Wilson Sporting Goods
Type	Subsidiary of Amer Sports
Founded
Headquarters	Chicago, Illinois, USA
Industry	Sportswear and Sports equipment
Products	Footwear Accessories Sportswear
Website	http://www.wilson.com/

Wilson Sporting Goods (or simply Wilson) is a sporting goods company that is based in Chicago, Illinois. It is currently a subsidiary of the Finland-based company Amer Sports, which also owns Atomic, Suunto, and Precor. Wilson makes equipment for a variety of sports, including badminton, baseball, basketball, softball, football, golf, racquetball, soccer, squash, tennis, and volleyball. In business, a subsidiary is a company controlled by another company or corporation. ... Amer Sports Oyj (formerly Amer-Yhtymä Oyj) is a Finnish sporting goods manufacturer, originally established in 1950. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Nickname: Motto: Urbs In Horto (Latin: City in a Garden), I Will Location in the Chicago metro area and Illinois Coordinates: Country United States State Illinois County Cook & DuPage Incorporated March 4, 1837 Government  - Mayor Richard M. Daley (D) Area  - City  234. ... Official language(s) English[1] Capital Springfield Largest city Chicago Largest metro area Chicago Area  Ranked 25th  - Total 57,918 sq mi (149,998 km²)  - Width 210 miles (340 km)  - Length 390 miles (629 km)  - % water 4. ... Sportswear is clothing, including footwear, worn for sport or exercise. ... Sports equipment includes any object used for sport or exercise. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Fashion accessories and theur jewelry counterpart referred to as costume jewelry are items that used as fashions complementary. ... Sportswear is clothing, including footwear, worn for sport or exercise. ... A website (alternatively, Web site) is a collection of Web pages, images, videos and other digital assets that is hosted on a Web server, usually accessible via the Internet or a LAN. A Web page is a document, typically written in HTML, that is almost always accessible via HTTP, a... Sports equipment includes any object used for sport or exercise. ... Nickname: Motto: Urbs In Horto (Latin: City in a Garden), I Will Location in the Chicago metro area and Illinois Coordinates: Country United States State Illinois County Cook & DuPage Incorporated March 4, 1837 Government  - Mayor Richard M. Daley (D) Area  - City  234. ... Official language(s) English[1] Capital Springfield Largest city Chicago Largest metro area Chicago Area  Ranked 25th  - Total 57,918 sq mi (149,998 km²)  - Width 210 miles (340 km)  - Length 390 miles (629 km)  - % water 4. ... In business, a subsidiary is a company controlled by another company or corporation. ... Amer Sports Oyj (formerly Amer-Yhtymä Oyj) is a Finnish sporting goods manufacturer, originally established in 1950. ... Atomic Austria Gmbh is a ski producer located in Altenmarkt, Salzburg, Austria. ... Suunto, based in Finland, is a company that produces and markets electronic measurement devices. ... The Danish Olympic badminton player Peter Gade Badminton is a racquet sport played by either two opposing players (singles) or two opposing pairs (doubles), who take positions on opposite halves of a rectangular court that is divided by a net. ... A view of the playing field at Busch Memorial Stadium, St. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Softball is a team sport, in which a ball, eleven to twelve inches (or rarely, 16 inches) (28 to 30. ... United States simply as football, is a competitive team sport that is both fast-paced and strategic. ... Golf is a sport in which individual players or teams hit a ball into a hole using various clubs, and also is one of the few ball games that does not use a fixed standard playing area. ... Racquetball racquet and ball Racquetball is a sport played with racquets and a hollow rubber ball on an indoor or outdoor court. ... Football (soccer) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... Squash racquet and ball Players in a glass-backed squash court International Squash Singles Court, as specified by the World Squash Federation Squash is an indoor racquet sport that was formerly called Squash racquets, a reference to the squashable soft ball used in the game (compared with the harder ball... For other uses, see Tennis (disambiguation). ... Volleyball is an Olympic sport in which two teams separated by a high net use their hands, arms or (rarely) other parts of their bodies to hit a ball back and forth over the net. ...

Tennis

Wilson tennis racquets have always been extremely popular among professional tennis players. Pete Sampras used them to win 14 grand slams and some of the top players currently using Wilson racquets include Roger Federer, Novak Đoković, Serena Williams, Nicolas Kiefer, Gastón Gaudio, Justine Henin, Guillermo Canas, Venus Williams, the Bryan Brothers and Flavio Saretta. Former players who have used Wilson rackets during their careers include Jack Kramer (an eponymous model as well), Jimmy Connors, Chris Evert, Stefan Edberg, Lindsay Davenport, and Steffi Graf (who also used Dunlop). Pete Sampras' racquet, the original Pro Staff, was characterised by a small head (85 sq in), heavy weight(350+ grams), and Graphite-Kevlar contruction. The same racquet was also used by Roger Federer, though he now uses a newer model, the KSix-One Tour, which has a 90 sq. inch head and weighs 354 grams. It should also be noted that many professional players use specially-made, customized racquets so that even if the model is the same, they play differently. Also, many have racquets painted to look like new models but are in fact older models no longer being maufactured (Lleyton Hewitt employs this strategy with Yonex). Squash racquet and ball Racquetball racquet and ball A racquet (or racket) is a sports implement consisting of a handled frame with an open hoop across which a network of cord is stretched. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ... In tennis, a singles player or doubles team that wins all four Grand Slam titles in the same year is said to have achieved the Grand Slam or a Calendar Year Grand Slam. ... Roger Federer (born August 8, 1981) is a Swiss tennis professional, currently ranked World No. ... Novak Đoković (Serbian Cyrillic: Новак Ђоковић, pronounced , commonly spelled Djokovic in English media; born May 22, 1987 in Belgrade) is a Serbian tennis player, currently ranked 6th in the world on the ATP Tour. ... Serena Jameka Williams (born September 26, 1981) is an American former World No. ... Nicolas Kiefer (born July 5, 1977 in Holzminden), is a tennis player from Germany. ... Gastón Gaudio (born December 9, 1978 in Temperley, Buenos Aires), nicknamed El Gato (The Cat in Spanish), is a professional tennis player from Argentina. ... Justine Henin (IPA: ;  ) (born June 1, 1982 in Liège) is a Belgian professional tennis player from the Walloon (French-speaking) region of Belgium. ... Guillermo Ignacio Cañas (November 25, 1977) is an Argentinian professional tennis player. ... Venus Ebone Starr Williams (born June 17, 1980 in Lynwood, California, United States) is a former World No. ... Flávio Saretta Filho (born on June 28, 1980 in Americana, São Paulo) is a professional tennis player from Brazil who turned professional in 1998. ... Jack Kramer can refer to: Jack Kramer: a Major League Baseball player Jack Kramer: a tennis player This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... James Scott (Jimmy) Connors (born September 2, 1952 in East St. ... Chris Evert on a Wheaties box Christine Marie Evert (born December 21, 1954, in Fort Lauderdale, Florida) is a former World No. ... Stefan Bengt Edberg (born January 19, 1966 in Västervik, Sweden) is a former World No. ... Lindsay Ann Davenport (born June 8, 1976 in Palos Verdes, California) is a former World No. ... Stefanie Maria Graf (born June 14, 1969, in Mannheim, West Germany), better known to the world as Steffi, is a former World No. ...

In 1979, Wilson tennis balls were first used in the US Open,^{[citation needed]} and still are used to this day. In 2006, the Australian Open began using Wilson Tennis Balls.^{[citation needed]} The Australian Open reported using more than 450,000 Wilson Tennis Balls during the tournament.^{[citation needed]}

Beyond tennis racquets, Wilson also produces a variety of other tennis products including shoes, strings, apparel and racquet bags.

nCode

Main article: nCode (tennis racquet)

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[K] Factor

Main article: K Factor (tennis racquet)

Wilson's newest line of racquets are called the K Factor.

Racquetball

"Ripper" racquetball racquet

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Ripper

Ripper is a racquetball racquet. It is labeled with the word titanium, the slogan "Crushing power", the registered trademarks "Wilson", as well as the "U.S.Pat.No.6,935,975".^[1] According to the online United States Patent and Trademark Office as of May 11, 2007 there were only two "live" trademarks for the full mark, "Ripper".^[2] The racquet is also labeled with "Ripper" followed by the trademark symbol "TM". Wilson Sporting Goods claims that this racquet is made in China, has a: Ripper may refer to: Jack the Ripper, a pseudonym given to an unidentified serial killer (or killers) active in the largely impoverished Whitechapel area and adjacent districts of London in the latter half of 1888. ... Racquetball racquet and ball Racquetball is a sport played with racquets and a hollow rubber ball on an indoor or outdoor court. ... Squash racquet and ball Racquetball racquet and ball A racquet (or racket) is a sports implement consisting of a handled frame with an open hoop across which a network of cord is stretched. ... General Name, Symbol, Number titanium, Ti, 22 Chemical series transition metals Group, Period, Block 4, 4, d Appearance silvery metallic Standard atomic weight 47. ... As a surname, Wilson is derived from William, an old Germanic name. ... PTO headquarters in Alexandria The United States Patent and Trademark Office (PTO or USPTO) is an agency in the United States Department of Commerce that provides patent and trademark protection to inventors and businesses for their inventions and corporate and product identification. ... TM, Tm or tm may stand for: Tmoney, a Koreas first smart card. ...

• weight of 215 grams,
• head size of 108 square inches,
• string tension of 33 to 35 lbs., and
• an even balance.^[3]

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Footballs

A Wilson football.

The Wilson football factory in Ada, Ohio is the only dedicated football factory in the world and the only place where footballs are manufactured in the United States.^{[citation needed]} Wilson has been the exclusive provider of footballs for the National Football League since 1941.^{[citation needed]} The official NFL footballs are sold exclusively to the NFL franchises and are labeled with the model number F1010.^{[citation needed]} The official NFL football sold to the general public, which is labeled with the model number F1000, is essentially the same ball which has passed less stringent quality control checks.^{[citation needed]} The F1000 model is commonly used for the collection of football player autographs.^{[citation needed]} Download high resolution version (2272x1704, 885 KB)Source: http://www. ... Download high resolution version (2272x1704, 885 KB)Source: http://www. ... United States simply as football, is a competitive team sport that is both fast-paced and strategic. ... Ada is a village located in Hardin County, Ohio. ... The National Football League (NFL) is the largest and most prestigious professional American football league, consisting of thirty-two teams from American cities and regions. ... Autograph of king Charles XII of Sweden (1682-1718) An autograph is a document written entirely in the handwriting of its author, as opposed to a typeset document or one transcribed by an amanuensis or a copyist (see allography). ...

Golf - Wilson Staff

Wilson Staff is a popular golf brand which has being recently (2004) brought back as the name of Wilson's line of golf equipment. The Wilson Staff brand dominated the game fifty years ago but since then it seemed to vanish. To mark the 90th anniversary of Wilson sporting equipment, the golf department decided to re-launch as Wilson Staff. Golf is a sport in which individual players or teams hit a ball into a hole using various clubs, and also is one of the few ball games that does not use a fixed standard playing area. ...

Goods such golf balls, gloves, caps and clubs are all found with the Wilson Staff logo. The clubs inparticular have proved successful with ranges for all levels of players. The most recent clubs to take the golf world by storm have been the Fi5, Pi5, Ci6 and Di6 ranges. Wilson is also recognised for their series of OS irons including the Fat Shaft series and the Augusta irons both created to provide ultimate forgivness for higher-handicap players.

Famous users of Wilson Staff equipment include Padraig Harrington, Jesper Parnevik, and Ben Crenshaw. // Pádraig Harrington (born 31 August 1971 in Ballyroan, Dublin, Ireland) is a professional golfer and former #6 in the world who has won ten tournaments on the European Tour and two on the PGA Tour. ... Jesper Parnevik (born March 7, 1965 in Stockholm, Sweden) is a professional golfer. ... Ben Crenshaw (born January 11, 1952 in Austin, Texas) is an American golfer. ...

In popular culture

Wilson the Volleyball

Main article: Wilson the Volleyball

The Wilson volleyball that co-starred in the movie Cast Away.

One of its products, a volleyball, "co-starred" alongside Tom Hanks in the movie Cast Away. After the success of the film Wilson Sporting Goods actually created and marketed volleyballs with Wilson's face on it for a short time. A Scene from Cast Away Wilson was the name given to a volleyball in the 2000 movie, Cast Away. ... Image File history File links The Wilson Volleyball that co-starred in Castaway (2000). ... Image File history File links The Wilson Volleyball that co-starred in Castaway (2000). ... For other uses, see Castaway (disambiguation). ... Volleyball is an Olympic sport in which two teams separated by a high net use their hands, arms or (rarely) other parts of their bodies to hit a ball back and forth over the net. ... Thomas Jeffrey Hanks (born July 9, 1956) is a two-time Academy Award-winning American film actor, Emmy-winning director, voice-over artist and movie producer. ... For other uses, see Castaway (disambiguation). ...

References

1. ^ U.S. Patent 6,935,975 
2. ^ "Trademark Electronic Search System." United States Patent and Trademark Office. 11 May 2007, URL Link,(Database search for term: "Ripper")
3. ^ Ripper. Chicago: Wilson Sporting Goods Co., 2005. (Promotional information with racquet)

External links

Official

• Wilson's site
• Amer Sports (parent company)

Other

• Wilson the Volleyball at the Internet Movie Database