Tennis string finder

396 string beds from 24 brands, each rated on eight axes — including arm friendliness, the axis most string charts leave out entirely. Polyester, multifilament, natural gut and named hybrids, scored on the same scale so they can be compared directly.

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The eight axes

Every bed is rated 0 to 10 on spin, power, control (flat), precision, feel, sound, longevity, arm friendliness. Sound is included because it is a real part of how a string bed feels to play, even though it predicts nothing about performance.

Arm friendliness

This is the axis worth reading first if you have ever had elbow or shoulder trouble. Stiff polyester strings dominate professional tennis and have become the default in club tennis by imitation, but they transmit substantially more shock than multifilament or natural gut. A stiff poly in a stiff frame at high tension is the most reliable way to develop tennis elbow that the sport offers.

If comfort matters more to you than durability, the ratings here will point you toward multifilaments, gut hybrids and the softer end of the polyester range — and the finder will match those to your specific frame rather than recommending them in the abstract.

Full beds and hybrids

A row here is a string bed, not a reel. Some are a single string in both mains and crosses; others are named hybrids, where a durable polyester in the mains is paired with a softer cross for feel. Hybrids are listed as their own entries because they play as their own thing.

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