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Yonex advertising banners at the 2013 badminton French Open. Finding a growing market, the Yonex Corporation (a wholly owned subsidiary) was established in Torrance, California, US in July 1983. In 1992 Yonex introduced the widebody badminton racket, the "Isometric 500", a racquet that was much less "tear drop"-shaped than previous ones.
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From the beginning of 2008 to the end of her career, Ivanovic used Yonex racquets. She won the 2008 French Open using the Yonex RQiS 1 Tour 95 before switching to the Yonex RQiS 1 Tour XL 95 in 2009. She began using a prototype version of a new Yonex racquet at the 2010 Western & Southern Financial Group Masters and Women's Open in Cincinnati. [77]
Billie Jean King won the first Grand Slam title ever in 1967 using a racket made out of steel. It was the first time in history that a racket other than wood had been used to win a Grand Slam. Steel racket prototypes had been around since 1922 but were first patented in 1957. [1] In 1968, Spalding launched an aluminium racquet, called "The ...
Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a tennis racket strung with a cord to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over or around a net and into the opponent's court. The object is to manoeuvre the ball in such a way that the ...
By 1980, it grew to be the world's largest tennis racket manufacturer; its rackets were sold in more than 60 countries, accounting for 1/4 of the global market. [ 6 ] [ 10 ] At that time, ProKennex owned the world's largest tennis racket factory, and it also made rackets for other global brands such as Prince , Dunlop , Fischer , and Adidas .
Certification is available in tennis, pickleball, squash, padel and platform tennis. The organization has approximately 15,000 members in the United States and promotes the racquet sports industry. [1] [3] The organization's magazine, RSPA ADDvantage, offers news and professional development materials for coaches and teaching professionals. [4]