Head to head

Babolat Hurricane Feel 16 vs Yonex Poly Tour Spin G 1.25

Poly Tour Spin G 1.25 leads on 5 of 6 measurements. The widest gap is ball bite, where Poly Tour Spin G 1.25 is 64 percentile points ahead. Every figure is a testing-machine result at a fixed reference tension.

Measured, side by side

Babolat

Hurricane Feel 16

Polyester · 16 ga

Yonex

Poly Tour Spin G 1.25

Polyester

Stiffness lower = softer, kinder on the arm

25099th pct

23797th pct

Tension loss lower = stays where you strung it

3149th pct

2637th pct

Energy return higher = livelier, more free power

8850th pct

9060th pct

Spin potential higher = more spin off the string bed

4.748th pct

4.851st pct

Ball bite higher = grabs the ball harder

0.37912th pct

0.49776th pct

String friction lower = strings slide and snap back

0.08024th pct

0.10468th 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.

More spin and shape

Hurricane Feel 16404th

Poly Tour Spin G 1.25326th
Easier on my arm

Hurricane Feel 16715th

Poly Tour Spin G 1.25653rd
More control, less launch

Hurricane Feel 1690th

Poly Tour Spin G 1.25150th
More power and depth

Hurricane Feel 16537th

Poly Tour Spin G 1.25444th
Plays the same for longer

Hurricane Feel 16389th

Poly Tour Spin G 1.25294th
Lasts longer before it breaks

Hurricane Feel 16118th

Poly Tour Spin G 1.25497th
Best feel and touch

Hurricane Feel 16543rd

Poly Tour Spin G 1.25446th

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 Hurricane Feel 16 at 52 lb

String Poly Tour Spin G 1.25 at 62.3 lb 28.3 kg

Coming from Poly Tour Spin G 1.25 at 52 lb

String Hurricane Feel 16 at 41.5 lb 18.8 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.

Hurricane Feel 16 mains / Poly Tour Spin G 1.25 crosses

Stiffness98th pct · 1 measured

Tension loss46th pct · 1 measured

Energy return56th pct · 1 measured

Spin potential49th pct · 1 measured

Ball bite21st pct · 1 measured

String friction37th pct · 1 measured

Poly Tour Spin G 1.25 mains / Hurricane Feel 16 crosses

Stiffness98th pct · 1 measured

Tension loss41st pct · 1 measured

Energy return57th pct · 1 measured

Spin potential49th pct · 1 measured

Ball bite70th pct · 1 measured

String friction61st 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.

Hurricane Feel 16

~25 hours of play

Poly Tour Spin G 1.25

~29 hours of play

Both strings in full

Every published measurement
String	Gauge	Price	Stiff lb/in	Loss %	Power %	Spin	Bite COF	Friction COF
Babolat Hurricane Feel 16 Polyester	16	find	250	31	88	4.7	0.379	0.080
Yonex Poly Tour Spin G 1.25 Polyester	—	find	237	26	90	4.8	0.497	0.104

Add a third string Hurricane Feel 16 in full Poly Tour Spin G 1.25 in full