Any tennis retailer can set up anyone’s racket with the same Babolat string that Alcaraz uses or the Tecnifibre string in Medvedev’s racket. That, however, would be pretty dumb.

From signature strings to on-court style: Inside our Father's Day tennis gift guide Apparel, gear, gadgets and other great ideas for the tennis-playing dad in your life.

Over the past few decades, no area of equipment has arguably had a bigger impact on pro tennis than polyester strings. Their unique properties allow users to swing with abandon to hit with shots ...

Today, natural gut strings — the strands of sterilized cow entrails once used by most professionals — have all but disappeared from pro tennis. At this year’s French Open beginning May 24 ...

ROCKFORD — When you play as much tennis as Auburn junior Winston Du does, breaking racquet strings is bound to happen. Last month, Du, a three-time state boys tennis qualifier, broke his strings ...

Tennis players, from recreational to professional, are very particular about their strings. Some, including Roger Federer, will not string their racket with just one string, but two.

A historical look at natural gut strings for tennis rackets, how they changed the style of the game and why they are still used in professional tennis today.

The Physics of Tennis Racket Strings Today's high-tech stringing helps keep tennis pros under control.

This week Serbia's Novak Djokovic beat Switzerland's Roger Federer to make it to the finals of the Australian Open. We take a look at how a new kind of tennis strings could be impacting match ...

Harry Ferrari created a family business by nuking nylon tennis-racket strings to make them more resilient. Mr. Ferrari died Aug. 3. at 84.