Below are some fun facts about the strung rackets at Wimbledon 2015. Thanks to our Dutch Wimbledon stringer Timo van Driel!
- There were 18 stringers active at Wimbledon from the qualification to the final days. The stringing team also consisted of 8 administrative employees for the intake and processing of the rackets and 6 'runners', or pick-ups/bringers of the rackets.
- A total of 3,717 rackets were strung, which represents an increase of 9.16% compared to 2014.
- 14 Babolat Sensor machines were used for stringing.
- The busiest stringing day during the qualifications was Sunday June 21 with 224 rackets.
- The busiest stringing day during the main tournament was Sunday June 28th with 423 rackets!
- The most rackets are strung for winner Serena Williams: 77.
- The lowest tension was for Mikhail Kukushkin: 10.5/9.5 kg with the Signum Pro Firestorm stringing.
- The highest tension was for Nadal's conqueror, Dustin Brown: 32/32 kg with the Solinco Tour Bite stringing.
- Total number of players strung for: 655
- Total number of players who used hybrid stringings (different length and cross strings): 247
Most used strings:
- Luxilon Alu Power
- Babolat RPM Blast
- Wilson Natural
- Babolat VS Team
- Luxilon 4G
- Luxilon Alu Power Rough
- Luxilon Original
- Solinco Tour Bite
- Head Hawk
- Babolat Pro Hurricane Tour
Most strung rackets:
- Babolat Pure Drive
- Wilson Blade
- Babolat Aeropro Drive
- Head Prestige
- Head Radical
- Wilson Pro Staff 97
- Babolat Pure Strike
- Wilson Burn
- Wilson Juice
- Prince Tour
What is striking is the increase in the number of players who play with hybrid stringings (different length and width strings). At Wimbledon 2015, 37.7% of the players played with a hybrid stringing and this is without counting the big users Djokovic, Federer and Murray (they used their own stringers). It is also striking that at all major tournaments restringing is much more common: Wimbledon 2015 almost doubled the number of strung rackets compared to 7 years ago! This trend can also be seen at other major tournaments. [caption id="attachment_1226" align="alignnone" width="800"]
The 2015 Wimbledon stringing team with back row, third from right Timo van Driel[/caption] Source: Our Dutch stringing hero Timo van Driel and ERSA (European Stringer Association) Racquet Tech Magazine, edition 6, 2015.