Expert Panel
TIM STRAWN
Founder, Owner, and Administrator of GrandSlamStringers.com and the GSS Racquet Stringers Symposium
Residence: Roanoke, Virginia USA
Member USRSA & MRT
Member-Wilson Tour Stringing Team
Honorary Member: Japan Racquet Stringers Association
Official stringer:
U.S. Open-NYC 2006, 2007, 2008
Miami Sony Ericsson 2008
Wimbledon-London 2002, 2003, 2004
Regions Morgan Keegan-Memphis 2006, 2007
RCA Championships-Indianapolis 2000
Racquetball Championships-Houston 1995
Easter Bowl Championships-Miami 1994
Stringing equipment:
Babolat Star III
Flex Four Diagnostics
Rossignol Swingtest
Beers ERT 300 Tennis Computer
Ultra Sport 50 Calibrator
RacquetTracker Software
iBalance 500 Digital Scale
JOHN GUGEL
Residence: Winter Park, Florida USA
Member-USRSA & MRT
USRSA Certification Tester
Awards
” Top Design” from Industrial Design Magazine for innovative racquet design
” New Top 100 Products” from Popular Mechanics Magazine for designing a series of six racquets, one of which was named to the top 100 list
Official Stringer
Volvo Payne Webber 1986-1989
Lady Lake Men’s Florida Challenger 1995
Winter Park Women’s Pro 2004
Stringing Equipment:
Beers Master Tensometer 1000
Babolat Star 5
Babolat RDC
ERT 300
Ektelon Neos
Flex Four Pro Diagnostic Unit
Tecnifibre SP55
True Tension Pro w/16 supports
True Tension Pro w/Wise Tension Head
True Tension Standard
Racquet Tracker Software
BOB PATTERSON
Residence: Birmingham, Alabama USA
Member-USRSA & MRT
USRSA Certification Tester 1999-Present
Racquet Services Instructor & Consultant
Member-Advisory Board-Babolat, Prince, Nike
Founder of Professional Racquet Service, Inc. PRS operates Player’s Choice Tennis retail store and RACQUETMAXX, a racquet service company
Awards
#1 Tennis Specialty Retail Store 2004 RSi Magazine
Top Ten Retail Specialty Stores 2004 Tennis Industry Magazine
Racquet Stringer of the Year 2005 RSi Magazine
Official Stringer
Regions Morgan Keegan Championships 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 Memphis
Kroger ST. Jude Championships-Memphis 2004
USTA Boy’s 16 Clay Court Championships-Rockville 2004
U.S. Men’s Clay Court Championships-Orlando 1999-2002
U.S. Men’s Clay Court Championships-Pine Hurst 1996-1998
Family Circle Cup Championships-Hilton Head Island 1997
XL Bermuda Open-Hamilton Bermuda 1997
U.S. Men’s Clay Court Championships-Birmingham 1995
NCAA Blue Gray Championships-Montgomery 1994-1999
Team Member
French Open-Paris 2006
Kroger St. Jude-Memphis 2000
Ericsson Open-Key Biscayne 1997
U.S. Open Badminton Championships-Atlanta 1996
Stringing equipment:
Babolat Sensor
Babolat Star 5
Babolat RDC
TORU YUSUKI
Residence: Okayama, Japan
Honorary Chairman-JRSA
Member-USRSA & MRT
Member-European Racquet Stringers Association
Member-Wilson Tour Stringing Team
Official Stringer:
Sony Ericsson-Miami 2007, 2009, 2010
Olympics-Athens 2004
NASDAQ 100-Miami 2005-2006
Masters Cup-Shanghai 2005
Australian Open-Melbourne 1996, 2006, 2008-2010
French Open-Paris 1997, 2008
Wimbledon-London 1993-1996, 1998-2005
US Open-NYC 1993, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2007-2010
Milan Open-Milan 2002, 2003, 2004
Japan Open 1993-2005
All Japan Junior 2003
World Super Junior 2003
Stringing Equipment:
Babolat Sensor Expert
Babolat 3002
Babolat RDC
RICHARD PARNELL
Residence: Fuengirola, Spain
Trained under Lucien Nogues, head of competition stringing for Babolat
Member-USRSA & MRT & Tester
Member-ERSA & Tester
Official Stringer:
Wimbledon-London 2002-2009
Argentine Team 2003
Barcelona Open-Barcelona 1995
Head stringer & team organizer for Barcelona Open, 2002
Stringer for Russian & Spanish Davis Cup teams, 2000
Official Australian team stringer, 2000 Davis Cup
Marbella ATP, 1996-1997 (Team Leader, 1997)
Paris Bercy, 1998
TMS Madrid 2002, 2003 (Team Leader)
Team Nations Cup official stringer 2003
Valencia ATP, 1995
Stringing equipment:
Babolat 5502
Babolat RDC
