The modern U.S. Open tennis player is a master of racquet minutiae. In pursuit of the tiniest advantage, tennis stars tinker with their racquet's weight, balance, string properties and handle size.

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, ...

Novak Djokovic uses one. So does Aryna Sabalenka. Along with the current world No.1s, many other touring pros and discerning players prefer racquets with 18x20 string patterns. The narrower string ...

Madeline Hauptman is an artist. She illustrates children’s books and paints realistically in oils. She’s also an avid tennis player. Years ago, while playing recreationally as a student at the ...

Every day at the U.S. Open, Serena and Venus Williams will walk out to either a practice court or a match with six racquets in their respective bags. They might use two of them. After every use, they ...

MASON, OH − During the qualifying rounds of the Cincinnati Open, one WTA player sent her racquets to the stringing room to be re-strung. Simple enough, right? The only problem? It was during her match ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Tim Newcomb covers tennis gear/business, stadiums and shoe tech. Solinco, a well-known string maker but relative newcomer to ...

Karen and David Benish have specialized in stringing tennis racquets for 38 years. The Tennis of Spokane business owners sell all things tennis: shoes, clothing, accessories, gadgets, and of course ...

George and Dee Tompkins met in a tennis/ski shop on a day when neither was supposed to be there. Dee Tompkins should have been at work, but had gone to a job interview instead, and then she planned to ...

QUEENS, N.Y. - It's an elite team with international members. You have to be meticulous, consistent and most of all, fast. No, not the tennis players. We're talking about the racket stringers. "It ...