What string tension do the pros use?

Which racquets / strings / tensions do the Pro’s use?

Player Racquet Tension
Lleyton Hewitt Yonex RDiS 100 Mid 48 lbs
Gael Monfils Prince EXO3 Rebel 95 57 / 55 lbs
Andy Murray Head YouTek Radical Pro 56 lbs
Rafael Nadal Babolat AeroPro Drive Cortex 55 lbs

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Also to know is, what does tension on a tennis racket do?

Making tension adjustments

Lowering your tension will give you more power, more comfort and will open up the sweetspot of your racquet. Increasing your tension will give you more control and allows you to generate your own power more (instead of the racquet or string doing it for you).

Correspondingly, how much tension do tennis strings lose? All tennis strings will lose tension over time. They begin to lose tension as soon as they leave the stringing machine. Depending on the type of string, in the first 24 hours after stringing, strings can lose roughly 10 per cent of their tension, and this continues when you play with the racquet.

Keeping this in view, do pros use dampeners?

The results show that on the men’s ATP Tour, 58% of the top pros do use dampeners, while 42% do not. And on the women’s WTA Tour, a staggering 76% do use vibration dampeners, while only 24% do not.

Does higher string tension mean?

The higher your string tension, the more control you’ll have while the looser your string tension, the more power. Here are the above tension ranges again, but adjusted for power or control: Nylon/Gut: 50-60lbs (22.5-27kg)

What tension is too low tennis?

A low string tension would be anywhere from around 40-50lbs. There are exceptions, of course; some players even going below 40lbs! That end of the spectrum is pretty much trampoline territory and we’ll get on to that later!

How do you reduce tennis string tension?

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