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Wilson Synthetic Gut Control 17 (1.25) vs Yonex Mono Preme 16 (1.30)

Mono Preme 16 (1.30) leads on 4 of 6 measurements. The widest gap is stiffness, where Synthetic Gut Control 17 (1.25) is 11 percentile points ahead. Every figure is a testing-machine result at a fixed reference tension.

Measured, side by side

Wilson

Synthetic Gut Control 17 (1.25)

Nylon · 17 ga

Yonex

Mono Preme 16 (1.30)

Nylon · 16 ga

Stiffness lower = softer, kinder on the arm
15823rd pct
16634th pct
Tension loss lower = stays where you strung it
178th pct
143rd pct
Energy return higher = livelier, more free power
9384th pct
9384th pct
Spin potential higher = more spin off the string bed
4.851st pct
5.057th pct
Ball bite higher = grabs the ball harder
0.41735th pct
0.42038th pct
String friction lower = strings slide and snap back
0.08636th pct
0.08432nd pct

Bars are percentile against all 788 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 Synthetic Gut Control 17 (1.25) at 52 lb

String Mono Preme 16 (1.30) at 49.5 lb 22.5 kg

Coming from Mono Preme 16 (1.30) at 52 lb

String Synthetic Gut Control 17 (1.25) 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.

Synthetic Gut Control 17 (1.25) mains / Mono Preme 16 (1.30) crosses

Stiffness27th pct · 1 measured
Tension loss7th pct · 1 measured
Energy return84th pct · 1 measured
Spin potential53rd pct · 1 measured
Ball bite35th pct · 1 measured
String friction35th pct · 1 measured

Mono Preme 16 (1.30) mains / Synthetic Gut Control 17 (1.25) crosses

Stiffness30th pct · 1 measured
Tension loss4th pct · 1 measured
Energy return84th pct · 1 measured
Spin potential55th pct · 1 measured
Ball bite37th pct · 1 measured
String friction32nd 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.

Synthetic Gut Control 17 (1.25)

~38 hours of play

Mono Preme 16 (1.30)

~39 hours of play

Both strings in full

Every published measurement
StringGaugePriceStiff lb/inLoss %Power %SpinBite COFFriction COF
Wilson Synthetic Gut Control 17 (1.25) Nylon17find15817934.80.4170.086
Yonex Mono Preme 16 (1.30) Nylon16find16614935.00.4200.084

Add a third string Synthetic Gut Control 17 (1.25) in full Mono Preme 16 (1.30) in full