Material
Nylon/Polyolefin tennis strings
A composite construction, one family's core wrapped or blended with another's. Across the 6 measured, the strongest signal is less spin potential than 95% of the database. With 6 strings carrying this label there is no honest generalisation beyond what the numbers below show.
What the measurements say about nylon/polyolefin
Median percentile across the 6 measured Nylon/Polyolefin strings, against all 791.
- Spin potentialThe typical nylon/polyolefin string: Less spin potential than 95% of the database.
- String frictionThe typical nylon/polyolefin string: Notches and grabs itself more than 92% of the database.
- StiffnessThe typical nylon/polyolefin string: Softer than 84% of the database.
- Ball biteThe typical nylon/polyolefin string: Slicker against the ball than 68% of the database.
The best nylon/polyolefin string for each problem
Highest-placing string of this family on each ranking, and where it lands against the whole measured database, so you can see at a glance which problems this material is the wrong answer to.
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Easier on my arm
20th of 786 · full ranking
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Best feel and touch
23rd of 786 · full ranking
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More power and depth
28th of 786 · full ranking
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Plays the same for longer
82nd of 786 · full ranking
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More spin and shape
424th of 718 · full ranking
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Lasts longer before it breaks
480th of 723 · full ranking
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More control, less launch
619th of 786 · full ranking
All 6 Nylon/Polyolefin strings
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| String | Gauge | Price | Stiff lb/in | Loss % | Power % | Spin | Bite COF | Friction COF |
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| Head RIP Control 16 Nylon/Polyolefin | 16 | $7.49 | 157 | 22 | 91 | 2.6 | 0.392 | 0.148 |
| Head Rip Control 17 (1.25) Nylon/Polyolefin | 17 | $7.49 | 138 | 18 | 94 | 4.2 | 0.489 | 0.117 |
| Head RIP PerfectPower 16 Nylon/Polyolefin | 16 | find | 157 | 23 | 94 | 2.3 | 0.369 | 0.158 |
| IsoSpeed Axon Multi 16L Nylon/Polyolefin | 16L | find | 126 | 29 | 91 | 3.0 | 0.432 | 0.146 |
| IsoSpeed Control 16 Nylon/Polyolefin | 16 | find | 150 | 25 | 91 | — | — | — |
| IsoSpeed Energetic 17 Nylon/Polyolefin | 17 | find | 157 | 34 | 90 | 1.9 | 0.413 | 0.220 |
Other materials
- Polyester 483 strings
- Nylon 231 strings
- Gut 18 strings
- Nylon/Polyester 18 strings
- Nylon/Polyurethane 17 strings
- Nylon/Zyex 11 strings
- Polyolefin 3 strings
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