A historical look at natural gut strings for tennis rackets ... Fernier credits the 1950s for introducing synthetic materials, which were created to provide a more cost effective string choice.

Much like tension, the type of strings a player uses can have ... He said the most common string materials for tennis racquets are synthetic gut, polyester and natural gut. Natural gut strings ...

Yet even with polyester’s popularity, Luxilon has released its own natural gut string ... “unless you’re willing to string every week to maintain the tension—which drops instantly and ...

As a tennis ... of the string. Nylon strings are one of the cheapest strings on the market today. They are less soft and have a lower playability, but they last a long time. Synthetic gut is ...

It started with natural gut. Back in 1875, when tennis was in ... is there’s still no string that can match the combination of power, feel, touch, comfort and tension maintenance of VS Touch.

A University of Colorado Boulder alum created what he says is the world’s first-ever 100% synthetic, biodegradable tennis ... string and said it’s consistent, durable, holds good tension ...

Impact on the game The synthetic strings have helped turn tennis into ... goes with gut in the mains and polyester in the crosses, but employs a higher tension on his larger racket, usually ...