Monthly Archives: August 2020

Not often is a sports stadium named after an administrator, but the Philippe Chatrier Court at the Stade Roland Garros is there because of the man whose name it carries, a man who was possibly the most influential tennis administrator of the last century.

Looking at the beautifully manicured lawns of in South London, Stuttgart and other grass court venues, it’s hard to think tennis on grass could ever have had a crisis. But it did, and you could say it’s celebrating 25 years of getting through it.

It has been almost 40 years since the US Open made the switch from grass (via three years on green clay) to hard courts, a move that changed tennis for good.

Let’s be honest:

there is no such thing as “the perfect tennis racquet”.

However, there is certainly the best tennis racquet for every player. Believe it or not, there are many factors to be taken into consideration when it comes to choosing.