Tennis Pros & Their Strings
Here are the strings the world’s top tennis players, (and a few recently retired players), are using in their rackets, together with the rackets they’re using, and the tensions, (in lbs), they most commonly string at. These tensions are known as ‘Reference Tensions’, and are the tensions the pros will hit with when they arrive at a tournament. Having seen how the racket feels at the Reference Tension, they’ll then, if necessary, take the tension up or down a couple of pounds at a time until the get the feel they’re looking for. Things such as court surface, temperature, altitude, as well as their next opponent, will all contribute to any change required, but everything will start from the Reference Tension.
Where two tensions are shown the first is the tension of the main strings, and the second is the tension of the cross strings.
Where hybrid stringing is shown, the first named string is used for the main strings, and the second named is used for the cross strings. For example, Australia’s Lleyton Hewitt uses Babolat VS Team for his main strings, and Luxilon Big Banger Alu Power for his cross strings, whereas Sweden’s Joachim Johansson uses Luxilon Big Banger Alu Power for his main strings, and Babolat VS Touch for his cross strings.
Mario Ancic Yonex RDS 002 Tour
Luxilon Big Banger Original 62lbs
Marcos Baghdatis Tecnifibre T-Flash 315 Speedflex
Tecnifibre X-One BiPhase 46/51lbs
Tomas Berdych Head YouTek Radical MP
Luxilon Big Banger Alu Power 55lbs
James Blake Donnay Prototype
Luxilon Big Banger Alu Power 68lbs
Bob Bryan Prince EXO3 Rebel
Prince Natural Gut/Luxilon Big Banger TiMo 56/52lbs
Mike Bryan Prince EXO3 Rebel
Prince Natural Gut/Luxilon Big Banger TiMo 54/51lbs
Guillermo Canas Wilson nPro nCode
Wilson Enduro Tour 55lbs
Jennifer Capriati Prince Tour Diablo
Babolat VS Touch/Luxilon Big Banger Alu Power 51/48lbs
Juan-Ignacio Chela Babolat Pure Storm Team
Tecnifibre Spinfire Maxi Power 58lbs
Marin Cilic Head YouTek Radical MP
Babolat VS Touch 61lbs
Kim Clijsters Babolat Pure Drive Team
Babolat VS Touch 58lbs
Guillermo Coria Head Microgel Radical
Toalson Cyber Blade Tour 52lbs
Lindsay Davenport Wilson [K]Tour
Wilson Natural Gut 63/64lbs
Nikolay Davydenko Dunlop Biomimetic 200 Plus
Unspecified Black Polyester string 51lbs
Juan Martin del Potro Wilson [K] Six.One 95
Luxilon Big Banger Alu Power 62lbs
Novak Djokovic Head YouTek IG Speed Pro 18×20
Head Natural Gut/Luxilon Big Banger Alu Power Rough 55/52lbs
Elena Dementieva Yonex RDiS 100 Mid Plus
Luxilon Big Banger Alu Power 52/48lbs
Roger Federer Wilson Six.One Tour BLX
Wilson Natural Gut/Luxilon Big Banger Alu Power Rough 48.5/44lbs
David Ferrer Prince EXO3 Tour
Luxilon Big Banger Original 51lbs
Juan Carlos Ferrero Prince EXO3 Tour
Luxilon Big Banger Original 53/51lbs
Richard Gasquet Head Microgel Extreme Pro
Luxilon Big Banger Alu Power 58lbs
Gaston Gaudio Wilson nSix-One 95
Toalson Cyber Blade Tour 59.5lbs
Robby Ginepri Babolat Pure Storm Team
Babolat Pro Hurricane/Babolat VS Team 64lbs
Fernando Gonzalez Babolat Pure Storm Team
Babolat Pro Hurricane 60lbs
Sebastien Grosjean Head Microgel Prestige Mid
Babolat VS Touch 51lbs
Tommy Haas Head YouTek Prestige Pro
Babolat VS Team 75lbs
Daniela Hantuchova Prince EXO3 Tour
Babolat VS Touch 58lbs
Justine Henin Wilson Tour BLX
Babolat VS Touch 59.5lbs
Tim Henman Slazenger NX One
Luxilon Big Banger TiMo/Babolat VS Team 62lbs
Lleyton Hewitt Yonex RDiS 100
Babolat VS Team/Luxilon Big Banger Alu Power 56lbs
Martina Hingis Yonex RQS-11
Yonex Polyester/Babolat VS Team 49/44lbs
John Isner Prince EXO3 Black
Tecnifibre Pro RedCode 62lbs
Ana Ivanovic Yonex Ezone
Luxilon Big Banger Alu Power 54lbs
Jelena Jankovic Prince O3 Speedport Pro White
Luxilon Big Banger Alu Power/Prince Natural Gut 64lbs
Joachim Johansson Yonex RDS 001 Mid Plus
Luxilon Big Banger Alu Power/Babolat VS Touch 67lbs
Stefan Koubek Wilson nSix-One 95
Isospeed Professional 62lbs
Gustavo Kuerten Head Liquidmetal Prestige Mid
Luxilon Big Banger Alu Power 56lbs
Petra Kvitova Wilson BLX Tour
Luxilon Big Banger Alu Power 57/53lbs
Svetlana Kuznetsova Head Extreme Pro
Luxilon Big Banger Alu Power 57/55lbs
Sabine Lisicki Wilson BLX Blade
Luxilon Big Banger Alu Power Rough/Wilson Natural Gut 52/50lbs
Ivan Ljubicic Head YouTek IG Extreme Pro
Babolat Pro Hurricane 69lbs
Michael Llodra Wilson BLX Pro Tour
Babolat VS Team 52lbs
Paul-Henri Mathieu Wilson [K]Blade 98
Luxilon Big Banger Alu Power 62lbs
Amélie Mauresmo Head Microgel Radical MP
Babolat VS Touch 54lbs
Jürgen Melzer Dunlop 4D 300 Tour
Isospeed Professional 75lbs
Gaël Monfils Prince EXO3 Rebel
Luxilon Big Banger Alu Power 57/55lbs
Carlos Moya Babolat Pure Drive Team
Luxilon Big Banger Original 60lbs
Andy Murray Head YouTek Radical Pro
Luxilon Big Banger Alu Power Rough/Babolat VS Team 62lbs
Anastasia Myskina Head Liquidmetal Instinct Tour
Luxilon Big Banger Timo 56/52lbs
Rafael Nadal Babolat AeroPro Drive GT
Babolat RPM Blast 55lbs
David Nalbandian Yonex RDiS 100
Luxilon Big Banger Original 64lbs
Jiri Novak Völkl Tour 10 Mid Plus
Luxilon Big Banger Alu Power 64/62lbs
Flavia Pennetta Wilson Blade 98 Pink BLX
Wilson Natural Gut 63lbs
Nadia Petrova Babolat AeroStorm
Luxilon Monotec Supersense 62lbs
Mark Philippoussis Head i.Prestige
Babolat VS Team 75lbs
Mary Pierce Yonex RD Ti-80
Luxilon Big Banger TiMo 65lbs
Tommy Robredo Dunlop 4D 300
Luxilon Big Banger Original 52lbs
Andy Roddick Babolat Pure Drive Roddick
Babolat Pro Hurricane Tour/Babolat VS Team 73/61lbs
Greg Rusedski Dunlop Aerogel 200
Babolat VS Team 48lbs
Marat Safin Head Microgel Prestige Mid
Luxilon Big Banger Alu Power 60lbs
Dinara Safina Babolat AeroPro Drive GT
Babolat RPM Blast 68/64lbs
Fabrice Santoro Head Flexpoint Radical Tour
Tecnifibre X-One Biphase 60lbs
Patty Schnyder Head Liquidmetal Prestige Mid
Kirschbaum Touch Turbo 57lbs
Maria Sharapova Head YouTek IG Instinct
Babolat VS Team/Babolat RPM Blast 62lbs
Robin Soderling Head YouTek Radical MP
Luxilon Big Banger Alu Power 56lbs
Paradorn Srichaphan Yonex Ultimum RD Ti-80
Luxilon Big Banger Alu Power/Babolat VS Touch 64lbs
Radek Stepanek Bosworth Custom
Pacific Prime Gut 55/53lbs
Paulo Suarez Prince O3 Tour
Prince Tournament Nylon 65lbs
Janko Tipsarevic Tecnifibre T-Fight 325 VO2 Max
Tecnifibre BlackCode 57/55lbs
Viktor Troicki Prince Ozone Tour
Prince Poly EXP
Jo-Wilfrid Tsonga Babolat AeroPro Drive GT
Babolat VS Team 59.5lbs
Nicole Vaidisova Yonex RDiS 100
Luxilon Big Banger Ace (Tension Not Available)
Kristof Vliegen Tecnifibre T-Fight 325 VO2 Max XL
Tecnifibre BlackCode 44/38.5lbs
Serena Williams Wilson Blade Team BLX
Wilson Natural Gut 66lbs
Venus Williams Wilson Blade Team BLX
Wilson Natural Gut 66lbs
Caroline Wozniacki Yonex VCore 100S GT
Babolat Revenge/Babolat VS Team Natural Gut 57lbs
Vera Zvonereva Prince EXO3 Black
Gamma Zo Sweet 57/60lbs