Forget the men’s G.O.A.T. debate because without question, Navratilova is the winningest player in HISTORY with 167 singles titles and 177 doubles titles! None of the big three have anything CLOSE to that record.

Did you know that Martina would practice with synthetic strings and then for her matches, she would re-string with natural gut? I think she understood value. So with that in mind, I’ve tweaked this hybrid to produce the best value from natural gut.

Back then, professionals would typically string natural gut in both the mains AND crosses. In my hybrid, the natural gut is in the mains but I cross it with my favorite soft and powerful co-poly, Isospeed Cream. Why the co-poly in the crosses? Because when natural gut is put in the crosses they tend to fray and break. Remember how players used straighten their strings after every point? Now you know why!

Cream allows the main strings to snap back, imparting more spin and is much more durable for use as a cross string. I think it’s actually better than a full bed of natural gut because the co-poly tames the power of the natural gut. This also cuts the higher price of natural gut and squeezes every ounce of performance out of it. Naturally a great value.

• Plays stiffer than a full bed of natural gut
• Contains animal fibers
• The advanced coating on this gut allows it to be used in humid weather
• To keep this hybrid feeling fresh, I recommend lightly rubbing beeswax on it before and/or after every time you play
• Don’t store this in the trunk of your car, extreme heat can turn natural gut into rubber bands