A couple of years ago the trend was for tennis racquet companies to produce very open spin-friendly string patterns, so called spin “patterns”. What happened to them? The Wilson Steam 99S was one of the most popular racquets of the bunch and it took it as a far as it goes really with its 15×16 string pattern producing a massive spin on the ball but also breaking strings at a faster rate than ever before. This led to thicker gauge strings like Luxilon 4G SÂ in (1.41) to be able to handle the wear and tear. What this leads to is …
