ArcSaber 11 Pro
Model ARC-11PRO · Aaron Chia, Sapsiree Taerattanachai, Zheng Siwei
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ArcSaber 11 Pro: Yonex’s 2022 reboot and Aaron Chia’s world-title racquet
A reboot of a long-seller
Yonex Japan introduced the ArcSaber 11 Pro in January 2022 under a one-word label: “Reboot.” The original ArcSaber 11 had been on sale for nine years and was, in Yonex’s words, a long-seller. The Pro kept the name but not the frame. Six months after its global release it had a world title. At the 2022 World Championships in Tokyo, Aaron Chia and Soh Wooi Yik beat Mohammad Ahsan and Hendra Setiawan 21–19, 21–14 to become Malaysia’s first world champions, and Yonex’s report lists Chia on the ArcSaber 11 Pro. Soh, often assumed to share it, played the Astrox 88 D Pro.
What Yonex changed
Yonex said its analysis of the old model showed room to make the frame more stable while also holding the shuttle longer. The new head is grooved at the top and bottom for face stability and left ungrooved at the sides, where the sweet spot sits, so that area can flex. Inside the frame top is the Pocketing Booster, an elastomer lining that Yonex introduced as a new technology and placed where advanced players make contact. A connected grommet strip at the top, the Control-Assist Bumper, carries T-Anchor pieces that lock the vertical strings, and T-Anchor, a name carried over from the 2013 original, also stiffens the joint. The isometric face is larger. In Yonex’s own tests the new frame kept the shuttle on the strings 6.6% longer and gave 3.7% more smash power than the previous ArcSaber 11. The shaft recipe, high-modulus graphite with Super HMG and Ultra PE Fiber, was not new.
Who has played it
Yonex launched it with two names: Sapsiree Taerattanachai of Thailand, then the world No. 1 in mixed doubles, and Chia. It first appeared on court at the German Open in March 2022, then at the All England. Sapsiree won the Japan Open that September with Dechapol Puavaranukroh, who played the new ArcSaber 7 Pro. China’s Zheng Siwei is listed on it from the October 2022 Denmark Open, and again when he and Huang Yaqiong won the Malaysia Open in January 2023, took silver at that year’s World Championships and won the China Masters in November. Yonex’s May 2024 Thomas and Uber Cup report lists Chia and China’s Ren Xiangyu on it.
Pro, Tour and Play
The 2022 ArcSaber 11 came in three versions at once, all in Grayish Pearl. The Pro and the Tour have the Pocketing Booster; only the Pro adds Ultra PE Fiber to the shaft, and Yonex’s launch release gives a made-in-Japan line only for the Pro. The Play is a plain graphite racquet with a medium flex, offered in 4U only. The Pocketing Booster later appeared on the ArcSaber 7 Pro, released that August, and in February 2023 on Yonex Japan’s ArcSaber 3 and ArcSaber 1, which have their own pages. As of September 2026 Yonex Japan still lists the Pro, in Grayish Pearl only; the Tour and Play are export models that its catalogs do not list. Yonex Taiwan gives Taiwan as the Tour’s origin and China as the Play’s. The ArcSaber 11 Tour and ArcSaber 11 Play each have their own page. Japan’s badminton specialist-shop association also sold a white-and-red ArcSaber 11 Pro, which is not on Yonex’s own product pages and was in shops by February 2025; Yonex recorded it as item ARC11-PBP, “ArcSaber 11 Pro BP,” in the Japan Badminton Association’s certified-equipment list for its October 2024 session.
Current production
The ArcSaber 11 Pro has been in Yonex’s range since 2022 and still is, so new examples are the normal way to buy one. Its verified sales so far come from the Asian resale market in September 2026 and are mostly pre-owned; the price panel above lists them, with new and pre-owned valued separately, and the unused figure rests on too few sales to be more than an estimate. Yonex Japan’s launch price was ¥26,000 before tax. Because the standard Pro has kept a single finish throughout, its color does not date a second-hand frame. Its story so far is tour use rather than scarcity.
Fakes and mix-ups
No counterfeit specific to the ArcSaber 11 Pro has been documented in a forum report or by Yonex; the documented fake under this name is a 2013-type ArcSaber 11. The practical risk is a mix-up inside the family. The Tour and the Play share the Pro’s Grayish Pearl finish, and “ArcSaber 11” on its own can mean the red 2013 original. The printed tier name and the made-in marking tell them apart.
Where it sits
Yonex launched the ArcSaber line in 2007 with the ArcSaber 7, built around holding the shuttle rather than simply firing it back, and its 2022 release credited the series’ nearly 15 years with performances by players such as Taufik Hidayat. The 11 Pro heads the current ArcSaber 11 range. Coach Paul Stewart found its shaft and frame thinner than the original’s, with a harder feel, and judged it “definitely” an upgrade on the 2013 racquet.
Check the tier and origin first. The Pro is printed ARCSABER 11 PRO, item code ARC11-P, finished in Grayish Pearl (a mid gray with dark red) and made in Japan. Yonex lists 3U (average 88 g, grips 4–6) and 4U (average 83 g, grips 5–6), marks it 10 mm longer than standard and publishes an even balance and a stiff shaft. The connected grommet strip across the frame top is the Control-Assist Bumper. A Grayish Pearl frame without the PRO name is a Tour or a Play, a red frame is the 2013 original, and a white-and-red frame printed ARCSABER 11 PRO is the 2025 shop-association version, item ARC11-PBP. Serial numbers should be laser-engraved, and Yonex’s own test is a hologram sticker that resists lifting with a fingernail.
The ArcSaber 11 Pro is a current Yonex model with a fully published specification, so players can choose it on feel, weight and grip and buy it new. For collectors, its documented story is tour use: Chia’s 2022 world title, Sapsiree’s Japan Open and Zheng Siwei’s 2023 results. When buying second-hand, confirm the PRO marking and Made in Japan before anything else.
Verified prices last updated Sep 2026. All data based on tracked secondary market transactions.