 It offered very little power but did offer much more surface area than a standard-size wooden frame.Sabatini found it helpful, as compared with smaller rackets, due to her production of heavy topspin.The only woman to beat Martina Navratilova in 1984, Kathleen Horvath, used the Prince Woodie, one of only six losses Navratilova suffered in a three-year stretch involving 260 matches.