Traditionally they were made of laminated timber (typically Ash), with a small strung area using natural gut strings. After a rule change in the mid-1980s, they are now almost always made of composite materials such as carbon fiber or metals (graphite, Kevlar, titanium, and/or boron) with synthetic strings.
In this way, how do you make a homemade tennis racket?
Moreover, who was the last person to win Wimbledon with a wooden racket? Yannick Noah is the last player who won a Grand Slam tournament with a wooden racket.
One may also ask, are tennis rackets bigger?
The length of a tennis racquet is another characteristic that varies between frames. Most tennis racquets range from 27 (68.58 centimeters) to 29 inches (73.66 centimeters) in length. The standard length for an adult tennis racquet is 27 inches or 68.58 centimeters. We refer to anything longer as extended length.