Babolat
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| Industry | Sports equipment |
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| Founded | 1875 |
| Headquarters | Lyons, France |
| Products | Racquets, strings, accessories and shoes. |
| Revenue | €141.2 million (2014) |
Number of employees | 369 |
| Website | babolat.com |
Babolat /ˈbɑːboʊlɑː/ is a French tennis, badminton, and padel equipment company, headquartered in Lyon, best known for its strings and tennis racquets which are used by professional and recreational players worldwide. The company has made strings since 1875, when Pierre Babolat created the first strings made of natural gut. Babolat continued to focus on strings until 1994, when it became a "total tennis" company, producing also racquet frames and selling them in Europe. It then expanded sales to Japan, and later to the United States in 2000. Sales of Babolat racquets increased rapidly in North America and Europe. Babolat is also a pioneer in connected sport technology and launched a connected tennis racket in 2014[1] and a connected wrist-worn tennis wearable with PIQ in 2015.[2] The Babolat Pop is used worldwide, and one of the leaders in tennis sensors.
Notable Products
[edit]Strings
[edit]Some of the strings produced by Babolat include RPM Blast, one of the most popular polyester strings known for its spin potential, and VS Gut, a leading and original natural gut string.
Racquets
[edit]Babolat's current tennis racquet line-up includes Pure Aero (formerly AeroPro Drive), known for its spin potential and usage by Rafael Nadal and Carlos Alcaraz, Pure Drive, a power-oriented racquet used by Andy Roddick, and Pure Strike, a control-oriented racquet used by players such as Dominic Thiem.
Sponsorships
[edit]Tennis
[edit]Men
[edit]Source:[3]
Federico Delbonis
Thanasi Kokkinakis (to 2021)- Jordan Thompson
Thiago Monteiro
Félix Auger-Aliassime
Cristian Garín
Carlos Alcaraz- Rafael Nadal
- Albert Ramos Viñolas
Stéphane Houdet- Benoît Paire
- Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard
Cameron Norrie
Fabio Fognini
Taro Daniel- Yūichi Sugita
Evgeny Donskoy
Mikael Ymer
Ryan Harrison- Maxime Cressy
- Sam Querrey
- Jack Sock
- Luke Watson
Women
[edit]- Samantha Stosur (to 2018)
Kirsten Flipkens- Elise Mertens (to 2018)
- Yanina Wickmayer
- Eugenie Bouchard (to 2018)
- Leylah Fernandez
Wang Xinyu- Zheng Saisai
Ana Konjuh
Karolína Plíšková- Kristýna Plíšková
Caroline Wozniacki- Garbiñe Muguruza
Anett Kontaveit- Alizé Cornet
- Heather Watson
- Sara Errani
- Camila Giorgi (to 2021)
Yulia Putintseva
Alexandra Eala
Magda Linette (to 2022)- Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (to 2014)
- Amanda Anisimova (to 2022)
- Jennifer Brady
- Danielle Collins
- Sofia Kenin
Retired players
[edit]- Mariano Puerta
- Samuel Groth
Dominic Thiem- Kim Clijsters
- Fernando González
- Li Na
- Peng Shuai
- Mirjana Lučić-Baroni
- Carlos Moyá
- Pauline Parmentier
- Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
- Johanna Konta
Julia Görges- Francesca Schiavone
- Agnieszka Radwańska
- Nadia Petrova
- Dinara Safina
- Elena Vesnina
Viktor Troicki
Timea Bacsinszky
Dominika Cibulková- Catherine "CiCi" Bellis
- Andy Roddick
Badminton
[edit]Men
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Women
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References
[edit]- ^ Kiss, Jemima (2015-05-04). "Tennis just got smarter with the Babolat Play connected racket - review". the Guardian. Archived from the original on 2015-05-26. Retrieved 2021-05-11.
- ^ Palermo, Philip (2015-08-28). "Babolat and PIQ team up for a pair of wrist-worn tennis wearables". Engadget. Archived from the original on 2020-11-08. Retrieved 2021-05-11.
- ^ "Babolat Players Sponsored". babolat.co.uk. Babolat. Retrieved Jun 12, 2020.
