Babolat
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Babolat (Template:IPAc-en) 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 one of the leaders in tennis sensors worldwide.
Notable products
Strings
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
Babolat's current tennis racquet line-up includes Pure Drive, a power-oriented racquet used by players such as Carlos Moyá, Kim Clijsters, Andy Roddick and Li Na, Pure Aero (formerly AeroPro Drive), known for its spin potential and usage by Rafael Nadal, Caroline Wozniacki and Carlos Alcaraz, and Pure Strike, a control-oriented racquet used by players such as Dominic Thiem.
Sponsorships
Some of Babolat's sponsored players include:[3]
Tennis
Men
- Template:Flagicon Federico Delbonis
- Template:Flagicon Jordan Thompson
- Template:Flagicon Félix Auger-Aliassime
- Template:Flagicon Shang Juncheng
- Template:Flagicon Holger Rune
- Template:Flagicon Carlos Alcaraz
- Template:Flagicon Albert Ramos Viñolas
- Template:Flagicon Arthur Cazaux
- Template:Flagicon Arthur Fils
- Template:Flagicon Stéphane Houdet
- Template:Flagicon Benoît Paire
- Template:Flagicon Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard
- Template:Flagicon Cameron Norrie
- Template:Flagicon Luke Watson
- Template:Flagicon Fabio Fognini
- Template:Flagicon Taro Daniel
- Template:Flagicon Yosuke Watanuki
- Template:Flagicon Alexander Shevchenko
- Template:Flagicon Evgeny Donskoy
- Template:Flagicon Elias Ymer
- Template:Flagicon Mikael Ymer
- Template:Flagicon Maxime Cressy
- Template:Flagicon Ryan Harrison
- Template:Flagicon Sam Querrey
Women
- Template:Flagicon Yanina Wickmayer
- Template:Flagicon Leylah Fernandez
- Template:Flagicon Wang Xinyu
- Template:Flagicon Zheng Saisai
- Template:Flagicon Camila Osorio
- Template:Flagicon Ana Konjuh
- Template:Flagicon Karolína Plíšková
- Template:Flagicon Caroline Wozniacki
- Template:Flagicon Clara Burel
- Template:Flagicon Heather Watson
- Template:Flagicon Lucia Bronzetti
- Template:Flagicon Sara Errani
- Template:Flagicon Yulia Putintseva
- Template:Flagicon Alexandra Eala
- Template:Flagicon Jennifer Brady
- Template:Flagicon Sofia Kenin
- Template:Flagicon Laura Pigossi
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Retired players
- Template:Flagicon Mariano Puerta
- Template:Flagicon Samuel Groth
- Template:Flagicon Dominic Thiem
- Template:Flagicon Kim Clijsters
- Template:Flagicon Kirsten Flipkens
- Template:Flagicon Fernando González
- Template:Flagicon Li Na
- Template:Flagicon Peng Shuai
- Template:Flagicon Mirjana Lučić-Baroni
- Template:Flagicon Kristýna Plíšková
- Template:Flagicon Carlos Moyá
- Template:Flagicon Garbiñe Muguruza
- Template:Flagicon Rafael Nadal
- Template:Flagicon Anett Kontaveit
- Template:Flagicon Alizé Cornet
- Template:Flagicon Pauline Parmentier
- Template:Flagicon Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
- Template:Flagicon Johanna Konta
- Template:Flagicon Julia Görges
- Template:Flagicon Francesca Schiavone
- Template:Flagicon Yūichi Sugita
- Template:Flagicon Agnieszka Radwańska
- Template:Flagicon Nadia Petrova
- Template:Flagicon Dinara Safina
- Template:Flagicon Elena Vesnina
- Template:Flagicon Viktor Troicki
- Template:Flagicon Timea Bacsinszky
- Template:Flagicon Dominika Cibulková
- Template:Flagicon CiCi Bellis
- Template:Flagicon Jack Sock
Badminton
Men
Women
- Template:Flagicon Tanina Mammeri
- Template:Flagicon Chloe Birch
- Template:Flagicon Qi Xuefei
- Template:Flagicon Anne Tran
Controversy
Despite initial statements indicating a cessation of business with Russia following the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, Babolat products remain available in the country. According to research from the Yale School of Management, Babolat’s operations in Russia are conducted through an independent distributor, with whom Babolat has reportedly ceased direct transactions. However, this distributor continues to sell Babolat products and identifies as a Babolat-affiliated distributor.[4][5]