The whole database
Every string, plotted
All 715 strings carrying both measurements, on one chart. Every percentile the rest of the site quotes is a position in this cloud. This is what the cloud actually looks like, and why some combinations of qualities simply are not available at any price.
Each dot is one string. The faint cross-hairs are the database median on each axis, the line every percentile quoted elsewhere on the site is measured against. Marked points are the four strings furthest into each corner: landmarks, not recommendations.
Axes are clipped to the 1st–99th percentile so the field is legible rather than squashed against one outlier. 16 strings sit outside that range and are drawn on the edge: Babolat RPM Blast Rough 17, Diadem Elite XT 17, Gosen Powermaster I 16, Gosen Powermaster II 16, Klip Armour Pro 16/1.30, Klip Legend 16 Uncoated and 10 more.
What the corners mean
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Slicker against the ball + notches and grabs itself more
Furthest into this corner: Wilson Natural Gut 16 Gut
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Bites the ball harder + notches and grabs itself more
Furthest into this corner: Tecnifibre HDX Tour 16 (1.30) Nylon/Polyester
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Slicker against the ball + snaps back more freely
Furthest into this corner: Head Hawk 17 (1.25) Polyester
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Bites the ball harder + snaps back more freely
Furthest into this corner: Weiss Cannon Blue Rock N Power Polyester
The empty regions matter as much as the full ones. Where this plot has no dots, no manufacturer has managed that combination. It is not that nobody has thought to sell it.
Plot something else
- Comfort × Tension hold stiffness against tension loss
- Power × Comfort energy return against stiffness
- Power × Tension hold energy return against tension loss
- Power × Spin energy return against spin potential
- Spin × Comfort spin potential against stiffness
- Spin × Tension hold spin potential against tension loss
- Ball bite × Comfort ball bite against stiffness
- Ball bite × Tension hold ball bite against tension loss
- Ball bite × Power ball bite against energy return
- Ball bite × Spin ball bite against spin potential
- Ball bite × Snapback ball bite against snapback
- Snapback × Comfort snapback against stiffness
- Snapback × Tension hold snapback against tension loss
- Snapback × Power snapback against energy return
- Snapback × Spin snapback against spin potential