How to String a Tennis Racquet

In our video, we take you through the process of stringing a tennis racquet. We recommend restringing your racquet as many times a year as many times you play in a week, which could mean you are installing new strings before the old ones break. For example, if you play three times a week, you should get new strings installed at least three times a year.

Follow the Video

1. Tools you'll need (0:14)
2. How to mount your racquet (0:19)
3. Set your desired tension (0:57)
4. Get your string ready to be installed (1:13)
5. How to determine where you start your mains (1:40)
6. Stringing your mains (1:48)
7. Tying off your mains (3:20)
8. Stringing your crosses (4:02)
9. Tying off your crosses (6:54)
10. Finishing up and checking your work (7:38)

A Few Things to Know

We strung the racquet in our video with a two-piece stringing method because the vast majority of racquets can be strung using this method.

String sets are sold in 40-foot lengths. Most racquets can be strung with a single set. If a racquet requires more than 40 feet of string, we will note that in our product description.

In our racquet specs table, be sure to check the string pattern section. There you will see the recommended tension range of each racquet, whether it is a one-piece or two-piece racquet and the main skips. For example, a racquet could have skips at 7T,9T,7H,9H.

This means when stringing the mains, you skip the grommet holes at position 7 and 9 in the throat as well as 7 and 9 in the head. To find your skips, starting from the center grommets, count outward to the seventh and ninth grommet holes on both sides.

If the specs say there are shared holes, that means a cross and main string will go through the same grommet hole.