sauer & Tröger product photography is not licensed for TTDNA, so TTDNA renders its own neutral topsheet visualisation generated from verified construction data.
Official Sauer & Tröger data
Competition approval is only shown once it has been checked against the current ITTF list of authorised racket coverings. A shop listing on its own is not treated as proof, and an unverified covering is never shown as illegal. No reliable official Sauer & Tröger list price is published per region, so no price is shown rather than an invented one.
Construction characteristics
- Ultra-soft linearly dampening sponge
- Strongly grip-reduced anti surface
- Manufacturer claims approximately 85% reduced grip
TTDNA ratings
TTDNA values are TTDNA's own editorially normalised 0–100 ratings. They are never an official Sauer & Tröger rating and never a conversion of the Sauer & Tröger manufacturer scale. 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 strong pace absorption
- High spin reversal
- Excellent passive-block security
- Low automatic rebound
- Available in blue
Weaknesses
- Limited active spin production
- Requires specialised racket angles
- Lower offensive flexibility than classic anti
- Not suitable for conventional inverted strokes
Best for
- Close-table anti blockers
- Players wanting maximum slowing effect
- Disruptive defensive all-rounders
Not ideal for
- Conventional topspin players
- Players wanting an attacking anti
- Beginners expecting inverted-rubber technique
Data confidence
Variants and configurations
2 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 · 1.5 mm
Standard · Sponged · Soft
Speed 28 · Spin 0 · Control 99
Black · Red · 2.0 mm
Standard · Sponged · Soft
Speed 34 · Spin 1 · Control 93
TTDNA ratings
Known users
Blockers and disruptive all-round players who kill incoming spin and change rhythm.
Sauer & Tröger publishes no athlete roster for this sheet, so TTDNA shows the player profile it is built for instead of invented names.
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