Most people don't know how tennis strings were once made. This short history traces my sotry on the tennis courts as well as the real story on how a craftsman in Lyon in 1875 solved a problem and created the string that gave modern tennis its feels. Written by a lifelong player, from junior courts on the Guarapiranga Reservoir to a runner-up finish at UCL in London and running the tennis department at YCAC in Yokohama — this was a soul searching research based on my life and accounts based public sources, with no connection to Babolat.

Most people don't know how tennis strings were once made. This short history traces my sotry on the tennis courts as well as the real story on how a craftsman in Lyon in 1875 solved a problem and created the string that gave modern tennis its feels. Written by a lifelong player, from junior courts on the Guarapiranga Reservoir to a runner-up finish at UCL in London and running the tennis department at YCAC in Yokohama — this was a soul searching research based on my life and accounts based public sources, with no connection to Babolat.