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STRING DATABASE

Numbers here are shifts, not scores — how much a string moves a racquet's base rating, so +12 spin means noticeably more bite than that frame gives on its own. They are our own estimates, not lab data. Gauges shown are the most common retail diameter; most of these strings come in several.

Babolat RPM Blast

POLYESTER

BABOLAT RPM BLAST

Heavy topspin hitters who want bite and durability

POWER0
SPIN+12
CONTROL+2
COMFORT-4
1.25 MMCo-polyester monofilament, octagonal profile
Solinco Hyper-G

POLYESTER

SOLINCO HYPER-G

Aggressive spin players who want maximum grip on the ball

POWER+2
SPIN+10
CONTROL+5
COMFORT-5
1.25 MMCo-polyester monofilament, square profile
Yonex Poly Tour Pro

POLYESTER

YONEX POLY TOUR PRO

Poly players who want control without the harshest stiffness

POWER+4
SPIN+6
CONTROL+7
COMFORT-3
1.25 MMCo-polyester monofilament
Head Lynx Tour

POLYESTER

HEAD LYNX TOUR

All-court players who want a balanced, low-fuss poly

POWER+1
SPIN+4
CONTROL+3
COMFORT+2
1.25 MMCo-polyester monofilament
Tecnifibre XR3

MULTIFILAMENT

TECNIFIBRE XR3

Players chasing easy power from a soft, forgiving stringbed

POWER+5
SPIN+3
CONTROL-2
COMFORT+7
1.30 MMMultifilament
Luxilon ALU Power

POLYESTER

LUXILON ALU POWER

Tour-level ball strikers who want crisp, predictable control

POWER+8
SPIN-3
CONTROL+4
COMFORT-6
1.25 MMCo-polyester monofilament
Wilson NXT

MULTIFILAMENT

WILSON NXT

Comfort-first players and anyone managing arm pain

POWER+3
SPIN-5
CONTROL+6
COMFORT+9
1.30 MMMultifilament
Babolat VS Touch

NATURAL GUT

BABOLAT VS TOUCH

Players who want the softest, most powerful stringbed available

POWER+6
SPIN-8
CONTROL+8
COMFORT+12
1.30 MMNatural gut