Here is a cute junior racquet from my collection dated circa 1900. It is 24 inches in length and is suprizingly light. Next to my current racquet it demonstrates clearly the huge advances in today's construction process. Antique racquet construction The racquets of this period were made of a pliable material such as ash which would have been steamed around a mold. ...

I thought that it would be really beneficial to let you know which tennis racquets are used by the top pros on the mens and womens tour. This may be a useful list when you decide it's time for a new tennis racquet and you would like to play with the same model as your favourite player. Let us know if ...

I have often wondered how Jimmy Connors played with the Wilson T2000 racquet. The sweet spot was tiny, the shape unforgiving and stringing them was a hassle. Standard stringing machines required an adapter. Very few pro players used the Wilson T2000 racquet and it's a credit to Jimbo that he wielded this ...