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Reference guides and specifications for tennis racquets, strings, and gear help you match equipment to your playing style, court surface, and performance goals.

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Grand Slam ·5 min · June 2026

American Tennis Players With Grand Slam Titles: A Reference Guide to the Greats and the Gap

The week before the 2025 US Open, we printed the men's singles draw and did something that took ninety seconds and felt slightly grim: we counted the Americans. Eleven in the 128.

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Reference ·5 min · June 2026

American Tennis Players in the Hall of Fame: A Reference Guide That Argues Against Its Own Nostalgia

The story everyone tells about American tennis is a story about men, and it ends in 2003. That is the year Andy Roddick won the US Open and became, to date, the last American man to win a Grand Slam…

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Grips ·5 min · May 2026

The Continental Grip Is Worth the Awkwardness: A Reference Guide for the Player Who Keeps Slipping Back

You will get worse before you get better. That is the part nobody warns you about, and it is the most useful thing we can tell you about the continental grip: the discomfort is not a sign you are…