RS x Roberta Vinci

Meet a true tennis legend that now established herself as a world class padel player. Team RS player ROBERTA VINCI.

Roberta Vinci is one of the biggest Italian tennis stars ever. Ranked as the worlds number one doubles player with 5 Grand Slam Victories including all four majors (Wimbledon, French Open, US Open and Australian Open), Vinci was a leading character for almost two decades on the professional tennis tour. She was ranked as number 7 in singles and rose to worldwide prominence when beating Serena Williams in the 2015 US Open Grand Slam where she reached the semifinals.

After her tennis career, Roberta choose to try her skills in padel. She immediateley became attached to the sport of padel and started to play some tournaments to test her wings. In 2021 Vinci entered the top 100 in the World Padel Tour rankings and today she is ranked within the top 60 in the world.

”To have Roberta in my team is just something special. We shared so many years and moment on the tennis tour and I am more than impressed by her development in padel. It’s not an understatement to say that she already is a world class padel player and I am sure that she will continue to climb the rankings”, says Robin Soderling, founder of RS Sports.

”I used to love the RS tennis balls and when Robin contacted me and asked me to join RS as a padel player, it was big to me. After trying out the range of rackets, I could not resist. The apparel is just something special, both from a quality and feel perspective as well as from a design point of view. As an Italian, you know that design and style are important elements”, says Roberta Vinci.

Roberta lead her Italian national team to the semifinals in the Padel World Championships in 2022. Roberta wears the premium RS apparel and plays with the RS Pro Edition racket.