CHOOSE
A STRING
How can you choose the right string? Multi or monofilament?
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Is the string too rigid, too soft, too loose? ...
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A string that is suitable for one person is not necessarily suitable for someone else, so it is important to choose the right string to suit your needs.​
What string brand should I choose to restring my racket?
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Should I go for power or control string? What gauche?
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Hybrid or gut? Spin or flat?
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Get to know you game style is essential to choose the perfect string. Also to keep an eye on how your body will benefit from the string, preventing it from injuries.
There are many types of strings that can be divided into 4 families:​​​​​
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Multifilament
A multi-filament string is made with hundreds of synthetic microfilaments. This type of string maintains tension well, and is less powerful than gut but more than other types of strings.
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Benefits:
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Tension is maintained well
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Comfortable
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Powerful
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Monofilament
Monofilament strings are vert stiff strings made of a single strand of polyester or co-polyester. It can be made in different shapes (round, pyramidal, hexagonal, octagonal, ...) to increase its effect and control.
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Benefits:
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Durable
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High playability
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Hybrid
This is a mixture of two types of strings. A powerful and flexible string is combined with a rigid string, which creates resistance and effects. The most common way is to use monofilament for the mains and either gut or multi-filament for the crosses.
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Benefits:
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Comfortable
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Powerful
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Playability
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Durable
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Natural gut
This type of string is made of hundreds of natural microfilaments from bovine small intestines.
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Benefits:
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Very comfortable
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Very powerful
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Tension is maintained well
BABOLAT
STRINGS
RPM BLAST £13
Spin and power
Monofilament string
Rafael Nadal (N. 2 ATP)
RPM POWER £13.50
Spin and power +
Monofilament string
Dominic Thiem (N. 3 ATP)
RPM HURRACAINE £11
Spin and durability
Monofilament string
RPM ROUGH £14
Spin +
Monofilament string
Felix Auger-Aliassime (N. 21 ATP)
XCEL £15
Comfort and Power
Multifilament string
UNIVERSAL £11
Comfort
Syn Gut
LUXILON
STRINGS
ALU POWER £15
Spin and power
Monofilament string
Roger Federer (N. 4 ATP)
4G £15
Control and durability
Monofilament string
Stefanos Tsitsipas (N. 6 ATP)
ADRENALINE £10
Spin and durability
Monofilament string
ELEMENT £16
Spin and control
Monofilament string
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ORIGINAL £14
Comfort and Power
Monofilament string
SMART £17
Spin and durability
Monofilament string
TECNIFIBRE
STRINGS
RED CODE £10
Power and durability
Monofilament string
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BLACK CODE £12
Spin and power
Monofilament string
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RAZOR CODE £13
Spin and durability
Monofilament string
Daniil medvedev (N. 5 ATP)
HEAD
STRINGS
LYNX £9
Control and feel
Monofilament string
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HAWK TOUCH £14
Control and durability
Monofilament string
Alexander zverev (N. 7 ATP)
HAWK £14
Control and power
Monofilament string
WILSON
STRINGS
SENSATION £10
Comfort
Multifilament string
NXT £16
Comfort
Multifilament string
OTHER BRANDS
STRINGS
CONFIDENTIAL £16
Spin and power
Monofilament string
BLACK WIDOW £13.50
Spin and power
Monofilament string
POLY TOUR £13
Control and durability
Monofilament string
BABOLAT PRO LAST £8
Spin and power
Monofilament string
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ADVATAGE £8
Control and durability
Monofilament string
V-TORQUE £12
Spin and durability
Monofilament string
Hybrid
STRINGING
A hybrid string setup is the use of two different strings in the mains and cross strings of a tennis racquet.
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This can be as simple as using two different gauges of the same string but is more commonly done with two completely different string materials. For example, natural gut with a polyester.
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Hybrid setups are extremely common on the ATP and WTA pro tours right now with players choosing a strong, endurance-type string in the mains like Babolat RPM Blast or Luxilon and pairing it with a softer string in the crosses such as gut or a multifilament.