Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Tim Newcomb covers tennis gear/business, stadiums and shoe tech. Gaël Monfils took his tennis gear sponsorship in a decidedly ...

Modern rackets have facilitated a change in playing style from one of technique to one characterised by power and spin. The combination of the increased stiffness of modern rackets and the tendency ...

Few adjustments were made to elite-level rackets between the late 1870s, when frame size and shape were largely standardized, and the 1960s. The Jack Kramer Autograph, launched by Wilson in 1948, ...

CHARLESTON — Nearly 40 years ago, Jim McCready found himself rummaging through an antique shop in Key West, Fla. In the back corner, he peered into a barrel and spotted a wooden tennis racket next to ...

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