Once a blip on the racquet-spec radar, string pattern has become an increasingly important—and complicated—consideration. Here are a few things you should know about strings before your next ...

Often overlooked, a racquet’s string pattern can make a big difference in your game. During the press conference following his semifinal victory over Andy Roddick at the Sony Ericsson Open in ...

The MAD RAQ is also in the Wimbledon Museum and the International Tennis Hall of Fame. But that stringing pattern seemed to be too complicated for stringers.

Today, natural gut strings — the strands of sterilized cow entrails once used by most professionals — have all but disappeared from pro tennis. At this year’s French Open beginning May 24 ...

For the past 15 years Solinco Sports has placed a focus on tennis strings. The global success in the space has seen Solinco strings in the rackets of multiple major champions—quite often ...

This article is part of FT Globetrotter’s new guide to tennis It was the bored monks of medieval France who invented the sport that has become one of the most captivating of modern times. To ...

Even when key tennis string maker Solinco was busy rolling out its debut line of rackets in early 2022—the Whiteout and Blackout frames—the brand had a plan for next steps.

A thinner frame beam and smaller racket head size/closed string pattern (18x20) give more stability, feel and control to a player. An open string pattern (16x19) offers extra spin and power ...

A University of Colorado Boulder alum created what he says is the world’s first-ever 100% synthetic, biodegradable tennis string through his Boulder-based company Velociti.

The collision between ball and racket seems so violent, doesn't it? Yet players like Rafael Nadal can take ferocious cuts without sacrificing control because of one reason: the string.