Astrox 99 Tour (3rd Gen)
Model AX-99TOUR
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Astrox 99 Tour (3rd Gen): the Pro’s 2G-Namd and head weight in a Taiwan-made frame
The tier Japan added
The third-generation Astrox 99 Tour is the tier Yonex Japan added. Its release of August 25, 2025 announced the new Astrox 99 for sale in early September, with the Pro and Tour for advanced players and the Game for intermediates, and said the lineup “adds a new Tour to the Pro and Game.” In Japan the 2021 line had been a Pro and a Game; the 2021 Tour was sold abroad. Yonex’s global release of the same day named four models, the Pro, Tour, Game and Play, for a worldwide launch on September 5, 2025. Yonex gives the Tour the Pro’s 2G-Namd Flex Force and lighter end cap, and the head-heavy balance that comes with them, in a frame made in Taiwan rather than Japan.
What it keeps from the Pro
Yonex built the 2025 Astrox 99 around weight: an enhanced Rotational Generator System spreads it across the grip end, frame top and joint, and the Power-Assist Bumper adds it at the frame top. Yonex’s global release says the Pro and Tour combine 2G-Namd Flex Force with a lightweight end cap for “a head-heavy balance that powers smashes,” and Yonex Japan’s release marks 2G-Namd Flex Force “Pro and Tour only.” Yonex’s spec sheets give the Tour a frame of high-modulus graphite, CSR, tungsten and 2G-Namd Flex Force, and a shaft of high-modulus graphite and 2G-Namd Flex Force. In materials the Pro differs in three places: CFR instead of CSR in the frame, Ultra PE Fiber added to the shaft, and what Yonex calls a new built-in T-joint. Both are stiff and 10 mm longer than standard.
Advanced players, no named user
No player is documented using the Tour. Yonex named P. V. Sindhu and Alex Lanier for the Pro at launch, and Lanier’s 2026 world title belongs to the Pro, which has its own page. Yonex Japan places the Tour with the Pro, for advanced players: its online shop’s level chart marks the Tour for advanced men and women and leaves intermediate and beginner blank, and its 2026 catalog describes a shaft that raises shot performance and the series’ longest balance design, “for players who want power above all.” Yonex USA’s product text calls the Tour a racquet for a front-court doubles specialist, the same sentence it uses for the 99 Game.
One finish, two weights
The Tour comes only in Black/Green (color 530), the finish Yonex says draws on meteors colliding with planets, with a marble-like texture and orange streaks from frame to grip. Yonex offers it in 4U (average 83 g, grips 5–6) and 3U (average 88 g, grips 4–6); Yonex USA’s store sells 4U with grip 5. The Pro (3AX99-P, made in Japan), the Game (3AX99-G, Taiwan) and the Play (3AX99-PL, China) share the finish, and each has its own page. The 2021 Astrox 99 Tour (AX99-T), in White Tiger or Cherry Sunburst, had Nanomesh Neo and Volume Cut Resin in the frame and Namd in the shaft; it is a different racquet with its own page.
On Yonex’s lists since September 2025
The Tour is in current production. In October 2026 Yonex’s global site listed it in stock, and Yonex USA’s store, which first published it on September 8, 2025, listed it at $200. Yonex Japan’s 2026 catalog prints it at ¥31,900 including tax, between the Pro at ¥36,300 and the Game at an open price; Yonex Japan’s online shop later showed the frame at ¥33,000 including tax. New stock through Yonex’s regional companies and their dealers is the main supply, and nothing about the model is scarce. No verified sales are recorded yet.
Four tiers in one paint
No counterfeit of the 2025 Tour is documented, though the previous generation’s finish has been copied: a player’s 2026 blog documented a fake White Tiger Astrox 99 Play. The likelier confusion is between tiers. The Pro, Tour, Game and Play share one finish, and Yonex USA’s Tour text repeats the front-court doubles wording of its Game page, so copied listings blur them. The Tour’s own markers are its item code, a Taiwan origin and Yonex’s stiff rating; a Black/Green 99 in 3U is a Pro or a Tour, never a Game or a Play. An “Astrox 99 Tour” in White Tiger or Cherry Sunburst is the 2021 model.
Closest to the Pro
Yonex’s 2025 ladder runs Pro, Tour, Game and Play, and the Tour sits nearest the top: the Pro’s flex, weights, length, 2G-Namd Flex Force and end cap, with CSR in place of CFR, no Ultra PE Fiber and a Taiwan factory. Yonex USA priced the four at $290, $200, $145 and $110, the Play strung. Against the 2021 Tour, the 2025 model replaces Nanomesh Neo and Volume Cut Resin in the frame with CSR and 2G-Namd Flex Force and adds the lighter end cap. Elsewhere in Yonex’s range the nearest tier is the Astrox 100 Tour, also Taiwan-made but rated extra stiff, which has its own page.
Yonex’s item code is 3AX99-T; the 2021 Tour is AX99-T, without the 3. Look for Black/Green with orange accents, a frame 10 mm longer than standard and a Taiwan origin: the Pro in the same colors is made in Japan and the Play in China. Yonex lists stiff flex and two weights, 4U at an average of 83 g (grips 5–6) and 3U at 88 g (grips 4–6), and recommends 20–28 lb for 4U and 21–29 lb for 3U. Yonex’s frame materials are high-modulus graphite, CSR, tungsten and 2G-Namd Flex Force, with high-modulus graphite and 2G-Namd Flex Force in the shaft; a description with CFR or Ultra PE Fiber is the Pro’s, and one with 2G-Nanomesh Neo is the Game’s. 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 most buyers will get it new and choose the weight and grip. Yonex recommends Aerobite for control players and Exbolt 68 for hard hitters. For a used frame, confirm the 3AX99-T code, the Taiwan marking and the weight label, and ask for daylight photographs of the shaft and T-joint. Lanier’s world title belongs to the Pro, and a Tour listing that leans on it is describing a different racquet.