Dunlop Sport
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| Dunlop Sport | |
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| Type | Public |
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| Headquarters |  Surrey, England |
| Industry | Sporting goods |
| Products | Racquets, Accessories, Tennis Equipment |
| Website | www.sports-direct-international.com |
Dunlop Sport is a a tennis, squash, clothing and travel equipment brand, that specializes in sporting goods. Dunlop Sport is now owned in most of the world by the British-based company Sports World International who bought Dunlop Slazenger for £40M in 2004 from CINVen. This brand is more commonly known simply as Dunlop. The key products produced under the Dunlop Sport brand are equipment for the sports of tennis, badminton, squash,, golf and racquetball. Dunlop Sport is also the official provider for tennis balls for the French Open.
Notable players that use Dunlop racquets past and present include Steffi Graf, Mardy Fish, Pat Rafter, Marat Safin - (past users); Nicolas Almagro, Tomas Berdych, James Blake, Tommy Haas, Thomas Johansson, Tommy Robredo, Pat Cash, John McEnroe, Mikael Pernfors, Greg Rusedski, Sjeng Schalken, Sanchai Ratiwatana, Sonchat Ratiwatana and Jamie Murray. Dunlop also created the modern Aerogel Technology for manufacturing racquets.
In Australia the brand is separately owned and has different products.
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