Dunlop has signed a four-year deal to become the official ball provider worldwide for Slinger Bag and will be co-branding some of its tennis balls with Slinger, starting with two high-performance products, the Fort TR Plus x Slinger and the pressureless Fort Xtra Life x Slinger. The products come with customized, eco-friendly packaging aimed at reducing plastic waste. Dunlop’s sales subsidiaries around the world will handle sales to optimize local inventories and market pricing.
All the other Dunlop ball products keep their current names.For the past year or so, Dunlop International Europe has served successfully as Slinger’s distributor in Germany, Austria, Spain, Portugal, Italy, Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg and France, the company noted, exceeding expectations. Dunlop supplies official balls for the ATP World Tour, the Australian Open Grand Slam Tournament and several WTA tournaments.