The International Tennis Federation (ITF) has developed a prototype of a ball without a fabric cover which it hopes will provide an environmentally friendly option to the rubber and felt in ...

Tennis balls must measure from 2.57 to 2.70 inches in diameter and weigh between 1.975 and 2.095 ... But that all became ancient history when vulcanized rubber took over in the late 1800s, ...

Dive into the science of manufacturing high-quality tennis balls. Discover the meticulous process from rubber compound formulation to the final bounce test, ensuring durability and performance on ...

The U.S. Open is now in full swing, and nearly 100,000 new tennis balls will be used. Unfortunately, that means thousands of tennis balls will soon be useless to the tournament’s top players.

Consider the tennis ball. The small neon orb is so ingenious in its design that it simultaneously inhabits the highest levels of perhaps one of our most demanding sports, fits snugly on the legs ...

Tennis has a fuzzy yellow problem most players don't think about when they open can after can of fresh balls, or when umpires at U.S. Open matches make their frequent requests for "new balls please." ...

You can't play tennis without tennis balls. Yet an increasingly vocal group of players says that the tennis balls used on tour are behind a major problem: They're causing injuries.

Around 300 million tennis balls are produced each year — and almost all of them end up in landfills, taking over 400 years to decompose. The US Open, which ended at the weekend, goes through ...