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Babolat

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Babolat
IndustrySports equipment
Founded1875; 149 years ago (1875)
HeadquartersLyons, France
ProductsRacquets, strings, accessories and shoes.
Revenue€141.2 million (2014)
Number of employees
369
Websitebabolat.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

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Strings

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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

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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 players such as Andy Roddick and Li Na, and Pure Strike, a control-oriented racquet used by players such as Dominic Thiem.

Sponsorships

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Tennis

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Men

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Source:[3]

Rafael Nadal with Babolat AeroPro Drive at Roland Garros 2007

Women

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Retired players

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Badminton

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Men

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Women

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References

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ "Babolat Players Sponsored". babolat.co.uk. Babolat. Retrieved Jun 12, 2020.
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