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The very first racquet, after replacing hands, was made from solid wood. Walter C. Wingfield made this racquet in 1874. -
The very first racquet that was developed using some kind of metal was developed by a famous tennis brand Wilson. Such racquets are still revered to maintain history. -
When the tennis industry started getting famous, another tennis brand Prince came forward and developed a racquet with a larger head size to give players plenty of hitting area. Later on, this became the trend and other brands also follow this. -
Later on, after development in the racquet industry, solid wood was replaced by laminated wood. Such racquets were more advanced. We call such racquets, royal or vintage racquets.This happened in 1987. -
Latest on, when tennis games started getting game, in 2012, different tennis brands started adding alloys to the frame to make the racquets more flexible and advanced. Then this became the trend and the latest tennis racquets came into the market.
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Now we have all kinds of racquets available on the market. New racquets are best for volleys, groundstrokes, forehand and backhand, serve, you name it. They are also arm friendly and powerful as well.
