Pro Tennis String Setups: 69 Sourced Records

Professional setups can change by tournament, weather, surface, and stringing room.

Professional setups can change by tournament, weather, surface, and stringing room.

Professional setups can change by tournament, weather, surface, and stringing room.

Professional setups can change by tournament, weather, surface, and stringing room.

Professional setups can change by tournament, weather, surface, and stringing room. The public record does not distinguish a full bed from an unreported cross string.

Professional setups can change by tournament, weather, surface, and stringing room.

Professional setups can change by tournament, weather, surface, and stringing room.

Professional setups can change by tournament, weather, surface, and stringing room. The public record does not distinguish a full bed from an unreported cross string.

Professional setups can change by tournament, weather, surface, and stringing room. Tension rechecked 2026-10-06: Tennisnerd’s Monte Carlo 2025 stringing table lists RPM Blast 1.30 at 24/22 kg. Older or undated reports give about 22–23 kg (Tennisnerd in 2023, iq.tennis), and Babolat states no tension.

Professional setups can change by tournament, weather, surface, and stringing room.

Professional setups can change by tournament, weather, surface, and stringing room. The public record does not distinguish a full bed from an unreported cross string.

Professional setups can change by tournament, weather, surface, and stringing room. The public record does not distinguish a full bed from an unreported cross string.

Professional setups can change by tournament, weather, surface, and stringing room. Refreshed 2026-10-03: Yonex’s athlete kit lists POLYTOUR REV 125 and POLYTOUR PRO 125, replacing an older report of POLYTOUR STRIKE 1.30 mains and POLYTOUR PRO 1.30 crosses. The kit does not assign mains and crosses; PRO stays in the crosses, where the older report placed it, and REV in the mains is unconfirmed. The older report’s tension belonged to the STRIKE setup and was removed rather than carried over. No switch date is established.

Professional setups can change by tournament, weather, surface, and stringing room. The public record does not distinguish a full bed from an unreported cross string.

Professional setups can change by tournament, weather, surface, and stringing room. The public record does not distinguish a full bed from an unreported cross string.

Professional setups can change by tournament, weather, surface, and stringing room. The public record does not distinguish a full bed from an unreported cross string.

Catalog snapshot: Racket Fit reports 25/24 kg. Tennisnerd (2026-08-25) reports approximately 25/23 kg; these are changeable reference settings, not a permanent specification. Babolat confirms RPM Team with the Pure Aero 98 family. Racquet weight is a reported pro unstrung snapshot; current retail specs do not establish his exact pro frame.

Babolat identifies the Pure Aero 98 family; the 16x20 pattern is manufacturer model context, not a measured personal specification. Racket Fit reports a 2023 stock frame or Pure Aero VS layup. Exact pro customization is unconfirmed. Weight is a reported pro unstrung snapshot: Racket Fit lists 305 g, rounded to 10.8 oz. Its approximately 330 g strung report is a separate quantity. Current retail Gen9 is also 10.8 oz / 305 g unstrung, but that agreement does not prove an identical pro frame. The affiliate destination is the retail 2026 model. Sources checked 2026-09-07: https://www.babolat.com/us/pure-aero-98-gen9-unstrung/101567.html and https://www.racketfit.app/pros

Professional setups can change by tournament, weather, surface, and stringing room. Refreshed 2026-10-03: Yonex’s athlete kit lists POLYTOUR SPIN 125 and POLYTOUR PRO 130 with the EZONE 100, so the cross gauge and racquet record follow the kit. The kit does not assign mains and crosses or state a tension. Tension rechecked 2026-10-06: Too Many Rackets still lists 54 lbs, and Dad Racket reports 54 lbs mains and crosses from the 2021 Erste Bank Open stringing log. Tennisnerd’s Monte Carlo 2025 table also puts POLYTOUR SPIN 1.25 in the mains and POLYTOUR PRO 1.30 in the crosses, but at 56/54 lbs, so his mains setting has varied by event. No 2026 stringing record was found.

Yonex’s athlete kit (https://us.yonex.com/pages/athlete/casper-ruud, checked 2026-10-03) lists the EZONE 100 and adds that Yonex professionals may use customized racquets with different specifications. Head size and 16x19 pattern are from Yonex’s EZONE 100 product page (https://us.yonex.com/products/ezone-100). Weight is the retail unstrung specification (300 g) from a retailer listing because the Yonex page states none; it is not his personal frame mass. Replaces the earlier VCORE 98 / 11.6 oz record, whose source was not established.

Professional setups can change by tournament, weather, surface, and stringing room. The public record does not distinguish a full bed from an unreported cross string.

Professional setups can change by tournament, weather, surface, and stringing room. The public record does not distinguish a full bed from an unreported cross string.

Professional setups can change by tournament, weather, surface, and stringing room. Refreshed 2026-10-03: Tecnifibre’s player page confirms Razor Soft and lists the T-FIGHT 305S, which replaced the “T-Fight 305” racquet label. It states no gauge or tension. Tension rechecked 2026-10-06: 22 kg is the figure Medvedev gave in an April 2023 Tennis Warehouse interview reported by Tennis.com (“22 kilos. Sometimes what I do is 21 main and 22 cross”), when he named Razor Soft 1.25. Later secondary reports differ: Tennisnerd’s Monte Carlo 2025 table lists Razor Soft 1.25 at 22.5/20.5, and its Halle 2026 report describes a full bed of Razor Soft at 21 kg (47 lbs). Racket Fit, cited here before, lists natural gut mains with Razor Soft crosses, so it no longer supports this row. The catalog records the mains only.

Tecnifibre’s player page (https://www.tecnifibre.com/en/pages/players/daniil-medvedev, checked 2026-10-03) lists the T-FIGHT 305S among his favorite products. Head size (630 cm² / 98 in²), 305 g unstrung weight and 18x19 pattern are Tecnifibre’s retail specification for that model, not measurements of his personal frame. Replaces the earlier “T-Fight 305” label and its 16x19 pattern, which the current 305S specification does not support.

Professional setups can change by tournament, weather, surface, and stringing room.

Professional setups can change by tournament, weather, surface, and stringing room. Main-string tension was not publicly reported in the catalog snapshot. The public record does not distinguish a full bed from an unreported cross string.

Professional setups can change by tournament, weather, surface, and stringing room. Main-string tension was not publicly reported in the catalog snapshot. Cross-string tension was not publicly reported in the catalog snapshot.

Professional setups can change by tournament, weather, surface, and stringing room. The public record does not distinguish a full bed from an unreported cross string. Refreshed 2026-10-03: Yonex’s athlete kit confirms POLYTOUR FIRE 125 and lists the VCORE 100, which replaced the VCORE 98 racquet record. The kit states no tension. Tension rechecked 2026-10-06: Racket Fit lists 56 lbs, and Tennisnerd’s profile says “around 56 lbs”. A retailer’s player bundle lists 55 lbs. No player, coach or Yonex source states a tension.

Yonex’s athlete kit (https://us.yonex.com/pages/athlete/elena-rybakina, checked 2026-10-03) lists the VCORE 100. Head size and 16x19 pattern are from the Yonex product page the kit links (https://us.yonex.com/products/08vcore-100). Weight is the retail unstrung specification (300 g) from a retailer listing because the Yonex page states none; it is not her personal frame mass. Replaces the earlier VCORE 98 / 11.3 oz record, whose source was not established.

Professional setups can change by tournament, weather, surface, and stringing room. Main-string tension was not publicly reported in the catalog snapshot. Cross-string tension was not publicly reported in the catalog snapshot.

Professional setups can change by tournament, weather, surface, and stringing room. The public record does not distinguish a full bed from an unreported cross string. Tension rechecked 2026-10-06: Yonex’s athlete kit confirms POLYTOUR REV 125 and states no tension. The 55 lbs comes from a retailer’s player bundle listing (Do It Tennis), which cites no source; no player, coach or Yonex source states a tension.

Professional setups can change by tournament, weather, surface, and stringing room. The public record does not distinguish a full bed from an unreported cross string.

Professional setups can change by tournament, weather, surface, and stringing room.

Professional setups can change by tournament, weather, surface, and stringing room. Tournament stringing sheets list one string for him, so the catalog records the mains only; Too Many Rackets lists POLYTOUR PRO 1.25 in both directions. Tension rechecked 2026-10-06 and changed from 41.9 lbs (19 kg) to 44 lbs: Tennisnerd’s Halle 2026 sheets list POLYTOUR PRO at 44 lbs, its transcription of the Houston 2026 board lists 44, and Too Many Rackets lists 44–45 lbs. Tennisnerd’s August 2026 top-50 summary says “around 19 kg”, and its 2024–2025 sheets listed 42 lbs.

Professional setups can change by tournament, weather, surface, and stringing room.

Professional setups can change by tournament, weather, surface, and stringing room. The public record does not distinguish a full bed from an unreported cross string.

Professional setups can change by tournament, weather, surface, and stringing room.

Tecnifibre identifies Razor Code; ProStrung explicitly reports Razor Code 1.25 in both directions at 53/53 lbs, corroborated by Brad Stringing. The catalog preserves the reported 24 kg source value (52.9 lbs by conversion), not a permanent setting. Racket Fit currently reports ALU Power Soft 1.25 at 24 kg and T-Fight 300: unresolved disagreement, not support for Razor Code. IQ Tennis retains Tempo 298 and leaves tension unconfirmed. Racquet weight/head/pattern are retail context, not measured personal specifications.

Tecnifibre’s current athlete page lists T-Fight 300S. Head size, pattern and 10.5 oz (298 g) mass are retail model context, not personal-frame measurements. The B2B specification table lists 298 g unstrung, while its description and the current consumer product page list 300 g. The separate 2026 T-Fight 300S I.G. retail listing also says 300 g; Tecnifibre describes its use from the European clay swing through Roland Garros; it does not establish use after Paris. These retail masses are not averaged. Current personal mass, balance, swingweight and customization remain unverified. Tempo 298 belongs to the previous signature era. Current Racket Fit lists T-Fight 300 rather than 300S. The affiliate is the retail 2025 T-Fight 300S, currently shown sold out; it is not an exact personal frame.

Current best-supported public synthesis: Yonex POLYTOUR STRIKE. IQ Tennis (updated August 24, 2026), Tennisnerd and Tennis Express corroborate the model; 3tennis explicitly reports the same string in mains and crosses, with medium confidence. Full-bed direction is less strongly established than the model. Current gauge and both reference tensions are not reliably public. Earlier catalog snapshot (verified May 15, 2026): Luxilon ALU Power 1.25 mains / Luxilon 4G 1.25 crosses, tensions unknown. Tennis Warehouse still associates both Luxilon 1.25 products with Jovic but gives no direction or tension. USTA documents 2025–26 offseason string experimentation and a larger butt cap, without string identities or a switch date. Yonex officially associates VCORE 100 but lists no string in her athlete kit. Gauge not publicly established. No matched personal racquet record; retail 300 g is not personal mass. Sources may represent different periods or merchandising associations; no precise switch or performance cause is inferred.

Professional setups can change by tournament, weather, surface, and stringing room. The public record does not distinguish a full bed from an unreported cross string.

Current specialist reports describe HEAD Hawk Touch 1.30 throughout the stringbed at approximately 28 kg. Settings can change with string jobs, tournaments, balls, and conditions. HEAD lists Sinner as a Hawk Touch endorser but does not publish his personal gauge or reference tension. The full-bed classification follows Tennisnerd’s explicit report; Racket Fit corroborates the string, gauge, and tension.

HEAD officially associates Sinner with the Speed family. Racket Fit and Tennisnerd report a customized TGT 301.4 pro-stock frame; this is specialist reporting, not a HEAD-confirmed consumer model. Tennisnerd relates it to the older Graphene Touch Speed MP platform and reports 302 g unstrung, matching Racket Fit. The Tennis Insider match-used equipment report and The Pandr also report 100 sq in and 16x19. Current retail Speed Pro and Speed MP models are context only: numerical similarity does not establish identical layup or customization. These are reported snapshots, not permanent personal specifications.

Professional setups can change by tournament, weather, surface, and stringing room. Tension rechecked 2026-10-06: Yonex’s athlete kit confirms POLYTOUR PRO 120 and states no tension. The 57/55 lbs split comes from a retailer’s player bundle listing (Do It Tennis), which cites no source. Tennisnerd reports “around 25-26 kgs” from unnamed stringers. No player, coach or Yonex source states a tension.

Professional setups can change by tournament, weather, surface, and stringing room. The public record does not distinguish a full bed from an unreported cross string.

Professional setups can change by tournament, weather, surface, and stringing room.

Professional setups can change by tournament, weather, surface, and stringing room.

Professional setups can change by tournament, weather, surface, and stringing room.

Professional setups can change by tournament, weather, surface, and stringing room.

Professional setups can change by tournament, weather, surface, and stringing room. The public record does not distinguish a full bed from an unreported cross string.

Professional setups can change by tournament, weather, surface, and stringing room. The public record does not distinguish a full bed from an unreported cross string. Refreshed 2026-10-03: Yonex’s athlete kit confirms POLYTOUR REV 125 and lists the EZONE 98, which replaced the older Wilson Blade 98 v9 racquet record. The kit states no tension. Tension rechecked 2026-10-06: the only figure found is 53 lbs in a retailer’s player bundle listing (Do It Tennis), which cites no source. No player, coach or Yonex source states a tension, so treat it as a retailer specification.

Yonex’s athlete kit (https://us.yonex.com/pages/athlete/madison-keys, checked 2026-10-03) lists the EZONE 98 and says she “quickly adapted after switching to a Yonex racquet”. Head size and 16x19 pattern are from Yonex’s EZONE 98 product page (https://us.yonex.com/products/ezone-98). Weight is the retail unstrung specification (305 g) from a retailer listing because the Yonex page states none; it is not her personal frame mass. Replaces the earlier Wilson Blade 98 v9 record, an association that predates the switch.

Professional setups can change by tournament, weather, surface, and stringing room. The public record does not distinguish a full bed from an unreported cross string.

Professional setups can change by tournament, weather, surface, and stringing room.

Professional setups can change by tournament, weather, surface, and stringing room. The public record does not distinguish a full bed from an unreported cross string.

Professional setups can change by tournament, weather, surface, and stringing room. The public record does not distinguish a full bed from an unreported cross string.

Professional setups can change by tournament, weather, surface, and stringing room. The public record does not distinguish a full bed from an unreported cross string.

Professional setups can change by tournament, weather, surface, and stringing room. The public record does not distinguish a full bed from an unreported cross string.

Professional setups can change by tournament, weather, surface, and stringing room. The public record does not distinguish a full bed from an unreported cross string.

Professional setups can change by tournament, weather, surface, and stringing room.

Professional setups can change by tournament, weather, surface, and stringing room. The public record does not distinguish a full bed from an unreported cross string.

Catalog snapshot retained at 26.8/25.4 kg (about 59/56 lbs), supported by TennisCompanion, ProStrung and Baseline Lab. Racket Fit and Tennisnerd separately report 27–28/26–27 kg with condition-dependent adjustment. Natural gut mains / polyester crosses. Rough is better supported by current specialist reports; TennisCompanion and ProStrung omit Rough. No tournament mapping or averaged setting is established.

HEAD officially associates Djokovic with Speed Legend. PT346.1 is a specialist-reported current identifier from TennisCompanion, not official HEAD consumer naming; Racket Fit describes the current mold as PT113B-derived. Tennisnerd places the old PT113B before roughly 2018 and documents the current 95 sq in / 18x19 geometry. The 353 g mass is a reported STRUNG snapshot, not an unstrung specification. Exact layup and production details are not established by retail specs. Current retail Speed PRO Legend specifications are context only.

Professional setups can change by tournament, weather, surface, and stringing room. The public record does not distinguish a full bed from an unreported cross string.

Professional setups can change by tournament, weather, surface, and stringing room. The public record does not distinguish a full bed from an unreported cross string.

Historical RPM Blast-era setup. Babolat quotes Nadal at 25 kg reference tension normally and 25.5 kg at altitude. Manufacturer corroboration and specialist reporting support the standard 1.35 mm full polyester bed; TennisCompanion explicitly lists RPM Blast in both directions at 25/25 kg. Its gauge label is 15, while its player guide specifies 1.35 mm / 15L. A reported 1.30 mm change began at the 2022 Australian Open, but reporting does not establish that it permanently replaced 1.35 through retirement. Nadal retired in November 2024. The catalog retains the standard historical scalar snapshot.

Historical: Babolat associates Nadal with the Aero/Pure Aero family and developed the Pure Aero Rafa Origin as a close retail reproduction of his specifications. Specialist reporting identifies the long-term match platform as AeroPro Drive Original under later cosmetics. Tennisnerd reports about 340 g strung including dampener and overgrip, ~335 mm balance and ~370 swingweight; TennisCompanion reports 343 g strung / 335 mm / ~360 swingweight. These source-specific snapshots are not averaged. Retail Origin specifications do not prove that every Nadal match frame was a stock retail model. Nadal retired in November 2024.

Historical RF97-era setup. Wilson Natural Gut 1.30 mains and Luxilon ALU Power Rough 1.25 crosses are well documented. The catalog retains a 26.5/25 kg historical snapshot, corroborated by Mouratoglou. Other late-career reports include 26/24.5 and 27/25.5 kg depending on conditions; no pair is permanent. Federer retired in 2022. Champion’s Choice contains both strings, but the retailer’s suggested orientation is opposite Federer’s gut mains / Rough crosses.

Historical: Wilson identifies the RF97 Autograph as Federer’s 2014–2022 professional racquet. Lisa Sabino’s FITP-hosted 2019/2020 equipment thesis reports a 2017 frame at approximately 366 g strung, corroborated by Tennisnerd. Specialist accounts describe a frame close to the retail RF97 platform with a heavier selected/personal match-ready specification; exact customization details vary. The modern Pro Staff 97 Classic is not the RF97. RF 01 is a later post-retirement collaboration, not his tour frame. No current retail product is represented here as his exact competitive racquet.

Professional setups can change by tournament, weather, surface, and stringing room.

Professional setups can change by tournament, weather, surface, and stringing room.

Professional setups can change by tournament, weather, surface, and stringing room.

Professional setups can change by tournament, weather, surface, and stringing room. The public record does not distinguish a full bed from an unreported cross string.

Professional setups can change by tournament, weather, surface, and stringing room.

Professional setups can change by tournament, weather, surface, and stringing room.

Professional setups can change by tournament, weather, surface, and stringing room. The public record does not distinguish a full bed from an unreported cross string.

Professional setups can change by tournament, weather, surface, and stringing room. The public record does not distinguish a full bed from an unreported cross string.

Professional setups can change by tournament, weather, surface, and stringing room.

Professional setups can change by tournament, weather, surface, and stringing room.