The whole database
Every string, plotted
All 718 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.
Every dot is a link. Hover one to see which string it is, click to open its page. 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
- Stiffness × Tension loss comfort against tension hold
- Energy return × Stiffness power against comfort
- Energy return × Tension loss power against tension hold
- Energy return × Spin potential power against spin
- Spin potential × Stiffness spin against comfort
- Spin potential × Tension loss spin against tension hold
- Ball bite × Stiffness ball bite against comfort
- Ball bite × Tension loss ball bite against tension hold
- Ball bite × Energy return ball bite against power
- Ball bite × Spin potential ball bite against spin
- Ball bite × String friction ball bite against snapback
- String friction × Stiffness snapback against comfort
- String friction × Tension loss snapback against tension hold
- String friction × Energy return snapback against power
- String friction × Spin potential snapback against spin