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Seong-Chan Hong’s Racquet – Player Profile
Seong-Chan Hong is a South Korean player with a career high singles rank of no 139, but what is his current racquet and strings setup? Seong-Chan Hong’s Tennis Racquet Seong-Chan Hong uses a 2022 Yonex Ezone 100 racquet. This racquet is a gem and in our humble opinion, better than the current Ezone 100 2025. […]
POLL: Best Tennis Apparel Brand?
It’s clear that most tennis players, from recreational to pro’s, are now taking almost as much interest in their tennis wear as racquet and strings. We recently wrote about the latest tech trends in sports wear and in the last few years we’ve seen several smaller brands trying to take on the big guys with […]
Prince x Toroline: The Purple Tour 98
When Prince relaunched its Tour line for 2026, the focus was on its new four-racquet lineup and ISO Fiber construction. But one version of the Tour 98 has attracted particular attention: a limited-edition collaboration with Toroline finished in a nice purple cosmetic. A Tour 98 With a Toroline Twist The Prince x Toroline Tour 98 […]
Prince Tennis Racquets: Thin Beams and Heavy Spin, The Enduring Control of Prince
Prince is a brand that has a unique place in tennis history. Many mainstream manufacturers have chased ultra-stiff, wide-body designs for effortless free power, but Prince has always been the spiritual home of pure ball pocketing, arm-friendly flex and iconic thin-beam control. Prince frames are built for players who value responsive feedback and aggressive ball […]
Full Bed vs Hybrid Stringing: Which Setup Is Right for You?
I have tried nearly every string combination imaginable on court over the years. The combination or isolation of string types can range from stiff full beds of low powered co-poly strung in the mid 40s to luxury natural gut and poly hybrids and will completely change how a racket plays. The default habit that players […]
Jan Choinski’s Racquet – Player Profile
Jan Choinski is a German-born, Polish-British (!) player, now competing for Great Britain, with a career high rank of 126. Let’s learn more about his current gear and career so far. Jan Choinski’s tennis racquet Jan Choinski’s racquet is a Babolat Pure Aero 98 strung with Solinco Tour Bite. We are unfamiliar with Choinski’s racquet specs […]
Jan Kumstat’s Racquet – Player Profile
Jan Kumstat is one of the top rising stars on the ATP Challenger circuit, but what is his racquet and strings setup? Jan Kumstat’s tennis racquet Jan Kumstat’s racquet is a Yonex Ezone 98 (2025) with lead tape on the sides (3 and 9) and strung with Yonex Polytour Pro. We are unaware of Kumstat’s […]
The Best-Looking Tennis Racquets of All Time?
We write a lot about specs on this site. Swing weight, stiffness, string patterns, power levels, control, comfort etc. In this post we get into something else: racquet cosmetics. What are the best-looking tennis racquets of all time? It’s a completely subjective question and there’s no right answer, but cosmetics matter more than we like […]
Dane Sweeny’s Racquet – Player Profile
Aussie tennis player Dane Sweeny made his professional main-draw debut on the ITF Tour in 2018 and has since established himself as a resilient competitor on both the ITF and ATP Challenger tours, currently playing well at the US Open. But what is Sweeny’s racquet and strings setup? Dane Sweeny’s tennis racquet Dane Sweeny used […]
Best Budget String Setups That Still Perform Like Premium Poly
I hear this question almost every week at the stringing bench from clients. “What’s the cheapest string you can put in my racquet that won’t feel like I’m downgrading?” It’s usually juniors stringing every couple of weeks, competitive breaking strings regularly, or players who’ve felt the premium co-polys and don’t want to go back to […]