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Thanks Attila - it's good to know that someone agrees with my reasoning :)

It probably doesn't matter much when choosing an overgrip - there are more important characteristics to consider. But my concern was how to increase grip size. According to the standard method of measuring hand size, I need a grip size 9 (5 1/8 inches)! If I ignore the advice to leave an...

Interesting points, but ... Handle shape An octagon might be a better approximation than a circle. A regular octagon with sides of length A has perimeter of 8A and a "diameter" (distance between opposite sides) of (1 + sqrt (2)).A = 2.414. So the ratio of its perimeter to its diameter is 8...

I'm not using the actual radius in my calculation. I'm talking about the increase in the circumference of the handle caused by an increase in the radius. And I'm not using cm in the calculation either - I'm using mm and "grip sizes", where: 1 grip size = 1/8 inch = 3.175 mm Your...

The "3.1" is an approximation to π (pi = 3.1415926...), and "0.6" is the increase in the radius measured in mm.

According to the maths I learned at school, the circumference of a circle is 2π times its radius. So if I add an overgrip of thickness 0.6mm to the handle of my racket, it should increase the circumference of the handle by approximately 0.6 x 2 x 3.1 = 3.72mm, which is roughly 1.2 grip sizes...