Alex Mann is back with an interesting article about the history of tennis balls. This leads into how tennis balls are made. The History of Tennis Balls As the game of tennis has developed and changed, so have the tennis balls. Before the creation of Lawn Tennis in the late 19th Century, its predecessor, Real Tennis, used balls made from leather stuffed with horse or dog hair or similar material such as wool. During the late 1800s, lawn tennis used rubber tennis balls made by the Eagle India Rubber Company. To improve the quality and playing life of the rubber, the …
