The history of the Tecnifibre brand

Thierry Maissant, a tennis enthusiast, quickly developed an ambition: to provide tennis players with products adapted to their needs and level. He co-founded Major Sport with former F1 driver Hermano da Silva Ramos in 1979.

In 1985, the brand began producing stringing machines, also "Made in France." This expertise in stringing allowed it to become the official stringer for numerous ATP tournaments.

In 1987, Tecnifibre became the official stringing partner of Roland Garros, a sign of recognition and expertise of its products.

After proving itself in squash with the launch of its first squash racket in 2001 alongside French player Thierry Lincou :

Tecnifibre is now entering the tennis market with two ranges of rackets designed for competitive players: the T-Fight for players looking for more control and the T-Flash for players wanting to generate more power.

In 2009, Tecnifibre launched NEXT, an event program for which Serbian player Janko Tipsarevic has been the ambassador since 2009. The goal is to support the team's young players by going beyond simply providing them with good equipment. Thanks to Janko, the brand provides experiences that expose them to the highest level and shows them all the efforts required to become a top player.

The brand has been supplying the official ATP World Tour rackets, strings, bags, and accessories since 2013. Through this partnership, Tecnifibre also becomes the official sponsor and stringer of the ATP World Tour Finals, until 2020.

In 2015, Tecnifibre launched the first edition of the Young Guns Contest with a $50,000 prize up for grabs for the winner. The principle: four young players from Team Tecnifibre are selected and compete on the court (best ranking progression) and on social media (community growth, engagement, etc.). The first edition was won by Denis Kudla. He was followed the following year by a certain… Daniil Medvedev.

On August 31, 2017, Lacoste Holding formalized the acquisition of 80% of the capital of Major Sports, with control effective as of October 1 of the same year. The objective is to develop synergies between the Lacoste and Tecnifibre brands to design a range of technical products for Lacoste and strengthen Tecnifibre's international presence.

To celebrate its 40th anniversary and reveal its new brand identity, Tecnifibre is hosting the TF 40 party in Paris, attended by numerous athletes and long-standing friends of the brand.

Revelation of the year 2020 on the women's circuit after winning her first Grand Slam in Paris, Iga Swiatek is back, having started competitive tennis with a Tecnifibre racket.

Ambassador for the Tempo program, she won the WTA 1000 in Rome in the spring with an incredible final victory without losing a single game.

Aware of current societal issues, Tecnifibre is launching the X-LOOP range: the first textile products made from 100% recycled and recyclable used polyester strings.

TecniLab is revolutionizing the approach to padel by focusing on a key factor: the ball's trajectory.

The Curva racket incorporates TecniLab's innovative technology: X-Speed, created to help players improve their performance by finding: the negative angle.