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 April, ...

Babolat sold tennis string for more than a century before getting into rackets. It’s still the king of string: Babolat’s new RPM Blast strings are so hot that pros were begging for them at the ...

Professional tennis players call it “the Luxilon shot,” and, apparently, you can hear it coming. The ball crosses the net hissing and spitting like some enraged tropical insect. Its most lethal ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.