improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page . learn how and when to remove these template messages this article needs additional citations for verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . december 2007 learn how and when to remove this template message this article may rely excessively on sources too closely associated with the subject potentially preventing the article from being verifiable and neutral . please help improve it by replacing them with more appropriate citations to reliable independent third party sources . december 2015 learn how and when to remove this template message learn how and when to remove this template message babolat industry sports equipment founded 1875 headquarters lyon france products racquets strings accessories and shoes . website http www.babolat.com babolat b bo l is a french tennis badminton and squash equipment company headquatered in lyon best known for its strings and tennis racquets which are used by several top players . the company has made strings since 1875 when pierre babolat created the first strings made of natural gut . babolat continued to focus on strings until 1994 when it became a total tennis company producing also racquet frames and selling them in europe . it then expanded sales to japan and later to the usa in 2000 . sales of babolat racquets increased rapidly in north america and europe . babolat is also a pioneer in connected sport technology and launched a connected tennis racket in 2014 1 and a connected wrist worn tennis wearable with piq in 2015 . 2 babolat sponsorships edit male players rafael nadal with babolat aeropro drive at roland garros 2007 rafael nadal uses a babolat aeropro drive gt 2013 strung with babolat rpm blast babolat duralast 15l strings before 2010 andy roddick retired previously used a babolat pure drive roddick gt jo wilfried tsonga uses a babolat aeropro drive gt 2013 m ximo gonz lez mariano puerta fernando gonz lez carlos moy retired previously used a babolat pure drive komlavi loglo sebasti n decoud juan ignacio chela igor andreev uses an babolat pure drive julien benneteau sam querrey steve johnson ivo karlovi john boso maurice russo luis horna florent serra alejandro falla santiago giraldo robert farah fabio fognini kenneth carlsen douard roger vasselin leander paes conor niland olivier patience nicol s lapentti bobby reynolds grega emlja nicolas devilder mathieu montcourt robby ginepri jack sock michael russell wang yeu tzuoo juan pablo guzm n jean julien rojer benedikt dorsch brian dabul somdev devvarman wayne arthurs ricardo mello thiago alves franco ferreiro rog rio dutra da silva antonio vei juri a grubi i jan hernych jan h jek albert portas javier garrapiz marc l pez rub n ram rez hidalgo pablo carreno busta s bastien de chaunac alex bogdanovi dieter kindlmann gianluca naso y ichi sugita bruno echagaray santiago gonz lez victor crivoi marius copil r zvan sab u george bastl daniel thornton marcel felder sam warburg justin gimelstob trevor wright jason brown thomas sodermans brian baker thomas constantine alex bogomolov russell shaw steve avery ryan harrison female players caroline wozniacki uses the babolat aeropro drive anastasia pavlyuchenkova nadia petrova dinara safina kim clijsters uses the babolat pure drive gt samantha stosur uses the babolat pure strike sybille bammer francesca schiavone uses the babolat aeropro drive gt sara errani agnieszka radwa ska uses the babolat pure drive lite urszula radwa ska rennae stubbs katarina srebotnik li na uses the babolat pure drive gt julia g rges vera dushevina milie loit karin knapp meghann shaughnessy elena vesnina eugenie bouchard aliz cornet pauline parmentier caroline garcia laura granville garbine muguruza lourdes dom nguez lino kaia kanepi jill craybas lisa raymond vania king yaroslava shvedova irina camelia begu alexandra dulgheru edina gallovits hall ioana raluca olaru aravane reza olga savchuk mirjana lu i tatiana poutchek akgul amanmuradova sofia arvidsson maret ani maria elena camerin s verine br mond st phanie cohen aloro timea bacsinszky alberta brianti martina such yuliya beygelzimer kirsten flipkens laura pous ti emma laine clarisa fern ndez mariana d az oliva mar a emilia salerni amy bowtell sophie ferguson nicole pratt lauren breadmore val rie t treault jessica moore sylvija talaja michaela pa tikov kate ina b hmov arantxa parra santonja estrella cabeza nuria llagostera vives mar a s nchez lorenzo m nica puig elise tama la nathalie vi rin antonella serra zanetti adriana serra zanetti seiko okamoto lina stan i t claudine schaul joanna sakowicz tatiana panova polona rebersak zuzana kucov chia jung chuang i pek eno lu neha uberoi shikha uberoi zheng saisai t mea babos references edit http www.theguardian.com sport 2015 may 04 babolat play smart racket tennis http www.engadget.com 2015 08 28 babolat pop piq sensors external links edit babolat retrieved 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