How do you know when you need new tennis strings?

To this player, we’d recommend re-stringing every three months. While you won’t break your strings, the tension of your strings (how tight or loose they are) will change dramatically in that time. Your strings begin losing tension the moment your racket is taken off the stringing machine.

How often should you get your tennis racket restrung?

As a general rule you should re-string each year as often as you play per week. If you play twice per week, you should restring your racket twice per year. All strings gradually stretch and lose their resiliency or go dead, even if you play infrequently.

How do I know if my tennis strings are dead?

Here are the signs that you need to know:

1. Strings are “fraying” significantly.
2. Strings are moving; much more crooked than normal after points.
3. Strings make a “thud” sound at contact.
4. You feel that your ball has far less control than normal.

What happens when tennis strings lose tension?

When strings lose tension, the ball spends more time on the string bed, which can lessen your control. A loss in tension can mean you will find yourself hitting just long, making more unforced errors or having difficulty placing the ball.

How often do pro tennis players break strings?

In an average 3 hour match, most of the top 20 professional tennis players will change their racquets five to ten times. Recreational players tend to play a lot longer on the same set of strings than a pro ever would. Poly strings tend to go completely dead after about four hours of play.

How do you make tennis strings last longer?

Try hitting with a thicker gauge size or 2. Switch to a different string material that’s more for durable. For example if you’re playing with an 18g multifilament string, you can move to a thicker 17g or 16g string or switch to a synthetic gut or polyester string.

What’s the difference between 16 and 17 gauge tennis strings?

Essentially, tennis string gauge means the thickness of the string. The higher the gauge number, the thinner the string, so 17 gauge string is thinner than 16 gauge. Pros will tend to use slightly thinner strings than others because durability is irrelevant to them, whereas a beginner might want something more durable.