Tecnifibre Tennis Racquets and the Tecnifibre History

1979 : Inception of MAJOR SPORTS by Thierry MAISSANT in March 1979.
First company to develop a systematic progression of tennis rackets designed for children.

1980 :TECNIFIBRE is conceived from the relationship of Mr. Robin, a chemical engineer who develops the string, Cousin Frères, the industrial partner, and Major Sports.

1990 : First Grand Slam title for TECNIFIBRE : victory for Monica Seles at the French Open. Since this date, TECNIFIBRE has won many other Grand Slam titles.

1999 : TECNIFIBRE is rated n° 1 synthetic string by the United States Racquet Stringers Association (String survey) with NRG² (XTra Dynamic) and also in Germany (Tennis magazine)

January 2000 : Sébastien Grosjean and Arnaud Clément sign a MAJOR / TECNIFIBRE endorsement contract.

2004 :
- Tecnifibre rackets sold internationally (more than 30 countries)
- First ATP Tournament victory: Fernando Verdasco (Spain) in Valencia
- Thierry LINCOU and Vanessa Atkinson become World Champions and N°1 with TF rackets and strings.
- X-ONE string ranked N°1 at USRSA

2007:
- Tecnifibre launches the first Sport & Style rackets collection
- Argentinian player Gisela Dulko signs with Tecnifibre

2008:
- Marcos Baghdatis signs with Tecnifibre and is playing with T-Flash 315 racket