Tecnifibre Debuts Special Iga Swiatek-Daniil Medvedev T-Fight Racket

Tecnifibre’s two lead tennis athletes share history—both have reached No. 1 in the world and have won a U.S. Open championship—and in a first for the brand, they both also share a racket frame in 2025, the Tecnifibre T-Fight. The French-based tennis company will celebrate all the sharing by creating a special-edition—and colorful—T-Fight ID (the ID stands for Iga and Daniil) making it available at retail on July 23 while also having both Swiatek and Medvedev play with the limited-edition colorway throughout the U.S. Open series.

“T-Fight has been our flagship racket, and we have very much been known for all-white rackets,” Philippe Oudshoorn, Tecnifibre North America brand director, tells me. “White is a pretty important part of our brand, but we definitely wanted to do something that was different and make it a story about our athletes.”

There were no better athletes to focus on than Swiatek and Medvedev, a pair that have worked together since 2020 during brand events while enjoying success on their respective tours. “Daniil is a funny guy and has an authentic and joyful demeanor off the court,” Oudshoorn says, “and it really loosens up Iga and you get to see who she is off the court. It creates this pretty funny dynamic.”

Tecnifibre has seen exponential growth in tennis in the last few years, certainly owing to the success of the two ambassadors, Oudshoorn says. With the quality chemistry they have shown together “it was the perfect time to do something Tecnifibre has never done before, something not white, dedicated to our athletes and to really tell their story.”

The first order of design was settling on a color. Since both players have won a U.S. Open, Tecnifibre took inspiration from the courts of the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows to make blue the lead color, which is also a Tecnifibre brand color. To add an accent, and to keep with the U.S. Open theme, they sprinkled in green, doubly inspired by the Statue of Liberty in New York. “There is a New York City nod from a design perspective,” Oudshoorn says. “Daniil and Iga were involved in this and they both like the color blue. It is something still very Tecnifibre, but so very different because of the color.”

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Medvedev and Swiatek will be the only Tecnifibre athletes using the special-edition colorway this summer. Tecnifibre will release two models at retail, one the 305-gram version Medvedev favors with a 98-square-inch head and an 18×19 string pattern and the other Swiatek’s chosen 300-gram racket with a 100-square-inch head and 16×19 string pattern.

The rackets feature a green flame logo inspired by the Statue of Liberty, with a “21” inside one flame and a “22” inside the other to represent the years each player won the U.S. Open.

Tecnifibre expects this to be a one-off event, making the rackets true limited-edition releases.

Along with the rackets, Tecnifibre will debut a blue bag and a set of three special-edition dampeners, a flame inspired by the Statue of Liberty, a bagel inspired by Swiatek and a pretzel inspired by Medvedev.

“This was such a critical piece to the story,” Oudshoorn says of the extra dampener touch. “I think it is one of the biggest parts of what we created.” He says the dampeners help connect the stories of the two players. While Swiatek’s bagel story is well chronicled (and again established with a 6-0, 6-0 victory in the 2025 Wimbledon final), in 2020 Swiatek and Medvedev did a Q&A together and Swiatek described Medvedev’s game like a pretzel, which produced plenty of laughter. Just a few days later, Medvedev posted a picture on social media of him holding a pretzel with a big smile, tagging Swiatek in the post.

“Seeing how relaxed they are and how much fun they have together, there is really cool dynamics,” Oudshoorn says. The dampeners, which come in a special box with all three styles, help tie it all together. “There is just a certain amount of energy that is contagious and comes to life,” Oudshoorn says. “It has been really fun and so critical for the brand to start marketing our athletes a lot more than just relying on results. It is great for everyone, the brand, Daniil and Iga.”

This is also one of the first times a tennis racket promotion has been based on both a male and female athlete at the same time. “We are all just through the moon to do this with Daniil and Iga,” Oudshoorn says, “and honor their results and what they have done for the company.”