Nox Pro Cup Hard

The Nox Pro Cup comes in a Hard and a Soft version for 2027. The two rackets match in almost every listed spec and differ in the core. This page works from specs alone. No review of the Pro Cup Hard has been found yet, and Ruud has not played it.

Pro Cup Hard or Pro Cup Soft: one core apart

The Nox Pro Cup Soft and this racket share a teardrop shape and 38 mm thickness. Both list a 360 to 375 g weight range and a medium balance label. Both have a silver fiberglass face and the link to Agustín Tapia. The core is the difference. This one has HR3 Hard EVA, the other HR3 Soft EVA.

Both rackets show the same meter labels: Medium for control and power, Low for comfort, maneuverability and sweet spot. So the meters do not separate them. Treat that as a limit of the meters, not proof that the two feel alike. A softer core is generally expected to feel gentler, but the comfort label reads Low on both.

Silver fiberglass in place of Fiberglass Alum: the one change since the AT10

Last year's Nox AT10 Pro Cup Hard lists the face as Fiberglass Alum. The 2027 racket lists Silver fiberglass. Every other compared spec is the same: core, frame, shape, balance label, thickness, weight range and level.

So what changed? A label. The product page still talks about aluminised fibreglass faces with a metallic finish, which suggests the wording moved more than the material did. Nox does not say either way. If you own the AT10, you have no spec-based reason to expect a different racket.

HR3 Hard EVA in a teardrop: why comfort and sweet spot read Low

Two drivers explain the Low labels. The hard core lowers both comfort and sweet spot. The heavy weight class lowers comfort further. The fiberglass face works the other way on comfort and raises it a little.

The teardrop shape raises the sweet spot a little, but not enough to lift the label, which reads Low. If your arm complains, the Soft version has a softer core. Its comfort label is the same Low, though, so the meters do not promise a difference.

A firm feel for precision, says Nox: what the medium meters say

The product page says: "The firmer feel of a legendary club, for those seeking precision and control with every swing." It also claims the aluminised fibreglass faces and the carbon fibre frame give considerable stiffness. It adds that the Pulse System anti-vibration technology helps protect the arm. Those are brand claims, not test results.

The meters are more modest. Control reads Medium: the teardrop and medium balance raise it, the fiberglass face lowers it. Power reads Medium too, with the hard core, weight and shape pushing up and the face pulling down. This is not a power racket and not a soft control tool. It sits in the middle, with a firm edge.

360 to 375 g at 38 mm: what the weight range asks of an advanced arm

The listed range is 360 to 375 g. Nox does not say which weight your racket will be. The profile treats it as a heavy weight class, and that is why maneuverability reads Low even with a medium balance label.

Nox lists the level as Advanced. Together with a Low comfort label and a Low sweet spot, that points to players with a settled swing.

Next to the Dunlop Impact HL Red and the Siux Adrenaline IBAI Edition

The Dunlop Impact HL Red shares the 38 mm thickness, the teardrop shape and the 360 to 375 g range. It is listed for beginners and intermediates, and its comfort and sweet spot meters read Medium, one step above the Nox. Its core is listed as EVA super flex. If you want a racket in the same weight range with Medium comfort and sweet spot meters, it is the cleaner comparison.

The Siux Adrenaline IBAI Edition is also a teardrop with medium balance, and is listed for beginners and intermediates. Its maneuverability reads Medium against Low here. That is the only meter where it differs from this racket.

What Nox leaves blank matters too. Balance in mm, head size, handle and weight system are not published. The balance is only given as the label Medium. That is enough to place the racket roughly, but not to compare it closely with another medium-balance racket. If these details decide your purchase, check them in a shop before you commit.