Astrox 99 Pro (3rd Gen)
Model AX-99PRO-3G · Alex Lanier, P. V. Sindhu
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Astrox 99 Pro (3rd Gen): Lanier’s world-title racquet and the most head-heavy 99 yet
France’s first men’s world champion
Alex Lanier won the 2026 World Championships in New Delhi on August 23, beating Kodai Naraoka 21–11, 21–11, and Yonex’s equipment list for the final names his racquet as the Astrox 99 Pro. The 21-year-old was seeded ninth. Yonex noted that it was France’s first men’s singles world title, won on the same day a French pair took the country’s first mixed doubles title. In July, P. V. Sindhu, the 2019 world champion, had won her first Japan Open, the first Indian player to take the title, beating Akane Yamaguchi in straight games after a spell of injury, with the same racquet on Yonex’s list. Yonex’s reports name the model, not the generation, but by 2026 the black-and-green 2025 frame was the only Astrox 99 Pro that Yonex sold, and Sindhu and Lanier were the two players it had named for it at launch.
A lighter cap for more head weight
Yonex Japan announced the third-generation Astrox 99 on August 25, 2025, for sale in early September, and Yonex’s global launch followed on September 5. Yonex described it as a redesign of the most smash-focused Astrox for today’s attacking game, with the Pro and a new Tour for advanced players and the Game for intermediates. The headline change is weight. A hollowed, lighter end cap, used on the Pro and Tour, moves the balance toward the head; Yonex Japan calls the result more head-heavy than before, and Yonex’s English release calls it the most head-heavy model in the current lineup. The Pro and Tour add 2G-Namd Flex Force, which Yonex says gives Namd’s carbon-nanotube layer a three-dimensional structure, in both frame and shaft. The Pro’s frame also has CFR and its shaft Ultra PE Fiber, and Yonex pairs the head weight with a high-rigidity anti-torsion shaft to keep the face stable. It is made in Japan and launched at ¥33,000 before tax in Japan and $290 at Yonex USA.
Sindhu, Lanier and the earlier 99s
At launch Yonex named Sindhu among the top players who would use the Pro from the 2025 World Championships and said Lanier was “scheduled to transition” to it. Yonex’s report of the 2025 world finals lists no Astrox 99 Pro user, and the earliest dated Yonex equipment lists naming either player on the Pro are the reports of July and August 2026. Lanier’s first big title, the 2024 Japan Open, came a year before this generation existed, and Yonex Japan listed his racquet then as plain “ASTROX 99,” without the Pro tier it printed for the 2021 model. Yonex’s athlete pages for him now list the Astrox 99 Pro, the global one beside a picture of the 2021 White Tiger frame, so they show the model, not the generation. Kento Momota and Naraoka are documented on the 2021 Pro, and no Yonex source puts either on this one. No other player is documented on it.
Black, green and orange
Black and green is the only finish. Yonex says the colors evoke a planet colliding with a meteorite, with a marble-like texture and orange streaks running from frame to grip to suggest shot information reaching the hand. The Tour (3AX99-T) and Game (3AX99-G) share it but are made in Taiwan; the Game, which has its own page, is 4U only, with 2G-Nanomesh Neo in place of 2G-Namd Flex Force, and Yonex’s global line adds a Play. The 2021 Pro (AX99-P) came in White Tiger and Cherry Sunburst, and the 2018 Astrox 99 (AX99) in Sunshine Orange, Sapphire Navy and the LCW edition. That first generation had no Pro tier, so an “Astrox 99 Pro” in Sunshine Orange or Sapphire Navy is a mislabeled 2018 racquet.
In production since September 2025
The Pro is in current production. Yonex Japan’s racquet list on October 4, 2026 shows 3AX99-P in Black/Green, Yonex’s global store lists it in stock, and Yonex Japan’s 2026 catalog carries the full third-generation line, so new examples sell at retail. It is a current player’s racquet with a world title attached rather than a scarce one: Yonex has not called it limited, and Lanier’s and Sindhu’s titles belong to the model, not to any particular frame. Resale is about pre-owned copies. The verified sales shown above are pre-owned frames from Asia resale.
Two racquets called Astrox 99 Pro
The practical risk is identity. Yonex has used the Astrox 99 Pro name for two racquets, and AX99-P without the leading 3 is Yonex’s code for the 2021 frame, which is still listed on Yonex’s global store. Yonex’s US and UK pages for the new Pro list Volume Cut Resin, a 2021 material that Yonex Japan’s specification for this frame does not include, so copied descriptions can mix the two generations. The Taiwan-made Tour and Game share the Pro’s colors. No counterfeit of this generation is documented; Yonex’s general counterfeit guidance applies.
What changed from the 2021 Pro
Much carried over. Like the 2021 Pro, the new one is made in Japan, 10 mm longer than standard, offered in 4U (average 83 g, grips 5–6) and 3U (average 88 g, grips 4–6), and strung at Yonex’s recommended 20–28 lb for the 4U and 21–29 lb for the 3U. The Rotational Generator System and the Power-Assist Bumper at the frame top return from 2021. The materials changed: Yonex’s global spec for the 2021 Pro lists HM Graphite, Namd, Volume Cut Resin and tungsten in the frame and Namd in the shaft, where the new frame has CFR and 2G-Namd Flex Force and the shaft adds Ultra PE Fiber. The lighter end cap is new. Yonex’s global store rates both generations’ flex as stiff, as do its Far East and Taiwan sites for the new Pro; Yonex’s US store page for the new Pro said medium at launch and extra stiff later, and its UK page says medium.
Yonex’s item code is 3AX99-P; the 2021 Pro is AX99-P. Look for black and green with orange accents, a Made in Japan marking (the Tour and Game in the same colors are made in Taiwan), a frame 10 mm longer than standard and Yonex’s weights: 4U at an average of 83 g (grips 5–6) or 3U at 88 g (grips 4–6). Yonex Japan lists high-modulus carbon, CFR, tungsten and 2G-Namd Flex Force in the frame, and 2G-Namd Flex Force with Ultra PE Fiber in the shaft; a description that lists Volume Cut Resin has been copied from the 2021 Pro or from a Yonex page that repeats it. Yonex’s own test is the hologram sticker, which resists peeling on a genuine racquet and lifts easily with a fingernail on a fake.
This is a current racquet, so players can buy it new and choose weight and grip freely. Lanier’s world title gives it a story, but that belongs to the model, not to any particular frame. Buyers of used examples should confirm the 3AX99-P code and the Japan marking, since the 2021 Pro shares the name and the Taiwan-made Tour and Game share the colors. If Yonex ends the line, interest would rest on the Lanier and Sindhu titles and the single Black/Green finish; claims that a frame was match-used need more than a player’s name.
Verified prices last updated Sep 2026. All data based on tracked secondary market transactions.