Head The Brand
Head Sports GmbH is an American-Austria Sports Equipments manufacturing Company.
Head produces a wide range of products for skiing, snowboarding, swimming, tennis, and other racquet sports. A Company of Mr. Howard Head who was born on 31st July, 1914, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. and died on 3rd March 1991, Baltimore, Maryland, United States.
1947
In 1947, the company launched his “honeycomb” ski project, so named because he envisioned a ski that was constructed of two layers of aluminium bonded to plywood sidewalls that encased a core of honeycomb plastic.
1950
Head Sports GmbH was founded in Baltimore, Maryland, United States by aeronautical engineer Mr. Howard Head, incorporated his business as HEAD Ski Company, Inc.
Head GmbH is a group that includes several previously independent companies, including the original “Head Ski Company” (founded in the United States in 1950).
His skis were not quickly embraced by the market, and it took several years of tireless promotion by Head to establish the expensive Standard as a status symbol product.
1955-1960
According to company records, HEAD became the leading brand of skis sold in the United States and Europe by 1955. Convincing world-class skiers to adopt composite skis took longer, but significant Olympic victories on HEAD skis during the 1960s sealed the fate of conventional hickory skis.
1969
In 1969, the company signed Olympic champion ski racer Jean-Claude Killy to endorse a new metal and fibreglass ski, the Killy 800, and subsequently developed an entire product line of Killy skis.
In 1969, Head sold the company to the AMF and took up tennis. He later bought a controlling interest in Prince Sports.
1970
Also during the 1970s, Head acquired a diving manufacturer, Mares, and a ski binding company, Tyrolia.
1989-1990
In 1998, the company acquired Dacor, a diving industry pioneer, followed by the 1999 addition of Penn Tennis Balls and snowboard makers Blax and Generics.
History Related To Tennis
1960
In the late 1960s, a tennis division was created when Howard Head figured out a way of strengthening the tennis raquet by introducing the Aluminium Frame.
1969
In 1969, the first metal tennis racquet was introduced at the U.S. Open.
In 1969, Head sold the company to the AMF and took up tennis. He later bought a controlling interest in Prince Sports.
1975
After Howard Head’s departure, one of the tennis players that Head sponsored, Arthur Ashe who won the Wimbledon to defeated the defending champion Jimmy Connors in the final, 6–1, 6–1, 5–7, 6–4 of the gentlemen’s singles title at the 1975.
1987
The company started making athletic footwear and introduced the “Radial Tennis Shoes.” The following year, the company opened a new plant in Austria in order to produce more tennis racquets.
1997
HTM introduced the first tennis racket made of titanium and graphite, which proved highly popular. It then developed the first computerised tennis racket, named Head Intelligence, which employed sensors to adjust the necessary power and, in the process, suppressed about half of all vibrations, thus eliminating the cause of tennis elbow.
1999
The brand acquired the Penn Racquet Sports Company. Penn tennis balls are used in many high-profile tournaments worldwide. Penn once produced tennis balls in Phoenix, Arizona.
2009
The company shut down the Penn ball manufacturing factory. Now all tennis balls are produced in China.
1912
The company proved to be successful with three major winners during the year: Novak Djokovic at the Australian Open, Maria Sharapova at the French Open, and Andy Murray at the US Open.
2013
The company started integrating Graphene into their tennis racquets.
Sponsor Professional Men's Tennis Players
- (AUS) Alexei Popyrin
- (ESP) Alejandro Davidovich Fokina
- (U.K) Andy Murray
- (DEU) Alexander Zverev
- (RUS) Andrey Rublev
- (RUS) Aslan Karatsev
- (AUS) Bernard Tomic
- (ARG) Diego Schwartzman
- (DEU) Dominik Koepfer
- (FIN) Emil Ruusuvuori
- (ESP) Fernando Verdasco
- (FR) Gilles Simon
- (CZE) Jonas Forejtek
- (DEU) Jan-Lennard Struff
- (ITA) Jannik Sinner
- (S.K) Kwon Soon-woo
- (ITA) Lorenzo Musetti
- (HRV) Marin Čilić
- (ITA) Matteo Berrettini
- (SRB) Novak Djokovic
- (FR) Richard Gasquet
- (U.S) Taylor Fritz
Sponsor Professional Women's Tennis Players
- (BEL)Alison Van Uytvanck
- (BYS) Aliaksandra Sasnovich
- (RUS) Anna Blinkova
- (CAN) Bianca Andreescu
- (CZE) Barbora Krejčíková
- (U.S) Coco Gauff
- (U.S) Christina McHale
- (U.S) Danielle Collins (By 2020)
- (BL) Elise Mertens (by 2022)
- (CH) Jil Teichmann
- (CZE) Karolína Muchová
- (ARG) Nadia Podoroska
- (AUS) Samantha Stosur
- (RUS) Svetlana Kuznetsova
- (U.S) Sloane Stephens
- (BG) Tsvetana Pironkova
Sponsor Former Professional Men's Tennis Players
- (U.S) Andre Agassi
- (HRV) Goran Ivanišević
- (BR) Gustavo Kuerten
- (U.S) John McEnroe
- (FRA) Mansour Bahrami
- (DEU) Marc-Kevin Goellner
- (RUS) Marat Safin
- (RUS) Mikhail Youzhny
- (AUS) Mark Philippoussis
- (SE) Robin Söderling
- (CZE) Tomáš Berdych
Sponsor Former Professional Women's Tennis Players
- (AUS) Ashleigh Barty
- (ESP) Anabel Medina Garrigues
- (FRA) Amélie Mauresmo
- (DEU) Anna-Lena Grönefeld
- (RUS) Anastasia Myskina
- (AUT) Barbara Schett
- (RUS) Maria Sharapova
- (CH) Patty Schnyder
- (IT) Roberta Vinci
- (DEU) Steffi Graf