Racket comparison
Alkemia Tenebris 2025 vs Babolat Air Viper 2025
The Alkemia Tenebris 2025 scores higher for control and sweet spot; the Babolat Air Viper 2025 for rebound.
- Season
- 2025
- 2025
- Shape
- Tear
- Diamond
- Weight
- 345 - 375 gr
- 360 - 375 gr
- Touch
- Medium-Hard
- Medium-Hard
- Core
- Black EVA PRO React
- X-EVA
- Faces
- Double layer of high-hardness carbon fiber
- 16K Carbon Fiber
- Frame
- Kevlar
- 100% Carbon
- Catalogue rating
- 8.7/10
- 8.7/10
- Power
- 9.5/10
- 9.7/10
- Control
- 9.2/10
- 8.4/10
- Manoeuvrability
- 8.7/10
- 8.6/10
- Rebound
- 7.5/10
- 9.1/10
- Sweet spot
- 8.5/10
- 7.6/10
- Strengths
- No strengths recorded yet.
- No strengths recorded yet.
- Tradeoffs
- No tradeoffs recorded yet.
- No tradeoffs recorded yet.
Scores are editorial catalogue ratings out of 10 from the source reviews, not customer reviews. Prices and stock haven’t been checked.
Which suits whom
- Choose the Alkemia Tenebris 2025 if you value control and sweet spot: its catalogue scores are higher (control 9.2 vs 8.4, sweet spot 8.5 vs 7.6).
- Choose the Babolat Air Viper 2025 if you value rebound: its catalogue scores are higher (rebound 9.1 vs 7.5).
- The Alkemia Tenebris 2025 has a teardrop head, which usually balances power and control; the Babolat Air Viper 2025 has a diamond head, which usually puts the balance higher for power on overheads but asks more of your technique.