Racquet repair — carbon frames and grommets
€49.90
A broken racquet is not always a finished racquet.
A crack usually sends one frame to the bin and another to the basket. That is a shame, because carbon can be rebuilt: the damaged material is taken out, the layup is redone, the area is cured again. The workshop developed this for breaks that replacing handles faster, but not better.
The diagnosis. How far the crack runs, where it goes in the structure, what it does to stiffness and to the string bed. Some very extensive breaks cannot be repaired; if yours is one of them we tell you straight away and refund the service.
The rebuild. Successive layers and the appropriate epoxy resins, to bring the area back to a stiffness and a stability close to the original.
Proven, not promised. This is not an experiment. The method has been in use for more than four years, on several hundred players' racquets, including at a high level of play. Repaired frames go back on court and stay there.
Grommets as well. A split grommet or a crushed bumper strip cuts the string during stringing and skews the tension before the first rally. They can be replaced on their own, or along with a frame repair — and they are inspected as a matter of course whenever a frame comes through the workshop.
Which racquets. Most carbon composite frames, any brand. The frame keeps its own behaviour, which is a large part of the reason to repair rather than replace: a racquet you know does not have to be learned again.
How it works. Order the service and send the racquet to the workshop, in Normandy — the shipping details go out with your order confirmation. Allow two weeks from the day it arrives.
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Before you send your racquet
Where to send it. By Mondial Relay, to the Locker 24/7 CocciMarket at 61270 Aube (France) — open round the clock. Put your name and your order number in the parcel, or write them on the outside.
- Take the strings out if the frame is broken, and remove the overgrip if there is one.
- Pack it flat and tight — a sleeve or a slim flat box, not a bulky carton. The largest locker compartment is 64 × 38 × 39 cm and a 27″ frame goes in on the diagonal, so what matters is thickness, not length.
- This is a manual process and it leaves some excess material on the repaired area. That excess is uneven and may be visually imperfect — the photos on this page show it as it is.
- The repair adds roughly 2 to 4 g to the frame.
- Want to talk it through first? Contact us through the site chat.
What a repair does not give back
A repaired frame is not a new frame. The excess shows, the mass goes up by 2 to 4 g, and the setup moves with it. None of that stops you playing, but you are better off knowing beforehand. If the figures matter to you, the customisation service brings the frame back to its values after the repair, in the same shipment.
Stringing afterwards
A repaired frame comes back unstrung. Choose the stringing option and we string it before sending it back: the stringing is €13, and you add the set of your choice to the basket on top. Tell us the tension you want in the order notes; left blank, we use the reference tension.
Shipping and lead time
Send the racquet by Mondial Relay to the Locker 24/7 CocciMarket at 61270 Aube, France. Allow two weeks from the day it arrives. A paintjob or a setup can be ordered in the same shipment — tell us when you order and we will give you the lead time for the whole job.