Tecnifibre

Tecnifibre

Type	Public
Industry	Sportswear and Sports equipment
Founded	1979
Headquarters	Feucherolles, Paris
Products	Racquets and Racquet String
Website	Tecnifibre.com

Tecnifibre is a French brand, founded in 1979 by the current CEO Thierry Maissant. Throughout its development, Tecnifibre has built itself a worldwide reputation in the tennis and squash market, releasing racquets, bags, strings, apparel and other accessories.

Tecnifibre's mission is to innovate even more for players, in order to optimize their potential. Tecnifibre's Marketing and Product Team is composed of passionate people who work hard to offer players optimized technology in order to progress on court.

The ATP and leading tennis equipment manufacturer Tecnifibre have announced a new five-year partnership in January 2013, through which Tecnifibre becomes an Official Partner of the ATP World Tour from today. The Paris-based global manufacturer will provide the official racquet, string, bag and accessories of the ATP World Tour, as well as becoming an official sponsor of the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals, through 2017.

History

1979: Thierry Maissant creates Tecnifibre with one goal: to give tennis competitors products that suit their needs and level.
1980: Tecnifibre creates its first strings and transforms the market with a new technology: polyurethane. The production is still entirely based in France.
1983: the French company goes abroad and chooses the United States. A few years later, Tecnifibre will become the official stringer of the US Open.
1985: Tecnifibre now provides stringing machines that are also fully « Made in France ». Many ATP tournaments decide to choose these stringing machines thanks to their reliability.
1987: Tecnifibre is chosen by Roland Garros to become the new official stringer of the tournament. Tecnifibre strings also become official string of the tournament. By working closely with the best players in the world, Tecnifibre continues to develop products that fit with players needs.
1998: Tecnifibre strengthen its partnership with the French Tennis Federation by providing and distributing the official ball for Roland Garros. This ball will be used in the entire world during more than ten years.
2002: A new string is created: X-One, which is the first multifilament ever created in the market. It is still the most elaborate string of the brand.
2003: Tecnifibre and Bridgestone join hands in Asia. The high quality and the reputability of its partner allow Tecnifibre to be ranked n°3 in Japan, where markets and consumers are focused on high value-added goods.
2004: Tecnifibre creates its two first ranges of rackets. The T-Fight collection is conceived for players seeking control whereas the T-Flash aims to fit needs of players using a lot of spin.
2006: Tecnifibre is now official ball of several ATP Tournaments. Montpellier, Gstaad, Moscow, Marseille etc. Supported by a unique communication program, the French brand decides to enquire at women by providing them rackets that suit their game. Conceived and developed with all women of the Team, the T-Rebound offers now specific products to women.
2009: Willing to offer the best conditions to future champions, Tecnifibre creates NEXT, a special event program from which Janko Tipsarevic is the ambassador. It allows the brand to support the players and to personalize products preparation. Tecnifibre creates the Black Code strings, allowing competitors to get more control, more power with a ball that stays in the court. It also provides more spin. Fernando Verdasco gets in the Top 10 and plays the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals at London.
2010: Ze Zhang, Chinese #1, joins the Tecnifibre team, the Tecnifibre corporate team becomes French Champion while the new generation of NEXT signs a brilliant victory with Marton Fucsovics being crowned Wimbledon Jr Champion.
2011: Janko Tipsarevic breaks into the Top 10 for the first time. He’s part of ATP World Tour Finals that reunites best players in the world. He beats Novak Djokovic in three sets. After Marton Fucsovics wins, the TEAM NEXT grabs a new success with Bjorn Fratangello’s Junior title at Roland Garros.
2012: 5 of the best Junior from the Tecnifibre Team NEXT are given the chance to be part of the NEXT Generation Tour. Each of these juniors will have a unique experience along Janko Tipsarevic, sharing his everyday life within an ATP Tournament.
2013: Tecnifibre becomes a 5 years official partner of the ATP World Tour. Tecnifibre signed a deal with a young South African prodigy, Thomas Adams, for 5 years.
2014: Tecnifibre announced their official sponsorship with South African prodigy, Stephen Southway. Stephen Southway is known for his extensive racket skills and great athleticism.

Beginning in strings

Tecnifibre first got known for its expertise in strings, especially in multifilament, thanks to a unique technology: the “PU400 Inside”. Both knowledge and experience made Tecnifibre to become the official stringer of Roland Garros in 2008, when the brand celebrated its 20th birthday. It helped the company to consolidate its position of leader in Europe.

Beginning in racquets

In 2004, Tecnifibre decides to launch its own range of racquets for competitors. Two raquets are provided to players. The T-Flash range that aims to give spin to offensive players, and the T-Fight that suits patient players’ needs in order to construct points. These racquets are currently used by several top players on the Tour, including Janko Tipsarevic (T-Fight 325), Denis Istomin (T-Fight 325) or Axel Michon (T-Flash 315), but also by the greatest juniors (Filip Peliwo, Wimbledon & Roland Garros Junior Champion in 2012). By believing each player deserves the racquet that fits the most his game Tecnifibre care as much on professional players than leisure players. The brand provides for those players an entire range of racquet called T-Fight, in order to help them to improve their game. Women also have their entire range of racquet with the program Rebound, created to give them the weapon they need as women and competitors. Thus, the T-Rebound give them both elegance and capacity to perform at a high level.

Racquets

T-Fight: this range is inspired from the oval head and square section, which has shaped generations of players. With a string pattern of 18x19, the racquet provides to powerful player a lot of control. The racquet exists in different weights (255, 280, 295, 305, 305, 320 and 325g), whereas the T-Fight 295MP includes a bigger head size. T-Flash: the racquet for players using a lot of spin. The round shaft provides a lot of spin thanks to Velocity Shaft Design Technology. This range also includes the Tour Prepared Technology, reducing vibrations and giving the best sensations. The pattern is open in order to allow players to maximize their spin capacity. T-Rebound: created from a co working between female players, designers and engineers, the T-Rebound range has been able to give an answer to specific demands of women from different age and level.

Squash

Tecnifibre is also very active in squash. The French brand is used by champions such as Thierry Lincou, Wael El Hindi, or more recently Mohamed Elshorbagy. In 2008, Tecnifibre is chosen to become the official partner of the English Squash Federation.