Tecnifibre is a French manufacturer of sporting equipment, specializing in
tennis
Tennis is a List of racket sports, racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent (singles (tennis), singles) or between two teams of two players each (doubles (tennis), doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket st ...
and
squash. It was 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 rackets, bags, strings, apparel and other accessories.
Lacoste
Lacoste S.A. (; ) is a French designer sports fashion company, founded in 1933 by tennis player René Lacoste, and entrepreneur André Gillier. It sells clothing, footwear, sportswear, eyewear, leather goods, perfume, towels and watches. The ...
announced on 31 August 2017 acquisition of an 80% stake in the capital of Major Sports and became the owner of Tecnifibre on 1 October.
History
Tecnifibre first became known for its expertise in strings, especially in multifilament, thanks to a unique technology: the "PU400 Inside". In 2004, Tecnifibre decided to launch its own range of rackets for competitors. In 2024, Tecnifibre invented the first t-shirt made from recycled tennis strings through a range of products called "X-Loop". Tecnifibre is also very active in squash.
Products
Tennis rackets
*T-Fight ISO
*T-Fight RS
*TF40
*TF-X1 (previously T-Flash)
*Tempo (previously T-Rebound)
Padel rackets
*Wall Breaker
*Wall Master
*Curva
Tennis strings
OPOLYESTER
*Black Code
*Black Code 4S
*Ice Code
*Razor Code
*Pro Red Code
*Pro Red Code Wax
ULTIFILAMENT
*NRG2
*X-One Biphase
*Multifeel
*HDX Tour
YBRID
*Duramix HD
*Triax
Squash rackets
*Carboflex (125 / 130 / 135 grams)
*Suprem (125 / 130 / 135 grams)
*Dynergy (125 / 130 / 135 grams)
*Slash (120 / 125 / 130 / 135 grams)
Sponsorships
Tennis
Men
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John Millman
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Omar Jasika
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J ...
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Marc Polmans
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Polmans has a career high ATP singles ranking of World No. 116 achieved on 12 October 2020. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of W ...
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Maxime Authom
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Career
On 2 April 2012, he reached his highest ATP singles ranking of 184, after reaching his first ATP Challenger final in Rimouski, Canada. H ...
* Jeroen Vanneste
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Zhang Ze
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Zhang's career highlights include reaching the quarterfinals of the 2012 China Open (defeating Richard Gasquet en route), playing the Australian Open main dra ...
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Li Zhe
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Dino Marcan
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Grégoire Barrère
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Jérémy Chardy
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Axel Michon
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Junior career
Professional career
2014
Axel lost in the second round of qualifying at the 2014 Australian Open – Men's singles qualifying, Australian Open. He mad ...
* Armel Rancezot
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Arthur Rinderknech
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Personal lif ...
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Daniel Cox
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While playing tennis for Lincolnshire, he first came into international prominence when he reached the finals of Le Petit As, Tarbes. A right-hander ...
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Hiroki Moriya
is a Japanese tennis player. He has won three ATP Challenger Tour singles titles and achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 143 on 5 January 2015.
Tennis career
Juniors
As a junior, Moriya compiled a singles win–loss record of ...
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Alexander Bublik
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Tallon Griekspoor
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* Sabastian Lavie
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Filip Peliwo
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Daniil Medvedev
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Nikola Ćirić
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The ATP Challenger Tour (known until the end of 2008 as ...
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Janko Tipsarević
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Aljaž Bedene
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* Nicolau Motilla
* Robin Olin
* Henrik Bengtsson
* Brian Michael Cernoch
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Devin Britton
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Tennis career
Juniors
Britton's most notable ...
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Christopher Eubanks
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Mitchell Krueger
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He has a career-high singles ranking by the ATP of world No. 135, achieved on July 18, 2022 and a doubles ranking of No. 173, achieved on April 27, 2015.
Professional caree ...
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Denis Istomin
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Corentin Moutet
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Women
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Elise Mertens
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Maryna Zanevska
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Elsa Jacquemot
Elsa Jacquemot (born 3 May 2003) is a French tennis player.
She has career-high WTA rankings of world No. 113 in singles achieved on 9 June 2025 and No. 325 in doubles.
Career 2020: WTA and Major debuts, Roland Garros Junior champion
Jacquemot ...
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Mathilde Johansson
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Danielle Collins
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Sachia Vickery
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Vickery, a former USTA junior national champion, has also won three singles and three doub ...
Squash
Men
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Alister Walker
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Biography
Walker won a gold m ...
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Miguel Ángel Rodríguez
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Ramy Ashour
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Wael El Hindi
Wael Hatem El-Hendy (; born June 25, 1980, in Giza) is a professional squash player who represented Egypt. A Professional Squash Association (PSA) member since 1999, Wael El Hindi has long been regarded as one of Egypt's most talented players & ...
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Mohamed El Shorbagy
Mohamed El Shorbagy (, born 12 January 1991) is an Egyptian-English professional squash player. He represented Egypt from a young age until June 2022, when he switched to represent England. He reached a career-high world ranking of World No. 1 ...
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Marwan El Shorbagy
Marwan Hossam El Shorbagy (born 30 July 1993) is an Egyptian-English professional squash player. He is a former world team champion and reached his career-high ranking reaching World No. 3 in May 2018, while playing for his native Egypt. He wo ...
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Osama Khalifa
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Ben Coleman
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Richie Fallows
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Nathan Lake
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Benjamin Aubert
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Enzo Corigliano
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Grégoire Marche
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Auguste Dussourd
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Thierry Lincou
Thierry Lincou (born 2 April 1976, in La Réunion) is a retired professional squash player from France. He reached the World No. 1 ranking in January 2004. That year, Lincou won the World Open title, the Hong Kong Open and the Super Series Fi ...
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Alfredo Ávila
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Farhan Zaman
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Christopher Gordon
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Andrew Douglas
Women
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Rowan Reda Araby
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Nour El Sherbini
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Heba El Torky
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Nouran Gohar
Nouran Ahmed Gohar (; born 30 September 1997) is a professional squash player who represents Egypt. She is the 2023–24 world champion and a three-times world team champion. She reached a career-high world ranking of No. 1 in July 2020.
Ca ...
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Salma Hany
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Mayar Hany
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Hania El Hammamy
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Mariam Metwally
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Habiba Mohamed
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Jenny Duncalf
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Victoria Lust
Victoria Lust (born 2 May 1989 in Luton
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Luton is on the River Lea, about north-west of London. The town's foundation da ...
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Dipika Pallikal
Dipika Pallikal (born 21 September 1991) is an Indian professional Squash (sport), squash player. She was the first Indian player to break into the top 10 in the Official Women's Squash World Ranking, world rankings.
Early life
Pallikal was bo ...
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Alison Thomson
Alison Thomson (born 3 May 1996 in Twickenham) is a Scottish professional squash player. She achieved a career-high ranking of 65 in September 2017. As of January 2020, she was ranked number 2 in Scotland and 73 in the world, and has competed in ...
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Olivia Blatchford
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