The start of the Australian Open, the first tennis grand slam of the year, signals detailed discussions of metrics such as points won, serve speeds, and shot placement. While many of these performance ...

Luddites will not be pleased to hear about Roger Federer the scientist. While most tennis players take little more than a passing interest in racket technology and development, leaving it to the ...

Adam Queen's fingers nimbly slide across the empty face of the tennis racket. The hole in the frame quickly fills as Queen, with a surgeon's precision, guides a 40-foot piece of synthetic white string ...

THE ALL ENGLAND CLUB, LONDON — On the first day of Wimbledon, Ed Day, a university student from just outside London, ran 17.5 kilometers across the All England Club. Those kilometers took him from the ...

With recreational and professional players testing the limits of what’s possible on a tennis court, their equipment needs to be up to the challenge. The last decade saw racquets, strings and shoes all ...

Looking at Wimbledon tennis club’s home page, I wondered why that awful drawing of the strings on the rackets had been kept (News, DW 21 April). It bugs me every time I see it. I know they are meant ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Tim Newcomb covers tennis gear/business, stadiums and sneaker tech. Babolat, French tennis equipment maker, sells a Pure Drive and ...