What happens when the greatest player of her generation designs your next racquet
Icíar Montes spent twenty-one years on the professional padel circuit. For twelve of them, she held the World No.1 ranking. She won nine world titles — five in doubles, four with the Spanish national team. When she retired from professional play, she became head coach of Spain’s women’s national team and led them to five further world championships.
She is, by any measure, the most decorated figure in the history of the sport.
When Davor approached her to design a range of racquets, the conversation started in the right place. Not with aesthetics. Not with marketing. With the question she had been asking for two decades on court – what does a racquet actually need to do?
The answer became The PRO Range.
Four racquets each built around a different answer to that question.
The Icon
Icíar built her career on tactical intelligence – the ability to read a court, control a rally, and place the ball where it needed to go. The Icon reflects that philosophy.
A perfectly round frame with a wide, centred sweet spot, the Icon is built for players who understand that control is the foundation everything else is built on. The 3K carbon face flexes naturally on impact, absorbing pace and returning it with accuracy. The matte finish extends dwell time – the ball stays on the face a fraction longer, giving the player the feedback to place it precisely. Defensive lobs feel effortless. Touches at the net feel surgical.
For players who win points by outthinking their opponent rather than outpowering them.
The Elite
Twelve years at World No.1 required more than control – it required the ability to shift gears and finish points when the moment demanded it. The Elite is built for players who play that way.
A hybrid geometry blends the attacking lines of a diamond frame with a broader mid-section, delivering a sweet spot wide enough to smash with conviction and forgiving enough to stay in a rally. The 3K carbon paired with a 3D glossy finish creates a spring-like response – explosive on fast volleys, reliable on everything else. The medium-high balance concentrates weight toward the head, giving overhead shots the downward force needed to end points cleanly.
For players who attack with purpose and need a racquet that keeps pace with them.
The Legacy
Fourteen world titles across playing and coaching. Icíar’s legacy in padel is not a chapter in the sport’s history – it is the spine of it. The racquet named after it demands the same level of commitment from the player holding it.
The stiffest frame in the PRO Range – 18K carbon, diamond format, with a high sweet spot that rewards clean, elevated ball-striking at the net. The 3D matte finish grips the ball with authority, producing heavy-spinning viboras and bandejas that stay devastatingly low off the glass. This is not a forgiving racquet. It does not compensate for imprecise technique. In return, it delivers complete, predictable control at the highest level of the game.
The Legacy comes in two colourways – orange and green. The performance is identical. The choice is personal.
For advanced players who generate their own power and demand precision in return.
The Beacon
A beacon does not follow – it leads. The Beacon is built for players who dictate the terms of a rally rather than respond to them.
A diamond frame concentrates weight high in the head, creating the leverage and inertia needed to drive through the ball on smashes and aggressive drives. The 3D glossy finish bites hard on spin while protecting the surface’s integrity over time. The result is a racquet that punishes high balls, generates devastating aerial shots, and rewards players who look to finish points rather than extend them.
Built specifically for the left side of the court, for aggressive players who play to end rallies quickly.
Each racquet in the range carries Icíar’s signature on the edge. It is not decoration. It is a guarantee – that every decision made in the design of that racquet was made by someone who has spent a lifetime understanding what the game demands.
The PRO Range is available at Stratford Padel Club and at davorinternational.com. Shop the range today.