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🚀 A new Stringing Cloud Tournament experience is here.

We’re excited to share a complete preview of the new version of StringingCloud Tournament — fully usable today at:

👉 https://tour.stringingcloud.com/

This isn’t just a demo. The new version shares data with the current platform, so you can start using the new experience while continuing to work with your existing tournament data.

We’ve completely reworked and optimized the experience to make tournament stringing operations faster, smoother and even easier to manage.

⚡ Super-optimized performance
🎾 A better tournament workflow
📱 Improved user experience
🔄 Shared data with the current version
✅ Fully usable preview

Our goal was simple: take what we believe is the world’s best software for managing professional tournament stringing operations and make the experience even better.

The new StringingCloud Tournament is ready to try.

👉 Explore it now: https://tour.stringingcloud.com/

We’d love to hear your feedback.

🎾 How many hours should you play before changing your strings?

Should you wait until they break? Not necessarily.

A string can still look perfectly intact while its tension, elasticity, response and dynamic behaviour have already changed significantly.

⏱️ So, 5, 10, 20 or 30 hours?

There is no single number that works for everyone. It depends on the string, racket, tension, playing level and, above all, how the setup evolves over time.

In our new Racketpedia editorial, we look at:

👉 The myth of “I change my strings when they break”
👉 Tension loss
👉 Static and dynamic stability
👉 Performance degradation
👉 Differences between monofilament, multifilament and natural gut
👉 How to understand when it’s really time to restring

💡 The right question isn’t “Are my strings still intact?” but “Are they still delivering the performance I expect?”

🔗 Read the new editorial on Racketpedia
https://www.racketpedia.com/en-GB/editorials/how-many-hours-before-changing-tennis-strings

How many hours should you play before changing your strings? Waiting until your strings break is not always the right criterion. Learn why tension loss, dynamic stability and performance matter more than physical durability alone.

🎾 What’s the ideal string tension?

22 kg? 23 kg? 24 kg?

The truth is: the ideal string tension doesn’t exist.

The same tension can produce very different results depending on the string, the racket and the player.

In our latest Racketpedia editorial, we look at:

🔬 what Racketpedia Lab Tests tell us about string stiffness and behaviour
🎾 why two 1.25 mm monofilaments can behave very differently
⚠️ the most common mistakes when choosing tension
📊 what real stringing data from Stringing Cloud can tell us
🎯 why the right tension is often a range, not a single number

Don’t look for the perfect number.
Look for the right setup.

👉 Read the full article:
https://www.racketpedia.com/en-GB/editorials/the-ideal-string-tension-does-not-exist

The ideal string tension does not exist: here’s why There is no ideal string tension for everyone. String, racket, player and playing style all change the result. Learn how to interpret tension using Racketpedia Lab Tests and real Stringing Cloud data.

🎾 What if improving your setup didn’t mean changing your racket?

Meet RP TuneAI, the new Racketpedia tool designed to help you understand what to change — and what to keep.

Start with the setup you play with today: racket, string and tension. Then tell RP TuneAI what you want to improve:

⚡ Power
🌀 Spin
🎯 Control
💨 Manoeuvrability
🛡️ Stability
🤲 Comfort

RP TuneAI uses Racketpedia’s measured racket and string data to identify three ranked and explained setup alternatives, looking for the changes that move you in the right direction while preserving what already works.

Maybe you need a different racket.
Maybe you only need a different string or tension.

The goal isn’t to make the biggest change. It’s to make the right one.

🚀 RP TuneAI is now available in BETA for Racketpedia subscribers.

👉 Discover RP TuneAI:
https://www.racketpedia.com/en-GB/editorials/rp-tuneai-optimize-tennis-setup

Your setup can work better: meet RP TuneAI Discover RP TuneAI: analyse racket, strings and tension together to optimise your tennis setup based on what you want to improve.

🎾 Same racket. Same specs. Different feel?

Yes — and there’s a reason.

Two rackets of the exact same model can feel surprisingly different on court.

⚖️ A few grams of weight
📍 A slightly different balance
🔥 A different swingweight

Small manufacturing tolerances can create real differences in feel and performance.

That’s why the specs printed in a catalog don’t always tell the full story.

The catalog describes the model.
The measurement describes YOUR racket. 🎯

Want to know why identical rackets can play differently — and how racket matching can help?

👉 Read the full story on Racketpedia
🔗 Link in first comment

🎾 Same model. Same specs. Completely different feel. How is that possible?

Have you ever bought two identical tennis rackets and discovered that, on court… they don’t feel identical at all?

One feels easier to swing.
The other feels more stable.
One accelerates effortlessly, while the other seems to produce a heavier ball.

👉 The reason is simple: the specifications published by manufacturers are nominal values. Each individual racket can have small differences due to normal manufacturing tolerances.

And weight alone doesn’t tell the whole story.

📊 Weight, balance, and especially swingweight can significantly affect how a racket performs and feels on court.

In our latest Racketpedia editorial, we explain:

🔹 Why two rackets of the same model can play differently
🔹 Why swingweight matters so much
🔹 The difference between declared specs and actual measured values
🔹 How racket matching can make multiple frames feel more consistent

The key takeaway?

The catalog describes the model.
The measurement describes the racket actually in your hand.

👉 Read the full article on Racketpedia:
https://www.racketpedia.com/en-GB/editorials/why-identical-tennis-rackets-can-play-differently

Why Two Tennis Rackets with the Same Specifications Can Play Completely Differently Two rackets of the same model can have different weight, balance and swingweight values. Discover how manufacturing tolerances affect on-court performance.

What tension do players *actually* string at? 🎾

Not what forums say. Not what brochures claim.
What thousands of real players choose — every single week.

Introducing the Racketpedia Observatory 🔭

You already know us for instrumental lab tests on rackets and strings. Now you can also explore REAL stringing data from thousands of tennis players tracked on :

⚡ String choices
⚡ Tensions
⚡ Hybrid setups
⚡ Trends over time

Lab precision meets real-world habits. For the first time, in one place.

👉 Link in bio to explore the Observatory

What tension do players *actually* string at? 🎾

Not what forums say. Not what a brochure claims. What thousands of real players choose, every single week.

Today we're launching the Racketpedia Observatory — and it changes the game.

Racketpedia has always been about hard data: instrumental lab tests on rackets and strings, measured with scientific rigor. Now, alongside those numbers, you can explore real stringing data from thousands of tennis players tracked on StringingCloud: string choices, tensions, hybrid setups, trends over time.

For the first time, lab measurements meet real-world stringing habits in one place.

Come see what the tennis world is really playing with 👉 https://www.racketpedia.com/en-GB/observatory

Think you know how to read a tennis racket spec sheet? Think again. 🎾

Most players focus on the brand or the cosmetic. The real difference is hidden in the numbers.

⚖️ Weight
🎯 Balance
💥 Swingweight
📏 Head size
🧵 String pattern
📐 Stiffness (RA)

Understanding what these specifications actually mean can save you from buying the wrong racket—and help you find one that truly fits your game.

In our latest editorial, we explain the most common mistakes players make when reading a racket specification sheet and how to interpret each value correctly.

📖 Read the full article:
https://www.racketpedia.com/en-GB/editorials/how-to-read-tennis-racket-specification-sheet

How to Read a Tennis Racket Specification Sheet: The Most Common Mistakes Weight, balance, swingweight and stiffness should not be read separately. Learn how to interpret a Racketpedia specification sheet correctly.

🎾 Racquet and string profiles just got even smarter.

We’ve enhanced Racketpedia with new insights from real-world stringing jobs recorded by a network of professional stringers using Stringing Cloud.

You can now explore statistics based on real player setups, including:

📊 Average stringing tension
🎾 Full bed vs. hybrid setups
🔀 Main and cross string tensions
🧵 Most used string types
⭐ Most common string setups
📈 Player preferences based on thousands of real stringing jobs

Our goal is simple: provide recommendations and insights based on real data, not opinions.

⚠️ The data comes from stringing jobs performed by professional stringers using Stringing Cloud. It does not include tournament stringing data.

👉 Explore the new statistics on Racketpedia: https://www.racketpedia.com