Jon Levey answers your Gear Q&A. Email your question to [email protected]. I thought only old-timers or players with tennis elbow still played with gut strings, but I recently heard that ...

Natural gut tennis string creation at Babolat in France. Babolat Sheep intestine launched the technological advancements of tennis strings. But that was 145 years ago and the tech making strings ...

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 ...

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. By Jon Levey ...

As with strings, there is a general range — between 21 kg (46 lbs) and 25 kg (55 lbs) — but some players are outliers. Adrian Mannarino of France plays down at 8.6 kg (19 lbs) on occasion ...

The first tennis strings, created in 1875, were formed from sheep intestine. While Babolat—now a tennis company—still creates natural gut string from its Lyon, France, facility, the tide has ...

Babolat Tennis Rackets: String TheoryThe leveraging wasn’t as vital once a 16-year-old junior named Andy Roddick picked up the stick at the suggestion of his coach; he became No. 1 in the world ...