All Entries in the "Pro Tour Stringing" Category
2012 Australian Open Tennis Racquet Stringing – Two More Videos
Here are two more great videos from the Wilson Stringing Room at the 2012 Australian Open. Enjoy… Thanks for checking in. DH
Wilson Tennis Stringing Team at the 2011 Australian Open
This video is from last year’s Australian Open, but it is still cool to watch – at least for me. The video mentions a record of stringing 378 racquets in a day. Note: That record was eclipsed at the 2011 U.S. Open when the Wilson Stringing Team strung 490 racquets in a day! Impressive. The [...]
Wilson Tennis Stringing Team at 2012 Australian Open
In the video below, Wilson Stringing Team Member, Tadashi Hosoya, talks about stringing racquets for Kei Nishikori at the 2012 Australian Open. At the first Grand Slam of the year, the Wilson Team is picking up right where they left off at the U.S. Open… Turning out MANY high-quality string jobs. Looks sunny and warm [...]
Babolat Stringing Room at Roland Garros
In 2011, Babolat replaced Tecnifibre as the official stringing service of the French Open. In the following videos from Babolat, they walk you through the various steps of the stringing process in what they call “the Babolab”. The audio on most of these videos is in French, but they provide written captions in English. Enjoy… [...]
U.S. Men’s Clay Court Championship Stringing Room
Special thanks to Scott and Matt Guenther for sending me these great pictures from inside the stringing room and around the grounds at the U.S. Men’s Clay Court Championship in Houston. The stringers, Randy and Gary, informed Scott and Matt that they’ve been stringing more Luxilon Alu Power than any other string – with Babolat [...]
ATP Video: Stringers
Here is a great video from the ATP called “Stringers” that features Nate Ferguson from Priority One. This video gives some fairly basic yet interesting information about stringing on the pro tour and certainly emphasizes the importance of strings and a high-quality stringjob. Thanks for checking in. DH
U.S. Open Stringing Room Video
This video is a little old (2009 U.S. Open), but it is still worth watching for a bit of a behind-the-scenes looks at the Wilson Stringing Team and the U.S. Open Stringing Room. Enjoy. Thanks for checking in. DH
More Stringing News from the Aussie Open
As I wrote a couple of days ago, the Wilson Stringing Team is providing the official, on-site stringing service at the 2010 Australian Open. (Of course, the guys from Priority One are there – off-site – taking care of their clients like Fed and Any Murray, but for the majority of players, the Wilson Stringing [...]
Images from the Australian Open Stringing Room
The Wilson Stringing Team is, once again, the official racquet stringing service of the Australian Open. Check out these photos courtesy of Grand Slam Stringers. Thanks for checking in. DH
Polyester Tennis Strings: The Choice of the Pros
Walk into any stringing room on the pro tour – especially on the men’s side, and you’ll see polyester tennis string… tons of it. Polyester tennis strings, commonly referred to as polys, have almost completely replaced natural gut as the string choice of the pros. (Note: Many pros still use natural gut as the cross [...]