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Babolat Origin 17 vs Gamma Marathon DPC 15 (1.40)

Origin 17 leads on 4 of 6 measurements. The widest gap is string friction, where Origin 17 is 19 percentile points ahead. Every figure is a testing-machine result at a fixed reference tension.

Measured, side by side

Babolat

Origin 17

Nylon · 17 ga

Gamma

Marathon DPC 15 (1.40)

Nylon · 15 ga

Stiffness lower = softer, kinder on the arm
17239th pct
18046th pct
Tension loss lower = stays where you strung it
179th pct
154th pct
Energy return higher = livelier, more free power
9493rd pct
9388th pct
Spin potential higher = more spin off the string bed
6.485th pct
5.773rd pct
Ball bite higher = grabs the ball harder
0.42541st pct
0.44855th pct
String friction lower = strings slide and snap back
0.0662nd pct
0.07921st 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 Origin 17 at 52 lb

String Marathon DPC 15 (1.40) at 49.5 lb 22.5 kg

Coming from Marathon DPC 15 (1.40) at 52 lb

String Origin 17 at 54.6 lb 24.8 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.

Origin 17 mains / Marathon DPC 15 (1.40) crosses

Stiffness43rd pct · 1 measured
Tension loss7th pct · 1 measured
Energy return91st pct · 1 measured
Spin potential83rd pct · 1 measured
Ball bite43rd pct · 1 measured
String friction5th pct · 1 measured

Marathon DPC 15 (1.40) mains / Origin 17 crosses

Stiffness44th pct · 1 measured
Tension loss6th pct · 1 measured
Energy return91st pct · 1 measured
Spin potential77th pct · 1 measured
Ball bite52nd pct · 1 measured
String friction14th 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.

Origin 17

~37 hours of play

Marathon DPC 15 (1.40)

~39 hours of play

Both strings in full

Every published measurement
StringGaugePriceStiff lb/inLoss %Power %SpinBite COFFriction COF
Babolat Origin 17 Nylon17find17217946.40.4250.066
Gamma Marathon DPC 15 (1.40) Nylon15find18015935.70.4480.079

Add a third string Origin 17 in full Marathon DPC 15 (1.40) in full