Tennis rackets

A tennis racket having a longitudinal axis of symmetry which comprises a handle extending substantially along the longitudinal axis, a head defined by a frame having an annular opening, stringing mounted on said frame and tensioned across said opening substantially along a plane, two connecting arms extending between the head and the handle and directly joining the head to the handle, and a reinforcement member extending between the two connecting arms, the head comprising a main portion in which a height of the frame measured perpendicularly to the plane of the stringing is at least essentially constant and extends from the ends of the connecting arms to beyond a region of the head of the racket having a maximal head width as measured in the plane of the stringing perpendicularly to the longitudinal axis, a cross-sectional width of the frame in the main portion corresponding to a value of between 50% and 75% of the height of the frame, and an end portion located at the opposite end from the handle, a width of the cross section of the frame measured in the plane of the stringing increasing in the end portion towards a top end of the frame, wherein said reinforcement member is arranged between the two connecting arms, the reinforcement member delimiting the opening of the frame on the side of the handle and being provided with apertures for receiving strings of the stringing in the same manner as the frame surrounding the opening, and wherein said reinforcement member has a height which increases in the direction of its center whereas the width of the cross section decreases.