Official 2010 Indian Wells Stringing Log

vbranis

Professional
Updated 2012 list here:http://star-stringing.com/1_8_ATP-Player-Logs.html

Here is the official 2010 BNP Paribas Open stringing log compiled by Star Stringing. If the string model or gauge is not listed, it is unknown.

ALMAGRO Luxilon Big Banger Original 1.30 26/25 kg.
ANDERSON Luxilon ALU Power Rough 1.25 50 lbs.
ANDREEV Luxilon Big Banger Original 1.30 23/21 kg.
BECKER Babolat RPM Blast / Babolat VS Touch 23/25 kg.
BELLUCCI Luxilon ALU Power 1.25 21 kg.
BENNETEAU Luxilon ALU Power 1.25 / Babolat VS Touch 26/25 kg.
BERRER Signum Pro Poly Plasma 24/23 kg.
BLAKE Luxilon ALU Power 1.25 68 lbs.
BRANDS Luxilon ALU Power Rough 1.25 / Wilson NXT 16 28 kg.
B.BRYAN Prince Natural Gut / Luxilon Big Banger TiMo 1.10 49/53 lbs.
M.BRYAN Prince Natural Gut / Luxilon Big Banger TiMo 1.10 53/50 lbs.
CHARDY Luxilon ALU Power 1.25 23 kg.
CHELA Luxilon ALU Power 1.25 59/57 lbs.
CHIUDINELLI Wilson Natural Gut / Luxilon ALU Power 1.25 25/24 kg.
CLEMENT Babolat VS Team 16 / Luxilon ALU Power Fluoro 1.23 22/21 kg.
CUEVAS Luxilon Big Banger Original 1.30 49 lbs.
DABUL Babolat Pro Hurricane 16 46 lbs.
DANIEL Babolat RPM Blast 51 lbs.
DAVYDENKO PolyStar Energy 19/18 kg.
DE BAKKER Pacific Poly Force Original 28 kg.
DENT Babolat VS Touch / Luxilon ALU Power 1.25 43 lbs.
FALLA Babolat RPM Blast 17 48 lbs.
FERRER Luxilon Big Banger Original 1.30 24 kg.
FERRERO Luxilon Big Banger Original 1.30 25/24 kg.
FOGNINI Luxilon Big Banger Original 1.30 26/24 kg.
GARCIA-LOPEZ Luxilon ALU Power 1.25 23/22 kg.
GASQUET Luxilon Big Banger Original 24/23 kg.
GAUDIO Luxilon ALU Power Fluoro 1.23 25/24 kg.
GIMENO-TRAVER Luxilon Big Banger Original 1.30 19 kg.
GIL Luxilon ALU Power Rough 1.25 26/25 kg.
GINEPRI Babolat RPM Blast / Babolat VS Touch 16 50/54 lbs.
GREUL Pacific X Force 19/18 kg.
GULBIS Luxilon ALU Power 1.25 29/28 kg.
HANESCU Luxilon ALU Power 1.25 26/25 kg.
HARRISON Babolat RPM Blast / Babolat VS Team 56/60 lbs.
ISNER Tecnifibre Red Code 1.30 67 lbs.
KARLOVIC Luxilon ALU Power 1.25 / Babolat VS Team 16 27 kg.
KIM Solinco Tour Bite 16 / Prince Natural Gut 16 63 lbs.
KINDLMANN Babolat Pro Hurricane Tour 17 28/27 kg.
KOHLSCHREIBER Luxilon ALU Power Rough 1.25 / Wilson Natural Gut 25/24 kg.
KOROLEV Luxilon Big Banger Rough 16 29 kg.
KRAJINOVIC Luxilon ALU Power 1.25 26/25 kg.
LLODRA Wilson Natural Gut 16 23.5 kg.
LU Signum Pro Poly Plasma / Babolat VS Gut 51 lbs.
MATHIEU Luxilon ALU Power Rough 1.25 28 kg.
L.MAYER Luxilon Big Banger TiMo 1.22 54 lbs.
MELZER Iso-Speed 27 kg.
MONACO Luxilon Big Banger Original 1.30 55 lbs.
MONTANES Luxilon Big Banger Original 1.30 25 kg.
MOYA Luxilon Big Banger Original 1.30 28 kg.
NADAL Babolat RPM Blast 16 25.5 kg.
NALBANDIAN Luxilon Big Banger Original 1.30 50 lbs.
O.ROCHUS Luxilon ALU Power 1.25 22/20 kg.
PHAU Luxilon ALU Power 1.25 / Wilson NXT 16 27/26 kg.
SERRA Luxilon ALU Power 1.25 24.5/23.5 kg.
SIMON Head IntelliTour 16 25/24 kg.
SODERLING Luxilon ALU Power 1.25 28 kg.
SPADEA Prince Premier LT 66 lbs.
STAKHOVSKY Signum Pro / Signum Pro Plasma HEXtreme 29/28 kg.
STARACE Luxilon ALU Power 1.25 22 kg.
STEPANEK Babolat VS Team / Luxilon Big Banger TiMo 25/23 kg.
TIPSAREVIC Tecnifibre Black Code 17 26/25 kg.
TROICKI Luxilon Big Banger Original 1.30 26 kg.
VERDASCO Luxilon Big Banger Original 1.30 24/22 kg.
ZEBALLOS Luxilon ALU Power 1.25 54 lbs.
ZVEREV Pacific Classic Natural Gut / Signum Pro Hyperion 25/23 kg.


AZARENKA Luxilon ALU Power 1.25 62/61 lbs.
CLIJSTERS Babolat VS Touch 16 30 kg.
DEMENTIEVA Luxilon ALU Power 1.25 25/24 kg.
DULKO Tecnifibre Red Code 1.25 / Tecnifibre X-One Biphase 1.30 20.5/19.5 kg.
HENIN Babolat VS Touch 15L 27 kg.
IVANOVIC Wilson Natural Gut / Luxilon ALU Power 1.25 57/55 lbs.
JANKOVIC Luxilon ALU Power 1.25 / Babolat VS Touch 31/30 kg.
KIRILENKO Yonex Poly Tour 16L 26/24 kg.
KLEYBANOVA Iso-Speed 27/26 kg.
KUZNETSOVA Luxilon ALU Power 1.25 / Luxilon Monotec Supersense 25/24 kg.
LI Babolat Pro Hurricane 16 / Babolat Xcel 16 64/62 lbs.
OUDIN Luxilon TiMo 1.10 54 lbs.
PETROVA Babolat Revenge 17 25/24 kg.
A.RADWANSKA Babolat Pro Hurricane 1.25 23 kg.
REZAI Babolat Pro Hurricane 1.25 28 kg.
STOSUR Babolat RPM Blast 53 lbs.
WOZNIACKI Babolat Revenge 17 / Babolat VS Touch 16 26 kg.
ZVONAREVA Gamma Zo Sweet 26/27 kg.
 
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vbranis

Professional
My guess is that these three (amongst other players) have their racquets strung privately, and not by the tournament service.

Dent strings at 43 lbs?! Really? Wow, I like it...

Yes, correct, they are stringing privately with Priority 1, not Star Stringing.
 

Buckethead

Banned
Yes, correct, they are stringing privately with Priority 1, not Star Stringing.
Thanks a lot.
So is Nadal really with RPM Blast or it is a different black string??
Would you be able to provide the women's as well?
And did you remember what gauge was Zverev's Hyperion?
 
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vbranis

Professional
Thanks a lot.
So is Nadal really with RPM Blast or it is a different black string??
Would you be able to provide the women's as well?
And did you remember what gauge was Zverev's Hyperion?

I can only speculate about Nadal's string...I did see it up close and it did have the hexagonal texture, so I can only assume it really is RPM Blast. I can't remember Zverev's gauge, like I said, if I didn't post it, I probably don't know.

I do have access to the women's log, but it is a lot of trouble to copy and paste it all on here and I don't think many people are as interested in it. If you want to find out about someone in particular, I will take requests and post them in this thread.
 

Buckethead

Banned
I can only speculate about Nadal's string...I did see it up close and it did have the hexagonal texture, so I can only assume it really is RPM Blast. I can't remember Zverev's gauge, like I said, if I didn't post it, I probably don't know.

I do have access to the women's log, but it is a lot of trouble to copy and paste it all on here and I don't think many people are as interested in it. If you want to find out about someone in particular, I will take requests and post them in this thread.
Vbranis,
thanks a lot for all the info posted.
Some people in these threads here have said or were speculating Nadal uses 1.35 gauge,but you put as 16g so that question is answered
I don't know if Sharapova played there,but if you have her data I'd like to know her set up and Dementieva,Stosur,Ivanovic,Jankovic's.
 
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CzechM8

Rookie
Interesting, thanks a lot.

Seems like Stepanek was trying to play with his set-up a bit. I seem to recall he used to play with full gut. Pacific, I think.

I wonder if that had to do with him starting to slip down the rankings and performing quite poorly, which eventually ended up with him taking a two-month break from tennis.
 

vbranis

Professional
Vbranis,
thanks a lot for all the info posted.
Some people in these threads here have said or were speculating Nadal uses 1.35 gauge,but you put as 16g so that question is answered
I don't know if Sharapova played there,but if you have her data I'd like to know her set up and Dementieva,Stosur,Ivanovic,Jankovic's.

DEMENTIEVA Luxilon ALU Power 1.25 25/24 kg.
IVANOVIC Wilson Natural Gut / Luxilon ALU Power 1.25 57/55 lbs.
JANKOVIC Luxilon ALU Power 1.25 / Babolat VS Touch 31/30 kg.
STOSUR Babolat RPM Blast 53 lbs.

Sharapova played here, but didn't string with us.
 

hsv91

Rookie
Yes, unless there was a mistake when writing it down (highly unlikely, but I suppose possible)

Why a mistake, because in a other tread he plays usually 17G?

Use Simon 16G or 17G, please find the correct tension?

Thanks
 
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I can only speculate about Nadal's string...I did see it up close and it did have the hexagonal texture, so I can only assume it really is RPM Blast. I can't remember Zverev's gauge, like I said, if I didn't post it, I probably don't know.

I do have access to the women's log, but it is a lot of trouble to copy and paste it all on here and I don't think many people are as interested in it. If you want to find out about someone in particular, I will take requests and post them in this thread.
Please post the women´s log
 
I can only speculate about Nadal's string...I did see it up close and it did have the hexagonal texture, so I can only assume it really is RPM Blast. I can't remember Zverev's gauge, like I said, if I didn't post it, I probably don't know.
It was the same string that Stosur is using?
Comparing the two we can see if Nadal is really playing with RPM Blast
 

vbranis

Professional
what kind of machines do you guys use there?Babolats,Tecnifibre,Baiardo,Yonex???

Babolat Star 3, 4, and one 5.

Please post the women´s log

I will take specific requests, honestly, I just don't have time to post the entire thing.

EDIT: I will try to post the setups of some of the more notable WTA players when I have time, sometime today or tomorrow :)
 
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Buckethead

Banned
@ vbranis:

Please find out the correct gauge of Gilles's IntelliTour (16g or 17g)

Thanks
You need first to learn English and interpret better phrases and the sentences.He already said it 5 times on this thread.I think we had enough of the same question.Whatever Vbranis posted here is what Simon uses.Thanks for letting the thread develop itself.
 
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hsv91

Rookie
You need first to learn English and interpret better phrases and the sentences.He already said it 5 times on this thread.I think we had enough of the same question.Whatever Vbranis posted here is what Simon uses.Thanks for letting the thread develop itself.

Sorry for my "bad" english, my first language ist german :)

I have ask a german professional stringer and he answered me that "Simon" does play the IntelliTour in 16g (1,30mm).

Sorry for the question, because in a other tread have user say, that Simon plays 17g.
 

Buckethead

Banned
If she wanted spin she could've used RPM or PHT, maybe they're worried about her arm?
No she could use Signum Pro Plasma Hextreme,MSV Heptatwist,MSV Focus Hex,or WeissCannon Turbo twist.These are really good strings,but they are too stubborn to accept small companies making great strings with high tech.
 

Xenakis

Hall of Fame
Thanks for uploading the info, interesting stuff.

If that tension for Nalby is right he's changed things a fair bit, used BBO at 64lbs before I think.

Also interesting to note how many players are still using an early poly like BBO.
 

vbranis

Professional
It was the same string that Stosur is using?
Comparing the two we can see if Nadal is really playing with RPM Blast

Yes, it was the same packaging, though I can't remember Stosur's gauge. Like I said earlier, Nadal's string appeared to be hexagonal in shape just like the real RPM. But I didn't have time to compare his to another RPM side-by-side when I had the chance...

Anyway, my money is that Nadal's string really is RPM Blast, although I can't confirm it 100%
 
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Yes, it was the same packaging, though I can't remember Stosur's gauge. Like I said earlier, Nadal's string appeared to be hexagonal in shape just like the real RPM. But I didn't have time to compare his to another RPM side-by-side when I had the chance...

Anyway, my money is that Nadal's string really is RPM Blast, although I can't confirm it 100%
Thank you very much. But it can be Pro Huricane tour black too. Because it has the same shape as RPM.
Could you check it next time you string to Rafa and post?
 

luke_1983uk

Semi-Pro
just a quick question regarding the pros tensions
when it states 26/24 kg what are they saying is it 26 mains 24 crosses or the other way around?
sorry to be so dumb =(
 
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