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Isospeed tennis strings compared

Every Isospeed string bed on the bench — 27 setups rated across eight axes, including arm friendliness, which is the axis most string charts leave out.

How the range scores

Across these 27 beds the range averages 7.9 for spin and 6.9 for arm friendliness. Its strongest axes are spin (7.9) and power (7.5); its weakest is sound (6.1). That makes it middling on arm friendliness — neither a comfort range nor a punishing one. 16 of the 27 are named hybrids rather than full beds. Gauges represented: 1.20 · 1.25 · 1.30 mm.

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Ratings

Each row is a string bed rather than a reel: a full bed of one string, or a named hybrid. Axes are spin, power, control (flat), precision, feel, sound, longevity, arm friendliness, each rated 0–10.

StringSetupSpinPwrCtrlPrecFeelSndLifeArm
ISOSPEED Baseline Control 1.30full bed 77885695
ISOSPEED Baseline Speed 1.25full bed 86886686
ISOSPEED Baseline Spin 1.20full bed 96986785
ISOSPEED Professional Classic 1.20full bed 98778668
ISOSPEED Professional 1.20full bed 98678668
ISOSPEED Control Classic 1.30full bed 77885685
ISOSPEED Energetic 1.30full bed 49459669
ISOSPEED Pyramid 1.30full bed 87885775
ISOSPEED Black Fire 1.25full bed 86885675
ISOSPEED Grey Fire 1.25full bed 87786677
ISOSPEED AXON Multi 1.25full bed 59349659
ISOSPEED Baseline Spin 1.20TOROLINE Wasabi X 1.20 96987676
ISOSPEED Baseline Spin 1.20WILSON NXT Control 1.30 88878677
ISOSPEED Professional Classic 1.20BABOLAT Addiction 1.30 89669669
ISOSPEED Professional Classic 1.20BABOLAT Touch Tonic 1.30 89669779
ISOSPEED Professional Classic 1.20GAMMA TNT2 1.27 89669569
ISOSPEED Professional 1.20BABOLAT Xcel 1.30 89569669
ISOSPEED Baseline Control 1.30ISOSPEED Professional Classic 1.20 88887687
ISOSPEED Baseline Spin 1.20LUXILON Element 1.25 97887687
ISOSPEED Baseline Spin 1.20LUXILON Natural Gut 1.30 88778787
ISOSPEED Baseline Control 1.30ISOSPEED Baseline Speed 1.25 77886696
ISOSPEED Baseline Spin 1.20RESTRING Zero 97887686
ISOSPEED Baseline Control 1.30WILSON Revolve Spin 87886686
ISOSPEED Baseline Speed 1.25LUXILON Element 1.25 87787687
ISOSPEED Baseline Speed 1.25BABOLAT RPM Soft 1.25 87886687
ISOSPEED Control Classic 1.30TOROLINE O-Toro 87887686
ISOSPEED Control Classic 1.30TIER ONE Tour Status 1.25 87885785

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Matching a string to your racket

A string only makes sense in a frame. A stiff polyester in an already stiff, powerful racket is the most common cause of arm trouble in club tennis, and the same string in a flexible control frame can be excellent. The finder scores the pairing rather than the string alone.

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