Australian Open 2024 with Yonex:
What a busy start to 2024, Thierry was fortunate enough to be invited by Yonex UK to string at the AO 2024 in Melbourne. A total of 23 days stringing with 490 rackets strung, what a pleasure, a massive thank you to the Yonex UK Team. The Yonex UK team coordinated a Q&A with Thierry fielding a number of fun and interesting questions. These were all posted on Instagram
What a busy start to 2024, Thierry was fortunate enough to be invited by Yonex UK to string at the AO 2024 in Melbourne. A total of 23 days stringing with 490 rackets strung, what a pleasure, a massive thank you to the Yonex UK Team. The Yonex UK team coordinated a Q&A with Thierry fielding a number of fun and interesting questions. These were all posted on Instagram
- Total number of Rackets strung: 7134
- Highest tension: 88 pounds
- Lowest Tension: 19 pounds
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A crazy summer:
It has been a crazy summer for Peter and I. With a record number of rackets being strung at a number of events including Surbiton, Ilkley, Queens & Wimbledon. We also strung at a Yonex string day and held a number of workshops including 4 days of stringing & product education days with the Wilson team!
We have been busy:
Peter and I are super excited to announce that Pro Stringers are now the official stringing partner to the UK Pro Tennis League for 2023. See you all on the courts and good luck to all the players
Peter and I are super excited to announce that Pro Stringers are now the official stringing partner to the UK Pro Tennis League for 2023. See you all on the courts and good luck to all the players
Breaking News:
In partnership with Aldershot Tennis Centre, Pro Stringers ® are pleased to announce the expansion of our Professional Stringing services. We now offer a professional stringing & racket customization service based out of the Aldershot Tennis Centre.
Peter and I look forward to helping you with your next restring.
In partnership with Aldershot Tennis Centre, Pro Stringers ® are pleased to announce the expansion of our Professional Stringing services. We now offer a professional stringing & racket customization service based out of the Aldershot Tennis Centre.
Peter and I look forward to helping you with your next restring.
December in South Africa with the Baseline Racquets Team:
An amazing week spent in ERSA International workshops with the Baseline Racquets team in South Africa, a truly passionate, professional and dedicated team. Thank you all for a wonderful & welcoming experience.
An amazing week spent in ERSA International workshops with the Baseline Racquets team in South Africa, a truly passionate, professional and dedicated team. Thank you all for a wonderful & welcoming experience.
November 2022 - Introduction to stringing workshop @ Hackney Tennis Club
Peter & I had spent a productive weekend at Hackney Tennis club getting to know the team and walking the team through the Introduction to Stringing workshop. Thanks to James and the Team for a great reception and an eagerness to learn the "art of stringing", we look forward to reconnecting in the near future.
Peter & I had spent a productive weekend at Hackney Tennis club getting to know the team and walking the team through the Introduction to Stringing workshop. Thanks to James and the Team for a great reception and an eagerness to learn the "art of stringing", we look forward to reconnecting in the near future.
November 2022:
Had a great day stringing for the Yonex Stringing team at the David Lloyd club in Acton. The main aim of this event is to introduce players to the Yonex range or rackets and strings, hugely important to understand your strings and how they can benefit your play, "Strings are the soul". Thank you to the Yonex team and all the club members that came to the club to try out the Yonex range. Yonex UK: www.yonex.co.uk/ David Lloyd Acton Park: www.davidlloyd.co.uk/clubs/acton-park/?utm_source=google&utm_medium=places&utm_campaign=LPM_acton_park |
October 2022:
Our most recent tournament was in Glasgow, I strung at a combined W60 & M25 event with great success. We strung on behalf of the UKRSA under the Dunlop/UKRSA Partnership Agreement.
Some numbers:
Some tips:
Our most recent tournament was in Glasgow, I strung at a combined W60 & M25 event with great success. We strung on behalf of the UKRSA under the Dunlop/UKRSA Partnership Agreement.
Some numbers:
- We strung a total of 206 rackets for the tournament, of which:
- Men had 114 rackets restrung / Woman had 92
- 4 of the top restring count for players as follows:
- 2 players (1 Male semi-finalist & 1 Female finalist) – 9 racquets each
- The next 2 highest – 8 racquets each
- We also matched / balanced racquets for 2 players - 8 rackets in total
Some tips:
- Focus on quality: After stringing, we measured the DT (Dynamic Stringbed Tension) using the ERT300 of every racket and kept track / record of these. No restring varied by more than 1 DT point.
- Efficiency: We used industry tournament software to help manage the front desk / restrings. Players restrings were electronically managed making restring requests extremely easy, quick and accurate to process.
- Make sure you are in a good location, lighting is of utmost importance! Also, being accessible to the players makes for good interaction with the players, coaches and organisers - stay connected and available at all times.
- Work with the organisers to ensure that the venue is open late. Taking in a lot of racquets in the early part of the tournament means late stringing and you want to be sure you can clear the volumes.
- Use your supporting software.
- We used SumUp for £ collection, the less paper you have the better. Keep a good track of payments / outstanding payments.
- We printed restring / Work Labels from our stringing software, also in cases with varied tensions, we printed throat labels from the software, thereby eliminating manual paper, more accurate, less time - better results.