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Gamma TNT2 Tour 16 (1.32) vs Wilson Synthetic Gut Control 17 (1.25)

TNT2 Tour 16 (1.32) leads on 3 of 6 measurements. The widest gap is ball bite, where TNT2 Tour 16 (1.32) is 36 percentile points ahead. Every figure is a testing-machine result at a fixed reference tension.

Measured, side by side

Gamma

TNT2 Tour 16 (1.32)

Nylon · 16 ga

Wilson

Synthetic Gut Control 17 (1.25)

Nylon · 17 ga

Stiffness lower = softer, kinder on the arm
15721st pct
15823rd pct
Tension loss lower = stays where you strung it
1914th pct
178th pct
Energy return higher = livelier, more free power
9384th pct
9384th pct
Spin potential higher = more spin off the string bed
5.262nd pct
4.851st pct
Ball bite higher = grabs the ball harder
0.48170th pct
0.41735th pct
String friction lower = strings slide and snap back
0.09250th pct
0.08637th 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 TNT2 Tour 16 (1.32) at 52 lb

String Synthetic Gut Control 17 (1.25) at 51.6 lb 23.4 kg

Coming from Synthetic Gut Control 17 (1.25) at 52 lb

String TNT2 Tour 16 (1.32) at 52.4 lb 23.8 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.

TNT2 Tour 16 (1.32) mains / Synthetic Gut Control 17 (1.25) crosses

Stiffness21st pct · 1 measured
Tension loss12th pct · 1 measured
Energy return84th pct · 1 measured
Spin potential61st pct · 1 measured
Ball bite66th pct · 1 measured
String friction48th pct · 1 measured

Synthetic Gut Control 17 (1.25) mains / TNT2 Tour 16 (1.32) crosses

Stiffness22nd pct · 1 measured
Tension loss10th pct · 1 measured
Energy return84th pct · 1 measured
Spin potential53rd pct · 1 measured
Ball bite42nd pct · 1 measured
String friction41st 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.

TNT2 Tour 16 (1.32)

~36 hours of play

Synthetic Gut Control 17 (1.25)

~38 hours of play

Both strings in full

Every published measurement
StringGaugePriceStiff lb/inLoss %Power %SpinBite COFFriction COF
Gamma TNT2 Tour 16 (1.32) Nylon16find15719935.20.4810.092
Wilson Synthetic Gut Control 17 (1.25) Nylon17find15817934.80.4170.086

Add a third string TNT2 Tour 16 (1.32) in full Synthetic Gut Control 17 (1.25) in full