innoVAShaun

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ATP setups and specifications at the 2024 U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships. Racquets, strings, and tensions listed:

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Gemini

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Wow. All over the place in terms of tensions without any obvious commonalities. I don't think I've every played natural gut in the 40s. Some players playing polys in the upper 50s and beyond.
 

aaron_h27

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The low tension poly craze is over!! or maybe it was just a thing on these boards lol.

Some people still string low but most people are in the 45-55 range.
 

socallefty

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The general trend is still downwards though right? There are even players stringing gut in the 40s now, which would have been previously unthinkable - at least that's my impression.
I think some players have been doing it for a while at all levels. I myself have been stringing gut mains/poly crosses at 47/44 lbs for more than 6 years on my main racquet. On another lower power racquet, I even string it at 44/40. I used to play with full gut at 57 or 58 lbs and when I tried several fullbed polys, I liked them around 42 or 44 lbs. With gut/poly hybrids I experimented in the fifties and forties till I found that the tension I liked best was mid-forties.
 

Chairman3

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Hey lotta PT Strikers, nice
Very good string if you've never used it. I like the 1.20

Gut/hyperG somehow seems like the most outlandish combo, not sure why
 

socallefty

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Hey lotta PT Strikers, nice
Very good string if you've never used it. I like the 1.20

Gut/hyperG somehow seems like the most outlandish combo, not sure why
Don’t knock it without trying it - why would this be outlandish? I played VS/HG for two years and then switched to VS/HG Soft when it came out four years ago. I tried many gut/poly combos before settling on HyperG as my cross and I use it at 47/44. The Bryan brothers used to use this also.
 

pgh10-4

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Don’t knock it without trying it - why would this be outlandish? I played VS/HG for two years and then switched to VS/HG Soft when it came out four years ago. I tried many gut/poly combos before settling on HyperG as my cross and I use it at 47/44. The Bryan brothers used to use this also.
How's the longevity on the gut with a 4 sided poly like Hyper G? I'm thinking of switching back to a gut/poly hybrid but was just going to buy a cheapo round poly for crosses.
 

socallefty

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How's the longevity on the gut with a 4 sided poly like Hyper G? I'm thinking of switching back to a gut/poly hybrid but was just going to buy a cheapo round poly for crosses.
I get about 12 hours if I play only singles and 15-18 hours if I play a mix of singles and doubles which is what I normally do. When I tried some round polys before that as crosses with gut, the poly went dead within 6 to 10 hours and I had to cut out the strings even faster. Fullbed HyperG goes dead around 15 hours and HyperG Soft goes dead in about 20 hours for me - so, I break my gut only a few hours before the performance tanks. YMMV.

Amongst round polys, I liked ALU Power as a cross maybe slightly better than HyperG for about 4 or 5 hours before it starts dropping in performance and it starts feeling uncomfortable by 7-8 hours. Since I don’t do my own restringing, that is too short for me to use as a cross. I am debating whether to try HyperG Round as a cross during practice which just got released.
 
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aus89

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Hey lotta PT Strikers, nice
Very good string if you've never used it. I like the 1.20

Gut/hyperG somehow seems like the most outlandish combo, not sure why
I dont love the grey Strike but maybe the black is better (have read the grey is a bit wild and launchy)
 

Chairman3

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Don’t knock it without trying it - why would this be outlandish? I played VS/HG for two years and then switched to VS/HG Soft when it came out four years ago. I tried many gut/poly combos before settling on HyperG as my cross and I use it at 47/44. The Bryan brothers used to use this also.
Donate some gut and I will try it :giggle:

Just seems like the HG would immediately saw right through the gut, even in a thinner guage.
Rhetorically speaking, I meant outlandish as in unusual, not as in bad. Most pro's use a round poly cross with gut, that's why I said outlandish.
 

Chairman3

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I dont love the grey Strike but maybe the black is better (have read the grey is a bit wild and launchy)
Blue was good, I traded that reel (unfortunately) and reacquired grey.
Hope it isn't what you said though because the blue was great.
Also I am using the 1.20, string seems very durable.
 

aus89

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Blue was good, I traded that reel (unfortunately) and reacquired grey.
Hope it isn't what you said though because the blue was great.
Also I am using the 1.20, string seems very durable.
I used the 1.25 grey in a 2023 Prestige Tour and it was definitely not underpowered (to be diplomatic about it) but that could have been string pattern, tension etc… so wouldnt take it as gospel
 
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onehandbh

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If you are the type playing with a gut/poly hybrid, you are not worrying about long lifetime. Also, most round polys can die even faster than the time it takes to break the gut.
Isospeed greyfire is a round poly that seems to last awhile. I use it as a cross with a non-round poly
 
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