Racket comparison
Babolat Air Vertuo 2025 vs Babolat Air Viper 2026
The Babolat Air Viper 2026 scores higher for power, control and manoeuvrability.
- Season
- 2025
- 2026
- Shape
- Diamond
- Diamond
- Weight
- 335 - 355 gr
- 345 - 365 gr
- Touch
- Medium-Soft
- Medium-Hard
- Core
- EVA
- X-EVA
- Faces
- Fiberglass
- 16K Carbon
- Frame
- 100% Carbon
- 100% Carbon
- Catalogue rating
- 7.9/10
- 8.7/10
- Power
- 7.6/10
- 9.1/10
- Control
- 6.9/10
- 8.7/10
- Manoeuvrability
- 8.6/10
- 9.0/10
- Rebound
- 9.0/10
- 9.1/10
- Sweet spot
- 7.4/10
- 7.4/10
- Strengths
- No strengths recorded yet.
- Quick maneuverability at net
- Strong ball exit under pressure
- Useful punch on smashes
- Tradeoffs
- No tradeoffs recorded yet.
- Sweet spot feels demanding
- Shape suits few players
- Not brutally stiff
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 Babolat Air Viper 2026 if you value power, control and manoeuvrability: its catalogue scores are higher (power 9.1 vs 7.6, control 8.7 vs 6.9, manoeuvrability 9.0 vs 8.6).
- The Babolat Air Vertuo 2025 has the softer touch (Medium-Soft vs Medium-Hard), which is usually more comfortable and gives easier depth; the firmer Babolat Air Viper 2026 rewards faster swings with more control at pace.
- The Babolat Air Vertuo 2025 has the lighter listed weight (335 - 355 gr vs 345 - 365 gr), which helps handling and arm comfort over long matches.