What strings to use with my Wilson Clash 100?

prathew

New User
I'm a complete beginner who just started tennis coaching about a month ago. I do have arm problems from playing Badminton previously, so I've decided to get the Wilson Clash 100 for its low stiffness. Now I'm confused about which string to get for it. I do not have a whole bunch of options, but I've listed some of the ones that I do have below. Would be great if you can suggest what tension to string these with.
String options:
1. Babolat RPM - Rough, Power, Soft and Blast
2. Gosen Polylon 16 and 17
3. Head - Hawk Touch 17 and Lynx 16
4. Kirschbaum - Max Power 17, Max Power Rough 16, Pro line 2 16, Pro Line 2 17
5. Solinco - Hyper G 16L, Barbwire 16, Confidential 16, Outlast 16 and 17
6. Technifibre - Black Code, Ice Code, Multifeel 16, Pro Red Code 16 and 17
7. Wilson Revolve 16
8. Yonex - Poly tour pro 16, Polytour strike 16 l
 

dzine808

New User
I also have arm issues and recently switched to the Clash 100 V2! If those are the only string options you can use then I would suggest sticking with a MF in your mains and a thin guage synthetic on your cross. Not sure if you’re string breaker, but if you do I’d go with a 16 guage synthetic on your mains instead of multi filament. Stay away from poly if you can. However, I’ve been using poly on my mains, Volkl Cyclone Tour 17 which is a softer poly and is shaped so it give me lots of bite on the ball. I’ve paired it with TNT 17 on my cross and it feels really easy on the arm. Doing 48x50 for tension. I’ve tried MF (Vanquish) mains and TourBite cross, but it breaks too easy. Let us know what you come up with
 

g4driver

Legend
Arm problems + beginner = NO POLYS
neither a beginner nor a player with arm problems should use poly strings , and you are a beginner with arm problems, so you are the last person on earth who needs poly strings

synthetic gut or a multifilament is what you need. If you want to make your arm problem's worse, ignore my advice.

300+ clients and string for beginners to collegiate players
 
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haqq777

Legend
I'm a complete beginner who just started tennis coaching about a month ago. I do have arm problems from playing Badminton previously, so I've decided to get the Wilson Clash 100 for its low stiffness. Now I'm confused about which string to get for it. I do not have a whole bunch of options, but I've listed some of the ones that I do have below. Would be great if you can suggest what tension to string these with.
String options:
1. Babolat RPM - Rough, Power, Soft and Blast
2. Gosen Polylon 16 and 17
3. Head - Hawk Touch 17 and Lynx 16
4. Kirschbaum - Max Power 17, Max Power Rough 16, Pro line 2 16, Pro Line 2 17
5. Solinco - Hyper G 16L, Barbwire 16, Confidential 16, Outlast 16 and 17
6. Technifibre - Black Code, Ice Code, Multifeel 16, Pro Red Code 16 and 17
7. Wilson Revolve 16
8. Yonex - Poly tour pro 16, Polytour strike 16 l
Listen to advice below by g4driver

Arm problems + beginner = NO POLYS
neither a beginner nor a player with arm problems should use poly strings , and you are a beginner with arm problems, so you are the last person on earth who needs poly strjngs


synthetic gut or multifilament is what you need. If you want to make your arm problem's worse, ignore my advice.

300+ clients and string for beginners to collegiate players
 

ChanterRacquet

Professional
Just to make sure, all the strings you list are “poly” except for MF = Multifeel, which is a “multifilament” and is the arm friendliest of the bunch.

You can go here and compare stiffness ratings between poly strings (“poly”) and nylon strings (both “multifilament” and “synthetic gut”).


I don’t play anything over a stiffness rating of 180, most poly are 200+. I use Volkl cyclone tour which is a poly rated at 167 which is getting into nylon territory.

Synthetic gut would be the cheapest option and wholly suitable for a beginner. Multifeel being a multifilament is 2-3x the price of syn gut and even it is half the price of the premium multifilaments. Syn gut and multifilaments are the same material, the difference being is it one big strand or hundreds of tiny strands, hence the similar stiffness ratings for all nylon-based strings.

You might ask for a synthetic gut, as there wasn’t one in your list. Surely they have one? Syn gut and multis are generally strung in the mid-50 pound tension range as they are more powerful and the higher tension relative to poly helps with control.
 

Connor35

Semi-Pro
I bought my Clash(es) at USTA in orlando and they had them strung a bunch of different ways.

Their lead stringer loves trying different setups so I got to try the Clash a bunch of different ways.

The one I use is

Lexicon Element 1.25 (bronze) in the mains & Wilson Sensation 16g in teh crosses. (Strung 50/52, but that's up to you)

Every once in a while I'll string one a different way, different string, but that setup is by far the best I've had for my elbow, and I keep coming back to it.
 

thegr8anand

New User
I'm a complete beginner who just started tennis coaching about a month ago. I do have arm problems from playing Badminton previously, so I've decided to get the Wilson Clash 100 for its low stiffness. Now I'm confused about which string to get for it. I do not have a whole bunch of options, but I've listed some of the ones that I do have below. Would be great if you can suggest what tension to string these with.
String options:
1. Babolat RPM - Rough, Power, Soft and Blast
2. Gosen Polylon 16 and 17
3. Head - Hawk Touch 17 and Lynx 16
4. Kirschbaum - Max Power 17, Max Power Rough 16, Pro line 2 16, Pro Line 2 17
5. Solinco - Hyper G 16L, Barbwire 16, Confidential 16, Outlast 16 and 17
6. Technifibre - Black Code, Ice Code, Multifeel 16, Pro Red Code 16 and 17
7. Wilson Revolve 16
8. Yonex - Poly tour pro 16, Polytour strike 16 l

Did you buy a Clash and if yes what string did you get?
 

Yamin

Hall of Fame
 

thegr8anand

New User

Do you think your suggestions would change with the relative higher stiffness of V2 versions?
 

Yamin

Hall of Fame
Do you think your suggestions would change with the relative higher stiffness of V2 versions?

They'd be the same for the most part, though I don't have too much experience with v2. I'd expect the v2's to be a bit less string sensitive.
 
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