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String of the Year 2005 Survey

November 1-30, 2005

The String of the Year 2005 survey is finished. 100 Stringforum users have participated in the survey.

This year strings from Luxilon, Babolat, and newcomer Signum Pro have dominated the survey.

The Signum Pro Poly-Plasma won the titles "Poly of the Year", "Newcomer of the Year", "Best Control", "Best Feel", and "Best Tension Stability" (together with Luxilon Big Banger Alu Power, see below).

In the Non-Poly section, natural gut string Babolat VS Team has been voted the best string of the year.

Previous String of the Year 2004, Luxilon Big Banger Alu Power won the titles " Best Durability" and "Best Tension Stability" (together with Signum Pro Poly-Plasma, see below).

The textured version of the Alu Power, Luxilon Big Banger Alu Power Rough was voted "Best Power" and "Best Spin".

Last but not least, Babolat X-Cel Premium 16 is the winner in the category "Best Comfort".

Congratulations to all winners and many thanks to all the members who submitted their votes!

Here's the complete final result:

Poly of the Year 2005 Poly
RankStringScore
1 Signum Pro Poly-Plasma 131
2 Luxilon Big Banger Alu Power 113
3 Babolat Pro Hurricane 70
4 Luxilon Big Banger Alu Power Rough 64
5 Luxilon Big Banger Ace 37
6 Ashaway MonoGut 33
  Tecnifibre Spinfire 33
8 Kirschbaum Super Smash 32
9 Luxilon Big Banger Original 26
10 Kirschbaum Touch Turbo 21
11 Unique Tourna Poly Big Hitter 20
12 Luxilon Big Banger Ti-Mo 19
13 Polystar Energy 17
14 Laserfibre Kryptonite 13
  Head Ultra Tour 13
16 Prince Tour 5
17 Wilson Enduro Pro 4
18 Kirschbaum Competition 2
19 Isospeed Pyramid 1
  Polystar Classic 1
Non-Poly of the Year 2005 Non-Poly
RankStringScore
1 Babolat VS Team 107
2 Wilson NXT 73
3 Babolat X-Cel Premium 49
4 Gamma Live Wire Professional 47
  Tecnifibre X-One Biphase 47
6 Head Rip Control 46
  Tecnifibre NRG2 46
8 Prince Synthetic Gut DF 29
9 Wilson Reaction 23
10 Laserfibre SuperNatural Phenom XRC 21
11 Bow Brand Championship Natural Gut 19
12 Pacific ToughGut 18
13 Head FXP 15
14 Prince Tournament Nylon 11
15 Prince Premier Softflex 10
16 Isospeed Energetic 9
  Isospeed Professional 9
18 Head FiberGel 8
19 Isospeed Control 5
20 Babolat Attraction 3

Newcomer of the Year 2005 Newcomer
RankStringScore
1 Signum Pro Poly-Plasma 175
2 Babolat Attraction 52
3 Wilson Reaction 46
4 Head FXP 34
5 Prince Premier Softflex 25
6 Gamma Zo Sweet 20
7 Gamma TNT2 Prodigy 17
8 Pacific Force 17 14
  Wilson Enduro Pro 14
10 Kirschbaum P˛ 11
11 Isospeed Energetic Plus 10
  Prince Tour 10
13 Isospeed Pyramid 9
  Klip Venom 9
15 Gamma Zo Plus 6
16 Gamma Zo True 8
17 Isospeed Platinum 4
18 Gamma Zo Power 3

Durability
RankStringScore
1 Luxilon Big Banger Alu Power 16L 136
2 Luxilon Big Banger Original 16 88
3 Signum Pro Poly-Plasma 1.28 74
4 Babolat Pro Hurricane 1.25 70
5 Signum Pro Poly-Plasma 1.23 46
6 Babolat Tour Duralast 1.30 39
7 Prince Pro Blend DF 16/16 37
8 Luxilon Big Banger Alu Power Rough 16L 32
9 Babolat Ballistic Polymono 16 16
10 Topspin Cyber Flash 1.25 3

Power
RankStringScore
1 Luxilon Big Banger Alu Power Rough 16L 138
2 Signum Pro Poly-Plasma 1.18 86
3 Kirschbaum Touch Turbo 1.25 57
4 Kirschbaum Super Smash 1.20 51
5 Isospeed Professional 17 49
6 Polystar Energy 16L 27
7 Polyfibre Poly-Hightec 1.10 18
  Polyfibre Poly-Hightec 1.20 18
9 Pro's Pro Plus Power 1.18 13
10 Topspin Cyber Flash 1.25 10

Control
RankStringScore
1 Signum Pro Poly-Plasma 1.18 122
2 Luxilon Big Banger Alu Power 16L 116
3 Wilson NXT 16 66
4 Head Rip Control 17L 63
5 Luxilon Big Banger Ace 18 54
6 Head IntelliTour 17 36
7 Kirschbaum Competition 1.20 32
8 Luxilon Big Banger Original 16 30
9 Babolat Powergy 16 28
10 Isospeed Control 16 20

Feel
RankStringScore
1 Signum Pro Poly-Plasma 1.18 103
2 Wilson NXT 16 78
3 Luxilon Big Banger Ace 18 76
4 Wilson Sensation 16 53
5 Yonex Tour Super 850 Soft 16 48
6 Head Rip Control 17L 44
7 Babolat Powergy 16 43
8 Head IntelliTour 17 32
9 Isospeed Control 16 12
10 Isospeed Professional 17 11

Comfort
RankStringScore
1 Babolat X-Cel Premium 16 145
2 Head FiberGel 16 78
3 Head Rip Control 17L 56
4 Isospeed Professional 17 43
5 Head IntelliTour 17 32
6 Babolat Powergy 16 28
7 Völkl Catapult-Power 16L 23
8 Isospeed Energetic 16 15
9 Isospeed Control 16 11
10 Topspin Sence Seven 1.32 2

Spin
RankStringScore
1 Luxilon Big Banger Alu Power Rough 16L 113
2 Signum Pro Poly-Plasma 1.18 104
3 Luxilon Big Banger Alu Power 16L 80
4 Kirschbaum Super Smash Spiky 1.275 73
5 Luxilon Big Banger Ace 18 72
6 Luxilon Big Banger Original 16 27
7 Pro's Pro Cyber Spin 1.30 22
8 Polyfibre Poly-Hightec 1.10 8
9 Topspin Cyber Flash 1.25 7
10 Comido Poly Spin 1.25 3

Tension Stability
RankStringScore
1* Signum Pro Poly-Plasma 195
  Luxilon Big Banger Alu Power 16L 112
3 Luxilon Big Banger Alu Power Rough 16L 61
4 Babolat Ballistic Polymono 17 41
5 Luxilon Big Banger Original 16 39
6 Luxilon Big Banger Ace 18 38
7 Kirschbaum Competition 1.20 16
8 Kirschbaum P˛ 1.25 14

* The Signum Pro Poly-Plasma got 62+66+67=195 points for the diameters 1.18, 1.23 and 1.28, respectively. Since it is not clear whether the score would have been in this range if only one diameter of the Poly-Plasma had been nominated, the title "Best Tension Stability" goes to both Signum Pro Poly-Plasma and Luxilon Big Banger Alu Power.