List of racket sports

Sports that use rackets or paddles

Racket sports (or racquet sports) are games in which players use a racket or paddle to hit a ball or other object.[1][2] A racket has a handled frame with an open hoop that supports a network of tightly stretched strings. A paddle, sometimes called a bat, has a solid face rather than a network of strings, but may be perforated with a pattern of holes, or be covered with a textured surface.

Racketlon, a racket sport quadrathlon, is a multisport competition in which participants compete in a series of four separate racket sports: table tennis, badminton, squash, and tennis.

Liu Xiaolong and Qiu Zihan playing badminton at the 2013 French Open. James Willstrop and Karim Darwish playing squash. Justine Henin playing tennis at the 2006 Medibank International. Uładzimir Samsonaŭ, a table tennis player Recreational pickleball players.

## Sports that use a netted racket

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* Badminton
* Ball badminton
* Battledore and shuttlecock
* Crossminton (previously "Speedminton")
* Frontenis
* Longue paume
* Qianball
* Rackets
* Racquetball
* Real tennis
* Soft tennis
* Speed-ball
* Squash
* Hardball squash
* Squash tennis
* Squash 57
* Stické
* Tennis
* Touchtennis
* Tennis polo
* Xare

## Sports that use a solid-faced paddle

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* Basque pelota
* Beach tennis
* Chaza
* Downside ball game
* Four wall paddleball
* Frescobol
* Frescotennis
* Hanetsuki
* Jokari
* Jombola
* Matkot
* Miniten
* One wall paddleball
* Paddle ball
* Paddle tennis
* Padel
* Paleta Frontón
* Pan Pong
* Pelota mixteca
* Pickleball
* Platform tennis
* Road tennis
* Roliball
* Sphairee
* Stoolball
* Table squash
* Table tennis (Ping Pong)
* Hardbat
* Tamburello
* Tambourelli
* Totem tennis

## See also

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* Basque pelota
* Bat-and-ball games
* List of stick sports
* Pallone

## References

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1. ^ "What is a Racquet Sports?". RacketWarriors.com. Racket Warriors. Archived from the original on 9 March 2022. Retrieved 9 March 2022.
2. ^ "List of Racket/Racquet Sports". topendsports.com. Topend Sports. Archived from the original on September 10, 2024. Retrieved 13 April 2025.

## External links

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Look up racket sport in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Racquet sports.

A chronology of racket sports by Racquet Warriors