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Head to head

Babolat Attraction 16 vs Head RIP Control 16

They split the measurements 3–3. The widest gap is tension loss, where Attraction 16 is 8 percentile points ahead. Every figure is a testing-machine result at a fixed reference tension.

Measured, side by side

Babolat

Attraction 16

Nylon/Polyurethane · 16 ga

Head

RIP Control 16

Nylon/Polyolefin · 16 ga

Stiffness lower = softer, kinder on the arm
15822nd pct
15720th pct
Tension loss lower = stays where you strung it
2018th pct
2226th pct
Energy return higher = livelier, more free power
9063rd pct
9167th pct
Spin potential higher = more spin off the string bed
2.76th pct
2.65th pct
Ball bite higher = grabs the ball harder
0.39822nd pct
0.39219th pct
String friction lower = strings slide and snap back
0.15094th pct
0.14892nd pct

Bars are percentile against all 791 strings, and the marked side is the one that measures better, which is not always the one you want. A firmer bed is worse for your elbow and better for your control, and no measurement knows which of those you came for.

Which one wins, by problem

Each string's standing on the site's rankings, out of every measured string in the database. This is where a comparison stops being arithmetic and starts being a decision.

Swapping between them: what tension?

Bed stiffness is published at one reference tension, so the only honest conversion is to scale it. These are starting points from 52 lb, not prescriptions. The calculator takes your own tension.

Coming from Attraction 16 at 52 lb

String RIP Control 16 at 53.0 lb 24.0 kg

Coming from RIP Control 16 at 52 lb

String Attraction 16 at 50.8 lb 23.0 kg

Hybrid: what if you used both?

Estimated, not measured. No hybrid combination has been tested as a bed. These figures are the two strings' own lab measurements weighted by how much of the bed each one actually is. Treat them as a guide to which way a pairing moves, never as lab data.

Attraction 16 mains / RIP Control 16 crosses

Stiffness21st pct · 1 measured
Tension loss21st pct · 1 measured
Energy return64th pct · 1 measured
Spin potential6th pct · 1 measured
Ball bite22nd pct · 1 measured
String friction94th pct · 1 measured

RIP Control 16 mains / Attraction 16 crosses

Stiffness20th pct · 1 measured
Tension loss24th pct · 1 measured
Energy return66th pct · 1 measured
Spin potential6th pct · 1 measured
Ball bite19th pct · 1 measured
String friction92nd pct · 1 measured

Open this in the hybrid builder

Which goes dead first?

Estimated from tension loss, which is the only thing the database measures about ageing. This is when the bed stops playing the way you strung it, not when the string breaks.

Attraction 16

~35 hours of play

RIP Control 16

~32 hours of play

Both strings in full

Every published measurement
StringGaugePriceStiff lb/inLoss %Power %SpinBite COFFriction COF
Babolat Attraction 16 Nylon/Polyurethane16find15820902.70.3980.150
Head RIP Control 16 Nylon/Polyolefin16$7.4915722912.60.3920.148

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