company history

  1. 1886

    Dunlop Tyres established

  2. 1917

    First Dunlop Tennis racket produced

  3. 1928

    Dunlop Sports Company formed

  4. 1932

    Dunlop introduces Maxply rackets

  5. 1980

    Dunlop launch the 150G injection moulded racket which goes on to wins the Design Council Award in 1981

  6. 2005

    Dunlop launch M-Fil rackets

  7. 2007

    Aerogel racket technology introduced

company history

A GLORIOUS SPORTING PAST

Dunlop has been one of the most successful sports brands of the 20th Century, with more Grand Slam winners than any other and played by some of the greatest legends in sporting history.

With over 90 years as a leading sporting goods brand, champions such as Arnold Palmer, John McEnroe and Steffi Graf played Dunlop products to reach the pinnacle of their careers. Dunlop has a hugely international presence. Globally, Dunlop tennis balls, squash balls and squash rackets have the no.1 market share. The Dunlop Squash ball is the official ball of all the major Professional events and 42% of the top 50 players play Dunlop rackets.

The legendary Dunlop “65”golf ball reigned supreme for an unprecedented 50 years and won more competitions than any other ball in the hands of many golfing greats. Green Flash shoes were the standard in Tennis for decades and have now had a resurgence as a “retro” fashion icon.

A truly international sporting brand with a great heritage of sporting innovation and achievement, our brand has an impressive heritage on which to build and match our glorious past.