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 ...

Tennis players now can change their game without changing their racquet thanks to an innovative grommet system introduced by HEAD.The Graphene XT Speed Rev Pro racquet ($199.95) features a ne… ...

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.

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.

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 ...

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 ...

The Boulder-based tennis company Velociti has launched a second biodegradable tennis string for beginners after the success of its first professional-grade string.