Babolat will beresponsible for stringing the rackets used by the players in the Valencia Open 500 ATP World Tour 2014. The French firm, founded by Pierre Babolat in 1875, is the oldest racket stringing company in the world. Babolat debuted in 2011 as the official stringer at Roland Garros and, as it does every year, will be looking after the rackets of the players at the Valencia Open 500 ATP World Tour. The companyhas a presence in more than a hundred countries and its products are sold in some 20,000 specialized sports retailers and 20,000 tennis clubs worldwide.