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How Wimbledon Stays Elite, but Not Elitist
Wimbledon Court is the All England Lawn Tennis Club’s effort to give New Yorkers the chance to play on a rare surface in the city’s backyard. It’s also part of a larger effort to ensure the tournament delivers on its promise of “the pinnacle of sport” and broadens the tennis fanbase to the next generation.
Postcard from Mallorca
The racquet-sports draw to this Balearic gem is no longer for rabid junior prospects only—now it’s the grown ups with a taste for design hotels, regional hospitality and a seamless itinerary of sport and wellness who are recalibrating the island’s racquet-sport vibe.
Spoils Rotten (and Good)
The Best and Worst Trophies on Tour
Grass at Last!
Racquet welcomes a shift to the green stuff, and chats with Matteo Berrettini on injuries, BOSS, and the genetic lottery.
What if Dan Evans is the Hottest Player on Tour?
On the eve of his retirement, we celebrate the working-class hero with the definitive list of the kind of hot guy shit he's been up to for decades that suggests maybe he is.
Racquet’s 2026 Summer Must-Have List
Our Must-Have list is is also a Must-Do and frankly a Must-Be list as well. We don’t make the rules; we just help you abide by them in style, by finding and play-testing and visiting our way around the globe.
What Roland-Garros Inherited from Central Africa
Before France inherited its last men's Roland-Garros champion, Arthur Ashe spotted an eleven-year-old boy in Yaoundé. The miracle made Yannick Noah. The question is why tennis never built the road again.
Stella Artois, in Paris (and in Clay)
The “Stella Clay Bar” brought together the greats—including legendary Roland-Garros champion Gustavo Kuerten—and tons of raw terre battue on a gorgeous Paris rooftop for everyone to make their mark.
Red Shift: Training on the Terre Battue in LA
A garden in the San Fernando Valley is ground-zero for West Coasters eager to unlock the secret lessons only the slidey stuff can teach.
Dispatch from the World of Blind and Low-vision Tennis
The Wayfinder Family Services Center in Windsor Hills, CA, buzzed with competition. Shoes squeaked across the court, tennis balls filled with bells jingled through the gym, and players could be heard asking their opponents: "Ready?"
Rafa Returns, in Four Parts
RAFA, a four-part documentary on the most reserved member of the Big Three, is out on Netflix. By director Zach Heinzerling, the series airs a side of Rafael Nadal that he rarely showed during his 24 years on the pro tour, but that many of us suspected, or hoped, was there all along. Racquet sat down with Heinzerling to talk about his unprecedented access, and how he was able to tease out the Rafa we now find on the screen.
