Does any one know who was the last tennis player to use a wooden racket was and what year it was?

Answer 1

Jimmy Connors used a Prince Mono on the Champions tour up until 2005. The last open tour player of any note to use a wood racket(also the Mono) was Mirjana Lucic in 1997. There maybe a few Challenger or Futures pros since, but I don't know them and they didn't use them in any major tournaments main draw that Im aware of.

Answer 2

I don't know who the last pro to have used a wooden racquet is, but they would probably be from the late 70's/ early 80's.
I do know one person who still plays occasionally with a wooden racquet, but I'm not sure if he uses it competitively.

A little light research did turn up this interesting article. It's from USA Today. They had some of the current pros try out some wooden racquet to see what their response was.
http://www.usatoday.com/sports/tennis/2007-06-20-raquet-tech_N.htm

I just found what is probably the answer to your question. In 1991 and 1992, Bjorn Borg attempted to come back to the professional circuit, and he insisted on still using is wooden racquets. He failed miserably, and switched to the senior circuit. By that time, graphite racquets were so prolific, you would almost have to use one to have a chance, so I can't imagine anybody else using a wooden racquet after that time.

Answer 3

back in the early 90s, Bjorn Borg was trying to make a comeback to the ATP tour...and chose a wooden racket because he didnt like the feel of the newer graphites. Needless to say, that experiment didnt last very long as he was blasted off the court. After that experiment all he could say was...

"the game is just way faster. too fast."

now, back in 1985 Kevin Curran used a wooden racket en route to the finals at Wimbledon where he lost to a 17 year old Boris Becker....but Borg's comeback was well after that.

Answer 4

Being a girl you should talk about how women have achieved equality in pay and respect to the men starting with the efforts of Billie Jean King in the 70's with the Virginia Slims tour. Women used to get no respect and very little pay and now look where they are. She was not only a pioneer of tennis but of women's rights in general. Do some research on Billie Jean King and how she fought for women tennis players all over the world. Don't forget to talk about her "Battle of the Sexes" with Bobby Riggs which was the most watched tennis match in history. Female athletes owe so much to Billie Jean King and players like Sharapova, Ivanovic, and Jankovic are some of the highest paid in the world because of her.

Answer 5

I think it was Bjorg, but he retired earlier than McEnroe when
they still using the wooden racket. Later on in early 90s, Bjorg
tried to make a comeback and first he tried to use wooden racket and failed miserably. Then when he switched to graphite
he could not cope with it and move to senior circuit.

Answer 6

That would be Bjorn Borg when he tried to make a comeback in 1991 using his old wooden Donnay racquets, and he failed. The game and the equipment had already evolved by then, and he was reluctant to try to adapt to the new racquets, which is one of the reasons why his comeback was unsuccessful.