Hybrid stringing is a staple of discerning tennis players. For the uninitiated, a hybrid is when two strings are combined into one string bed. Usually this is done with two somewhat dissimilar strings ...

Jon Levey answers your Gear Q&A. Email your question to [email protected]. I thought only old-timers or players with tennis elbow still played with gut strings, but I recently heard that pro ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Tim Newcomb covers tennis gear/business, stadiums and sneaker tech. Sheep intestine launched the technological advancements of ...

Great tennis legends used to use heavy wooden rackets. Graphite arrived about 25 years ago. Since then, the technology hasn't change much. That is until now. More and more pros are using polyester ...

In the French Open final this June, many thought that 6-foot-4-inch Robin Soderling would overpower Rafael Nadal, just as he had Roger Federer in the quarter­finals. On serve at 2–1 in the second set, ...