To provide a racket frame improved in flexibility at stroke to prolong time (contact time between a ball and a ball striking surface) to catch the ball at the ball striking surface for a satisfactory control performance, and which has excellent surface stability and swing performance without having an incongruous appearance.

This racket frame is composed of a ball striking portion 4, a shaft portion 6 having a throat region 5 bifurcated and connected to the ball striking portion 4, and a grip portion 7. When the racket frame has a full length L of 680-710 mm and the ball striking portion 4 has an area of ≥ 485 cm2 and < 550 cm2, the shaft portion 6 has a length M within the range of 0.52L-0.57L of the full length L and the throat region 5 has a length Ma within the range of 0.078M-0.204M of the length M of the shaft portion 6.