As tennis speeds up on the court, including at the 2020 Australian Open, which began this week, racket evolution hustles along off the court, with technology to create more power and spin within the game. Companies across the globe, from Japan to Austria and Chicago to France, all take their own high-tech view on the process.

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Think: sheets and rolls of carbon fiber in climate-controlled rooms, new iterations of graphite, and a completely updated computational design that offers a fresh perspective on flex and stiffness of frames.

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All advancements define modern tennis racket manufacturing. Take the January 18 release of the new Yonex EZONE, an update of a popular frame played by the likes of Naomi Osaka and Nick Kyrgios. The completely updated design—both in a 98- and 100-square-inch head—creates a larger sweet spot by widening the isometric head and then further ups the power game by introducing a […]

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