Tennis Racquet Brands, Players & Racquet Technologies

With over 15 tennis racquet brands on the market, players are provided with a wealth of options when purchasing a new racquet or upgrading their current racquet. However, beyond Babolat, Wilson, Head, Prince and Dunlop most players will find many brands to be unfamiliar.

In this article we’ll take a look at a few of the top tennis racquet brand and provide you with some background you can use to help evaluate each brand. If you’re just getting started or researching a new tennis racquet you may want to check out our article on the different types of tennis racquets as well as our 2018 list of the best tennis racquets to help aid in your selection.

The following is the complete list of the tennis racquet brands on the market. Highlighted brands are those we’ll cover in this article.

Babolat Racquets

As the inventors of tennis string, Babolat is an enduring brand that has developed an extremely loyal following for their racquets across multiple racquet sports including tennis, badminton and more recently paddle.

Moreover, with the success of players such as Rafael Nadal and Andy Roddick, Babolat’s popularity has grown significantly in recent years solidifying their reputation with both highly competitive and recreational players.

Wilson Racquets

A storied American company, Wilson has its roots in the meatpacking industry where animal bi-products were used to create some of their first sporting goods including natural gut tennis strings.

More recently Wilson’s legacy has continued with players such as Pete Sampras, Roger Federer and the Williams sisters helping their racquet brand reach a whole new level of status. Not surprisingly, they’re best known for their Pro Staff line having been used by Sampras and currently in use by Federer.

Head Racquets

With headquarters in Kennelbach, Austria and Amsterdam, Netherlands Head was originally founded during 1950 in Delaware. Laying claim to having developed the first oversized metal tennis racquet, Head is another industry leading brand in multiple racquet sports including tennis, racquetball and badminton.

Thanks to the success of Andre Agassi and Steffi Graf, Head was made increasingly popular in the 90s and today players like Novak Djokovic, Andy Murray and Maria Sharapova have continued to help build the Head racquet brand as a critical player in the market.

Prince Racquets

Founded in 1970, Prince helped revolutionize the sport of tennis with the very first tennis ball machine with a reversed a vacuum cleaner.

Since then, Prince became an increasingly popular brand with arguably the height of their success hitting in 1995, when the Prince Longbody Michael Change Signature tennis racquet become the #1 tennis racquet in the world.

In addition to the wildly popular success of the Longbody, players like Patrick Rafter, Jennifer Capriati and the most winningest doubles team ever, the Bryan brothers have helped carry the Prince legacy.

Dunlop Racquets

Dunlop Sports, currently based in Surrey, England is another tennis racquet brand that focuses on multiple racquet sports including squash and badminton. Easily the most reputable player to have used Dunlop tennis racquets, John McEnroe a 7 time grand slam winner continues to be the brand’s primary representative.

Yonex Racquets

Having built their first badminton racquets in 1957, Yonex would later produce their first aluminum tennis racquets in 1982. Today Yonex develops and distributes tennis racquets, badminton racquets and golf equipment throughout the world.

Team players have included Monica Seles and Martina Hingis, both winning multiple Grand Slams, and later followed by Lleyton Hewitt in 1999 and Ana Ivanovic in 2008. Over the years Yonex has developed a strong following in the tennis racquet market as their popularity and brand recognition has grown.

Tecnifibre Racquets

With a focus on improving the potential of players through advanced racquet technologies, Tecnifibre has seen growing popularity as one of the youngest racquet brands on the market.

In January 2013 the company announced a partnership with the ATP and becomes the official racquet, string, bag and accessories for the ATP World Tour.

Tecnifibre has also made their mark with advances in tennis strings, including their X-One a synthetic multifilament string and more recently Black Code a monofilament string as well as their line of tennis racquets developed specifically for women and introduced in 2006.

Volkl Racquets

Originally a manufacturer of skis, Volkl has diversified their product offering over the years to include tennis gear as well as snowboards and outerwear.

Over the years Volkl has introduced a number of different advanced in racquet technology including their Organix high tech carbon material and Bio Sensor an active vibration dampening system in the handle of their racquets.

Now retired, Boris Becker a German tennis player and former world number one with six Grand Slam titles to his name, helped establish the brand as a legitimate option in the tennis racquet market.

As you can see there are a wide variety of tennis racquet brands to choose from when selecting a new racquet. Have questions about any of the above racquet brands or tennis racquets in general?

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