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Project
Bublik

Built with Alexander Bublik

The current iteration in an ongoing development process with ATP professional Alexander Bublik. A checkpoint, not a conclusion.

The Development Process

Built in the open

Project Bublik is the story of an ongoing development process between Alexander Bublik and Diadem. It’s a working snapshot of the specs, feel, and construction being refined toward his eventual signature frame. With dozens of prototypes and thousands of design decisions, Project Bublik is a work-in-progress that players around the world get to participate in.

Most signature rackets are launched as finished products. We did the opposite. Project Bublik is a checkpoint along the way rather than a final conclusion.

Diadem and Bublik are building his frame the way he plays: entertaining, unconventional, and with a refusal to settle. Project Bublik captures that process mid-stride with current specs, current tuning, current feel. Never stagnant, always moving.

Welcome to Project Bublik

Project Bublik blueprint graphic: Alexander Bublik on court with his racket bag, overlaid with Diadem branding
Blueprint
Project Bublik graphic: Alexander Bublik holding the frame, surrounded by polaroid photographs from the build
From the build
Alexander Bublik in an orange polo against a light backdrop, holding the Project Bublik frame upright and looking it over

In his words

Doing things my way.

“Tennis, for me, has always been about doing things my way. So when I started working with Diadem to build my perfect racket, I wanted the same thing: something built exactly for how I play, with no compromises.

Project Bublik is the first step of that journey. It’s a frame we’ve developed together, tuned to my specs, my feel, my game.

It’s not finished yet. We’re still refining, still pushing, still chasing perfection. But I wanted you to be part of that process.”

Alexander Bublik  ///  ATP professional

From the Bench

The working file

Sketches, color references, tagged prototypes and frame studies from the builds behind this iteration.

Spiral notebook of racket sketches beside color reference strips
Pantone color fans opened out across the development desk
Grip materials and sample components laid out on the desk
A polaroid of Alexander Bublik among the frame parts and reference sheets
Low angle view of Alexander Bublik striking through a backhand with the Project Bublik frame
Alexander Bublik  ///  Project Bublik

The Range

The frame

The frame Alexander plays, and the only one in the release carried here. Every recorded figure is in the specifications table below.

Bublik’s spec 302 g · 98 in² · 16 × 20
Bublik’s Model Project Bublik 98 tennis racket, full frame

Project Bublik98

A 98 in² head, a tight 16 × 20 pattern and a 6 points head-light balance. The frame built around how Alexander plays.

The Detail

Up close

The finishes that mark the release.

Alexander Bublik's hand around the throat of the frame, gold detailing visible along the shaft
Gold script running along the frame shaft reading "Sometimes I hit the yellow ball"
Alexander Bublik's signature applied in gold across the throat of the frame
The Diadem diamonds mark on the throat of the frame, above the grip

The Story

Frame by frame

Side By Side

Full specifications

Every recorded figure for this iteration. These are the current specs, and the next build will move again.

Project Bublik 98, full specifications
Specification Project Bublik 98
Head size 98 in²
Strung weight 10.7 oz / 302 g
Balance 6 pts HL / 323 mm
Stiffness 67
String pattern 16 × 20
Grip sizes L1–L4
Price £XX.XX
Overhead view of the Project Bublik development desk: frame sketches, Pantone color fans, prototype rackets and tagged samples marked Ver 01
The development desk Frame studies, colorway references and tagged prototypes

Limited Release

Project Bublik

An ongoing development process with Alexander Bublik. Every build gets closer.