Tennis Balls

If you puncture a tennis ball, you'll find it quickly loses it bounce! Modern tennis balls are filled with pressurised gas inside a shell moulded from two pieces of rubber. The rubber is covered with synthetic felt fibre, which gives tennis ball their familiar fuzzy finish.

If you're looking for a tennis ball for juniors, check out the traffic light colours in the Lawn Tennis Association's (LTA) junior ball classifications. These balls typically suit novice players under 10 and makes it easier for them to improve quickly. For the adult game, you can choose training balls or competition balls. Training tennis balls have a synthetic felt covering while competition balls have a natural felt outer. For advanced players, these offer a refined bounce quality and a longer life in the face of prolonged hard hitting. The bounce height of a tennis ball tends to increase with the quality and price - less experienced players will be comfortable with a slightly slower ball and lower bounce, while advanced players want excellent bounce height for fast play and the maximum range of shots and spin. Some tennis balls are particularly well suited to grass courts or clay courts, or perform optimally in hotter temperatures. Read the product descriptions to find out exactly what different brands offer. 

Yellow tennis balls are manufactured to a standard size and pressure, to perform with consistent speed and bounce in the adult game. In the junior game, balls of different size and colours are designed for younger age groups. Red junior tennis balls are 75% slower than yellow balls and typically suit children younger than 8. Orange junior tennis balls are 50% slower (ages 8-9) and green junior tennis balls are 25% slower (age 10). Britain's LTA designed this traffic light colour scheme to help young players develop their rallies and shots, giving them a little more time to get into position and focus on technique. 

Slazenger supplies tennis balls to Wimbledon - you can buy exactly the same premium Slazenger tennis balls in our store, featuring the Wimbledon championships' distinctive green and purple livery on the ball tubes and the Wimbledon logo stamped on the balls. Slazenger styles them "the nation's favourite tennis balls." If you'd like to show you allegiance to a different nation, you could try the Dunlop Australian Open balls. 

Bouncing the ball before a serve can be ritual for tennis players, especially in the professional game, to help them get into their peak performance zone and focus before delivering a sizzling serve. It can also be a more practical action, as different tennis balls may bounce slightly differently, so bouncing the ball on the ground can give a player an idea of hot it will travel when they hit their serve.