Yonex Poly Tour Drive Tennis String

Yonex Poly Tour Drive Tennis String

Yonex Poly Tour Drive is a comfort-tuned polyester string designed for modern all-court players who want the control and durability of a co-poly with a noticeably softer, more forgiving feel than standard firm polys. It delivers easy power return, solid spin potential, and a smoother contact sensation that reduces arm shock — positioning it as one of Yonex's most versatile and widely-playable polyester strings across a broad range of player levels and swing types.

• Softer Co-Poly Compound for Comfortable Poly Performance — Poly Tour Drive uses a modified polyester formulation that is intentionally softer and more elastic than firm control strings like Poly Tour Strike or Poly Tour Fire. This produces a string bed that gives slightly more at contact, absorbing more vibration and reducing the harsh impact transmission that makes standard firm polys uncomfortable for players with arm sensitivities or lower swing speeds.
• Easy Power Return — Suitable for Moderate Swing Speeds — The softer, more elastic compound returns more energy to the ball than stiffer polys, meaning players don't need to generate maximum swing speed to produce comfortable pace and depth. Intermediate players and those with more compact swing mechanics often find Poly Tour Drive produces noticeably more effortless pace compared to control-first polys — an important benefit for those who don't play every day and rely more on the string's natural energy return.
• Good Spin Potential with Round Profile — While the round string profile doesn't produce the edge-bite spin of shaped polys, Poly Tour Drive's moderate stiffness allows adequate lateral movement and snap-back across the string bed on topspin groundstrokes. Players who hit with decent racquet-head speed and moderate topspin mechanics will generate solid RPM — not quite as much as with a shaped spin-specific string, but enough for consistent, heavy baseline play.
• Meaningful Tension Retention — Like all polyester strings, Poly Tour Drive holds tension significantly longer than multifilament or synthetic gut alternatives. The softer compound loses tension slightly faster than the stiffest control polys, but maintains a consistent feel for far longer than non-polyester options — giving players who restring infrequently a reliable, predictable string bed across their playing schedule.
• Ideal Player Profile — A versatile string well-suited for a wide range of players: intermediate recreational players (NTRP 3.0–4.0) who want polyester durability and control but find standard firm polys too harsh; intermediates transitioning from synthetic gut or multifilament toward polyester for the first time; and competitive club players with arm sensitivities who need a comfortable poly that doesn't sacrifice performance.
• Specifications — Available in 16g (1.30mm) and 17g (1.25mm) gauges. Recommended tension 45–60 lbs. Approximately 40 ft (12.2 m) per set.

Poly Tour Drive is one of Yonex's most beginner-to-intermediate friendly polyesters — if you are stringing poly for the first time or returning to tennis after time away, starting at 52–55 lbs on a 16×19 frame will produce a comfortable, controlled, and forgiving string bed.